W
|
| Name |
Location |
Date
Reported |
ALL Claim POW
or MIA and then some |
Actual
Records Indicate/Notes |
|
Wade, Jeffrey Thomas |
. |
1999 |
Claims POW |
. |
|
Wade, Lawton Ford |
San Bernadino, CA |
1999 |
charged with attempted murder of step-daughter --
PTSD, POW defense |
. |
| Wadkins,
Robert |
Lake Worth, FL |
02/02 |
Claims Diver with Submarine
service, SEAL TEAM 2 in Mekong in '65 before being captured and held 17
months. Tells classes he wears hearing aids because VC put sticks in his
ears. |
Teaches security officer
training classes!
Member VFW and DAV. |
| Wagener,
William J "Bill" |
Santa Maria CA |
09/2003 |
Claims POW, suffered minor
injuries, but major psychological trauma when captured by VC. Claims
served with "865th GG" in II Corps Sept 69. Claims wounded and
highly decorated. |
http://www.smartvoter.org/2000/11/07/ca/sba/vote/wagenerwj1/bio.html |
| Wagner,
Alan |
Muscatine, IA |
06/01 |
POW late 60's Army |
. |
|
Wagner, Donald E |
UT |
# |
Claims POW |
. |
|
Waldron,
Charles Andrew
|
Hamilton, OH |
11/01 |
Claims POW (10 days, 6 wks, 10
wks, take your pick...) member of Flying Tigers, NAVY SEAL, assassin.
Claims 4 tours, and Medal of Honor (that he returned). |
|
NOT SEAl, NOT POW, NOT MOH.
Dob 1951
records indicate Fireman's
Apprentice - USS HULL DD945
|
|
Waldron, Tim |
CA |
# |
Claims POW |
. |
| Wales,
Ron/Ronnie/Ronald |
. |
05/2002 |
MOH, 6 yr POW, SF, combat wounded |
. |
| Walker,
Charles |
Chicago area |
11/2004 |
Interviewed, Thursday,
Nov.11, 2004 on NBC affiliate, channel 5 WMAQ
Chicago
.
"...Among those served was 51-year-old Charles
Walker, a pilot in Vietnam who lost a lung after being rescued from a
POW camp.
"I graduated, was drafted, I served my country,
and I'm living in the streets," Walker said. "Honestly, it
breaks my heart because I gave my adolescence, basically, from
graduating, I gave that away, and ... I wound up getting put in a POW
camp. I've got one lung left because of the military."
The veteran is one of many who will soon be living in
a new housing complex under construction by Catholic Charities, Norman
reported...." |
Receiving
services being offered to vets through Catholic Charities |
|
Walker, John Dr. |
. |
1998 |
Claims POW, wife POW/MIA activist |
husband of Holly - exposed by Col Ted
guy |
| WALLACE,
JESSIE |
TX |
02/2008 |
"Jessie Wallace (nothing more) born
(in Austin, Texas) circa 1950. Joined
the army at age 15 (YGBSM) and trained at Ft. Polk, LA before joining
up with the 4th Infantry Division in March 1966, when he was 16 years
old (again, YGBSM). He served several tours of duty in Vietnam, and
was wounded in combat in 1967, 1968, and during the Hamburger Hill
battle in May 1969. Jessie will recall his experience as a sniper, a
POW, and his escape from the POW camp."
from a local
news letter!
|
No man by the name of Jessie Wallace was ever with any
one of us, the
real 661 surviving POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he
known by the
Department of Defense in this regard.
Your observations are correct...this guy is a liar and
a loser. Tell him to get
lost. Honorable men do not need liars in their
midst. The DoD official web
site listing all 3,797 MIAs (to include POWs) is at
this site:
We have found that when a man is lying about the POW
story, then he is
probably lying about a lot of other things, too.
Age 15, combat, wounded,
sniper, POW, for instance. This guy should grow
up and get a life. If I were
you, I wouldn't accept a single thing he says without
documentation.
Let me know if I can be of assistance. I have
every answer you will ever
need as far as the POW experience in Vietnam. We
now track some 1,600
Phony POW wannabes (like Mr. Wallace). Most are
listed at this site:
Captain Mike McGrath, USN (Ret)
A4s Forever...
5 years 8 months POW in NVN (You could've been my
roommie in Hanoi)
|
Wallace,
Jim
aka James L. Wallace |
South
Dakota
Dallas TX |
12/2003
01/2007
12/2007
05/2008 |
Claims USMC POW, while he was imprisoned he states that
they broke both of his wrists, waited a couple of weeks for them to
heal, then broke them again.
quote
James Wallace - Executive Vice President/Director
of Training and Operations
http://www.crisismanagementcorp.com/index.php?content=staff
... Mr. Wallace has an extensive background in the
combat martial arts, special weapons handling and combat tactics
dealing with surveillance, infiltration and target elimination
techniques, as well as in military and civilian security.
Mr. Wallace used his training in southeast Asia
while he was assigned to an international police unit. After six
years in southeast Asia, Jim returned to the United States and
became an instructor for the United States Marine Corps. He was
later assigned to the DEA and completed missions in South America.
As his final tour of duty, Mr. Wallace instructed personnel with the
DEA, U.S. Customs, U.S. Border Patrol and the U.S. Coast Guard in
drug law enforcement procedures....
|
Served
in the Coast Guard - 10 yrs, AFTER Vietnam - click for letter
NOT a SEAL
NOT a POW
quote
I went to high school with: James Wallace, he was ONLY
about 9 when the Vietnam War was on, we are the same age!! I have
not seen him since the seventies, but he looks the same. He left
high school because he got a girl pregnant and joined the coast guard.
That is all I know. He was born in 1958 like me. He lived
with an aunt in Fort Lee, went to Catholic Elementary school in the late
60's, was no where near Vietnam,!! Went to Fort Lee High School
and he is even my 1976 yearbook in a picture, but since he did not
graduate, there is no picture of him as a graduate.
end quote
2008 - WALLACE FARRIER SERVICE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
http://www.wallacesfarrier.com/
|
| Walsh,
Mike |
Chandler,
AZ |
01/2007 |
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=81077
Spiritual Life
SURVIVORS: Janice and Mike Walsh
of Chandler say their family has strong faith and has overcome many
hardships.
Laura Segall For the Tribune
Chandler family holds fast to the light of Christ
By Lawn Griffiths, Tribune
December 23, 2006
.....Jan underwent three abdominal surgeries and radiation treatment for
cancer three years ago and has arthritis. Mike’s
lower back is fused from surgeries from wounds suffered in Vietnam,
where he was a prisoner of war for eight months. ....
Yet they all draw from the survivor’s well of 58-year-old Mike’s
Vietnam experience. As a soldier in an Army engineers unit, he cleared
jungle for roads and bridges. In 1968, his group was attacked, and Mike
was one of only five of the nearly 100 in the group to survive, she
said. ...
Contact Lawn Griffiths by email, or phone (480) 898-6522
|
MOS
62E20. Crawler Tractor Operator. Discharged an E5
NOT a POW.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
National Defense
SPS M-14
EXP M-16
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
4 Overseas bars
NO awards of Valor.
NO notes on his being a
"patient".
NO CIB
NO Purple Heart
While in Vietnam he was with the HHC
35th, 20th and 84th Engr Bn
and the 538th Engr Co
He was transferred to the reserves after Nam.
The
text of the clarification appearing on page A2 on Jan. 6 in the East
Valley Tribune and Scottsdale Tribune:
Clarification – In the Dec. 23 Tribune, a Page F1 article in the
Spiritual Life section should not have identified Mike Walsh of Chandler
as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for eight months. “His name does not
appear on the official
U.S.
government database of POWS from
Vietnam
,” said Larry Greer, personnel affairs officer for the Defense
Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office at the Pentagon.
|
|
Walter, Charles Henry |
. |
1999 |
Claims POW |
. |
|
Walters, Allen D. |
Lexington, OH |
again
11/2002
07/2003 |
Green Beret, POW escapee, Silver Star,
secret ops. Claims Pentagon won't let him publish his book. |
At this
URL http://alspeaks.net/experience.asp he
writes:
"12+
Years of service U.S. Army Special Forces. Leadership School, Instructor
Technique and Presentation."
At this
URL http://alspeaks.net/about.asp he
says this:
"My
first speaking experiences came as a member of the U.S. Army Special
Forces, where I provided leadership training to over 250 individuals at
a time."
Prelim investigation shows: Allen D. Walters AR E07
12B40. The 12B= MOS code for Combat Engineer.
Records show E7. NO
SILVER STAR. MOS include Combat Eng; Dozer Operator; Plt Sgt; Drill Sgt.
ALL assignments include an Engineer unit. Served at Fort Leonard Wood,
in Germany and in Nam. Military education included Combat Eng school and
Drill Sgt School. Disabled/Retired.
|
| Walters,
Frank |
Believed to be Ohio |
08/2002
01/2003 |
Claims POWmid-60's. Has
"papers"...tells how bad it was to be captured but doesn't
like to talk about it much.... VFW member. |
. |
| Walters, Gary
Lee |
Phoenix, AZ |
1998 |
Special Forces, 4 years captive |
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH the
honorable service of
Navy Veteran Gary Walters, Hamburg, NY - USS Valdez |
| Wanke,
Fred |
Cudahy, WI |
04/02 |
Claimed Korea POW then
Vietnam POW. USMC, rescued by SEALs. |
Lives on Packard Ave. |
|
Warner, Samuel |
. |
. |
Claims POW |
. |
Warren,
Richard Wayne
(used Jr - uses Sr now) |
Hattiesburg,
MS
2005 - Union Church MS |
#
1997
1999
2003
2005 |
Claims
25 yrs service - (actually claims 25 yrs, 9 months, 21 days). Claims
Special Forces, 2 tours, captured on 2nd.
POW 70-73, (or SIX yrs - depending on WHO he told the tale
to).
100% disability. Now has "minister's" license and preached the
Word based on faith found in his captivity. Claims 3 PH, MOH, Special
Forces. Married at least 5 times. Claims MSgt.
=================
A middle aged man named Richard Wayne
Warren, Jr., who is properly listed .... on the phony list since
no evidence connecting him with any POW status whatsoever is recorded
anywhere, still maintains that he was a member of a 3 man recon patrol
into the Plan of Jars, Laos and the only survivor; taken prisoner on Jan
10, 1970 and held in Son Tay, some place called Ba Loi Dam, and
Briarpatch; then released in April 1973.
He also seems to claim that he retired from the US Army on 27 Dec 1987
with 25 years of service (no rank; units known) and is more recently
known as a minister of one or more small churches in South Mississippi.
He is also not just a Benin "teller of war stories"
since he has recently lobbied himself
into chairmanship of the Hattiesburg Veterans' Committee and has a Lamar
County, Mississippi tax-exempt POW tag on his auto which seems to be
without proper certification by the State Veterans' Board.
This guy knows he has been exposed and has been confronted yet still
maintains his story and aggrandizements.
=======
If this is the same guy, - I thought he was from
Oklahoma - one of his deacons came to the museum about him. I checked
all our sources, including the TDY lists for the White Star rotations
from 1959 to 1962) that listed 98% of all SF guys that had been in
Viet Nam/Laos/Thailand. He wasn't on any of the lists. The deacon that
came to the museum said that this guy organized a day for the
Laotians, the Meos to be exact. This tipped me off, because you do
not call Hmongs Meos. Using the term Meo as a honored title is
totally bogus as it is like us calling a black the N word. Anyway,
I said that to the deacon and he said this guy insisted that was their
name. At this ceremony, I guess the deacons contacted the local SF
Association chapter to surprise the pastor by bringing in his buddies.
The preacher/fake POW, as you can well imagine, went bezerk and no
one could figure out why. One of his stories is he was in Laos on
a recon team and he was the only Anglo there. They were caught in
an ambush and he was badly wounded in the stomach/intestine area and his
Hmong had to carry him all the way over to Viet Nam, as opposed to his
base camp. This guys didn't
have a way to bandage himself up, so they just held all his entrails in
while he was being carried. They Hmong walked a day /I forgot
exactly how long he said - day and a half (a long time not to have
lost alot of blood or having
infection, etc. set in). I forgot the rest because he was ludicrous.
Anyway,
since the blow up at the ceremony, the deacons, especially this one who
was also this preacher's best friend, started getting suspicious. I
felt so bad for the deacon that came to see me, he did everything except
start crying. I really tried to find that this guy was at least a
SF guy just out help them find face. No way. The preacher has been
there around 20 some years and runs a college type school. His
entire career has been built on the "I am a Green Beret, POW, hero
who found Jesus while being brought out of Laos" type thing.
His congregation bought it hook. line and sinker, building up the
church from nothing to church/school complex Now that the
deacons in the congregation know they've been conned, they are at a loss
what to do about it. I guess the preacher worked alot with the
troubled kids in the area and got them all to go to school, etc,
primarily on the story "if I could overcome this", why can't
you.
If it is not this guy, then there is another phony just as bad in
Oklahoma.
HASN'T LEARNED. KEEPS TELLING
HIS TALE TO REAL FORMER POWS.
.... Still gets 100%. Has attended POW PTSD group. No longer has
POW license plates. Still claims retired Special Forces MSgt (not!).
Claims 3 Purple Hearts (NOT) but he WAS in Nam. Dec 68- Nov 69. Bought
some medals at V.A.!
He is an abuser and he now claims as a veteran he cannot be made
to pay child support.
His house was purchased through "Veterans Home Purchase
board", they are in bankruptcy because he has $200,000 in credit
cards. |
Had
POW license plates in 1999 - have been revoked. Was a member of various
veterans/POW organizations and VA PTSD group as a POW. Past President of
Hattiesburg POW Chapter of American Ex-POWs. He burned Chapter records
and memorabilia after confrontation he was a fraud.
Wore the POW bracelet of
Walter Moon - who was in the same camp he was!
REAL date of birth 1945.
Oft speak in churches to give
"testimonials" of his experiences.
Warren's phone # -
601-786-9536
==============
Service Number 14808xxx
Born Nov 11 1945
Married, 2 dependents
Dates of Service 11/14/62 -- 10/25/77 (Net Note: DECEIVING
-- see
later notes)
#11
8A 16 MAR 70 4 yr 13 Jun 74
Rank SSG
AWARDS: NDSM, VCM, Good Conduct (1st) Vietnam Service, Good Conduct(2nd)
Overseas Bars (7) Bronze Star
MOS 72F40
5 ft 11 in 172 lbs(Comm Gen Spec) 72B40, no glasses
GED in Japan 1963
Foreign Service
14 May 63 - 29 May 64 Korea
31 Jul 65 -- 22 Feb 68 Nam
6 Dec 68 16 May 70 Nam
MOS/Units
14 Nov 62 - 8 Dec 68 Comm Cne Spec Sgt E5 61 mo Sig C
9 Dec 68 - 72B40 - Co C 43rd Sig Bn USARPAC - VN
31 July 69 - 31Z40 - Co C 43rd Sig Bn USARPAC VN
13 Nov 69 casual - enroute to Co A 459th Sig BN
14 Nov 69 - 31Z40 - HHC 459th Sig Bn
11 May 70 casual - enroute to CONUS
11 June70 - 00F40 - Drill Sgt - Co B 5th Bn #Bde Ft Leonard Wood MO
15 Sep 70 11B40 Operations Training NCO - Co B 5th Bn #Bde Ft Leonard
Wood MO
1 Mar 71 72F40 - Data Com Ter Spec - Co B Hq Comd Ft Leonard Wood
[Crossed out 21 May 71 Dropped from Rolls DESERTION]
3 May 71 - 72F40 Data Com Ter Spec Co B Hq Comd Ft Leonard Wood
11 Aug 71 DROPPED FROM ROLLS - DESERTION
25 Oct 77 DISCHARDED PER ORDERS 205 103 771022 PDAC F8NIN
#42 REMARKS
[crossed out - not rec for fur service]
EER R-31 Mar 71
TIME lost
3 MAY 71 22 JULY 71 81 DAYS awol
[CROSSED OUT 11 AUG 71 dfr]
6 AUG 71 AWOL
Dif between 71 AWOL and 77 discharge was his side trip
to Canada. |
|
Watson, Eugene "Gene" T. |
Ramona,
CA |
1999
03/2007
01/2010
|
Claims POW,
was "in a cage."
Has VA POW ID card.
"Been deceiving us for years at both the VA
and in the community."
|
Records
indicate NO captivity - 10 yrs service, E-5,
image Interp; Article 15 1975. Did earn 3 PH |
|
Watson, Patrick |
Omak, WA |
again, 09/2002 |
POW, SF, covert, Rhodesia, claimed Native
American, now Mongol!
2002 - Marine, SOG, Army (gunship) helicopter pilot, Air Force
Major, 5 1/2 yr POW..... dresses in fatigues, boots and gold leaf
while grocery shopping. |
Active
Duty July 1980 - Feb 1982. Discharged a PFC/E3. Only training: Unit
Supply Spec Course. Awards: Army Service, Marksman/Rifle. No foreign
service noted. |
| Watson,
Roger Elton |
Hopkinsville, KY |
1984, 1998, still at it
05/2002
02/2003 |
READ
ALL ABOUT HIM STOLEN VALOR PAGES 519-521!!
The local newspaper will not print a retraction to
the newspaper article they printed about Watson.
|
EXPOSED
- he retired from the Ky Dept of Labor as a Disabled Veterans Outreach
Specialist at the end of Jan 2003. He no longer works at Ft Campbell.
STILL
TELLS GRANDIOSE TALES - STILL LIVES OUTSIDE FORT CAMPBELL, HOME OF 101ST
AIRBORNE!! He is NOT missed at the office.
NO MEDAL OF HONOR, NO DSC, NO
BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR, NO SILVER STARS, NO SPECIAL FORCES, NO POW
STATUS. E5 - NOT an officer. |
|
Watts, David "Dave" |
. |
1999 |
Claims POW |
Stationed
TX, NJ, Thailand, OK, NY, FL, OH, IL; no PH, NO MOH, NO captivity noted.
|
| Waybright,
Dan |
. |
03/2005 |
Claims
POW and retired FBI agent Sacramento branch. Claims that he was on the
Oklahoma POW list. When asked why not on the PMSEA - he didn't know why,
he gets a check every month. He also claims Purple Heart.. |
. |
| Webb,
John Joseph |
Holmes Avenue, Prospect Park,
PA |
06/2003 |
Article: Delaware County Daily
Times, Feb 28, 2003
Headline" Persistence patently pays off for
former POW and inventor"
"Fortitude helped a borough man survive and
escape from being a prisoner of war in Vietnam.....Webb, 54, a disabled
American veteran... Army's 199th Light Infantry Brigade as a
"tunnel Rat"...Vietnam 1968-1972...member of the covert
Experimental Military Unit of EMU with members of the Royal Australian
Navy.....got shot down in Cambodia, tortured and held as a POW in
Laos for about 6 months before escaping.... 145 pounds and went down to
78..... Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star and Distinguished Flying
Cross.
|
Records indicate he WAS awarded:
National Defense, 3 overseas bars, Good Conduct Medal, CIB, Vietnam
Service, Vietnam Campaign, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Bronze
Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal w/1OLC, Expert M-14, ACFT Crew badge. MOS
was 52B20, 11B20, 67N2F, 67N20. He served with 68th Sig Bn, 298th Sig
Plt, 134th Aslt Hcptr, 1st Acft Maint, 135th Aslt Hel. NO DSC, NO
Silver Star, NO POW Medal, NO POW captivity noted, NO 199th LIB,
NO EMU. E5 at discharge. |
WEBER,
ROBERT HUBERT
aka HUBERT G WALKER |
TX |
07/2008 |
CLAIMS
POW/NAVY SEAL, 9 YRS IN NAM, CLAIMS CAPTAIN
|
ACTUAL
RECORDS |
|
WEBB, LEO |
.CA |
02/2012 |
Leo Webb who
represented himself as an Army sniper on NPR. NPR
has already come back and retracted it
......
NPR
Marketplace
“My Life is True”
NPR posted
this retraction
“ Editor’s Note:
A commentary by Leo Webb, ”Returning veteran has few marketable
skills,” prompted questions from listeners about Webb’s account
of his service as an Army sniper in Iraq. A subsequent
investigation found that the Army has no record of Webb. Webb
also said he pitched for a Chicago Cubs minor-league team.
Inquiries to the Cubs and to Minor League Baseball found no
record of Webb. Marketplace has an obligation to provide
accurate information. That was not met in this commentary. It
has been retracted and the text and audio have been removed from
the web site. “
-------------------------------------------------------------------
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=28550 - DON'T MISS!
But these
guys has a screencap of the article.
|
. |
| Webb,
Nicholas
R. |
Florida |
08/2004 |
Claims really listed as MIA.
No records of him exist becuase of the operations he di and the fact he
"changed" identities. Claims Marine, 1968 timeframe. Claims
"Purple Flag of Valor" unit.
|
Prelim
investigation found:
WEBB NICHOLAS R
AR E04 11C2O |
|
Webster, Steve |
. |
1999 |
Claims POW |
. |
| Weeks,
Kelly Eugene |
Chicago
Dallas |
1978
2004 |
Supervisor at Fox and Jacobs
Construction out of Dallas, TX stated he was a former Army helo pilot
who was captured as a POW in Vietnam. He also stated he had received
several medals from the Army. He tells a rather lengthy tale about being
a POW and what went on at the POW camp. He was last thought to be
working as a housing inspector for the city of Dallas. |
. |
|
Weekes, Wally |
. |
1999 |
Claims POW |
. |
| Weikel,
Donald S. |
MA |
11/2002
07/2004
|
2004 - Here we go again:
Feds
probe phony POW's claims of earning medals
By Tom Farmer
Friday, August 6, 2004
http://www.ayerpublicspirit.com
/Stories/0%2C1523%2C110%257E7505%257E%2C00.html?
SEARCH for WEIKEL
07/16/2004
Groton veterans'
POW claims called untrue
Case brings to light Vietnam POWs' attempts to track "phonies"
and post-traumatic stress disorder
By M.E. Jones
mjones@nashobapub.com
"I escaped."
Those words, spoken by a Vietnam veteran to me after Grotonąs
Memorial Day parade this year, launched an unanticipated
investigative odyssey into a world of "phonies, frauds and
POW wannabes" and the retired soldiers who track them via
the Internet.
The story also highlights the many after-effects of war, and how
not all of
them are physical. The veteran is Donald S. Weikel, after whom a
day was named by the Groton Board of Selectmen honoring his
service and recognizing his ordeal as a Vietnam POW....... |
Former
POW recalls the torture he, others endured
Sections: Area News
By M.E. Jones
Shortly after Donald Weikel of
Groton arrived in Vietnam as an enlisted Marine Corps
machine-gunner in 1965, he was captured in an ambush and held in
a Vietnamese village for four months. He escaped, leaving many
comrades behind. -- 7/7/2004 |
Vietnam
vet was sure death awaited him during his Marine tour
Sections: Area News
By M.E. Jones
GROTON -- When Donald Weikel joined
the Marine Corps in 1965, he was sure of two things: He was
headed for combat, and he was destined to die. The young Marine
poured out his feelings in a poem penned on the back of a
K-ration box shortly after arriving in Vietnam in the fall of
1965. -- 7/2/2004 |
==================================
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=35699
Boston Herald
07/15/04
By TOM FARMER A
Groton man who claims he escaped from a Vietnamese prison camp and
returned to combat where he earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star and
three Purple Hearts is an apparent fraud whose case has been referred
to the FBI based on a Boston Herald investigation of his fantastic
accounts.
.....
==============================
Teenager:
War `hero' betrayed my trust
By Tom
Farmer
Local/ Regional
(Friday, July 16, 2004)
As the FBI investigates a Groton man who
allegedly lied about being a prisoner of war and a highly decorated
Vietnam veteran, some of the people Donald S. Weikel duped say they
will never be so trusting again. ``It's heartb...
[more]
|
SEE
1st ARTICLE
and actual records
1/9 says NOT with unit 24 months. Only 10.
NOT a POW escapee.
No record of Silver Star
NO rescues.
EXPOSED
|
|
Weiss, David William "Doc" |
St Paul, MN |
1986
1999 |
Paper: MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE
Headline: 13 years after the war, Vietnam vets bask
in welcome
Date: 19860614 06/14/86
Section: NEWS
Page: 01A
Edition: METRO
"... Dave Weiss wore no uniform, but his cap
announced that he was a POW. "You paid for all of us," Cole
told him, giving him a hug. "There's no way we can repay
you." Strangers a moment before, they put their arms around each
other and joined the first Minnesota contingent in the parade.
Weiss, a registered nurse at
the University of Minnesota Hospital, was a
Special Forces medic in 1967 when he was captured by the Viet Cong. He
spent 28 days locked in a tiger cage before escaping. ....
Still claims POW
|
. |
| WELTER,
JOHN J Jr. |
OLEY,
PA |
05/2008 |
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=81741
....John J. Welter Jr., a Vietnam-era Marine veteran
from West Lawn, said he is asked that question all the time...Welter
served with the Marines from 1966 to 1968, and said he was held as a
prisoner of war in Vietnam for eight days in 1967...
================
Hi There,
A friend of mine told me about your
site when he saw my name on it. I would like to know who the persons
are that are accusing me of a being a Wannabee
especially the MIKE dude + how can you post imfomation before
even verifing it. Its ashame I can't prove that I was a POW because
according to our great government I was only being held for
transport + its not even on my DD214.
Have you ever heard of slander or determation
of character which I do believe they call it.
I was even accused of being AWOL the time I
was MIA + being held prisoner. Yea Right!!!!!!
The reporter was wrong
also. It was 18 days not 8.
I guess the only one that knows the real truth
is GOD + thanks to him I guess I got lucky because a little boy +
girl I use to give candy to told my unit where I was + I was rescued
by Force Recon Marines.
The militia I belong to has a good lawyer so I
plan on asking him his opinion on the posting on your web site about
me which isn't 1 bit TRUE
John Welter Jr.
U.S.M.C.
Nam 67'
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....good job on your letter to Vandermeulen. I
wrote her, too. Welter
is a wannabe. I encouraged her to do her own
research. A lot of reporters,
after they have been defrauded, do a follow-up
article.
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West,
Clarence R.
aka "Skip" |
Palm Desert, CA |
04/2004 |
Claims POW, Air Force Cross and
every Air Force award below that. Claims to have been a PJ rescuing
pilots left and right and that's how he was captured and held as POW.
Claims he attacked his guard with a knife and escaped. |
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| West,
Harold |
Grew up Long Island |
03/2003 |
Claims held 1963-1972. Age 58. |
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| West, Richard
A
|
Columbus NE
|
1999 |
3
months POW
MORE
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POW
claims could not be
substantiated by Columbus
Police Department NPRC search |
| Westerberg, Bob |
. |
1999 |
Claims POW |
. |
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WHALEN, JOSEPH MICHAEL
|
03/2009 |
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- Claims to
have been a Force Recon Marine in Vietnam
towards the end of the war..
- On
operations in Laos ..top secret cant talk
about it etc etc etc
- Was in
"Ranger Recon" USMC Vietnam
- Was a Sgt
- Was in 2nd
Bn Recon
- Was in
Vietnam 1972-1974
- Claims he
was awarded a "Purple Heart"
- Insists he
was a Sgt in the Marine Corps and got an
"Honor Medal" for
excellence in training
- Captured by
the NVA/VC (must have been a joint prisoner
snatch)
- He was taken
into captivity and marched many many many
many long and arduous miles away
- He was held
captive for a while and "interrogated" first
by a "good cop" then a "bad cop"
- Somewhere
along the way he was able to overpower his
captors ..kill one of them and escape
- He also
claims he was court martialed for killing a
VC/NVA who was caught "walking off the
distance between his team's hut and the
outer perimeter wire...to give the enemy the
dope they would need to mortar them...
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ACTUAL RECORD
May be in possession of bogus DD214 |
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Wheeler, Michael |
Overland Pk, KS |
1999 |
Claims POW |
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Whelan, Bill
aka Richard W. Whelan |
Ft. Carson CO
1997 |
1997
07/2002
09/2005 |
Still at it. Claims
POW. Original
stories told to REAL ex-pow.
Claims SEVEN Purple Hearts.
Claims his service record would never reflect that he
was in combat was because he was on a covert operation in Cambodia, and
that the information was classified.
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Has used a Reserve Colonel, Jim Singleton
to perpetuate the fraud. Perpetrated a fraud on a church study
group.
His list of decorations is as
follows, coming directly from the information received from St. Louis:
Good Conduct Medal; Parachutist Badge; Ranger Tab; National Defense
Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars; Purple
Heart; Silver Star; Combat Infantryman Badge; Republic of Vietnam
Campaign Medal; Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm; Air Medal; Army
Commendation Medal; Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf
Clusters; Presidential Unit Citation; Valorous Unit Award; 3 Overseas
Service Bars; Soldier's Medal; Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit
Citation Badge with Bronze Star; Humanitarian Service Medal; Army
Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon; Expert Qualification Badge
(M-14); Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Badge with
Palm.
However, as for being a POW, his record does not
reflect it. Seems to have been an ADMIN OFFICER, Worked in Food Service,
taught leadership school and was an Aide de Camp to MG Gleszer.
"We have now received a great deal of
feed back from members of Whelan's regiment - 327th 101st ABN
including an officer that rose to three star rank. No one has
any recollection of Whelan being taken POW and or any Black Operations
run from the 101st into Cambodia."
...The Only facts or feedback that are
impt. to this issue is simply that no one who responded knew of
subject's capture and his being consider a POW. Nor do they
recall the incident when he was missing and or considered a POW.
As I told you in a previous message, there would be records of such
an event both in the Morning Reports and After Actions Reports.
You have to realize that any POW and particularly those who escaped
would be debriefed with great attention and care. I believe
you have been told that there is no government record of any
escapees from Cambodia.
If he is now telling you he can't recall
the time frame and that it may of occurred during the 3rd or 4th
tour. I don't have his records, but I believe you when you
report that they show
11 months in country. That of
course does not and cannot add up to four (4) tours. Did you
or can you ask him what unit he was with when the event took place
even if he can't recall the timeframe. I have been told by
those who were captured and particularly those who escaped, that
they remember in detail all and every thing about the ordeal.
SJ, USARA
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| White,
Adrian Fredrick |
NY |
11/2009 |
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Also, he was honored by the
Patriot Guards even though it does not state he was a POW in
their Forum.
Friday, November 6, 2009
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Adrian F. White, 65; Vietnam
POW, Remington Tester
COOPERSTOWN – Adrian
Fredrick White, Cooperstown, a former POW in Vietnam,
died Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2009, at his home following a
long illness, surrounded by his family. He was 65.
He was born April 16, 1944, in Oneonta. He graduated from
Cooperstown Central School, Class of 1961.
Abe was inducted into the Army on Feb.
14, 1963, and served his country during the Vietnam War. He
was captured and held as a prisoner of war, but survived and
received his honorable discharge from military service on Jan.
30, 1965.....
Funeral arrangements are with Connell, Dow & Deysenroth
Funeral Home.
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NEVER
A POW
ACTUAL
RECORDS
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| WHITE,
CHARLES T. |
St
Augustine, FL |
09/2008 |
READ
THE FAIRY TALE
http://www.news4jax.com/news/18606595/detail.html
Man Pleads Guilty To Falsely Claiming To Be Purple Heart Recipient
POSTED: Friday, January 30, 2009
UPDATED: 5:07 pm EST January 30, 2009
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Charles
White, a 68- year-old resident of St. Augustine, pleaded guilty to
falsely claiming to be a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, in
violation of the Stolen Valor Act, United States Attorney A. Brian
Albritton announced on Friday.
...
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NOT
A POW
ACTUAL
RECORDS
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-05-27/story/life_already_ruined_lying
_first_coast_vet_gets_light_sentence
Life already ruined, lying First Coast vet gets light sentence
In the past five months, Charles T. White has lost
most of his friends.
After pleading guilty to lying about being a prisoner of war in Vietnam
and earning a Purple Heart, the veteran was kicked out of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, an organization he’d been part of for 40 years,
holding offices and serving on the honor guard....
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| White,
Charlie
AKA cHARLES d WHITE |
Martinsburg, WV |
03/2004
03/2011 |
Claims Navy SEAL, POW
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/03/ap-wwi-mourners-pay-respects-to-frank-buckles-031311/
.......White and two friends, Donna Collis
and Marvin A. Stickel, drove to the visitation from
Martinsburg, W.Va. They
are planning a candlelight vigil later this month to raise
money for Buckles’ daughter to use for memorial efforts.
White, who said he is a 64-year-old
former Navy SEAL, said the government hasn’t done
enough to honor veterans of World War I and other
conflicts........
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He's not listed .....I'd love to speak with him though...
Don
ACTUAL RECORDS |
| White,
David |
NY |
. |
POW 2x, Navy Cross 2x, PH, SS,
SEAL |
dob 10/49 |
| White,
Ronnie Joe |
Quapaw, OK |
11/2003 |
Claims POW |
Actual Army,
Vietnam |
White,
Tom
aka White, Tommy Silas
aka White Tommie S.
aka White, Tommy S
aka Silas, Tom
aka Silas,Tommy
aka "Commadore Gone Country" |
Branson, MO
CA, LA, NY |
10/2003
04/2005 |
Claim former Vietnam vet
and POW released on 8-23-73
Claims former Commadore, claims penned "Easy" and
"Lady (You bring me up)". Purported to be under contract for fall
show.
04/2005: Claims "Vietnam Vet" (there
in the "late 60's") and has new
show in Branson - a tribute to Charlie Pride.
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02-10-2003, 09:30 AM
Former commodore now known as Tom Silas
Former commodore now known as Tom Silas was
the youngest member of the world famous group The
Commodores, he was the bass player and now resides in
Branson, MO were he's out promoting his cross over from
motown to country music. With the largest show band in
branson and an opportunity to perform his live show
at " The Grand Palace" where the stars play
were in need of immediate investors to help in the project,
we offer the best return on a capitol aventure. If you or
some one you may know has an interest please respond by
email (virtual7musicinc@msn.com).
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jewel K. White
Virtual7 Music
Senior Vice President/Artist Development
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http://celebritybooking.net/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=13
"... Also, the artist has been married for nearly
20 years and is the spokesperson and sponsor for, 'Cyber Search for
Missing Children' but, will travel or consider relocations as he
continues to have their support as well...."
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NOT A FORMER POW
UNDER ANY NAME
-
EVEN IF all aka's are "stage name."
ACTUAL
RECORDS
and actual claims
From: "George xxxxx "
Subject: Re: The Commodores
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003
He is not a writer on either of the songs mentioned - at least not the
versions recorded by the Commodores. I can't say for certain if he has
ever played with the group but if he did it was as a support band
member and not as a member of the group.
==============================
... I have been unable to find him listed as a
member of the Commodores (they say he was under-age at the time) and
Lionel Richie is credited with writing these songs.
The man uses the name Tom Silas or Tom Silas White. If you can confirm
he was a member of the Commodores it would be a great help to me.....
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: Information Request
Thank you very much for contacting us regarding this
matter. Off hand, the name Tom Silas / Tom Silas White does not sound
familiar, however we are asking others about him. We have forwarded
your Email to our attorney for further investigation...... .
Best,
=====================
Cyber Search for Missing Children DENIES statements
made about "spokesperson and sponsor" stating the only contact
was a solicitation to use a piece of music, and cancellation of a
concert due to "heart problems..." NO money, donations,
support have ever been received. He is NOT a spokesperson.
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WHITE EAGLE, MARK MATTHEW |
GA |
12/2011 |
Mark White Eagle and he claims to
be a former POW and Vietnam vet....
Has also has had a Purple Heart plate!
No Man named Mark White Eagle was ever with any
one of us, the 662
suriving POWs of the Vietnam War, or with the 21
surviving POWs of Gulf
War I (1991), nor is he known by the Department
of Defense in this regard.
The official DoD listing of all 3,887 MIAs (to
include all POWs) is at:
Mr. Eagle is not listed. He is a "wannabe" POW.
Tell him to take a hike.
As to POW license plates, if they are designer
plates which he has
requested and paid a fee, usually $25 or so per
year, then they are legal. If
he has state-issued POW plates, there might be a
problem. If the state
grants a waiver of a license fee (many states do
this), then he has submitted
false information to the state DMV and has
committed fraud for financial
gain. If this is the case, he should be reported
to the Office of the Inspector
General for that state, and to the DMV for
possible fraud.
Mike McGrath
5 years 8 months POW in Hanoi
NAM-POWs Corporation Historian
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 ACTUAL
RECORDNOT noted by DoD as a returnee. |
| Whitlock, Max "Terry" |
Canton, OH |
1999
2000 |
4x POW-6x MOH |
*** SEE VVA |
| Whitman, William N. |
PA |
04/01
Deceased |
Claimed Korea, Nam POW, Blue
Angels, Carrier Pilot, 22 yrs |
19 years, no
pilot, no POW, no Korea |
| Whittredge,
Jerry alan |
1998
2008
07/2008
|
TX
2008 - now in Tampa, Florida
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Wednesday, June 3, 1998 - Page updated
at 12:00 AM
Impostor Falsely Gains High Nasa Clearance
AP
HOUSTON - A
pilot accused of parlaying phony credentials into access to
high-security areas at NASA has been arrested, charged with
impersonating a federal officer.
Jerry Whittredge,
48, is charged with falsely claiming he was an astronaut, a CIA
employee and a Medal of Honor winner....
============================
June
3, 1998
San Antonio Express-News
Man with fake credentials gains NASA clearance
Mark Babineck
HOUSTON - A pilot accused of parlaying phony NASA, CIA and war
credentials into access to some of the space agency's highest security
areas was in custody Tuesday, charged with impersonating a federal
officer.
Jerry Whittredge, 48,
is charged with repeatedly claiming he was an astronaut, a CIA regent
with a lifetime appointment and a Medal of
Honor winner.
...
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http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:1-Y2DOcuL7EJ:www.lubbockonli
ne.com/stories/060398/LD0678.001.shtml+jerry+a+whittredge&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=13&gl=us
Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Last modified at 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Man nabbed for impersonating astronaut
HOUSTON (AP) - A pilot accused
of parlaying phony NASA, CIA and war credentials into access to some of
the space agency's highest security areas was in custody Tuesday,
charged with impersonating a federal officer.
Jerry A. Whittredge,
48, is charged with repeatedly claiming he was an astronaut, a CIA
regent with a lifetime appointment and a Congressional Medal of Honor
winner.
... ==========================================
Man Poses as Astronaut, Steals
NASA Secrets
HOUSTON (Reuters) [6.04.1998] - A licensed airline pilot posing as an
astronaut bluffed his way into a top-security NASA facility and got
secret information on the space shuttle during an eight-month deception,
federal prosecutors said Wednesday
Jerry Alan Whittredge, 48, faces up to five years in jail and a $250,000
fine for misrepresenting himself as a federal employee, the U.S.
Attorney's Office for Southern Texas said....
=======================
1999
www.nasa.con
Jerry Alan
Whittredge of
Galveston was charged with impersonating a federal employee and lying to
federal agents after he used bogus credentials to dupe officials at
NASA’s Huntsville, Alabama, space center into thinking that he was an
astronaut. They allowed Whittredge
to sit at a Mission Control console during a shuttle mission and even
trained him on a flight simulator before his odd behavior led to a more
thorough investigation of his background and the discovery that he had
set up his fake biography, describing himself as a former CIA agent
turned astronaut, on a Web page.
==============================================
*** Bogus spaceman who duped NASA to appear in court
A 48-year-old man who posed as an astronaut and bluffed his way into
a top-security NASA facility will appear in court Friday for the second
time this week. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern Texas said Jerry
Alan Whittredge
would appear before Judge Calvin Botley so that preliminary evidence
against him could be heard....
-------------------------------------------------
Houston- Reuters
A Texas man who posed as an
astronaut and bluffed his way into a top-security NASA facility appeared
to claim President Bill Clinton as his attorney. In bizarre proceedings
before a federal magistrate, Jerry
Whittredge, 48,
identified his defence counsel as "Mr. Clinton" and again as
"William Clinton" when asked for his full name. The court also
heard Whittredge
had persistently contacted female astronauts and had been asked to stop
pestering them.....
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http://www.jamesoberg.com/98jun08-abc-bogus_astronaut.pdf
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http://lmtonline.com/news/archive/061998/pagea6.pdf
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2008 - claiming to be
ex-CIA and having been a POW from the Vietnam War serving time in a cell
next to John McCain.
He
served in a Federal Mental Institution for evaluation.
Apparently, he
plea bargained & walked away with time served.
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NEVER
IN THE MILITARY
Has police record in San Bernadino County.
Extraordinary conman. DO NOT BELIEVE THE FAIRY TALES.
STILL
AT IT - 07/2008 - 12 Y E A R S OF BOGUS
CLAIMS
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