Coverage of the unfair treatment of military surviving families in the Watertown Daily Times

Reporter Marc Heller of the Watertown Daily Times is covering Kristen’s story here.

Almost six years have passed since Lt. Col. Joseph Fenty Jr., from Fort Drum, was killed in a helicopter accident in Afghanistan. He’s been honored with a building named after him at Drum, the headquarters of the unit to which he belonged.

But his wife, Kristen Fenty, still isn’t being paid the full benefits due her as a surviving spouse. The government owes her tens of thousands of dollars, she said...