"I feel I deserve real answers, real truths, real facts, and someone to be held accountable for the failures that occurred." Gold star mother of 20-year-old Lance Corporal Dylan Merola revealed her heart-wrenching story, where she alleged that the Biden administration tried to downplay the story of American service members killed in action during the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021. She also alleged that she was purposefully lied to and given false information about the cause of her son's death by the armed forces.