The military says as many as 2,300 patients are affected by a breach of personal information at the Lyster Army Health Clinic at Fort Rucker . Paper records with the names and Social Security numbers of patients were tossed into a recycling bin at the southeast Alabama base on July 2 . The Army says no medical information was released . But its now sending letters to about 2,300 patients whose identifying information may have been compromised . A spokeswoman says officials believe the papers were shredded before anyone could see them . The letters are going out to tell patients they can get free fraud monitoring for the next year because of the mistake . ;