Dead Man Walking And Talking?

Christopher Stone Christopher Stone is a genuine American hero. He was captured by Serbian forces in Bosnia two years ago and spent 32 days as a prisoner of war, before Jesse Jackson engineered his release.

He came home to Michigan to a parade and a hero's welcome, and since then, has worked hard recruiting for the Michigan National Guard, reports CBS News Correspondent Stephen Clark.

"So he's a pretty busy guy. Very busy. Very active. He is not dead. Couldn't be further from it", says Republican Rep. Mike Rogers.

But don't tell that to the Social Security administration. They've got Stone listed as dead.

"People look at me as I'm walking down the hall saying, you look pretty good for a dead guy, " says the former POW.

Stone learned he was dead two weeks ago when he tried to buy a car. He couldn't get a loan because as far as the credit bureau was concerned, he was dead.

"This comes up and makes me rehash all the stuff that went on two years ago. It's pretty tough, especially when you're trying to get it fixed, " Stone says.

"When you re facing a big bureaucracy like Social Security or the credit bureau, you're feeling pretty lonely. We were fortunate enough that in 48 hours we were able to get this thing straightened out for him," explains Rogers.

Congressman Rogers helped Stone get his credit record straight. Now he's trying to figure out who "killed" him in the first place.

The clue would seem to be the date he's listed as deceased, March 31, 1999, which is the same day he was captured in Bosnia. But the Pentagon flatly denies it ever listed Sgt. Christopher Stone as dead.

The credit bureau says the erroneous information had to have come from the Social Security administration. So far, they haven't been able to explain how they killed Stone.

But while the bureaucracy tries to bring Stone back to life, he's got another problem to deal with.

" When I walk into the office for the last two weeks, my boss would say, ‘I see dead people.’"

But as you can see, his sense of humor is very much alive.

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