Every American soldier killed in Iraq or Afghanistan has been scanned. The practice of using CT scans to check dead people's bodies started in Switzerland a decade ago. It was quickly adopted by the U.S. Military. This has reduced the need for long and laborious autopsies. After a dead soldier's body is flown back to the U.S., their entire body is put inside a CT scanner. The broken bones. If a soldier is caught up in a fight with the enemy, they might die from a bullet, rocket launcher, and land mine explosion or maybe their Army vehicle just rolls over, crushing them underneath. By putting the bodies through a CT scanner, the cause of death is discovered more quickly.