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INTRODUCTION V V A - Claims by members of Vietnam Veterans of America ==================================
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Individuals reported as
of 01/2012
Note: The
names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple
claims Those
with a "LINK" have records, news articles, pictures or tales
posted. |
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THOSE
CLAIMING MEDAL
OF HONOR |
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| Name | Location | Date Reported | ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some | Actual Records Indicate/Notes | |||||||||
| 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.
======================= 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)
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| O'Donnell, James | 04/2003 | Claims POW | Army, discharged as a PVT - never served in Vietnam | ||||||||||
| Odom, Archibald "DOUG" | . | 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 | . | |||||||||
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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
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| 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
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| 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..."
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,
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EVERY Medal of Honor Recipient:
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| 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.
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| 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 12/2011 |
From:
Elegantinspect@aol.com 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.
================== 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 ================================
Respectfully yours, Terrance G. O'Neill, SH1(SW) US Navy Retired Cynthia D. O'Neill 2340 Heartwood Ct. 303-818-7394 ... ========================================================= NEVER A POW 17 IN 1964. =================================== Delivered-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.
=============================== 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
=========================== From: Elegantinspect@aol.comDate: 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
============================================ From: Elegantinspect@aol.comDate: 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
========================================================================================== 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.... |
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| 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. |
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| Ortiz,
David D Jr.
aka Ortiz, David F. Jr. |
TX - CA - MO |
1999 |
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. 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!
2010 - He is upset because the VA is
denying his claims, and he claimed that we were "unfairly
influencing the VA' regarding the false statements he previously
made in his other claims. He also stated that the "General Attorney"
had ordered DAV to remove that information from his file. Based on
all of this, he said he wanted to "resign" from DAV.
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MILITARY
SERVICE 1955-1957 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS "NONE".
Felony Record Has falsified DD214 2nd source for information on Ortiz |
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1st WORTHLESS APOLOGY BELOW From
- Sat Jul 08 11:03:27 2000 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 ================================= 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." |
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O'Shanahan, Patrick
Donavan
aka
Richards, Col Arthur Allen AKA Sir Patrick Donovan Flannagan O’Shannahan AKA Dr. Khristian Knight
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Brevard County, FL 03/2011 - Fresno, CA |
1999 09/2002 09/2010 01/2011 03/2011 01/2012 |
Claims USMC - 7 yrs POW
(ONLY IN HIS MIND - NEVER A POW) BORN IN 1955
per some records....1945 on others. =============================== 2002- - Melbourne Florida
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================Here is something new on Roger
E. F. Sisson, AKA Patrick O'Shannahan etc. Hoarders on A&E today (6 Sep 10). One of the Hoarders episodes had a character everyone called Sir Patrick. He showed a lot of items with Marines insignia on it. He claimed to have been in special ops and a tunnel rat, among other things. He had a uniform hanging in one picture. This blouse had the kind of ribbon rack you see made up by people by pinning SEVERAL racks on a blouse, with no sense of historical order, precedence, or even branch of service ( WWII ribbons, some Air Force ribbons, and a full-size Silver Star Medal on the other side of his blouse. It all flashed by so quickly it was hard to see what all he had. A nametag on it said both Colonel and Doctor on it, as well as his name. He was knighted by Prince Charles. That's how he came by the "Sir".... MILITARY RECORDS HAD BEEN REQUESTED - but none were located.
01/2012 |
.![]() http://www.ccso.org/localcrime/bookingsheet.cfm?bn=59777-001
Family Watchdog profile http://www.familywatchdog.us/search.asp enter OSHANNAHAN and PATRICK - click all the tabs for more info on his case.
03/2011
He's apparently living in Fresno, CA using the name
"Dr.
Khristian Knight" now.
Emails:
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| 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. 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. Served 22 May 1950 - 19 March 1954
and 12 November 1957 to 1 November 1972. August
1951 NavSchool (Yeoman) Class A: "9-4-51
Trans to: USS Missouri at NORVA to resume duty." March
1961 Yeoman Class"B" Service School 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. |
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| Overman, Clerance | WA | 09/2006 |
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| 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. |
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| Owens, Carl L. | MS | 10/2000 11/2001 07/2006 12/2009 |
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. |
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| OZLEY, LEE MADISON | HILTON HEAD SC |
05/2003 02/2004 07/2010 |
Claims
/ Actual Records
Claims Ret Major, 6 yrs Air Force (60-66), 2 tours, 324 combat missions, shot down and captured by VC. He led 16 POWs in a successful escape attempt. Claims Silver Star, 3 DFC, 2 PH, Air Force Commendation, PUC and POW medal. Public speaker! Claims 172 days captured as a member of PHOENIX program.
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CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR: V V A - Claims by members of Vietnam Veterans of America ================================== 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
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RE: ANY NAME ON THIS PAGE: If anyone has viable proof of their captivity [or claims] which is accepted by the American Ax-POWs, NAM-POWs, DoD and DMPO - PLEASE contact us immediately. We will take corrective action and work with them to be recognized for their sacrifice. |