Juliet Capulet,

We have the regret to inform you that your friend :

Romeo Montagu

Fells into a battle and died from his injuries while he was in intensive care.

Before his death, he wants to keep you informed.

We are sorry.

French general of division 77

Of course Romeo was not dead but Juliet was not aware that , it wasn't HIS Romeo that the letter was talking about one of his comerades whose namesheets had been confuses. Romeo was on his way to join her, too wounded to continue the war, he had been ordered to return back home.