The parents of a 21-year-old soldier killed in Iraq are suing an online retailer for including their son's name on antiwar t-shirts that list the names of thousands of military personnel killed in the war.
Brandon Read's name was used on the t-shirt and his parents, Michael and Robin, were never contacted for permission to use it. So they made it legal.
According to legal documents, they can make the case on the fact that the Arizona businessman used Brandon's name "for profit." Here is a copy of the letter the Reads sent the online retailer when they heard the news.
Apparently, the front of the shirt read "Bush Lied" and the back read, "They Died" with the names of soldiers lost in the war listed below. I hope more parents like the Reads will take notice and the same action if their son or daughter's name is listed on this "for-profit" t-shirt that does not honor our heroes.