{"id":59844,"date":"2015-05-16T10:19:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T14:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59844"},"modified":"2015-05-16T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T14:55:33","slug":"zombie-petty-officer-fights-for-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59844","title":{"rendered":"Zombie petty officer fights for his life"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Fayetteville Observer<\/a>, comes the story of Jeremy Walsh, who retired in 2014 from his career in the Navy. Apparently, the Veterans Affairs Department, with no evidence, has declared him dead;<\/p>\n

Walsh, 45, was declared deceased by Department of Veterans Affairs on March 25. The mistake snowballed when it was reported to the federal Social Security Administration, which stopped his pay and froze his bank account for weeks.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a trying time,” Walsh said. “It’s been frustrating.”<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Walsh and his wife had just arrived to their North Carolina home from an out-of-state funeral. He retrieved the mail – and was perplexed by a letter addressed to his “estate.”<\/p>\n

The letter, from the office of Defense Finance and Accounting Service under the Department of Defense, expressed sympathy to Shay Walsh for the death of her husband. She was standing next to him as he read the letter.<\/p>\n

“Are you not telling me something,” she said she remembered asking him in a joking manner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The VA had triggered Walsh’s death by computer and the other agencies followed suit. Even his bank account was frozen. The bank was smarter than the government, though. When confronted with the sailor’s personage, they freed his accounts. But, according to the article, the government is harder to convince of the living, breathing body in front of them. The 45-year-old was declared dead in late march and he’s still trying to breathe life into the VA and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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