In his speech last night to the Democratic convention, Vice President Joe Biden referred to fallen soldiers as “fallen angels.”

Biden said, “And tonight — tonight, I want to acknowledge — I want to acknowledge, as we should every night, the incredible debt we owe to the families of those 6,473 fallen angels, and those 49,746 wounded — thousands critically — thousands who will need our help for the rest of their lives.  Folks, we never — we must never, ever forget their sacrifice and always keep them in our care and in our prayers.”