[jackbill]

If true, that was a spectacularly foolish move on the part of the marine that will no doubt end up in a court martial. What could he have been thinking?

Perhaps he was thinking about a Marine buddy who, a block away, was killed by a booby-trapped "dead" insurgent.

Or perhaps he was still in shock from being shot in the face the day before.

[Txsleuth]

I think the best idea I have seen on the whole thread is when one of the posters suggested that the Marine should have asked the REPORTER to go over and see if the guy was still alive.

He might have submitted a different report.