INTRODUCTION

CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

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

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More Reported Claims:
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 

APOLOGIES AND CLARIFICATIONS

Heroes or Villains?

Individuals reported as of  10/2009
CLAIMING VIETNAM POW STATUS  or as noted
#  =  on list over 12 years

All claims highlighted in lavender are eligible for prosecution under the  STOLEN VALOR ACT signed into law Dec 20, 2006.

Note: 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/.   When not found, an investigation is opened.

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.

N - O

Name                                       Location Date Reported ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some Actual Records Indicate/Notes
Nabors, Tom . 09/2006

DON'T MISS THIS TALE

http://rachelrebibo.com/rachel/wyoming/tom_nabors_1.html

QUOTE: 

Tom Nabors

Tom Nabors is a full-blooded Sioux Indian and Vietnam Vet who was a POW in Cambodia; right there I feel like you can grasp the intensity of the stories this man has to tell. Like all full-blooded Native Americans, he has absolutely no facial hair and skin that, although weathered by time, maintains an ambiguous sense of youth. He referred to himself (and me) as a “redskin” and if you ask him how old he is, he will crack his lips to give you a toothless smile and answer, “Forever 37.” 
.....
For someone with such a violent, painful history I can honestly tell you that Tom is a true gentle soul. It’s hard to believe when he tells you what it feels like to kill somebody, or how he was forced to practice cannibalism in the POW camp, but I think all of that made him appreciate life and breath in a manner that most of us cannot. He is a man who has nothing, who hates no one ....

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QUOTE 

Tom Nabors is not his legal given name and there was plenty of personal information and artifacts which verified his story. I chose not to share all of this with everyone as Tom disclosed it to me in confidence. Obviously, I will not be posting private information about people on the internet. ...... 

Posted by: Rachel | September 6, 2006 12:35 PM

UNQUOTE

NOT A POW BY ANY NAME

CALL THE PENTAGON AND ASK

PAO LARRY GREER  -  703-699-1100 EXT 1169

NADEN, RON . 11/2008 STORY AND AFTERMATH no military service
Nadler, Sheldon . . Claims POW .
aka Nash, John (Jack)
aka John F. Nash
aka Jack "Dusty" Rhodes
aka JackSlim42
aka CWO40873

real name:
Mckean, Lionel Tucker

Richmond, Charlottesville,
Greenwood, Campbell County,  VA

Lancaster PA

12/2002


click here for the REST OF THE STORY
on  LIONEL TUCKER MCKEAN

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Naugle, Raymond . 11/2002 Claims POW at Hanoi Hilton .
NEAL, RONALD 

AKA RONALD DAVID NEAL

MI/TN 03/2009 Claims POW status while serving with the 101st Abn Div in Vietnam 68-69. He has phonied up his discharge papers to include the Silver Star, "Jump Wings" and other awards. In reality he served in Germany as a US with Special Services. He has cancer now and at the benefit here in Michigan he showed up with his POW cap and everything again  where he tells everyone he was a POW and got all his bones broke while in a Tiger cage. 


NOW IN TENNESSEE

ACTUAL RECORDS

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Neel, Ralph . 2000 Claims POW .
Nelson, Robert A. Ludlow, KY 10/01 Claims held 6-8 months, escaped, covert ops, held Hanoi Hilton, jag type clerk and was shot down (take your pick) Born 1951 - Records indicate  NO Foreign Service.  All time in KY, Ohio or TX. July 70-Nov 70 and May 71 to Sept 72.
Nesmith, James
aka MAJOR Nesmith
. 09/2000 Claims POW - article on him [in a religious publication]...seems he 'visualized' playing golf during his 7 years in [cages] in NVN...did so well that he dropped about 20 strokes after return... NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH REAL ARMY RANGER  JAMES NESMITH in Vancouver, WA //  Washougal, WA
Newcomb, Tony O.
aka DAVID O NEWCOMB
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA  
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
10/2005

12/2008

Claims to be a U.S. Army veteran who was held for 9 years in Vietnam . He tells tales of constant torture at the hands of his captors. He says he had his fingernails and toenails pulled out several times. He also claims to have been sprayed with agent-orange by his own people before his capture. He claims to have received a section 8. He also says he was a convicted felon who has recently had his VA benefits pulled and is fighting to get them back. 

Name :  DAVID O NEWCOMB
Service :  ARMY
Service Component : 
Pay Grade :  E-3
Military Specialty :  0062E2O
Home of Record :  Unknown

62E
  CRAWLER TRACTOR OPERATOR

Newell, Jim . 1998 Claims POW .
Newkirk, Charles UT . Claims POW deceased
Nichols, Stanley H Bend OR
Green Valley AZ
 SFO Airport CA

1998
multiple reports
USN, Korean War POW, USMC, CIA, Air America, Vietnam POW In COMA 6/2001, STILL receiving queries re POW status.
Nicholson, Donald R "Nick" OHIO multiple

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EXPOSED - Pleads GUILTY to Federal Charges- SENTENCED Aug '00
Nickel, Frederick . 02/2005
Claims to have been USN Commander, and backseater in F-111. States that while a prisoner, he would wake up and find rats on his chest.
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Nickerson, Chester ME # Claims POW .
Niemeier, William Charles

Niemeier, William
aka "Wild Bill"

Pittsburg, PA
Osceola, MO area
02/2005
05/2005
04/2006
06/2006
07/2006
02/2005 -  He is originally from Pittsburgh Pa. Claims to be a Navy Combat Veteran. States he was a POW for 3 years. He says he flew A-6 Intruders, was a "Wild Weasel" was a graduate of Officers Candidate School, was a Navy Seal, and had to shoot a 14 year old Vietnamese boy to escape after he was shot down. Claims he ate bugs and crocodile eggs in Vietnam.

Claims he was on the Forrestal and the Enterprise when the big fires occurred. ".... was covered in Purple-K from head to toe and it was all sticky and dyed him purple" He said that JP-4 was really hot stuff". Claims he had to fly off a carrier in a typhoon. Claims he crashed 3 aircraft, and walked away from all three.

05/2005  - Claims ex-POW, Navy Veteran. Claims he was a POW for 3 years. Claims he flew A-6 Intruders, was a "Wild Weasel",  graduate of Officers Candidate School, Navy Seal, and had to shoot a 14 year old Vietnamese boy to escape after he was shot down. Claims stationed in Hawaii, and Guam. 
Claims Annapolis Graduate. He was ordered to fly off a Carrier in a Typhoon. Was at a Base called Son Li or Tan Li when it came under attack by the Vietcong. Also claims  of being the third largest Drug Dealer on the Island of Maui during his time at Barber's Point Hawaii.

2006 - Latest -   he had to do a "heart massage" on a guy in his unit who had his chest blown open. How can you do that while flying an A-6?

While he was in the service his car ran on J-p 4  { jet fuel] all the time!!

06/2006 - "But it didn't help to have the canopy of the A-6 Intruder peel back, and take off the front part of my helmet. ....  explain how the canopy came off! "It was from those thousands of AK-47 rounds being fired at me from the ground!"

07/2006- 

Bill is at it again [Bill Niemeier]. He is now claiming he was a Wing Commander. There is no record of him being a POW  because he was working "Black OPs and the records are sealed to this day. He said he went on bombing missions in Laos.  He  lost the end of his left index finger when he "didn't give the Vietcong the answer they wanted to hear".

How's Hawaii and Memphis TN for a nice tour?

NO VIETNAM. He was an Aviation apprentice.

NOT A SEAL. NOT a POW. 

REAL RECORDS
Works for St. Clair County.

Nipper, Harry Claims Virginia
tales in Menlo, Sanford, CA
May be cross country traveling.
11/2002 Claims over the road, explosives trucker. Claims wife and daughter killed in auto wreck. Claims spinal fusion for torture in Tiger Cage in Nam. Served "with the 7th in Cam Rahn Bay and Happy Valley." Was in emergency room in severe back pain one day, requesting morphine etc. to ease his pain and the loss of wife and child. Next day claimed angina/heart attack. "Allergic to all over-the-counter" meds! All info provided, address, job, dispatcher, etc seem false. 18 wheeler could not be found. 

NO MILITARY RECORDS FOUND ANYWHERE 05/13/03 letter from NPRC

Nishimori, Yutaka “Bruce”     
http://fairmontsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/506088.html
 
http://www.lakeviewfuneralhome.net/?p=893
 
Yutaka “Bruce” Nishimori, 60, of Fairmont, MN

Memorial  service for Yutaka “Bruce” Nishimori, 60, of Fairmont, MN, will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 13, at the  Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont.  Burial of ashes will follow with full miltary honors by the Lee C. Prentice American Legion and the Martin County V.F.W. Post 1222 at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont.  Bruce passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at the Fairmont Medical Center in Fairmont.  Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Monday and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont.  Yutaka Bruce Nishimori was born on April 24, 1949 in Santa Maria, CA, the son of Tadinori and Kimiye Nishimori.  He grew up in Santa Maria and graduated from high school in 1967.  He also attended Santa Barbara Business College.  Bruce entered the U.S. Air Force in October of 1968 and served three tours during the Vietnam War and was also a prisoner of war.  He was honorably discharged in June of 1983.  Bruce taught a computer class at Santa Barbara Business College where he met Debra Hunt.  They were united in marriage on June 4, 1994.  They lived in Santa Maria and then moved to Fairmont in June of 2002.  While in Fairmont, Bruce worked at the Bike Shop for a couple of years.  He is survived by his wife, Debra ....  In addition to his parents, Bruce was also preceded in death by one sister, Linda Schiller and one brother, Cliff Nishimori.

NEVER A POW
Nix, Luther Duane PA, FL. GA, NC 05/2007 Claims POW. Also claims to have the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Soldiers Medal, POW Medal, Purple Heart and several other awards. Travels the Pow Wow circuit on the east coast. He is scheduled to be the arena director at Griffin Georgia Pow Wow in May Served Army, June 26, 1978 - Feb 19, 1981. Served in Korea in 1980.
Nixon, Martin Clyde Rogers AR 04/02
05/02
Claims Prisoner of War, Silver Star, Special Forces. Led POW rescue attempt. VFW member. May have VA POW care! records requested
Nobella, Ed
aka Ed Martinez
CA . Claims POW .
Noble, Jimmy MN . Claims POW .
Noel, Marvin J. Greenville, SC 01/2008
02/2008
Claims to be a retired LTCol and was shot down and captured in Viet Nam. He was moved every few weeks and after 13 months was traded to US forces for an important Vietnamese person. Until the last few years he hasn't been able to talk about it (with tears in his eyes).

.....  Invites all honorably discharged and retired veterans and spouses to join them at the Ole Times Buffet on January 15 at 6:30 PM. For dinner (pay as you go) and to hear Marvin Noel a Vietnam POW speak... 

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http://www.macon.com/197/story/248855.html

Dear Mr. Rector...You are welcome to use this letter as a letter to the editor.
Reference: 1-27-08, "Years later, answers come..."
 
No man named Marvin Noel was ever with any one of us, the real surviving 661 POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of Defense in this regard.  The 3,797 MIAs ( to include all POWs) is on the Department of Defense official web site at the following address: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
 
Mr. Noel is not listed.  You and the readers of your fine paper are owed an apology from this fraud.

Sincerely,
Captain John M. McGrath, USN (Ret)
Monument, Colorado

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02/2008-  I spoke to him, still claims pilot, LtCol, retired 1987 after 30 years (reserves).. The reason there is no record is: He was CIA and the mission is still classified. No medals or awards were given. Not even his family knows. I told him if he would give me his serial number, this could be cleared up in a few days. He declined saying "his little brother was sick with terminal cancer in Michigan and he didn't have time for this petty stuff."
No man by the name of Marvin Noel was ever with any one of us, the real surviving 661 POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of Defense in this regard.  The real POWs are all listed among the 3,797 names on the Dod official web site at:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
 
This guy is a "wannabe." Tell this creep to get lost.  He is listed as a fraud at the following web site:
http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies1030.htm
 
Mike McGrath
POW 5 years 8 months
www.nampows. org
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ST LOUIS COULD LOCATE NO MILITARY RECORD BASED ON FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, RETIREMENT CLAIMS AND OTHER IDENTIFIERS.

Norris, Richard Perry

aka Dick Norris

Last know to be in the vicinity of West Manchester, Ohio. 2/2001
11/2005
12/2005
SVN, POW 6 months, escaped

2005 - He claims to have been held in Laos along with 32 other POWs for 8 months until rescued by 2 marine choppers and half the POWs were killed...He claims to have been awarded the Silver Star. .and now is saying that after many years of waiting, He and other POWs will each be given $250,000.00 for what they went through... he claims the USA has been withholding this compensation all these years...

Tracfone # (419) 551-9007

OH Vehicle License # DOY 4768

Tan – 2 Door Blazer - Rusted & rear window is broken out 

ACTUAL RECORDS


Arrested Friday, January 6, 2006 at 4:30 am by the Williams County Sheriff’s Department. He was arrested for 2 warrants. One from Bryan Municipal Court (Williams County) for failure to comply with a court order & one from Defiance Municipal Court (Defiance County) for failure to appear. He is being held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO).

Norman, Donald E. Nashville, TN 11/2003
10/2004
Claims POW -  Seen 10/17/04 at the VA hospital in Nashville, TN. Still claims POW status for 2 years in Vietnam after serving 6 years. .
Norman, John Lester WI 05/2005

John Lester Norman
 
11 JUNE 2005
 
1200 Hours Eastern Daylight Time - 1100 Hours CDT
 
Ride from Anderson Funeral Home to Cemetery for Military Burial Ceremony.
 
Gratis Lunch at American Legion Hall.
 
Rolling Thunder® Wisconsin State Meeting to follow.
All Chapters from all States, including National, and members at large are welcome.
 
Funeral of John Norman (expow) 2005-06-11
Funeral of John Norman (expow) who was a native of Michigan and a captured POW in Vietnam war, Laos. then released in 1971. His passing was in January 05.
Services to be held this June 11, 05 in Escanaba, Mi 1:00 pm  EDT commencing at Anderson Funeral Home and proceeding to with full military honors and a gathering afterwards at the American Legion hall.
 
Anyone needing more info please contact:
Rodger @ 231-843-1199
Rich @ 608-339-2659
Russ @ 715-827-5694
Mark @ 920-434-1346
Mike @ 262-244-0661

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John Lester Norman
 
John was only Seventeen (17) when he joined the United States Army.  Sent to Vietnam, as a radio operator, he is still trying to live with the guilt of having been the only one to be holding the antennae that was seen by the enemy in the jungle brush on the Cambodian border.  He will never be able to forget watching them murder his Lieutenant while he remained in a 6'x6'metal box with his hands and feet tied together behind his back.  For days he lay there baking in that box with his shoulders dislocated and sure he would die.  When the Marines rescued him, he felt guilty that he was leaving alive and others had died because of that antennae...the "IF ONLY'S" continue to haunt him on this and countless other missions where he lived and his fellow soldiers died...some gutted alive while he watched helplessly, others still Missing in Action that he may never know if they died quickly or are still being tortured today the way his was.
 
His only consolation was that he was going to come home and be greeted by supporters who would make him feel that this trauma was worth it because he was fighting a war that had to be fought.  Perhaps, he would be able to forgive himself, if they would let him know how much they appreciated his sacrifices.  As he stepped of the plane in his United States Army uniform, a crowd booing at him and calling him a baby killer greeted him.  When one of the crowd members spit on him as he passed he quickly got his luggage and went to the airport bathroom where he changed into civilian clothes and for the nest twenty five (25) years refused to admit he was ever a soldier in the United States Army.  After broken relationships and nearly drinking and drugging himself to death, John finally checked into a PTSD program in a Veterans Hospital.  A three (3) month program lasted thirteen (13) months for him.  He was able to make it clean and sober for over a year until his world fell apart again.  A divorce, three of his friends from Vietnam committing suicide, his brother's and his father's alcohol related deaths pushed him back to hiding in his own drunken stupor. Most people don't understand why someone with a full service connected disability and plenty of money to live where he wanted would be homeless.  John will be the first to say that homelessness is not only a financial issue, it is a heart issue.  Without connections and having a purpose, there is no reason to settle down and have a "home".
 
After his sixth (6) drunk driving charge, John was offered a place to stay at Randlin Home.  He was doing wellbut when he moved out and got involved with someone, the relationship triggered old memories and the cycle began to repeat itself.  Now facing prison after violating his probation by drinking and disorderly conduct, John is back in treatment dealing with PTSD issues again.  He will be coming back to Randlin Home's second transitional facility where they will work with his probation officer to provide an alternative to revocation in a supportive home setting.  John will be assured of transportation to his regular mental health and medical treatment and will also be monitored to ensure his sobriety.  His medications will be managed so he is not tempteed to self medicate with more than is prescribed and he will have access to crisis intervention twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.  John is part of a family again where he is loved and appreciated for his sacrifices.  He also serves on the Randlin Home Advisory Board to speak to the needs of Veterans that are in search of the kind of help that Randlin Home can provide.

Randlin Adult Family Care Homes, In
706 N. 10th Ave.
Wausau, WI 54401

Telephone Numbers and Contact Information
(715) 849-2969 Ralph Schlitz or Linda Larson Schlitz
(715) 212-2339 Linda's cellphone
(715) 212-2588 Ralph's cellphone
(715) 848-4161 Fax
randlinhomes@yahoo.com Email
http://www.geocities.com/randlinhomesWebsite

Fees: Average fee is $1,500/mo., depending on client needs. Please call for details.
Intake Procedure: Agency and private referrals accepted.
Area Served: Mainly Central Wisconsin.
Major Funding Source: Placing agency.

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NOT NOTED BY DoD on the PMSEA - check with Larry Greer, Pentagon, 703-699-1100 ext 1169

North Star, Timothy
aka 
Star, Timothy North
CA
S. Dakota

08/2006
CALIF


10/2006
Long Beach

 

06/2000

09/2002

04/2005

04/2005

08/2006

10/2006

05/2007

07/2007

08/2009

 

Claims: POW, SEAL, Annapolis Naval Academy grad

06/2000 - Claims to be a Tlingit (Alaskan) Native American who's the "most decorated Native American in the country" and  who is the "only Navey Seal authorized to still wear his Navy Whites  at public ceremonies." HE claims to be one of the last POW's to leave  Viet Nam. That, he was the one shown being removed from the tail area  of the airplane (C17?) on a gurney... (Life magazine.) Says he was  the guy who scratch the piano keys into the floor of his cell and that  this is what he used to "keep himself sane." Many mroe stories like  that... all under the portence of being a decorated Seal. 

About 3 years ago a Indian claiming to be a Lieutenant in the Navy Seals was around. He said he was captured and rather than give up the location of his men the Viet Cong ripped out his finger and toe nails. That is why he walks the way he walks. His last name is  North Star. He said they named a Blvd. after him at juneau Alaska. I had just purchased a book about that time called "Stolen Valor" and became interested in so called wannabees. I served south of Saigon out of a base called "Nha Be" which was decommissioned or turned over to the South Vietnamese in 1972. I asked him "North Styar" and "Raymond Aucker" if they served around there but could never get a answer. They seem to be waiting for my question or answer. The usual response was still classified or I don't want to talk about it. Have to go. will keep in touch. Paul


At 4/16/2005 12:02 PM -0700, you wrote:

I was introduced to a man claiming to be a Vietnam veteran who claimed to be a Navy SEAL team leader in Vietnam and was a POW for 4 yrs and 3 days.   As a POW the enemy pulled off all his finger nails and toe nails (his fingernails are all missing, I never saw him without shoes on so I can't vouch for his toenails being gone).  He also claims that the enemy plucked several of his teeth out and showed me several gold crowns in his upper and lower jaws.  Claims he has cancer from Agent Orange and that he receives treatment at the VA and does not have to wait in line because of his Navy SEAL Lt. rank.   He claims to be a Native American holy man (medicine man) from the Linlit (spelling??) tribe of Alaska.  I was asked if this man could stay at a home I have for disabled people and I said no problem.  He was to stay for a couple of days because he was worn out from his cancer and needed a couple days rest.  He stayed for approx 2 1/2 weeks during which time he captured my interest with the medicine man routine and my respect and gratitude for fighting and suffering in a war, (thank you from depth of my soul to all the men and women who have put their lives on the line for this country and its people, I honor each and every one of you whether you are still hear with us or watching over from heaven.  Thank you)  So I let him stay and told him he was welcome for as long as he needed a place.   Then some things didn't add up and I decided to surf the internet for info on Navy SEAL team leaders.  What I found was this website and the phony list.  I was shocked to say the least.  So just to make sure I called a phone number provided and spoke to a gentleman at the Dept of Defense POW/MIA Dept. and was told that Timothy Star or Timothy North Star was never a POW.  I went straight home and confronted my war hero (who by the way claims he escaped from the prison camp) and said "Hey North Star I spoke with a man today from the Department of Defense and they want you to call them right away.  Apparently you escaped from a POW camp that they are completely unaware of and now that you have surfaced they want to see you so that they can get your comrades out of there right away.  So here is the phone and the number ...he stared at me...I told him he had three choices.  call the number in the morning so any prisoners that may still be there are freed or help me understand why you found it necessary to lie to me and con me with your bullsxxt or be gone when I wake up.   He chose to be gone when I woke up.   WARNING to all, this man Timothy Star goes by the name of North Star and claims to be a Holly Man (medicine man) he got me for $200.00 and almost another $750.00 that he promised to pay back after he returned from Red Lake after he and the other medicine men were done burning the dead children from the shooting that took place there a few weeks ago.  He returned the clothes and misc things I had given to him and left with a Smith and Wesson hunting knife and a one way bus voucher to South Dakota (I canceled the bus ticket).  The last word is that he called a friend of mine on 4-16-05 from 605-584-4672.  Don't let this man con you and get your money or possessions and if anyone sees him....let him know that you know he is a FAKE!  the Piece of S#%T!
 
Hey North Star....Make your amends and set your self free...I will pray for you Star.
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..... met a man named Timothy North Star Monday 4/18 and 4/19 in Rapid City, SD at an AA club. He told us all the same story someone reported to you on 4/16/05, with an addition of being the pipe organ pianist for Rev. Billy Graham at one time and the organist for St. James Episcopal Church on Wilshire Blvd. LA....A Navy Seal as he claims and a POW and being decorated with purple hearts, bronze cluster and a Navy Cross in 1972 by Pres. Nixon He claims to be a medicine man from Juno Alaska of the Klingit tribe.

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08/2006 -  This is to update your entry on Timothy North Star. He is living in southern California and he is still claiming to be a former Navy SEAL and Vietnam POW.
 
Timothy North Star is living in the greater Los Angeles area. You see him occasionally at local pow-wow's and claims to be undergoing cancer treatment in Santa Monica.  Besides still claiming to be a former Navy sea officer, a Vietnam POW, and Navy Cross winner, he arrived in LA with many original sacred items from S. Dakota. These I saw myself and they were originals not fakes, and we were wondering who in their right mind would allow Tim North Star to carry some other family's medician like that.
No Lakota that I know of would every allow a non Lakota to bear such items.  So we think they might have been stolen or taken by other means and sold here in LA.  If anyone who reads this has knowledge of what was taken then you should use this info to help in maybe tracking it down and returning to the proper family.
 CONTACT US

10/2006 
He claims to be a Native American Indian from the Klingit tribe in Juneau Alaska (he even demonstrated some of his own dialect for me).  Same stories as from the others here.  only additional information was that he has a wife (Nancy?), a boy, and a set of twin girls.  he also claims to have adopted a boy from his sister (?) who had died in a car accident or something.   He came to our church and claimed to have been in the area to speak at a conference.    He did have a pack of old pictures showing him in white naval attire with lots of medals on his chest.  Dark hair, 5' 11"

05/2007
It's a very sad day for all of us here who listened to him give the most beautiful speech and defend the rights to maintain the prayer site for the medicine men for the Indian Nations here on the west coast (they are likely to lose this site). He had several of us crying with the most beautiful speech about memorializing not only the dead, but those currently in Iraq and how he really wanted our soldiers to come home.
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05/2007

No man by the name of Timothy North Star was ever with any one of us, the authentic 661 surviving POWs of the Vietnam War.  Nor is he known by the Department of Defense in this regard.  For the Defense Department official listing of all 3,797 MIAs (to
You can confirm this information with the Department of Defense: Mr. Greer, Public Affairs Officer, can be reached at 703-699-1169.  Call during normal Washington, DC working hours. 
 
I am an Annapolis grad.  I have the registry of all attendees (includes non-graduates) here in my hand.  Mr. North Star is not listed.  Mary has access to organizations who have all the registries of anyone who attended and completed BUDS or SEAL training.
 
Looks like this guy is just a bunch of Smoke & Mirrors.  If he wears medals,  a military device or uniform that is not earned, he is in violation of Title 18, Section 702 and 704 of the Code.  Pictures and witnesses can help get this guy before a federal judge. 
 
Sincerely,

John M. McGrath
Captain, USN (Retired)
POW NVN 5 years 8 months
NAM-POWs Historian
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Norton, Herbert OH 2003 Claims "short term" POW .
Nothstine, Ralph Fountain, CO 1997 Claims POW .
NUTTING, KENNETH Sunapee, NH 10/2008 CLAIMS 101st Army Air SP Forces 
" i was a pow and lost my hand to the gooks"

AOL  SCREENNAME KEYSAREME1 

CLAIMS TO BE A POW FROM NAM. HE HAS USED THIS  CLAIM FOR YEARS TO GET AND SOLICIT MONIES FROM PEOPLE. CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN AT THE HANOI HILTON & TO HAVE  BEEN "'RETURNED"" IN 1975.

CLAIMS TO BE FROM NH BORN AND RAISED ON A FAMILY FARM THERE AND NEVER LEFT STATE EXCEPT TO BE IN MILITARY.

NO MILITARY RECORDS COULD BE LOCATED BY NPRC.
Nydegger, Robert CA #
09/2001
05/2007
At 09/27/2001 0157 PM -0700;   I am a deputy district attorney in San Diego County. I prosecuted Robert Nydegger for the murder of Timothy Cudd (USN retired) He was found guilty of first degree murder on 2-20-1991 in San Diego Superior Court Case CR102161. He had previously claimed he was a SEAL. That was debunked at trial with Microfiche records and the testimony of Master Chief Ray Hollenbeck (20 year SEAL) He also claimed that he was captured in Laos and spent time with Colonel Shelton USAF. This psycho also told his Shelton's wife he was dead as he had escaped with him and when recaptured the Pathet Lao (sp?) had thrown Sheltons shoes, still containing his severed feet back in the tiger cage. This fraud gave speeches and marched in parades for POWs. He was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life and will not be eligible for parole until 2008. I was proud to nail this liar..

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NEVER A SEAL and NOT a POW. Discharged an E5 in 1992 after 21 years of service. MOS MH 8483.

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Subject: Robert Nydegger
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:06:57 -0700

I would suggest that the authors of this site, which I just found, look into the California Penal system records as I know Mr. Nydegger was recently up for parole and his service record was brought in to question at that time by the same very jaded prosecutor noted. During the proceeding it was made clear that the penal system as part of protocol had been provided with a complete copy of Mr. Nydegger service record by the Defense Department, .......

Any one who has been on your site for more that ten years, without proof, should be researched and if you can’t say that you can prove they have lied, they should be removed. Haven’t veterans of Vietnam suffered enough, why do we have to continue to punish them?

Affidavit in support of a search warrant that was executed in June of 2005

ODEN, ROBERT WAYNE

He claims he has "used" this name and  it is not his real name.
Houston, TX 11/2008
01/2009
Claims he was a thirty-six year Navy veteran and retired as an Senior Chief Engineman (ENCS). Further, he advised that was "just in the right place at the right time doing his job" and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star. He further advised that he was a POW and knew Senator John McCain, then LCdr. McCain, in prison and that Senator McCain collaborated with the enemy while in captivity.

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https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Boeing-B17

I purchased the green B-17. I am enjoying it. I did find one small mistake. The engines on a B-17 are studebaker built wright-cyclone, nine cylinder, R-1820-97 developing 1200 h.p. each. I know this for a fact because I work on the "TEXAS RAIDERS" B-17g, gulf coast wing, caf Colonel Robert W. Oden (7/06)

NOT A POW

ACTUAL RECORDS

O'Donnell, James   04/2003 Claims POW Army, discharged as a PVT - never  served in Vietnam
Odom, Archibald . 08/2002 Claims POW captured by VC, held 2 weeks, escaped from Cambodia.  Served honorably in Rangers and Special Forces. NOT a POW
Ofrias, Frank The Peoples Court
May 16, 2002
02 "I was an Airborne Ranger and a POW in the Vietnam War" New York accent...
Ogren, L.A. "Snake" E Swanzey, NH 1997
03/2005
Claims POW
Claims he was captured as a SP4 with the Special Forces. He escaped by jumping from the tree he was held in after 9 months. Broke both ankles. Last time I saw him was in 1982 and he was about to be promoted to Major in the Army Reserves.
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O'Hearn, Travis E. Mindanao, Philippines

Leclaire IA

1989 Clamed POW for 5 years, USMC, beaten .
O'Henry, Roy L
aka Royal O'Henry
aka Royell O'Henry
Modesto, CA 12/01 Claims SOG, 5th SFG POW .
O'Keefe, Damien
aka Demien
Moves FREQUENTLY 2000
2001
USMC, MIA, 3 tours Nam -- he was MIA then declared dead, but he was actually a POW when he returned to his unit after escaping, says wife Shannon. He had to serve under another name it was all so secret.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH 
former P.O.W. NETWORK advisory board member , 
Navy Submarine 
veteran and volunteer:

Daemien "Deacon" O'Keeffe
Website dedicated to the War Dogs!
http://www.geocities.com/madnovelist

Olin, Loyd Arthur Houma, LA 03/2006 From: "sue olin" <sueolin@bellsouth.net>
To: <info@pownetwork.org>
Subject:
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:11:39 -0500
To Mary
My name is Loyd Olin......I have just gone on your site and found the information that you have printed about me.....why did you not notify me first to obtain correct information on me......you just chose to print information you found on the internet.....first of all let me say" THAT I AM NOT A POW AND NEVER CLAIMED TO BE".....a POW is a soldier that has been captured and held for at least 30 days.....I was only away from my unit for 10 days which included torture, bieng left to die in a cage shoved in the mud, leaches which made a meal of me until i went unconscious, and bieng rescued and probably sold back to my unit but this I don't know for sure.....you made a statement about my service in Vietnam......my Vietnam service was Aug.64 to Aug.65......which I have a DD214 to prove......
 
I have dedicated a big part of my life to the POW issue and feel the same way as you do about wanabees......but you have made a big mistake here in making assumptions......you have even put a block on my computer on your site.......are you seeking the truth or do you just want to bash me??????    I chalange you to talk to my friends......ask them how I feel about POW......ask them if I ever told anyone I was POW......I want to meet with you and your husband to clear this up immediately.......
                           My phone number is  985-872-9484

 

SO MUCH MORE

 

Olivier, George A.

deceased

Jackson, MI 09/2005
11/2007
Claims POW for 22 months in 1968 and 69; wounded with a bullet in the right temple which exited below his left cheekbone.  Claims captors put him in with officers who kept his secret so he would get better care.  He was supposedly fixed up by French doctors.  Claims Medal of Honor and Special Forces. 

http://www.publiusforum.com/eberleflyit.html

"...General P.G.T. Beauregard ( by the way one of his descendents, Medal of Honor winner in Viet Nam, George Olivier' is a member of my staff), realized that a different banner was needed to prevent the confusion and needless bloodshed from happening again. But, it had to be a banner that would represent the view of all Southerner patriots and their religious belief..."


George A. Olivier 
OLIVIER, GEORGE A. ­ Of Jackson, passed away September 20, 2005, age 55. Survived by his beloved former wife, Debbie Olivier; four children, Danielle Olivier, John (Amanda) Olivier, Christina Olivier, and Andrea Olivier; one grandson, Darrell Hamlin; and one more grandchild on the way; one brother, John Olivier; two sisters, Josephine Kennedy and Tina Marie Horton; numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. He served in the Army during Vietnam and was a member of the VFW and the American Legion #246, 101st Airborne Association and Special Forces Association. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Monday, 10:30 a.m. ! with Reverend Father Randy Miller officiating. Burial Ft. Custer National Cemetery, 1:30 p.m. Visitation today 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Olivier Trust Fund. Chas. J. Burden & Son 1806 E. Michigan Ave.
Published in the Jackson Citizen Patriot on 9/25/2005.

11/2007:

I am not writing this to validate all my dads claims, however my dad was a POW and I have possession of the paperwork to prove it along with possession of his medals. You see the PSD that my dad suffered from because of the war starting causing other illnesses such as narcism. I seen there is a picture of my dad on the Internet in a suit with the CSM label before his signature. Story behind this basically was my dad was bullshitting a woman and her friends. If another veteran would have asked my dad if he was a CSM he would have said NO HE WAS NOT. However he was a special forces 101st airborne sniper. Back to this illness thing my dad would become very confused about events regarding all sorts of things. I'm not talking even war events, things such as visiting people and going places, he would be confused as to what took place.  So some people might have heard some bullshit stories boo fucking hoo, because of my dad being in the war he is no longer with me on this earth. He passed away do to an enlarged heart which was caused by his pain medication for injuries (gunshot wound to the head) he suffered while serving our country. I really do not care if you leave him in this area of your site, I just wanted to clear up some things.
 
Sincerely,

 

ACTUAL RECORDS

 

EVERY Medal of Honor Recipient:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm

 

Olivieri, Michael A. . 1998 Claims POW, Jolly Green, held 6 years .
Olson, Robert L. . 2001 Laos - special ops, CIA rescue! Purple Hearts .
Olson, Rodney Jay . 01/2005 Claims to have been in Vietnam and held prisoner and tortured for a couple years. Claims he rescued several other POW's and obtained a purple heart.  He claims the combat date discrepancy is because of secret missions.
Born 1957
Stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego United States Marines
Served Feb/March of 1975  until Jan. of 1978.
O'Neal,  Michael H. . 03/2005 Claims green beret.  Claims captured by the Viet Cong and kept for almost a year in a cage; claims he was released in 1971. .
O'NEILL,  TERRANCE G

aka TERRY O'NEILL

Deceased 01/20/09

Las Vegas, NV
Colorado
05/2008

From: Elegantinspect@aol.com
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: Terry O'Neill US NAVY RETIRED

Hi,

I was on PBR 1 during the 1964 mission in Cambodia to get the down CIA copper crew out .During the extract we got capture and held capture for two years/I have a book coming out later this year telling the story of how the US Government cover this up and how this mission never took place/I have talk to a retired ONE STAR General and he new of this mission and the capture boat crew.By chance do you have any records that I can used for proof of this .My book is going to be publish with [PUBLISH AMERICA ]The name of the book is [ONE DAY OF GLORY/TWO YEARS IN HELL.

Any help in this will be helpful.

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Here is a link showing that O’Neil is trying to tell the world that he is a POW:

http://ca.askmen.com/men/entertainment_100/114_clint_eastwood.html/posts/801114/2

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Elegant Home Inspection Service
Hire a Vet,US NAVY RETIRED, Serving the complect Front Range.Member of N.A.C.HI
303-818-7394 

Respectfully yours, Terrance G. O'Neill, SH1(SW) US Navy Retired Cynthia D. O'Neill 2340 Heartwood Ct. 303-818-7394 ...

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NEVER A POW

17 IN 1964.

1964 - 1967 RECORDS

1967 - DISCHARGE  RECORDS

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Delivered-To: info@pownetwork.org
From: Elegantinspect@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 11:36:05 EDT
Subject: Terrance G. O'Neill SH1 9SW 0 US NAVY RETIRED
To: info@pownetwork.org

    DEAR SIR !
MY HUSBAND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR AND GOT FULL MILITARY HONORS WHEN HE RETIRED .Granted their is no records that you can fine nor us but we don't need to proved about a cover up.here is what we will do and if you don't take our name off a legal law suit will take place and we will own the pow net work.And I will like a reply back you have until next Tuesday or I will turn this over to ours attorneys!!!!!!
 
Cindy O'Neill
 
 
THE Author would like to add that under the VALOR ACT signed into law DEC, 20,2006 the time frame in this book from when he entered Viet Nam in 1964, and his time in Cambodia cannot be verified. The Author is not trying to claim a POW recognition status. The Author is not a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America, nor is he affiliated with any other POW organization. The Author is a member of the American Legion. The Author would like the readers to make up their own minds about the topics in his book. The Author was stationed with ACU-2 and on board the USS AUSTIN LPD-4 during this time frame of 1964-1967 [ DD-214 FORMS FOR PROOF ] of the story. The Author would like to mention that all events from 1975 up to 1992 are documented in DOD Records except the cover up of OPERATION PRAYING MANTIS in 1988 while he was on board the USS BAGLEY FF-1069. The Author would also like to state that this is a story that has non -fiction and fiction events, and is for the entertainment of the reader. The Author is not in any way trying to discredit any POW organization. The Author needed to tell his story in order to heel himself mentally and emotionally from time served (1964 to 1992). The Author did pass the Chief Petty Officer test (E-7). The Author did retire as First Class Petty Officer SH 1 [SW] and has not been advanced in RANK since retirement. Because of the Freedom of Information Act, anyone who needs to or has the desire to, can pull all DD-214 forms.One under the old service number 778-68-83 The others are now under his Social Security Number.

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Mary and Chuck Schantag
 
In stead of helping you guys want to start a war.What do you think the FBI will do.Is this a violation of national security or just that the both of you just got to much time on your hands? I guess you will probally vote for OBAMA too.
Have a great day.
Terry O'Neill
US NAVY RETIRED
EX COMBAT ACTION VETERAN.
 
Oh look that up it is on my DD-214

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From: Elegantinspect@aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:57:15 EST
Subject: Terry O'Neill SH1 [SW ] RETIRED
To: info@pownetwork.org

Dear Sir!
 
Now since you have all my records and as you can see I do have a Combat Action Ribbon.How long are you going to keep my color the color of a someone that did not have loyal and dedicated service for the land I love and Fought for ?You web site is a smear campaign and is being down maybe just maybe a honorable service member and just maybe you should take another look at what you are trying to do.But every time someone write your site you add it .So change the color or we will talk in court.
Terry O'Neill
SH 1 [SW ]
EX COMBAT VET.
US NAVY RETIRED

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From: Elegantinspect@aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:45:34 EST
Subject: Re: Terry O'Neill SH1 [SW ] RETIRED
To: info@pownetwork.org

While like I told my men in COMBAT  fire when you see the whites of their eyes.We need to sit down and meet face to face sir!Oh by the way have you ever see combat?Maybe not
 
T

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The early years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ashland_(LSD-1)

...Ashland was recommissioned on 29 November 1961. Assigned to Amphibious Squadron 4, she began a routine alternating operations off the East Coast with 6th Fleet deployments to the Mediterranean and to the Caribbean. In October 1964, she participated in Operation Steel Pike I, during which the ship served as a primary control vessel and boat repair ship. Upon completion of Steel Pike, the dock landing ship visited ports in Spain and Portugal before returning to Little Creek, Virginia, her home port, on 19 November.

Early in February 1965, Ashland took part in Operation FirEx, a joint Navy-Marine Corps exercise off the Puerto Rican coast and returned to Little Creek on 6 March. She got underway for the Mediterranean in June along with five other ships of Amphibious Squadron 4 and there served in six amphibious landing exercises. During this deployment, she visited nine European ports of call before returning to her home port on 3 November.

The ship was deployed to the Caribbean on 3 March 1966 as part of the Caribbean Ready Group and conducted numerous amphibious landings, including Operation Beachtime which involved over 40 ships of the 2d Fleet. Upon her return to Little Creek on 27 June, Ashland conducted upkeep until sailing for Narragansett Bay on 18 July for a series of training exercises. She was back in Little Creek later that month and went alongside Amphion for an availability. Ashland spent the next few months in training exercises and then entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 18 November for overhaul....

O'QUINN,  JOSEPH  HOWARD FLORIDA 05/2008 Claims prisoner of war for 2 days, jump wings, diver, force recon. Refused MOH "just doing his job." ACTUAL RECORDS

More complete records will be posted soon. 

Ortiz, David D Jr.

EXPOSED

aka Ortiz, David F. Jr.
aka Ortiz, David Miguel
aka Ortiz, David Florain
aka Tellez, Miguel

TX - CA - MO 

1999
2000

09/2001
10/2001
06/2002

02/2006

06/2008

POW, PH, MOH, NC, SF, Ret Officer. 
2002 claims include NOT the Medal of Honor, but the FRENCH version of the Medal of Honor! Covered in burns from his plane crash and capture! Demands respect for his service time. Expects to be called to the Pentagon at any time etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. No end to the lies.

Reported AGAIN 09/01 
-  stating Vietnam POW on a Bail Bondsman job app in Independence, MO.

NEW CLAIMS AGAIN - 06/2002.

06/02/2008 AGAIN CLAIMED POW - TO A DAV SERVICE OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE BENEFITS. SAID HE WOULD REPORT THIS TO THE PRESIDENT ET AL! 

MILITARY SERVICE 1955-1957 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS "NONE".

Felony Record 

Has falsified DD214

2nd source for information on Ortiz

1st WORTHLESS APOLOGY BELOW

From - Sat Jul 08 11:03:27 2000
To: pownet@

    TO ALL POW'S/MIA'S of VIETMAN VETERANS:

      I, DECLARE WITH MUCH HUMILATION, OF CHUCK SHANDAG DISCOVERY OF MY NOT BEING A VIETNAM POW DURING THIS WAR.  I HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR MY ACTIONS THEIR WAS A PERIOD DURING THIS TIME THAT ALL VETERANS WHO WERE NOT ALLOWED V.A. BENEFITS AND BECAME AN ADVOCATE IN ORDER TO TRY TO OBTAIN BENEFITS AND WAS AT TIMES ABLE TO SECURE SOME TREATMENT FOR THESE VETERANS, VIA MY INPUT ALL OF THIS IS THE PAST.

I AM APOLOGIZING TO ALL THE VEITNAM POW'S FOR MAY ACTIONS OF MY CLAIMING I  WAS AN AVIATOR AND P0W.  IF THE POW'S WISH RETRIBUTION AGAINST ME I AM  WILLING TO BE PUNISHED FOR ALL THE HARM I DID TO YOU.

I STAND BEFORE YOU IN HUMILITY  WITH  RESPECT STANDING CORRECTED FOR MY  ACTIONS.  I MUST TELL YOU THAT ALL THAT , ACCORDING TO MY CIVIL RECORD THERE WERE SEVERAL MISTAKES AS SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS USED MY SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.

AGAIN I STAND BEFORE GOD ASKING FORGIVENESS AND ASHAMED IN WHAT I DID HOPING YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR IN YOUR HEARTS WHAT I AM ASKING.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING 

SINCERELY,

DAVID ORTIZ
JUNE 8, 2000

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ORTIZ MADE NEW CLAIMS IN SEPT/OCT 2001. HE WAS THEN EXPOSED AGAIN ON FOX TV NEWS KANSAS CITY, FOX TV NEWS SAN DIEGO, and Satellite FOX NEWS Sunday.

When called at home on June 11, 2002, Ortiz stated "you want me to send another apology? Well, go ahead and try and prosecute over the gun. The police gave me the permit."

Ott, Daniel H. Lexington, Oklahoma 1998
08/2008
Claims POW Reportedly fired from prison job.
Ott, Maro . 1998 Claims POW .
Outland, Brooks W. Florida 06/2005 While attending the Vietnam Veterans Homecoming in Branson, Missouri, Outland claimed to be a former POW (held 14 days but can't tell you where). 

Claimed to have been in a  "POW rescue" unit.

Claims CIA recruited before UDT 21 graduation. 

Business associates state he would never lie about his service. Claims were heard by hundreds (and various days, in various venues) including a reporter.

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http://www.vetspac.com/Bios.htm#Brooks_Outland

Brooks Outland retired from the Navy in 1973 as a Senior Chief, after serving a little more than 20 years active service. His last duty assignment was as the Navy’s first Enlisted Flag Officer Personal Aide. He also performed duties as the Admiral’s Administrative Officer and Writer.

During his career, he completed four separate tours of duty in the NATO headquarters in Europe as well as in the U.S. In 1950, he served aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri (BB-63), which successfully completed 19 shore bombardment missions during the Korean War. Brooks volunteered for duty in Vietnam in 1966 and was assigned to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam/Special Operations Group (MACV/SOG).

Upon retirement, he accepted a Civil Service position, reaching the GS-11 level before he was forced to resign due to complications of his service-connected injuries. Brooks has been a proactive supporter of the Concurrent Receipt issue since 1989 and served as Editor/Partner at CRLegislation.com.

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Served 22 May 1950 - 19 March 1954 and 12 November 1957 to 1 November 1972.
Transcript of court martial not in file.
Retired E8. 

August 1951 NavSchool (Yeoman) Class A:
Typwriting105 hrs
File and Filing 10 hrs
Terms and Spelling 10 hrs
Office and Records 30 hrs
Clerical performance 35 hrs.....

"9-4-51 Trans to: USS Missouri at NORVA to resume duty."
Was with MACVSOG .... (combat position not likely with his training)

March 1961 Yeoman Class"B" Service School
Correspondance 30 hrs
Admi 45 hrs
Military Justice 50 hrs
Moral Leadership 30 hrs
Advanced typing 20 hrs
Gregg shorthand 242 hrs...

Awards: Navy Com w/1GS; Good Conduct (5th); National Defense (2nd); Korean Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal; Armed Forces Exp (Lebanon); Vietnam Service; Joint Services Com.

Overman, Clerance WA 09/2006
Clerance "Dave" Overman   
1943 - 2006
Clerance "Dave" Overman, 62, of Kelso, died Sept. 11, 2006.

He was born Sept. 24, 1943, in Valentine, Neb.

He had served in the Navy as a Seabee during Vietnam, during which he was a prisoner of war. A local area resident for about 20 years, Mr. Overman worked locally as a pipefitter and retired in 2004.

He and his wife, Virginia Ellen Dowty were married in 1978 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She preceded him in death in 1996.  ...
No service is planned at this time.

Memorial contributions may be made to Community Home Health & Hospice, P.O. Box 2067, Longview, WA 98632.

Columbia Funeral Service is in charge.
Published in The Daily News on 9/14/2006.
NOT   A   POW
OWEN, ROBERT . 12/2008 CLAIMS POW and Special Forces  
OWEN, ROBERT L . 12/2008

Claims USAF 1972-1976. Claims to have been a ParaJumper in the Air Force and a POW for 11 months. Claims he can’t prove it because it was in Cambodia and was classified.  He says he still has to sign papers every 2 years.

Actual Records
Owens, Carl L. MS 10/2000
11/2001
07/2006
POW note entered on DD214 in pen.

Carl L. Owens , Hernado, Ms. Rides around town with a License plate that was issued by the state of Mississippi with a  P.O.W status. It is a shame that he get's away with this crime.
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OWENS, FRANK . 09/2009 Claims to have been captured, tortured and escaped in Viet Nam after being shot down as a crew member on a C-130 aircraft (USAF) about 1968. .
OWENS, WILLIAM "Billy" L Charleston, SC 08/2008
11/2008
04/2009
Claims POW, Navy Captain

Now has POW license plates. Claims captured in a patrol boat off coast of Laos.

actual records

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