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I don’t doubt you are hearing from lots of °ies in response to your request in response to John Cushing’s letter protesting use of “fallen” for deceased °ies.  Here’s my proposal. Like the computer in Red Dwarf I want to say “They’re dead, Dave. They’re all dead.” I have long hated the use of “fallen” with regard to soldiers or anyone else who has died. “In Memoriam” is for those members of the ° community who have died. So why not say so? They didn’t fall down. They died.

Richard McClelland ’70