The Army marked this soldier as a deserter. But he had actually died in a car crash on post.

Mommy wants a law for tracking information of service members and veterans to be collected without a warrant...etc

Yeah. No.

same kind of event happened at Fort Gordon in 1963. unit was in the field. kid turned up missing, marked AWOL...months later another unit went to the same location, found the body as he had fallen and broke his neck. big investigation because it appeared they didn't conduct a valid search when it happened.

It’s very sad that his unit did not do a more thorough search for him. They usually triple check facts before making snap decisions on things, I guess they dropped the ball on this situation big time. His mother has every right to be angry with his chain of command and those who are involved with the search of her missing son.