I thought a "fallen soldier" was one who'd tripped and fallen during a battle.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the fog was a cloud that had died and fallen to the earth.— Cici
- When I was a small girl, I used to believe black men had fallen into chocolate. — elodie, French student in eighth grade
- I used to believe that old black Bananna skins were dogs lips that had fallen off.— Tracey Cross
- I used to look for an Indian along the roadside because of signs that stated
"watch for fallen rock"— pam petry - I used to think that oil drops on wet road were rainbows drops that have fallen to earth Anon
- We had an antique lamp that I thought was hideous and for years I thought "Art Deco" was a synonym for ugly.Anon