[cspackler]

The candidate, who rarely talks about his personal life, said his brother's capture and death...

Doesn't the term "capture" imply that he was there on a military mission? I'm still under the impression that he was basically just screwing around somewhere that he shouldn't have been.

[caisson71]

Dean's brother was not in the military but was given military honors when his remains were brought back to Hawaii for positive ID. I suspect Dean's panic attack was due to being surrounded by military personnel pissed at the elaborate ceremony for his brother which was far in excess than those for the real military men recovered from Nam.

[A Citizen Reporter]

This is from the printed version of People magazine's story:

"While traveling in Laos in 1974, his 24-year-old younger brother Charlie, a peace activist, was killed by communist guerrillas; the State Department later told the Deans he had been beheaded."