January 7th, 2009



Army apologizes for ‘John Doe’ greeting on letters to slain soldiers’ families



Posted: 04:17 PM ET
From Mike Mount


CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Army is apologizing to thousands of Army families who received letters beginning “Dear John Doe:” after losing a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Some 7,000 letters were sent out in late December to notify families of services or gifts surviving family members can receive from non-profit organizations which help families of fallen soldiers, according to an Army statement Wednesday.

The letters also had improper address information at the top of the correspondence. Instead of the receiving family’s name and home address, the letters said “Army Long Term Case Management.”

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