Laurence was born on June 3, 1935 and
passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2011. Laurence
was a resident of Peoria, Illinois.
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| Name | Location | Date reported | ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some |
Actual Records Indicate/Notes |
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| D'Angelo,
Robert Sal Dangelo, Robert |
NJ | 10/2002 | Claims POW, Navy SEAL, USAF pilot (F14), 2 Star Admiral, working with invasion of Iraq. Claims travels DC, Cuba, TX | REAL RECORDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daggett, George M | AZ | 05/2007 | Claims
Navy SEAL. See ROBERT DOLAN below.
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| Danielson, Bill or Michael | Bloomington IN | . | Claims POW | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DANIELS, HOWARD | CT | 06/2010 |
One of our local radio personalities
[Brad Davis radio program from WDRC am radio the local talk
radio station here in Connecticut] was broadcasting his
show and introduced one of the towns Memorial day parades
Grand Marrshalls. A Mr. Howard Daniels, was introduced as
a Vietnam POW. The personality asked him about his experience as
a POW. Mr. Daniels claimed to have been captured in Cambodia and
stated he couldn't talk about it because it was SECRET.
Listening to the show that
day it was clear nobody had ever met this guy and he was on for
just a minute. His branch of service wasn't even mentioned, he
was very elusive.
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NOT A POW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daugherty, Darrel M. | Hartford, Beaver Dam area KY | 06/2004 11/2005 and again 11/2005 |
Claims USMC POW in Vietnam for 4 years. Reports indicate he also claims he escaped, has the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and was "covert - so his records are sealed." | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DAUGHERTY, GEORGE FRANCIS | PA | 12/2009 |
George was in Vietnam 61-64. MOS =
.DEMOLITION/SLAUGHTER |
NO MILITARY RECORD FOUND. NEVER A POW. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David, Nick aka "Colonel David" |
Fullerton CA | 03/2002 | Claims USAF POW, Silver Star, used his "military record" to run for Fullerton City Council (CA). Uses his fathers medals as his own. Claims his records burned in the fire! Speaks to Rotary, vets orgs, in Fullerton and Orange County. | Never in Vietnam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson, Tom or Thom or Tommie | Gilmer TX | 09/2004 |
Claims Special Forces Black Ops, captured in 1966 and
escaped from the Laos POW work camp in 1967. A man helped him
get the the American lines.
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Uses VA outpatient clinic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis, Bobby A | AR | . | SEAL, POW, ret Master Chief | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis,
David Kenyon aka Davis, Dave K
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Ilion, Mohawk, Herkimer or Frankfort, NY area | 05/2008 | Mr.
Davis claims that he was awarded the POW Medal, Silver Star, CIB,
Meritorious Svc. Medal as well as the PH and Bronze Star to name a few.
He did 2 hitches in the USA and is a Vietnam Vet. He served w/ a
maintenance outfit while in RVN as a plumber. He ran into problems
during his second hitch in Alaska and was allegedly given a "unsuited for
military duty" discharge. Davis has also claimed to be an
"undercover" agent for the DEA and was responsible for the
investigation and arrest of major drug figures.
--------------------- NOT A POW ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- The questionable "proof" of awards and decorations: Evening Telegram Herkimer, NY By Adam Atkinson, Telegram Staff Writer |
Several
Battalion Commanders from his maintenance outfit have stated that they
were just that and performed road repairs in the rear w/ the gear and
that nobody received any type decorations that Mr. Davis claims.
If you read the newspaper
article you get a flavor of the lies that he is making. Look at
where he said served in RVN (Laos & Cambodia ????) and that he was
in a line outfit, armor, swiftboats etc.. He was a carpenter in a
maintenance battalion. The LTC that responded to questions about their
mission also stated that they were "NOT'" Combat Engineers as
Mr. Davis has stated on numerous occasions. Battalion Commander
(O-5) who stated that they were not "Combat" Engineers said
that no one in his unit that had received medals/decorations that Davis
claims. BTW, Davis has also claimed to be an "undercover"
agent for the DEA and was responsible for the investigation and
arrest of major drug figures.
Article says BSM/V is highest yet photo shows SSM. Furthermore, in his story he says he was with 589th Engrs at Quang Tri, the Plantation, and Iron Triangle. Quang Tri is WAY NORTH of the Iron Triangle... |
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| Davis, Donald E. | St. Louis | 02/2005 | Claims POW | DECEASED | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis,
Dick aka Richard G. Davis |
OK AR |
04/2007 | Cushing
Daily Citizen http://www.cushingdaily.com/abouttown/local_story_097162248.html?keyword=topstory April 07, 2007 About You: Local Poet Dick Davis JARED R. WHITTINGTONStaff Reporter ...With enough experience to fill multiple dust-jackets, Davis’ life boasts rough-necking, active combat in Vietnam, time as a POW, becoming junior heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, time as a shipboard scullion, card-carrying seaman and after scribbling a small note of on a dock in Miami, a poet. .... During his tour, Davis was captured and spent months in what he describes as three and a half by five foot bamboo thatch hut. Even though there was barely room to roll over, he took beatings in its confines. “What makes it worse I wasn’t more than a hundred miles from the nearest base.”... |
NOT A POW by any name. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis, Donald Edward | . | . | POW CAMB in late 50's, escaped | No records found | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DAVIS,
MARK FRANK AKA FRANK DAVIS aka Marc F Davis |
COLUMBUS OH | 09/2009 08/2011 |
Claims
he was a gunner on a plane, and it was shot down. He and the crew
were picked up by a Merchant Ship, but then the VC boarded that ship and
took them prisoner from there. It was supposedly at the very end
of the war...but he was prisoner for a few months anyway. After that
...he said he even went on to the Air Force Academy...paid for by the Gov. He flaunted various medals and stories of being a prisoner of war in the last days of Vietnam. He wears these medals on airline flights and also uses them to get "perks" as he calls it. ==================================
About
me and who I'd like to meet 09/19/2009:
Marc0317
53-year old
Amsterdam Netherland
Active over 3 weeks ago
==================================================REPORTED 08/2011that he was ejected from an air force fighter plane and then rescued/hidden by the crew of the SS Mayaguez... and became a POW for a brief time. M. Davis went on to explain that he had gotten "kicked out" of the Air Force Academy because he trashed a female cadet's room. He explained his acting out against lead to his being diagnosed with PTSD, leading to his discharge and disability pension. When asked about his recent acquisition of several medals he replied that there is no law to prevent him from purchasing medals and if someone sees the medals out on display behind him, it is not his fault someone incorectly assumes the medals were awarded to him! RECENT EVENTS, Mr. Davis has been indicted and is referenced in the August 17 press release found in the DOJ's website http://www.justice.gov/usao/mss/press/index.html.
Part of an interview with the D.A. which aired Aug. 18th included his belief that M. Davis is a drug kingpin can be accessed at the site http://www.my601.com/news/local/story/Another-Arrest-Made-in-Operation-Brilliant-Orange/y7PBbr3Od0CrAOqkMF6QSw.cspx.
A booking photo from March 2011 shows this is the same person who's photo is posted in the 09/2009 report.
Active over 3 weeks ag
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Actual
Records
Only two men named Davis were POWs. One was my
classmate, Edward. The other was: Thomas. |
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| Davis, Ronald N. | MT | 1998 | Claims POW | NOT to be confused with Helena, MT veterans Ron A. Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dawson, Dale Raymond | . | 10/2002 | Claims SEAL/POW | Served 06 July 65 - 06 April 66. NO Medals NO Awards NO Vietnam service. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Day, Anthony | . | 06/2003 |
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| DAY,
LAURENCE A deceased |
PEORIA/PEKIN IL | 05/2009 |
Wears a cap that had the current Air Force logo and stars on it. He claims he was in Vietnam, met Gen Schwarzkopf, and was taken POW during a covert op and escaped by holding onto the skid of a Cobra helicopter. Reportedly has photos and news articles of himself in full uniform. Apparently doing this because he's trying to raise funds to make a documentary about the conspiracy that President Roosevelt knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor and let it happen so the US could enter WW II. |
He
entered the Army in Aug 1956 and was discharged on 21 May 1958. His rank
was PFC and there were no awards, overseas duty or badges noted.
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: REAL USAF MG LAWRENCE E. DAY, RET REAL VIETNAM VETERAN
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DEANE, TOM AKA DEANE, THOMAS M |
NC | 01/2011 | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEATHERAGE, VIRGIL T | AZ/NV | 12/2009 |
CLAIMS served in the Army Rangers. He works as a cook
at the Aquarius Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. He claims to have
been rescued from prison by a military operation, after 5 1/2 years in
prison and then someone suddenly rescued him.
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ACTUAL
RECORDS ----------------------------------------
You're right...No man named Deathridge was ever with
any one of us, the real 661 surviving POWs of
the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the
Department of Defense in this regard. The
official DoD web site listing all 3,797 MIAs (to
include all POWs) is at this address:
Mr. Deathridge is not listed. He is a wannabe.
Sincerely,
Mike McGrath (Capt, USN retired)
5 years 8 months in the Hanoi Hilton.
By the way, no man ever escaped from North Vietnam.
There were 472 of us captured in NVN. 30
others did escape from Laos and South Vietnam,
but Mr. Deathridge wasn't one of the 30. Maybe
you can arrange for Mr. Deathridge to sit in a
cell for 5 1/2 years in Hanoi to earn his claim. Lots of
airlines fly daily into Hanoi. I can pay for his
flight and my old jailers will put him up.
The treatment and lack of amenities will be what he deserves.
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| Deaton, Raymond | Benton Harbor, MI | 03/02 | Claims POW 72 - escaped after 7-9 months with another. Never left the south. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DE BOER, ERIC A | 02/2009 | . |
NEVER A POW
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| DeCarlo, James Lester | Kansas City, KS | 05/2001 05/2002 09/2002 05/2006 11/2006
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1st Sgt USMC,
Claims POW for 2 years - 66-68 , Silver
Star. ------------------------------------------------------ 2002- Navy SEAL, POW, SS, BS, DSC - NAM '66-'75 1st Force Recon. Claims Retired USMC. --------------------------------------------------- Mr. James L. Decarlo is still running around claiming to be a Nam POW, but now only for a few days as the enemy was jumped by Navy Seals and Green Berets and he and his friends were rescued, but not before he was stabbed with a bayonet by an NVA. Although wounded he still walked several miles to a pick up point. He claims to be a retired 1st Sgt. Currently, He has many pictures of himself in a First Sgts uniform and a chest full of medals to include the Navy Cross, five Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, Five Purple Hearts and many achievement medals. This guy actually wouldn't make a good buck sgt. ================ Awards
worn in photo:
Navy
Cross;
Distinguished
Service Cross;
Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star; Navy and
Marine Corps Medal; Bronze Star with Combat “V”
device; Purple Heart; Navy & Marine Corps Commendation
Medal; Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal; Combat Action
Ribbon; Navy Presidential Unit Citation; Navy Unit
Commendation; Meritorious Unit Commendation; POW
Medal;
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with 3 stars; National Defense Service
Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with 4 stars; |
ACTUAL: USMC and USMCR AUTHORIZED AWARDS: Purple Heart; National Defense; Vietnam Service Medal w /1 bronze service star; Pres Unit Citation Ribbon; Combat Action Ribbon; Rep of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Rep of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation; Gallantry Cross w/Palm; Expert Badge w/rifle bar; Sharpshooter Badge w/pistol bar. Served March 6, 1966 - June 2 1972 and Jan 17 1974 to May 10 1976. Discharged a CPL/ MOS in the late 70s was MAIL CLERK. |
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| DeCelle, Lowell Jr | MA | 06/2007 |
Lowell DeCelle Jr.
Died: Friday, June 01, 2007 Age: 62 SOUTHBRIDGE — Lowell "Jay" DeCelle Jr., 62, of Durfee Street, died Friday, June 1 at Harrington Memorial Hospital after a long illness. ..... He was born in Bennington, Vt., the son of Lowell and Effie ( Bourn) DeCelle. He was a Vietnam POW veteran, serving in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1971 and was awarded the Purple Heart.... An online guest book is available at www.BelangerFuneralHome.com. |
NOT A POW
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| Delaunay, Lewis Eugene | NV | 10/2006 | Claims
Vietnam 1967 to 1973. Shot down while ridding in a Huey. Capt with 82
Airborne and the 5th Special Forces. In military from 1965 to 1973. Reserves 1976 to 1979 Claimed to be a POW with "Cain" from 67 to 1973 |
Army
E3, 61A10 Served 3 months 15 days in Vietnam. Active duty ONLY from Feb 70 to June 71. UHC discharge 61A Works for Sanitation Company. |
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| Delury, Kenneth Sr. | CA | 01/2006 |  The Independent Redway, CA |
NOT a SEAL, NOT a
returnee.
CORRECTION
An obituary printed in the Jan. 10 edition stated that
the late Kenneth Delury, Sr. was a former Navy SEAL and POW survivor
who had served in Vietnam. Subsequent fact-checking failed to
confirm the SEAL and POW
claims. The Independent regrets the errors.
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This was printed prominently on the editorial page, in
an outlined box and highlighted with a gray
background.
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| Demears, Roland L | MA | # | Claims POW | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demontmollin, George Louis Jr. | Tampa | 07/2003 | Claims POW - after being refused POW care at one VA...he found it at another. Claims Army Special Forces. Held March 68 - June 70, escaped with another (but he died). DD214 shows POW medal. | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desmond, Chris | Ft Myers, FL/CT | . | POW 3 wks, escaped | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Destelhorst, Robert Jr. AKA Master Sergeant Robert E. Gibson |
MD | 1998 10/2009 |
His father, Robert D. Destelhorst SR. is deceased, and
he too was vocal about his falsehoods regarding his
service.
Jr. seems to be attempting to 'one-up' him, even after his righteous indignation over his own father's fabrications. |
Attempted to get VA benefits as an ex-POW in 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| De Vries. Richard | Sussex, New Jersey | 09/2006 |
Claims former US Navy UDT/Seal team member, and a
former Vietnam POW, 3 tours in Vietnam
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DeWeert,
Daniel Gordon |
Lolo,
MT, now Missoula 406-721-4382 |
09/01 | Claims POW, Silver Star, VIETNAMESE Medal of Honor, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts, "Jumper" Wings (WORN in public) USMC Walking Dead , one of 4 (of 30) to make it out alive from Khe Sahn AND Americal Div. MIA then captured, wanted for killed captors. He was "classified." |
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Actual shows USMC 66-70, reserves till 72. DOB 15 Nov 47. MOS CONSTRUCTION DRAFTSMAN. NO Purple Hearts, NO Silver Star, NO Bronze Star, NO POW Medal. Home of record Appleton, WI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
