Heroes or Villains?

INTRODUCTION

CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

V V A - Claims by members of  Vietnam Veterans of America

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Reported Claims of:
Medal of Honor, Other than Vietnam POWs, Son Tay Raiders, DSC, DFC, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, SEALS, Rangers, Pilots, Special Forces, Green Berets, Combat, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots, Flying Tigers, DOUBT EVERYTHING, Don't Encourage and more.

APOLOGIES AND CLARIFICATIONS

Individuals reported as of 09/2011
CLAIMS AS NOTED 
#  =  on list over 14 years

All claims highlighted in lavender may be eligible for prosecution under U.S. Code Title 18  or under the  STOLEN VALOR ACT signed into law Dec 20, 2006.

Note: The names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple claims that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE. These individuals are IN ADDITION TO those investigated and named in the book STOLEN VALOR.

Those with a "LINK" have records, news articles, pictures or tales posted.
All names are first checked here  http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ if POW claims are made. 

Comments in GREEN are from information contained in military records (or lack of military records) obtained
through FOIA when requested THROUGH the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.

THOSE CLAIMING MEDAL OF HONOR
NOTE: In 1996 HLI Lordship Industries (at the time, the OFFICIAL USG contractor for the Medal of Honor) admitted selling THREE HUNDRED unauthorized medals for $75.00 each from 1991-1994. They were fined $80,000. NOT ALL of those medals have been recovered. Offenders in possession of an unauthorized medal can be arrested, fined ( The maximum fine for a criminal offense is $250,000, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 3571(b)(3) ) and jailed (up to a year). It is the only military medal that CANNOT be bought, sold, bartered, traded, collected, auctioned, exchanged.... EVERY Medal of Honor is awarded by act of Congress. Less than 120 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.

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Name                                   Location  Date Reported ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some Actual Records Indicate/Notes
Mitchell, Charles Pendleton

aka Charles P Mitchell III
Nashville, NC 06/1999
01/2003
Claims his assigned SS# is "xxx-66-8888" because he was a POW for 3 years.  Claims POW, MOH, pilot, retired  Brig General, recalled for Afghanistan, first pilot to  fly over Afghanistan. Fired in 1999 for lying about being a POW. DOB April 30.

Served from 07/13/61 to 01/31/83. Retired E7. Numerous decorations and awards - but NO POW medal, NO MOH and NOT a BG.

ACTUAL RECORDS

Mitchell, Jim Oregon, Ohio 11/2004
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=2615066&nav=5UaiTaNz

Local Soldier Thankful to be Home
OREGON -- It's a Thanksgiving one Oregon family has been looking forward to for months.....

After the happy reunion,
........ 

... said his mother Tonya Mitchell.....

Howell's dad Jim Mitchell knows what his son has gone through. Mitchell was a POW in Vietnam. "The enemy force was larger than what we thought," said Jim looking back on his battles. He managed to escape that prison and he returned home from the war on Thanksgiving day 34 years ago. "Thanksgiving has always meant something to me," said Jim. "But now it really means something to have (Jordan) home for a while. It's awesome." ...


Posted Thursday, November 25, 2004 at 9:37 p.m.

Check the OFFICIAL list of Vietnam escapees yourself:

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/pmsea_escapee.pdf

 

Mitchell, Robert

aka BK Mitchell
aka Gary Mitchell
aka Michiel Powell
aka SilverMouse
aka Knightsshadow1951
aka silvereagle1948

Battle Creek, MI
Janesville, WI
Findlay, OH
Lubbock, TX
Frankfort, MI
Traverse City, MI

where-a-bouts unknown

11/2010
LAST KNOWN IN FRANKFORT MICHIGAN

1998
09/01
01/2002
04/2002
06/2005
03/2006
08/2006
02/2008
05/2008
08/2008
01/2009
11/2010

Claims POW, injured hands breaking through wall to escape. Claims SEAL.... Many have seen  him in uniform; claiming to be an admiral in the Navy, also an aviator and Navy SEAL.  He has been telling how he has flown to Saudi or any of our other hot spots and how he  has office space in the Pentagon. His office was one of those that was bombed.  He claims to be a nephew of Gen. Billy Mitchell.

Robert Mitchell has resurfaced in Frankfort, Michigan with the same deception as he has had before. 

BK Mitchell is now living in Traverse City MI - claims he is Indian shaman, and navy SEAL, special forces, poetry writer ....

MORE

May 20, 2008 - - Bk  mitchell claims that your site has been investigated and found to be false. he has convinced  _______________ that any thing on line about him is all untrue.

January 7, /2009 - He is no longer in Traverse City. May be living with another couple - who are unaware of his history as a con man.


SEAL Trident is on beret and jacket pocket....

MITCHELL, ROBERT R RIVERVIEW, MI 04/2010 .NEVER A POW

ACTUAL RECORDS

Mitchell, Ronnie . . Claims POW .
MITCHELL, ZEKE

aka Cregg Mitchel

AZ 12/2008

09/2010

Mr. Zeke Mitchell was at Nam Jam in November.  There, he told us he was a POW, held captive for two weeks.  

2010- Claims helicopter pilot in Viet Nam.

1.)  Claimed he was held 28 days by himself and held in a bamboo cage.  He was rescued by Montagnards.
2.)  He later changed this story - stated that he and others were released after 2 weeks and  they let them (POWS) go because they were more concerned of other situations happening in the immediate area.  He (Zeke) and others held with him found their way to the U.S. line.  Zeke did not define who "they" were. 
3.)  He stated that he was captured "20 miles north of the Vietnam border."  When asked  "which Vietnam? North?"  Zeke: "Yes, of course, we weren't supposed to be there you know.  They deny to this day we were there." 
4.)  Zeke: "I'm not recognized as a POW by some people, only twenty-eight (28) days.  Not like what John McCain went through."
5.)  Zeke: "I'll always remember October 25, 1969, that's when it happened.  Our chopper was shot down.  I was captured with 4 others.  We contact each other once a year in October.  I was only 19, I joined the Army at 18."
6.)  Zeke stated to me that "Tet Offensive happened during the Fall of Saigon."
7.)  Zeke told the VVA 106 members (all Vietnam Vets) that he was held for 2 weeks in South Vietnam.  He served with the 101st Airborne and was in Eagle Camp.
8.)  In a previous conversation Zeke said he was held in South Vietnam.
9.)  He would tear up during the evening, saying "Hearing the language brings back memories."
10.)  He stated to me that he lives very far west of Tucson, AZ.  
11.)  He stated that he owns 2 airplanes (did not state make or model).  Stated Army taught him to fly a chopper - "I learned well.  I remained in the Army after I returned home."
12.)  Stated he was a bachelor, not married or divorced.
13.)  Left the restaurant at 10 P.M..  Asked what the time was he left without saying goodbye to anyone. 

He is renting to section 8 VASH veterans

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Mixon, Donnie R. Waller, TX 12/2006

02/2007

07/2008

Claims former POW, former Green Beret and did covert CIA ops in Vietnam.  Seen wearing a Purple Heart

Claims the CIA calls him and breaths on the phone. Claims 70% or 100% disability depending on the story.


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He once told the group at the VA center that a street at the VA medical center in Houston has a street named after his father because he was awarded the CMH.  Another story is that he fought on this one hill for five days straight and at the end when they got up to the top his CO asked him to name the hill, he named it Christmas tree hill since it was Christmas day, so he cut down a Christmas tree and stuck it on top of the hill.  When asked just where did he find a Christmas tree in Vietnam and he said "OH, THEY JUST GROW WILD EVERYWHERE".  Tomorrow the one about his fifty "KILLS" while an engineman on the railroad that he supposedly retired from.
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ACTUAL RECORDS and more

Toys For Tots coordinator  in Waller Texas
NOT noted as a disabled vet by the VA. Receives NO disability $$$. Keeps trying tho!

Mobelly, Ed . 1998 Claims POW .
MOHR, RICK T
aka Richard Thomas George Mohr
03/2010

07/2010

08/2010

08/2010

Arundel, ME Claims to have entered the service in 1970 for two years. He further claims to have been in Vietnam and to have been a "green beret". Claims he " worked all over" and " worked for the CIA so can't say much about it". CLAIMS POW ON BOGUS DD214.

Claims to have been a Green Beret in Vietnam; to have been awarded a Silver Star and multiple Purple Hearts in the 1970-72 period. He was born in 1952. He claims to have been in Vietnam for 15 months.

Claims his father was CIA and guarded Albert Einstein during WW2.  He also claimed to be a clinical child psychologist with a practice in Kendall Square, Boston for the past twenty years.
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I have two Mohrs and neither is a Richard. If he wants to validate his claims, he should provide documentation, or if that is not available because the third wife burned all his papers, he can provide specifics about his assignments, detachments, duties and fellow troopers in those detachments. Failing an interest in making any response, few people in the SF community would give him the benefit of the doubt.

 
Steve Sherman sends
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http://www.specialforcesassociation.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2880

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Reports of FOUR conned women.

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Actual Record: 

 

 

BOGUS DD214 BEING USED BY MOHR:

Molder, William Montana, from WI 09/01 Claims POW 19 months, Helicopter pilot, 75th Rangers, 4 Purple Hearts, Agent Orange liver transplant list (to be done in CO) Prelim investigation indicates MOTOR POOL, Sgt.
KILLED while driving drunk summer 2002. Claims of assets of 1.7 million were $20,000 in DEBT reality. 
Monroe, John Piqua OH . Claims POW .
Montano, David
aka Popa
Beery Creek, CA 05/2004
05/2007
.... An accomplished trumpet player, Dave had to give up the horn because of a war injury .... [ya gotta read this!!]
...... different stories from David and his wife, while there's a third version on her web site. They all contain the same BS about his having been captured and escaping, but her online story even says he escaped from the Hanoi Hilton. He claims  that he escaped before being taken to Hanoi.
According to his wife they even enlisted the aid of US Senator Barbara Boxer to get his compensation rating raised to 100% so that he gets money for a spouse and she gets medical care from the VA. They also cite the old story of his records having been burned in the St. Louis fire....
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Montgomery, Larry Warren Hampton TN 11/2006 Claims shot down in a P3, held as POW twice and escaped twice. Served in Navy from 05/31/1961 - 04/18/1969
Discharged  AEAN (aviation Electrician). DID serve in Nam.
Monteiro, John 

 

. 05/2007
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I was captured in Viet  Nam in 1970.  Kept in a cage for four weeks.  When I returned to my base, my CO told me that I was a disgrace to my patoon.  I have no record of  ever being a POW.  Is there a way
that I can trace the paperwork that was generated to prove that I was rescued.  All that I remember is that after being rescued, I was put into a hospital for two week.    I can't remember if it was the First of Second Calavary.  I do believe it was the army soldiers who found me.  I have been fighting the VA to get compensated for PTSD and Agent Orange.  I have been denied since I came home for Nam.  I'm  on 100% Social Security disability, based on my Medical records from Castle Point, VA Hospital.

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GEN'L PURP POWER GENRTR OPERATOR/MECHANIC
MULTIPURP POWER GENRTR OPERATOR/MECH

Uses the VA, He is NOT service connected for ANYTHING. Has NO POW status in his file. NO POW Days.

Served Feb 4 69 till Sept 13 70. Served in Nam July 3 69 to Sept 13 70.

PTSD is NOT SERVICE CONNECTED.

Moore, Arthur (Art) "Mouse"  Fredericksburg, VA 07/2005
12/2005

Claims he is a former SEAL, Navy Cross awardee and a former POW of Vietnam.   I was successful in getting him kicked out of the VFW.  He is also listed on the website www.veriseal as an imposter.  

Subject named veteran claims to have been a Navy Seal, Navy Cross awardee and a former Prisoner of War during Vietnam

He only served 18 months in the Navy, never left the states, and was given an Undesireable Discharge for frequent involvement with military and civil authorities. 

DD Form 214 reflects that he served in the Navy for less than 2 years, and was discharged due to frequent involvement with military and civilian authorities at San Diego , California .  No awards and no overseas service.  A check with the veterans service organization, “American Ex-Prisoners of War” revels that Mr. Moore was never a POW.  His name also appears on website “veriseal” as a wanna-be Seal. Last seen in Fredericksburg , VA.

JW
VFW Department of Virginia

Moore, Darrell J. Melbourne FL 12/2002 Claims USMC Major, pilot, POW for 4.5 years. SS, DSC, DFC. Face disfigured - rocket hit plane, canopy hit face. Refuses VA care! 
Has photos he claims are him in flight suit/helmet with "MAJ MOORE"
NO records could be located.
MOORE, EVERETT WOODROW EFFINGHAM, IL 06/2010 Claimed Prisoner of War in Vietnam - in front of an entire community, and ACTUAL former POWs.
             
ACTUAL RECORD
Moore, Garland Reno . SF, 101st Airborne, captured in Laos, held Hanoi Hilton .
Moore, George A. Eglin AFB area 1999 Claims POW no record found
MOORE, JAMES L.

DIED 08/07/08

Gulfport, MS 08/2008
 CLAIMED PRISONER OF WAR

NEVER A POW.

Moore, Willis S. (Steve) . 1999 Claims POW .
Morales, Rafael  Tampa, FL 05/2006 Claims VN vet, an Air Force member. He claimed he had been a POW in Viet Nam for 10 1/2 months.  Said that the villagers paraded him from village to village.  Stated he was in Thailand. Based in "Kum" or "Koom".  Repeated it several times.  Then he said it was a secret CIA base.   As he was wearing a VN vet cap I suspect he has made a career of being a phony POW.  Then he asked me if I was in VN and I said I was.  He changed the subject of his captivity.  I suspect I could have heard some really good stories about his "treatment" by his supposed captors. .
Morgan, George D. Whitney, TX 04/2003
Claims held about 1 month, near the "Hoo Chee Min trail in Laos", walked from N. Vietnam to Saigon - : was "kept by the MPs for 2 weeks when he got to Saigon - never rejoined his unit, which was the 2nd/501st Airborn Infantry(????)!
BIG MISTAKE - telling a REAL POW his fairy tale.

100% Disability - VA letterhead - WACO, TX - NOV 2001

MORRIS, BRADLEY OHIO 11/2008
11/2008
Claims 1st Marine Recon; claims prisoner of war, airborne, Purple Heart.   Claims covert special operations.      
Morris, James Allan MN 05/2004 Claims POW, 3 months, 101st Airborne, Rangers (Germany), Sniper w/ 87 kills, Silver Star, Bronze Star w/2 clusters, Purple Heart Served May 17 1963 to May 16, 1966.

ONLY medals National Defense and Sharpshooter Badge w/Rifle Bar.

Morris, Ritchi White Plains, NY 11/98
04/2003
09/2005
Claims Special Forces Captain, United States Army Covert Operations Force,  was in Cambodia and was a tortured POW 67-69.
NO military records found.
Morrissey, David Gerard
aka   BA ("Bad Attitude")

MA/FL 12/2003
  • Claims to have been a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps. Retired After 25 Years.
  • Claims to have been Forest Recon and Black OPS during that period
  • Claims to have been a P.O.W. for 3 years in Vietnam.
  • Claims to have lost his teeth having by having a rifle shoved in his mouth during interrogation.
  • Claims to have Shrapnel from a landmine still lounged in his Stomach.
  • Claims to have had his foot rebuild from the same landmine.
  • Claims that Country Music Star Charlie Daniels was in his unit.
  • Claims to have married a Vietnamese war bride.
  • Claims to have been a Member of The USMC Motorcycle racing team and Grand Champion for 5 years straight.
  • Claims to still have Ties to the Pentagon, with a direct line to Rumsfield.
  • Claims to have been in Iraq as a Consultant for Desert Storm I.
  • Has ordered  that Naval Personnel and Marines Salute him in Public.
  • Claims to be a member of the Semper Fi Society.

NO MILITARY RECORDS FOUND
Born in 1952

  • Has Raised money at various “Bike Nites” in the Jacksonville Florida area for “The Defenders of Freedom Plaques”. (supposed to go to the loved ones of K.I.A’s in the recent Iraq Conflict.
  • Has also raised money for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots in the Jacksonville Florida area. They have not seen any of the money he raised in their name.
  • Runs two Biker Leather Shops and also does various road shows. Operates under the names B.A’s Thunder Road I & II Located  Jacksonville Fl and Middleburg Fl
  • He also operates under the names Heavy Metal Thunder. Rolling Thunder and B.A’s Thunder Road Buyers Club of Florida
Morrison, Chuck . 1999 Claims POW
This is not the River Rats famous "Crazy Charley"
Morrison, Jim

aka James J. Morrison

New York Prison system 1999 Claims POW. He stated he was captured in 70 or 71, was a  LRRP with the 25th IN, and was released in 73, Operation Homecoming.  Claims his name is James J. Morrison, US Army, Sgt E-5, SN: RA122647777, and a state inmate in NY. 

Morrison has had poetry published twice as a "POW."  He was incarcerated twice and then returned to the prison to help in rap groups. Morrison opened that program by reciting the pledge of allegiance... bringing tears to eyes of many and goosebumps to the arms to think that a man who was a POW and now incarcerated by his own government would still pledge his allegiance to our flag). ... The pledge of allegiance incident upset one man so much he had Morrison's nickname "Dutch" tattooed to his wrist along with a barbed wire band and the initials POW/MIA. A POW medal was purchased and sent to him a couple of years ago!! Morrison was a part of the Rehabilitation Treatment Program in NY State. The RA number he provided for a records check was phony too - no records found! But of course he now says USAF....

NOT to be confused with James S. Morrison, Hendersonville, North Carolina . He is an Air Force veteran that served with honor after joining the service in Reno.

We regret any difficulties the name "Jim Morrison" may have caused for JSM in the past.

Morrow, Roy L. Jr. Rowayton, CT Multiple reports, 1999- 11/2001 Claims POW 6 years in Cambodia, Mayaguez hostage, wears Navy Captains uniform, Navy Cross. Claims (currently) CIA liaison for foreign missions for UN!

Mortland, Dwight Lee . . Claims POW .
Moses, Ronald Rhea Oklahoma 12/2004
01/2006
Claims POW, 156 days in an underground cage. Can't get a news Social Security card because he says Social Security has him listed as DECEASED  (Check the Social Security Death Index to dismiss this lie: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ ) Served Army Nov 1 1965 to May 30 1972, Discharged as Sgt. DID serve in Nam. NO Purple Heart, NO POW medal.
Moss, Charles S. Marco Island, SC 12/2007
01/2010
Claims POW during the Vietnam War - able to escape after 3 weeks.  

Still out there:

From: Charlie Moss
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:24 PM
Charlie

charliemoss@bellsouth.net

St. Louis could locate NO military records.
Moyer, Joe Thomas . 12/2002 Claims Navy Pilot,  shot down near Cambodia, POW late 65 into 66-67 .
Mulford, Stephen G. . 1998 Claims POW .
Mullen, Russell MI 1998 Claims POW .
Munoz, Roberto Lee TX 10/2005
Obituary: Muñoz was held as POW nine months in Vietnam War
Web Posted: 10/20/2005 12:00 AM CDT
Carmina Danini
Express-News Staff Writer
Roberto Lee Muñoz, 53, who served with the Marines in Vietnam and was held prisoner for about nine months, died Sunday of head trauma suffered in a fall at home. ....enlist in the Marines. He was sent to Vietnam, where he saw combat with an infantry unit. ....He was captured and held by the North Vietnamese, but most of what happened to him remains unexplored. ....."He didn't know where he was held, but he told me he thought he would never see mom again," she said.Ross said her brother told her he was kept with other POWs in a cage, and food was scarce. ....
NOT A POW
Muray, John M. . 1998 Claims POW .
Murdico, Bill

aka Murdico, William J.
Cincinnati, 
Ohio area
1998
07/2004
03/2005
04/2005
08/2006

05/2011

MORE

 

07/30/04

.... i am sorry you found a misleading site as I have all my billet papers and keep them very close to my chest.  My tenure as a P.O.W. was 31 months and 6 days.  I saw some frightful things and they are vivid in my mind.  The list you provided is very old and I am not on that list at all.  Someone has fed you some bad information.  My parents were hand delivered a letter saying I was Killed in Action, I have that letter and I will tell you it does not feel good to be living dead.
 
Again, I apologize for my behavior and am in hopes you will let it go.  I still have 5 months to go in the Air Force and am at a stage where things make me angry at the drop of a hat....
  
 
Bill Murdico
Malice_1@earthlink.net
" I Believe in God, The Father Almighty"

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08/28/2006

... I am an Air Force veteran and did spend many years proudly serving my country.  I find the only truth to be I did spend 10 over 20 for longevity.
 
I ask that you please remove this text as it is degrading to me and especially those that were held captive and lost their lives.
 
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and "May God Bless Our Troops"!  ...

Bill Murdico
               chalice@cinci.rr.com
                Knights of Columbus
        Archbishop Elko Assembly #2332
                      Faithful Scribe
              Madonna Council #3891
                        Chancellor
 
  "Integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do"
    "We can not direct the wind but, We can adjust the sails"
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

NO records found in St. Louis  "...also checked with the FBI which is a reliable source for information, but this agency was not able to furnish any data indicating that the veteran served in the U.S. Armed Forces..... "

....DID seem to find some information indicating that he MIGHT have been employed briefly in the waste removal employees contracted to work at Wright Petterson base. ...was unable to confirm that he had definitely ever set foot on any part of the base.

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Rumors that Murdico had been killed in a car accident in St. Louis Missouri are believed to be FALSE.

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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:05:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:
Subject: Re: Fwd: William J. Murdico

to whom it may concern. I would like to urge you not to immediately believe Bill Murdico is deceased. This is not the first time he has posted email messages, supposedly from military officer friends, saying Bill had been killed in an air crash or an auto accident. Murdico has no real relationship with the truth other than knowing he doesnt wish to tell it.

 

Murdock, John Vidor, TX 11/01 Escaped POW, Navy Cross, 5 Silver Stars, in JFK Funeral Procession. .
MURPHY, JOHN PATRICK Great Bend, KS 09/2009

CLAIMS POW for more than a year. 

NOT A POW
MURPHY,  JOSEPH BERNARD TX 09/2007 CLASSIC CASE:  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/29411
CLAIMS  Army-Korea, Vietnam, Gulf
CLAIMS: DSC, 4 Purple Hearts, Special Forces and POW

ACTUAL RECORDS
Murphy, Lawrence Francis Jr
aka:  Lawrence W. Bennett
aka Murphy, Lawrence R.
08/2003
03/2005
09/2006
CA CLAIMS,  STORY AND RECORDS 

MORE - with photo

ARRESTED  - confessed to Army CID - impersonating an officer. Charges files US  Magistrate 07/27/00

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Murphy, Pat
aka Ronald P. Murphy
Long Beach, CA
Lake Tahoe, Ca
1987 SF, POW, held in shipping crate, sang Hound Dog, escapee. Discharged in 1972. At the time, member of American Ex-POWs, and had VA POW I.D. card. Article by Joe Edwards, Antelope Valley Press, April 8, 1988.

NO MILITARY RECORDS FOUND

Murphy, Ronald Patrick 

deceased 2003

CA 1988 Claims POW.

VA noted as POW

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Murray, Donnie J. Savannah, GA 03/2004
Claims POW in Vietnam for 68 days. Claims to have been on missions in "denied areas" (can't say where, he's sworn to secrecy) where he was captured and held before he was rescued. 
Prelim - did serve in Nam - NOT a POW:
MURRAY DONNIE J     AR   E00   13A1O   C
13A = 
AMMUNITION AGENT
AMMUNITION HANDLER
AMMUNITION SPECIALIST
ARMORED VEHICLE DRIVER
ARTILLERY RECORDER
CANNONEER
CARGO CARRIER DRIVER
Murray, James W. Phoenix/Texas 04/2006

see the tale

Served Jan 65-Dec 65. Discharged a Private First Class. ONLY award - Expert Badge w Rifle Bar. Served Hawaii and Ft Polk LA.

NOT A POW

No association with SPECIAL FORCES.

MURRAY, JOHN PA 10/2011

Fake Veteran Created Real Hurt Feelings "When You Were Around Him . . . You Just Wanted To Believe."

November 22, 1994|By Virginia S. Wiegand, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

STROUDSBURG, Pa. ­ Among Vietnam veterans here, John Murray was known and liked.

Although relatively new to the area, he had quickly become one of them - an Army officer who had been captured in 1968 by the North Vietnamese, who fashioned an American flag in captivity using berries and his own blood, and who contracted cancer from Agent Orange.

He wore a black patch over his left eye - a war injury, he said - and medals on his uniform: a Purple Heart, a Silver Star with clusters, a Bronze Star, a slew of ribbons.

In September, he presented his framed, homemade POW flag, no bigger than an index card, to a local veterans' group in a ceremony that was written up and photographed by the local newspaper......

NOT A POW
Murray, Thomas New Orleans, LA 1975
09/2002
04/2003
10/2003
04/2004
08/2004
Claims Navy Frogman, POW captured while on a river boat patrol.  Claims joined  '61 and came back in '73. HAS VA POW ID CARD. Has also been seen  wearing a cervical collar and claiming to be a Chaplain. Has a card that says "World Christianship Ministries" out of Fresno, CA. 

2003 - He is wearing a VFW cover from Colorado with a Purple Heart medal on it. Claims he had been held in the Mekong Delta for years. He and 10 other POW's escaped and only three made it to safety. 
2004 - There was a guy all decked out in a black and white uniform with MIA/POW patches, etc.  He told me  he was a POW in Vietnam from 1964 to 1973.  I told him he was a liar.  He showed me his VA ID card with "POW" on it.

Not a SEAL, not a POW

Seen at VA hospital in New Orleans Oct 2003, April 2004

ST. LOUIS CANNOT LOCATE ANY RECORDS TO VERIFY MILITARY SERVICE.


August 3, 2004
....   recently let a man claiming to be a POW come and live with....  met him in Baton Rouge , Louisiana while touring the US KIDD.... felt sorry for him, with his stories of being a Vietnam POW and while captured his entire family including his girlfriend that was pregnant with his baby were all killed in a motor vehicle accident.  He told stories of being tortured for 8 years.  Says that he escaped several times hoping they would just kill him.  Each time he was brought back and put in baskets and put into the water for days.  Nothing to eat but dirty rice, worms and bugs.  Stated that he was tortured by being hung up with bamboo shoots being pierced through his shoulders and through his scalp.  Says that 10 of them finally escaped and he and another were the only ones that made it out alive.  Says the other eight were shot or beheaded.  Told a sad story of living in New York being diagnosed with bone cancer and sent to Ocshners hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana to die.  Stated that because he thought he was going to die he signed away all of his VA benefits.  He had no money and no place to go.  This is the reason for ... taking him in. ... helped him to make phone calls to get his benefits re-established.  Gave him a place to live, food, anything he needed.  On a hunch, I started doing some research on the internet and came up with nothing until I found your website.  And there was his name Murray, Thomas.... was notified and she called the sheriff's department.  Within hours they called back and said that they had already come up with warrants for his arrest in three states so far.  His was taken to jail at 4am today.  So I would like to say thank you for your website and the work that you have done.  It may have saved our family.
Muse, Gregory . 05/2002 Claims POW, held in Laos, rescued by Navy SEALS. .
Musgrave, Walter KC, MO 2001 3 months, captured Ashau Valley Claims 101st Airborne


 May 2000 Kansas City

Musick, Daniel Martin  

 
KY 02/2011 Claims: Captain United States Army, Helicopter Pilot During 1965 - 1969.  CAPTURED AND HELD CAPTIVE FOR 7 MONTHS IN OR AROUND CAMBODIA.


Nothing on this man in any database.  So far as we know he did not attend helicopter flight school during the Vietnam War.

G R

 

"This guy is blowing smoke."

 

NPRC COULD LOCATE NO RECORDS.
 

Myatt, Michael S. Florida 01/2004
01/2005
Claims Vietnam Vet, POW Served in the Army from Aug 30 1961 to Feb 24 1962 before being released as a Private to the National Guard in SC. NO AWARDS, NO Military Education, NO Overseas Duty.

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