[raybbr]

It’s quite possible that in the last moments he grabbed the pillow in reflex.

[ghosthost]

It’s quite possible someone put a pillow over his face.

[MortMan]

But that would disagree with the also stated “resting in repose” description.

Right now, we are all suffering from a lack of true, verified information - the fog of war is more from incomplete and incorrect info than from anything else.