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  03/2008
CLAIMING VIETNAM POW STATUS  or as noted
#  =  on list over 11 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
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.

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Name                                      Location Date Reported

ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some

Actual Records Indicate/Notes
Yeary, Ralph Judson Texas Department of Corrections. 07/2004 Claims POW,  also claim five bronze stars. INMATE - Yeary served in Nam earning the NDM;  VCM; Vietnam service Medal with 5 bronze SERVICE stars; 3 overseas bars; Army Commendation ; Rep of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/Palm; Expert rifle/hand grenade/Sharpshooter. During that time he was an E5, 12C40.

After that, he was wanted for desertion, spent time in an institution, and at least THREE county jails WHILE UNDER MILITARY CONTROL.

Yoder, Marlin J MI, FL 10/2006 Claims Vietnam Prisoner of War .
York, Daniel L. NY 10/01
03/2002
POW 5 years Viet Cong, Decorated Silver Star, Navy Cross. Navy SEAL/POW
AGE 42 (do the math)
Served in the Navy, but Dob is 1958. Served almost 20 yrs, discharged 1999.
Young, "Bob" Malibu, CA 02/2007 Bob Young, 63, from Malibu, California, [a big man, 6' 4", with thick dark brown/gray hair] claims to have been a Navy Seal Officer and POW in Viet Nam. He states he  survived a helicopter crash and saved the lives of 8 of the 12 Seals on board. The 8 survivors of the crash were forced to live underground in tunnels for years. Of those 8, only 4 survived the Russian roulette games. Bob Young and 3 other Navy Seals literally dug their way to freedom and after 3 years of digging - they escaped. Bob Young's left leg was so severely beaten that even with his crushed bones and gang green, he carried Seal Jacob Scott all the way out. Immediately after the escape Bob Young had to have his left leg amputated just above the knee. 

Bob Young was supposed to have had a son in the Navy, and while he was on a ship in the middle of the ocean last Oct/Nov of 2006, came up missing and the Navy had a shipboard memorial for him at sea. 
NOT a SEAL, NOT a POW.
Young, Nelda Miller-
aka Nelda Miller
. #
1999
08/2003
Claims POW in Vietnam for 18 months. Female
Young, Robert Allen
aka Robert Tiry
San Jose, CA 08/99
09/2003
Captured by Chinese, made friends with guards, adopted the guards son as his own. Records indicate completed high school in '68 attended USAAGS and Indiana State in '69, University of Maryland through  72 and USAMISSAEUR in 72/73. USAREAUR77NCO Academy in 74,  stationed TX 74-76. NO Vietnam Medals.    Born June 1950.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH Robert F. Tiry -   born on 6/25/1914 and died 3/29/2002. Wife was Iris Dillard Tiry (also deceased). [Note: Robert Allen Young was his son-in-law. He married Anne Tiry 4 years ago ...]

Young, William Vance Sr RI 02/2007
quote
...He served 4 tours of duty in Vietnam and was a former prisoner of war...."
end quote
DID Serve in Vietnam - NOT a POW

Active duty Oct 1966 - June 1971

Discharged a Sgt

 

No Purple Heart, NO POW Medal

Yowell, Wayne Wichita, KS 1997
2007
Claims POW
2007 - claims to have been a green beret in Vietnam and that his service didn't end until shortly after 9/11 where he supposedly searched the mountains in Afghanistan.  Claims to have been wounded in war (multiple gunshot wounds) and received a purple heart. Claims rank of Colonel and that he was a P.O.W..
No record of POW, PH, Special Forces,  Ranger training, combat aircrew, or valorous decorations as claimed. Served in the USAF as  29150 Communications Center Specialist in the 60's. Discharged an E4.

Works for a company called Hawks interstate.

Zelickman, Edmund S. . 1999 Claims POW .
Ziegelman, Zig 
aka John T. Ziegelman
Boonton, NJ 07/2003 Claims POW and held in the "Hanoi Hilton".
Claims that his plane was shot down over Hanoi.
Claims that he escaped and was hospitalized.
Claims to have been stationed on the USS Enterprise during this period.
Claims that he was a "Vietnam aviator".
Claims to have graduated Pensacola and was able to land on a moving aircraft carrier. 
He claims to have saved the life of a British Royal Navy officer 
Served USA 1966-1968. Discharged an E5.
MOS 11B40.
Ziminski, Edward S.
"Captain Schroeder"
. 2001 Claims POW (released), 2 tour (returned after captivity), retired Captain, Navy Pilot, 1964 through pilot/instructor in the Gulf War. .
Zimmerman, George IL 05/2007
Claims POW during the Vietnam war.  He claims to have been in Army intelligence on a mission to assassinate someone, was captured, and tortured.. Also claims Silver Star. Claims wife is dead. (NOT) 

Zimmerman recently claimed that in order to be declared a POW, it has to be officially declared by an official country.  He claims he was captured by the Viet Cong, and that's why he isn't on any official lists.  (he wasn't declared a POW by Vietnam, the country)...

... No man by the name of Zimmerman was ever with any one of us, the real surviving 660 POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by Department of Defense in this regard.  The official DoD list of all 3,797 MIAs (to include the POWs) is listed on their web site at: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
 
The 1,400 frauds, phonies, and POW wannabes (like Mr. Zimmerman) are listed on the internet at:  http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies.htm
 
Your guy, George Zimmerman, is lying through his rotten teeth...
Captain John M. McGrath, USN (Ret)
POW in NVN 5 years 8 months
NAM-POW Historian
www.nampows.org
Zolier, Ken   04/0603 MSNBC 'Hardball'.  
Commentary by/with a man - Ken Zolier- who claimed to have been a POW in Vietnam for 6 years, and a retired AF Colonel, who was commenting on females in the military.
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INTRODUCTION

CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

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

==================================
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

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