Reply #19: US Army urges dead to re-enlist

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The US Army is to apologise to the families of officers killed or wounded in action who were sent letters urging them to return to active duty.
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It said the database normally used for such correspondence with former officers had been "thoroughly reviewed" to remove the names of dead and wounded soldiers.

"But an earlier list was used inadvertently for the December mailings," it added

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6237607.stm