[lukecampbell]

The article said 14,000 men. Is that possible that there are that many folks in Pennsylvania that were born between those dates?

[josu]

According to this graph [1] and to the fact that the population of Pennsylvania is 12 million, it doesn't seem plausible.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Stat...

[InclinedPlane]

The article also said that they sent letters addressed to individuals who were no longer living.

[Someone1234]

That must be distressing for the families.

As an aside: Do the SS send letters to dead people born between 1993-1997? You'd assume they'd check for death records or have some way of being notified about that.

For example if a boy is born in 1993 but died at age 5, do the parents get a letter from the SS in 2011 telling the boy to register for the SS?

[Fuxy]

Their recruiting zombies i tell you! :P

Sorry couldn't help myself.

[lukecampbell]

Ok, that makes more sense.

[evan_]

It actually gives a number twice that at the end of the article- they managed to stop it early.