As I understand it, somewhere between 2,200 and 4,500 living veterans were affected, all of whom had been misidentified in the VA's records as deceased. Bad enough, especially for an agency that has done this before, but nothing like the 14.5 million claimed in Mr. Stackhouse's e-mail. See http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2250. Bob, Marlton, NJ