Tulsa man says son killed in Afghanistan

March 23, 2009 03:01 pm

— TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man says the military has told him his 20-year-old son has been killed in Afghanistan.

Dudley Pearson says the U.S. Army told him Sunday that his son — Pfc. Jeffrey Hardt — was shot to death.

The military has not confirmed the death.

Pearson says his son grew up in Tulsa and in Arizona and was stationed in Fort Sill.

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Information from: KOTV-TV, http://www.newson6.com