From the article:
On Sunday morning, a man called Danny Hogg’s house and said that Hogg’s nephew Wayne, who is in the Army, was dead. The caller said “we need to let you know Wayne died two days ago.” The call came hours after Danny Hogg appeared in an Arizona Daily Sun photo at a Support the Troops rally. The report was false, but it turned into a nightmare for Hogg’s family, said Danny Hogg. It took the family a full day to get confirmation that Wayne was still alive in Iraq.
People that do this type of thing need to be beaten senseless. Remember that the military notifies families of war casualties in person — not on the phone.