A Birmingham veteran wants the president to know that he is not dead.
Freddie Jones, Jr. says in 2008 his family got a letter informing them he had died. Turns out it was a mistake, but Jones says the problem has still not been cleared up.
Jones says the mistake has hurt him financially and he says every time someone runs his Social Security number, they get a response that he is dead. He says he is fed up with the bureaucracy.
"I assure you if one of our senators or state representatives there in Washington were affected as I was, this matter would be cleared up months ago, years ago. So, I have strength enough to fight and stand for it,” said Jones.
Jones worked for the Department of Defense and says he was in Vietnam for ten years serving this country. He hopes the president will step in and help.
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