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.

THOSE CLAIMING MEDAL OF HONOR
NOTE: In 1996 HLI Lordship Industries (at the time, the OFFICIAL USG contractor for the Medal of Honor) admitted selling THREE HUNDRED unauthorized medals for $75.00 each from 1991-1994. They were fined $80,000. NOT ALL of those medals have been recovered. Offenders in possession of an unauthorized medal can be arrested, fined (up to $10,000) and jailed (up to a year). It is the only military medal that CANNOT be bought, sold, bartered, traded, collected, auctioned, exchanged.... EVERY Medal of Honor is awarded by act of Congress. Less than 150 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.

 

The names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple claims that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE. 

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Name Date Reported

Location

Claims Findings
GAHIMER, ERNEST D.

Gahimer, Ernie

12/2008 / http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n081231c.shtml

 

Posted: Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 - 10:14 a.m. PST
Gahimer hangs up his cuffs and gun
     After today, Dec. 31, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office “is going to have to figure out a way to function without Sgt. Ernie Gahimer, who will be retiring after 20 years of service,” said sheriff Frank Rogers.
     Gahimer has had a lifetime of public service, starting at 19 years old with a six-year hitch in the U.S. Navy, said Rogers. Part of his service was as a Navy SEAL.
     He started in law enforcement as a police officer in Alaska and then later worked for the Tonasket Police Department before moving to the sheriff’s office in 1988.
     “Over the years Ernie was involved in pretty much everything that went on in the sheriff's office,” said Rogers.
     “He was a detective, was heavily involved in search and rescue, was a member of the sheriff's office hasty team, was the department diver and was instrumental in the field training program for the county,” the sheriff continued.
     He served as a deputy, sergeant and chief criminal deputy.
     “Ernie not only earned respect and admiration from the men and women he worked with but also with other agencies and the public at large,” said Rogers. “He's known as a real 'cop's cop' and we are truly going to miss him and his talents.”
     A retirement party for Gahimer is planned for 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Agriplex at the Okanogan County fairgrounds. (The party previously was announced for the Okanogan Legion Hall; its location has been changed, Rogers said.)
     “The public is welcome to bring their well wishes and any good stories," Rogers said.

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Gahimer Retiring After Twenty Years

By NCBI

Dec 30, 2008, 12:13

Sgt. Ernie Gahimer will retire Wednesday after 20 years with the Sheriff's Office.

After December 31, 2008, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office will have to figure out a way to function without Sgt. Ernie Gahimer, who will be retiring after twenty years of service.

Sgt. Gahimer has had a life time of public service starting at the age of 19 with a six year hitch in the United States Navy, part of it as a Navy SEAL. He started his law enforcement career as a police officer in Alaska and then later for the Tonasket Police Department before coming to work for the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office in 1988.

Sheriff Frank Rogers said, "Over the years Ernie was involved in pretty much everything that went on in the Sheriff's Office. He was a Detective, was heavily involved in Search and Rescue, was a member of the Sheriff's Office Hasty Team, was the department diver and was instrumental in the Field Training Program for the County." He said, "Through the years Ernie worked his way through the ranks, as a Deputy, Sergeant and Chief Criminal Deputy. Ernie not only earned the respect and admiration from the men and women he worked with but also with other agencies and the public at large."

Rogers said, "Ernie has been a big part of law enforcement in this county for a lot of years. He's known as a real 'cop's cop' and we are truly going to miss him and his talents. "

A retirement party is scheduled for Sgt. Gahimer on Saturday, January 10th, at 7 p.m. in the Agriplex at the Fairgrounds in Okanogan. The public is welcome to bring their well wishes and any "good stories."

 

To the Managing Editor:  

Sir,

Before I expound on the information contained in the subject line, I must make clear that I am a private individual, not affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any other government organization. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed as a service to the public, and in honor of my SEAL Teammates who gave their lives in service to our nation… men who truly earned the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able to stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and their TEAMs.

This letter is in regard to your recent article entitled “Gahimer hangs up his cuffs and gun” (http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n081231c.shtml) [published online 31 Dec 2008] in which your publication details the impending retirement of Sgt. ERNIE GAHIMER. In the article you specifically offer this quotation:

 “Gahimer has had a lifetime of public service, starting at 19 years old with a six-year hitch in the U.S. Navy, said Rogers. Part of his service was as a Navy SEAL.”

If the name in your published article is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL Database (end of WWII to the Present Day) for anyone named EARNEST “ERNIE” GAHIMER. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without finding any that might be applicable. In fact there are absolutely no men listed in the SEAL Database with that last name. In fact there is no listing in the entirety of the SEAL Database for anyone with the last name GAHIMER.

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be evidence in the form of court documentation) since his claimed attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that EARNEST “ERNIE” GAHIMER has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL or a Navy UDT “Frogman”. ...

I would be remiss if I did not inform you of this information, especially in light of the planned retirement ceremony for Mr. GAHIMER on 9 January. While it is certainly appropriate for the man to receive kudos for what he actually accomplished as a law enforcement officer for 20 years, it in entirely inappropriate for him to be recognized as a Navy SEAL when there is no listing for the man in the rosters of the Navy’s SEAL Training program or the Navy SEAL Teams.  

Respectfully,

Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL)
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member
POW Network Board of Directors
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org - Webmaster
Author - NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
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ACTUAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED

Gainer, Melvin . . actual records and the tale...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8838

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Gallagher, Anthony Joseph
aka Tony
. MO Claims multiple Purple Hearts, Retired Drill Sgt ONLY award Marksman with Rifle Bar. Never left U.S. Served 59-65 INCLUDING reserves.
Gallup, Bruce Raymond 06/2006
06/2007
North Haven CT Claims Special Forces,  rescuing P.O.W.’s and part of an elite unit.

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Active Duty, March 4, 1965 to Jan 21, 1969.  ONLY award; National Defense Medal. 
Served Great Lakes; USNAS, Rhode Island; USS Shangri-LA; USS Randolph CVS-15 and Naval Reserve Manpower Center, Bainbridge, MD.  Courses: AN, NP-91600-A and BMR,  NP-91202-1A

http://www.navysite.de/cv/cv15.htm

.... In the summer of 1962, RANDOLPH again steamed to the Mediterranean. Returning to the western Atlantic as the Cuban missile crisis broke, she operated in the Caribbean from the end of October through November. After a Norfolk overhaul, RANDOLPH resumed her station in the Atlantic. During the next five years she made two Mediterranean cruises and a northern European cruise, while spending most of her time off the east coast and in the Caribbean.

On 7 August 1968, the Defense Department announced that it would inactivate RANDOLPH and 49 other ships to reduce fiscal expenditures in 1969. RANDOLPH was placed out of commission, in reserve, berthed at Philadelphia, 13 February 1969, where she remained until 1 June 1973 when she was stricken from the Navy list.

“AN” means “AIRMAN” (E3 in the generalized Aviation rating skills) and the NP91600-A is the code identifier associated with that course. The “Airman” rank is not skill-specific. All it means is that the person will eventually work in a skill field having to do with aircraft in some way and generally tied in with duty on an Air Station or Aircraft Carrier.

“BMR” is “BASIC MILITARY REQUIREMENTS” and the NP-91202-1A is the associated code identifier for the course.

GARCIA, Emilio Nieves  12/2007

08/2008

Killeen, TX  He claims to be a disabled veteran who served in Vietnam with the MACSOG and "was involved in program that killed villagers and civilian leaders".  He is also recently listed as a sex offender in Bell County TX He  is telling his stories of being "a special Operator" to anyone who listens.  His information on conviction can be found under the TXDPS website for sex offenders.

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Killeen Herald Newspaper -
Interment services for Emilio N. "Johnny" Garcia, of Killeen, will be at 1 p.m. today at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.

Garcia died July 16, 2008, in a Killeen hospital. He was born Jan. 20, 1947. He retired from the Army after 27 years of service, and he was a Vietnam War veteran.

Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple is handling the cremation arrangements.

ACTUAL RECORD
Garcia, Josh Adam 07/2007 .
Marine chef cooked up details about his service
Marine Corps Times
By C. Mark Brinkley - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jun 15, 2007 5:47:53 EDT
 
Would you like lies with that?
 
Former Marine Josh Adam Garcia <http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nf_vote/text/0,,FOOD_20356_62437,00.html> has been cooking up some tall tales in the kitchen on his quest to win the title of “The Next Food Network Star <http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nf_vote/>.”
 
The popular reality television show, now in its third season, brings together 11 real-world cooks to compete for a six-episode series deal on the network. Last season’s champ, Guy Fieri, has quickly become a standout on the network, now working as host of the new shows “Guy’s Big Bite” and “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.”
 
After a June 1 interview with the former Marine cook, Military Times began digging deeper into Garcia’s past. It seems that much of the story, provided by both Food Network and by the man himself, doesn’t check out.
 
Touted as a graduate of the New York Restaurant School <http://www.artinstitutes.edu/newyork/> and a former Marine who served in Afghanistan, Garcia’s record is actually much less stellar. For starters, he never finished culinary school in New York.
 
“He attended, but did not graduate,” said Midge Elias, director of public relations at the school, now known as the Art Institute of New York City. Privacy rules prevent the school from releasing any further information, such as number of course hours completed or whether the former Marine used the GI Bill to help finance his training, as he claimed in multiple interviews.
 
Garcia, who turns 26 later this month, was a Marine, enlisting Aug. 15, 1999, for a four-year enlistment that should have ended in 2003. Instead, Garcia was discharged eight months early as a private for reasons that the Marine Corps declined to discuss due to laws protecting his personal information.
 
Enlisted for more than three years with no promotions? Not even the Marine Corps is that tough.
 
In a follow-up interview Monday, Garcia was asked to explain why he called himself a former corporal. He owned up to non-judicial punishments that cost him rank, but he blamed his military troubles on a hazing conspiracy at his former unit. Garcia also claimed that he fought his administrative separation and was ultimately exonerated, but none of that can be independently confirmed because of privacy rules.
 
The Marine Corps has no record of Garcia’s rank being upgraded from private by any review board.
 
Likewise, the service has no record of Garcia ever deploying to Afghanistan, and certainly not as a member of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, the infantry unit Garcia said he accompanied to the war zone in 2002. In fact, Marine officials at the battalion’s home at Camp Lejeune, N.C., said the unit did not deploy to Afghanistan that year.
 
“When I was in the Marine Corps, I was a grunt for a year and a half, two years, and um, became a cook,” Garcia says in a video profile for Food Network, going on to tell his story of growing up in low-income housing in New York’s south Bronx, cooking for his family at age 7. Marine officials said Tuesday that the only military occupational specialty listed in Garcia’s file is food service, and there’s no record of him holding an infantry specialty.
 
Now living in Havelock, N.C., not far from the gates of his final duty station, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Garcia is the chef de cuisine at the French fusion restaurant Stacia’s Lieu Secret <http://www.lieusecret.com> in nearby New Bern.
 
When confronted with the inconsistencies, Garcia said he never specifically told the Food Network he went to Afghanistan, but instead let producers there “believe what they wanted to believe.”
 
During the June 1 telephone interview, a conference call with the chef and a publicist for the network, Garcia was asked several times whether he was embellishing or omitting details from his military record. Rather than correct any inaccuracies then, the former Marine stuck to his story.
 
“I was just afraid of what they would say,” Garcia said in the follow-up interview Monday, which was not monitored by the publicist. “I’m not dishonorable, dude. The unit was trying to cover up hazing, a big hazing scandal.”
 
During a second phone interview later that day, Garcia asked that the truth behind his military record not be revealed. He told stories of fights that stemmed from being a victim of hazing, and of a command that wanted to ruin him forever.
 
“Everything I’ve worked so hard for will come crashing down,” he said. “Everybody there (in his military unit) told me I’d never amount to nothing. The worst thing I did was let the Food Network believe something that wasn’t true.”
 
It’s unclear what role his military past and culinary training played in his selection for “The Next Food Network Star.” There was no requirement for either in the audition process, and some other contestants have no culinary training or formal kitchen experience.
 
But, the former Marine admitted that it was during the final selections for the show that he let the “war hero” notion take hold.
 
“That’s my fault,” he said. “I let them believe it, that’s my fault.”
 
When contacted about the inconsistencies Tuesday afternoon, Food Network issued a brief written statement:
 
“Food Network conducted routine background checks on the competitors featured in the series,” according to the statement, attributed to Bob Tuschman <http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nf/article/0,,FOOD_20096_3754879,00.html>, senior vice-president of programming and production for Food Network (and a recurring judge on the show). “It has come to our attention that some facts about Josh Garcia may have been misrepresented. We are currently investigating this situation and will have a resolution soon. His updated bio, pending further review, has been posted on the Web site.”
 
The online profile no longer included any references to Afghanistan as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, but still referred to Garcia as a graduate of the New York school after the statement was released. By 8 p.m. Tuesday night, Garcia’s profile had been updated to say that he only had attended the school. Garcia’s personal MySpace page <http://www.myspace.com/jagbeyond> also listed him as a graduate of the school, but as of Tuesday evening, his MySpace account had been made private, thus restricting access.
 
When contacted a final time for comment Tuesday afternoon, Garcia finally stopped talking.
 
“You’re going to have to talk to the Food Network,” he said. “I don’t have anything else to say.”
 
The bulk of “The Next Food Network Star” episodes have already been filmed. New episodes of air each Sunday night (repeats air throughout the week) through July 22, with a panel of guest judges voting on who stays or goes.
 
The voting is opened up to America when the field is down to the final two, and viewers will decide on the winner.
Garcia, Manny 10/2004 . BIOGRAPHY CHICANO/CHICANA MILITARY
 An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam

Manny Garcia

"I was born in a log cabin just like Abe Lincoln, except our cabin was a rental." Starting with this account of his humble origins, Manny Garcia, who describes himself as "a left-handed, rather contrary Mestizo-American," has written a memoir that begins in late 1947 in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and takes him to Utah and a stint as a Mormon and ultimately to Vietnam.

In late 1965, a cocky, naïve, alienated teen-ager, Garcia joined the army almost accidentally, enlisting for three years. At eighteen he became an Airborne Ranger, a combat infantryman with the crack First Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. His book shows you the war from the point man position, up close and personal, at eye level. ......

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Author speaks as part of Hispanic Heritage Week

By Hilary Ingoldsby
Published: Friday, October 15, 2004

Media Credit: Photo by Jessica Alexander
Vietnam Veteran manny Garcia spoke to students Wednesday in the TSC about his life and his book, "An Accidental Soldier."

As part of Hispanic Heritage week, author Manny Garcia spoke to students Wednesday about his book and his life experiences.

Garcia's book "An Accidental Soldier" tells of his experiences in the Vietnam War and won the Utah Book of the Year award in 2003.

Garcia served from Nov 66 to Nov 72

Discharged a Sgt

Awards: National Defense
CIB
Vietnam Campaign
Parachute Badge
Bronze Star w/V
Purple Heart
Good Conduct.

Court martial transcript - not in file.

1967 a rifleman with B2/502ndInfBde101stAbnDiv USARPAC
1968 USAH RYIS, patient
June 68 Ft Bragg CoA1stBn325thInfFtBraggNC

 

 

SO MUCH MORE

Garcia, Thomas M. 12/2007 NY http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~tmgarcia/resume.html

quote

EXPERIENCE:

US NAVY SEAL, Buffalo, NY
  05/06-Current
 
Awarded Sailor of the Year
 
De-activate BOMBS
 
Awarded the purple heart
 
Train for Anti Terrorism

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..... I greatly appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering your questions I must make clear that I am a private individual, not affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any other government organization. I am one of about a dozen men in America who possess a copy of the SEAL Database, a comprehensive and regularly updated listing of all men who trained and served with the Naval Special Warfare units (SEALs, UDT, NCDU, S&R) from the end of WWII to the present day. I also have access to archival sources who can verify/deny claims of service DURING WWII. As a former US Navy SEAL myself, I am fully familiar with the NSW training program and the standard operating procedures used by the Teams, as well as an in-depth personal knowledge of many of the ‘insider’ events and incidents which UDT “Frogmen” and SEALs offer as a part of their bona fides. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed free of charge, as a service to the public, and in honor of my SEAL Teammates who gave their lives in service to our nation… men who truly earned the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able to stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and their TEAMs.

If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL database of successful graduates for anyone named THOMAS M. GARCIA. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. Please be aware that I do not have access to any records (official or unofficial) listing the names of individuals who reported for SEAL training, but who subsequently failed to complete the training program. There are a total of ten (10) men with the last name GARCIA in the entirety of the SEAL Database, and none of them has either the first name THOMAS or a middle name beginning with the alphabetic letter “M”.

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that THOMAS M. GARCIA has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL. ....

Very Respectfully,
Steve Robinson

USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
Author of the book NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters

GARDNER,  DERRELL DOUGLAS 07/2009 FL http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24055
Derrell Gardner

Let me start by saying "thank you" to the people of Ft Myers for encouraging me to campaign for Mayor.
I am happily married with two small, beautiful children. I have been working and living in Ft. Myers for almost 12 years and can see the real potential of our city from a family and working man's point of view.

I graduated from Miami's Southridge Senior High in 1982. I then went into the U.S. Army for six years where I served in Special Forces. Mylast duty station was at the J.F.K Center at Ft. Bragg, N.C.After serving my country, I wanted to see more of the country and spent time in MO, TX, TN and then returned home to Florida. Of all the skills I learned, my custom made furniture business, which I started in 1987, was my favorite and was the most universally accepted. When I moved to Ft. Myers in 1997, I was quickly able to earn a living with it. After all, I had been mentored by my Grandfather and father since I was five.
However, my business, like so many others, has had to adapt with thechanges thrown at it over the years. While offering beautiful furniture, I found a need for appliances and other home improvement items so I started that business as well. Eventually, I opened a thrift shop on Hansen St. where folks could come and browse. Since I now had a supply of building material, I began to rehab homes in our neighborhood that had fallen into disrepair. After all, I am a carpenter by trade. While rehabing homes, I was brought face to face with many of the problems plaguing city government today. I ran up against obstacles in almost every department.
Some of which were so silly I felt that they certainly could be handled better.
While talking to folks, I discovered many others had the same problems.
As I complained, people began to suggest that I run for office or at least volunteer for something like the Planning Board. I am currently a member of the Planning Board and, as such, have seen even more areas that need improvement.This has all led to my candidacy for Mayor. I have talked with everyone I can find who will talk to me about what issues they are faced with and I am convinced that I am the person to take these problems head-on. As is more than evident that I am not an attorney or a banker.
Rather, I am a hard working, practical and energetic businessman. I believe government is for the safety and well being of everyone in the community. Our tax dollars should be spent for everyone's betterment so all can enjoy living in the greatest country in the world. In order to earn that, we all must work together!
I love heart fort ft myers

Derrell Gardner '09

http://derrellgardner.com/about.html
Derrell Douglas Gardner Jr
PFC/E-3
DOR: 19 Aug 83
Job Skill 11B Infantry
Entered the Military: D.E.P. 03 May 82
Entered Active Duty: 19 Aug 82
School Assignment: OUST 11X (26 Aug 82 to 17 Nov 82) School Assignment:
Airborne Class 10-83 (14 Jan 83 to 04 Feb 83) School Assignment: Special Forces Qualification Course (08 Feb 83 to 23 Jan 84) Last active duty
assignment: Company C, 1st Special Warfare Training Battalion, JFK Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, NC Released from Active Duty: 01 Feb
84 (Transferred to the Individual Ready Reserve)
Discharged: 18 Aug 88 (Rank PFC/E-3)

Awards & Decorations
Army Service Ribbon
Parachutist Badge

 

Stolen Valor Act
Watchdog blog: Special Forces vet questions whether Fort Myers ...
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
The Stolen Valor Act is a federal law enacted in 2006 that makes it illegal to falsely claim any military decorations and medals. It's unclear whether the ...

Watchdog blog: Special Forces vet questions whether Fort Myers mayoral candidate violated federal law

 

Garris, Preston 09/2007 NC http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/09/marine_faker_main_070916/

Former Staff Sgt. Preston Garris
From: La Grange, N.C.
 
The lie: In order to be appointed to the Veterans Affairs Commission in North Carolina, Garris, in 2005, produced a DD 214 for the Department of Veterans Affairs stating he retired as a first lieutenant and earned a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts during the Vietnam War, said Charlie Smith, assistant secretary of the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs.
 
The reality: His real DD 214 provided by the Marine Corps states he got out of the Corps as a staff sergeant. One Purple Heart he earned after a portion of his leg was amputated due to a wound he sustained in the Vietnam War is not disputed. At press time, the Marine Corps was still trying to find records of his Silver Star and the second Purple Heart. Doug Sterner, who maintains a database of Silver Star recipients and is frequently contacted by the FBI and other government agencies for confirmation of awards, could not find him in his database.
 
The result: Once members began questioning his service in 2005, he resigned in November of that year, but he did not admit embellishing his record. He was also running for junior vice commander-in-chief of the Southern Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at that time. His biography posted during his campaign on the VFW Web site reported he earned the Silver Star, Combat Action Ribbon and two Purple Hearts. Garris lost the election.
 
His case was investigated by the FBI, and the results of the investigation were handed off to the Justice Department this summer, but no charges have yet been filed, said FBI agent Greg Baker, who oversaw the investigation.
EXPOSE

 

12/30/2007
Veterans get copy of letter from Garris
Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro,NC,USA
A co-sponsor of the Stolen Valor Act, he said Garris' confession "hurts." "To me, when a man or woman falsifies or pretends to be something they are not, ...

Garland, Ronald Christopher  . . Claims joined at 17 ( Actual Dob 1973 or 1974) - Special Forces, Army Ranger, Jumped into Panama and Army Officer in Kuwait.

 

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Served April 7, 1993 to July 10, 1995. Awards: Army lapel Button, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Sharpshooter Marksmanship Qual w/Grenade Bar, Marksman Qual w/Rifle Bar. Discharged "Specialist". From April 16 1993 to July  30 1993 - Served with Co B 2/54th INF USAITB FBO. Was a Fighting Vehicle Infantryman with E co 2-16th IN Ft Riley Kansas till "med hold" discharge. Oct 4 1994.   Hillwood Plaza TN - Executive Martial Arts.
Gassman, Dale Francis  05/2007
12/2008
CO
MD
Claims U.S. Army and Special Forces Captain.  Claims covert ops and no records would be found. claims being sent to Iraq.
ST LOUIS COULD LOCATE NO MILITARY RECORDS.
Gean, Gregory Neal 11/2005 Laevenworth KS
Claims he was an F-14 Fighter Pilot and got discharged for sickness he said he encountered while flying. 
 
Allegedly in the past has illegally represented himself as a Police Lt. from the Leavenworth Police Department. Also still tells people that when in the Navy as an Aviator that he held the rank of Ensign.  
 
 

 

Records indicate Gean was in an Aircraft Maintenance Indoctrination course from 2 Sep 87 to 15 Sep 87.  And from 21 Sep 87 to 05 Oct 87 Gregg attended Avionics Technician School in which he did not graduate and was dropped due to lack of motivation. He was in for a period of about 15 months and never went any further than an E-1 in rank. 

Rumors abound  that Gregg went AWOL while on active duty. 

Gean works at a local GM Car dealership as a car salesman.  Probably partially due to the fact that they wanted to associate themselves with a former Navy man as the dealership put in their ad in the Leavenworth Times, "Our Gregg is a former Navy man."  
Gee, Theodore Vernon 08/2007 . Claims to have served from 1982 to 1989 and then was called back up to "be the one of the first on the ground for Desert Shield/Storm".  Says his rank was a CPT when he got out but went to college from 82 to 85 and only took one year of ROTC. 

Claims  "rank of O3 in Special Operations".  He claims he was a Ranger.
Actual Records
Genot, Werner J.
aka "Jack"
09/2003 Marengo, Illinois Claims USMC POW Chosin Reservoir - escaped after 8 months Korea. Claims retired USMC Captain, but no records of receiving retired pay, field commission by Chesty Puller while he was a member of the 7th Marines and Chesty was CO of the 1st Marines.

Jack Genot was kicked out of the Marine Corps League.  The documentation provided and additional documents gathered with his date of birth show he could not be at the Chosen Reservoir.
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EXPOSED    -    MORE

George, Chester . Tuscon AZ Claims Medal of Honor, PH and special ops .
George, John Edward 10/2006 NC www.starnewsonline.com

By Mark Schreiner
Raleigh Bureau Chief
mark.schreiner@starnewsonline.com

Article published Oct 22, 2006
A dark ending to an officer's bright career

The most significant event in the life of John Edward George Jr. happened after he died.
Someone gave him the Medal of Honor.
But it was a lie carved in stone.
The path to truth starts where Bradley Creek dumps its water into the Intracoastal Waterway.
The best way to get there is to drive down Wrightsville
Avenue, past the pastel houses and neat shops that line the way from
Wilmington to the beach.
 ...... 
The two headstones are nearly twins.
Both are white marble tablets with words and images cut into them.
Both give his name, his rank, his service, his war and his dates.
John Edward George. Captain. U.S. Army. Korea. Born 1932, died 1988. At the peak of each stone is an image of Buddhism’s wheel of dharma. Into the back of one is cut a motto: “The Only Way Is Up.”
But the stones are not identical.
The one at the head of the grave unlike the one at the foot, has no death date. Its lettering is touched with gold paint.
On it, a monument maker has carved the face of a helmeted goddess of war.
Underneath her, carved into the white stone, are three words: Medal of Honor.
That symbol and those words conjure no ordinary military decoration. ....

Please see the newspaper website for the rest of the story!

Posted on Wed, Jan. 31, 2007
VA officials set record straight, destroy veteran's headstone
Associated Press

Until this week, John Edward George Jr.'s grave was marked with two headstones, one of which had words and an image showing he had been awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery on the battlefield.

But federal employees pulled that stone from George's grave on Monday and hit it with a sledgehammer until the words and image were no longer recognizable. George, who was an Army pilot and served during the Korean War, never received the Medal of Honor, officials said.

"It was a mistake," said Bill Jayne, who works for the Veterans Administration's cemetery operations in Wilmington. "There's no other way to say it."

The headstone had been authorized by the government in 1988. George, a Wilmington native, claimed to have flown on secret missions in Laos before the Vietnam War. According to earlier reports in the Wilmington Star-News, George also served prison time in two states for armed robbery.

After an inquiry by the Star-News, VA officials searched records and found that George was not among its Medal of Honor recipients.

VA records show that George's family applied three times for government headstones after he died in 1988. The records also show George was entitled to medals such as the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman Badge.

His sister, Diane Owens of Wilmington, maintained that her brother was a Medal of Honor recipient, but she didn't reply to a letter sent by VA officials notifying her that the headstone would be taken down, Jayne said.

"We're glad it's out," Harold Davis, a Korean War veteran from Wilmington, said of the stone's removal.

Medal of Honor recipient Charles Murray of Columbia, S.C., said the award has been marred by counterfeiting and imposters through the years.

"It ends a problem that was out there," Murray said of VA officials' decision to take George's headstone.

Jayne said the system for verifying claims for military medals has since improved, making it less likely that such a mistake will happen again.

And in Mount Lebanon Chapel Cemetery in Wilmington, George is still honored with a government-issued headstone that says he served in the Army and during the Korean War.

Gerka, Jerry  . Florida Claims Navy SEAL, Claims Medal of Honor.  Was (may still be) a member of Vietnam Vets of Florida, Northside chapter. 05/2003  .
GERVASI,  JOSEPH  J 10/2005 NEW JERSEY
MOVED AROUND A LOT AND WAS ONLY WITH 187 A SHORT TIME BUT WAS FIRST REG UNIT I WAS ASSIGNED TO AND FIRST I SERVED IN COMBAT SO A SPECIAL ATTACHMENT. GRADUATED JUMP SCHOOL AT FT. BENNING DEC OF 64 WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 11th AIR ASSAULT DIV. [TEST] AT FT. BENNING 1/187th ABN. VOLUNTEERED FOR "DOOR GUNNERS" JOB WITH SEVERAL NCO'S AS THE 11th HAD CHOPPERS AND PILOTS ON 3-6 MOS. TOURS IN RVN SINCE 63. WE WENT AS ADVISORS GUNNERS SINCE U.S. HAD NO GROUND TROOPS THERE AT THAT TIME. ONE OF THE NCO'S HAD JUST COME FROM 5th OR 7th CORPS LRP IN EUROPE SO WHEN WE ARRIVED IN COUNTRY WORKED WITH VIET 6TDND IN A RECON TYPE ROLE WHEN WE COULD THAT'S WHERE THE ORIGINAL LRP 187th CAME IN. THE SECOND R WAS ADDED LATER. I WAS WITH THEM TILL JULY OF 65 THEN ALL THE COLOR CHANGES ECT. TO 1st CAV DIV. AIRMOBILE.

WHEN I FINISHED JUMP SCHOOL WAS ASSIGNED TO 1st BN 187th ABN INF REGT 11TH AAD {T} WENT OVER TO RVN 1-65 RETURNED END OF 6-65 THEN OFF TO 1st CAV REGT FT. HOOD. MOST OF THE BENNING RVN STUFF WAS DONE UNDER THE
TABLE, AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER. AS TO THE VIET PARA UNITS: 1st TDND AND 6th TDND {TAY DOUN NAY DO} NOT THE BEST SPELLING BUT COMES OUT TO 1st AND 6th PARA REGTS.
ACTUAL RECORD

Reports of a portrait in his house in full LRRP regalia! 

used lrrp187@webtv.net

Ghalam, Shariar 

aka Shariar Meshkin-Ghalam

aka "Jack" Ghalam

 

03/2007
Boulder, Colorado
and/or Chugwater, Wyoming

 

Ghalam claims he was a 1st Lt. F-5E pilot who "did 823 hours of combat" against Iraqi fighters with "62 aerial kills" (two of them by 20mm cannon).

He also claims that he did contract work for the US military in post-9/11 Arabic translation and intel analysis.
 
Ghalam has given many interviews and public speeches highlighting his air force combat claims, the below of which was videotaped:
 
American Patriotism: An Immigrant's Perspective. 9/26/01, 7pm at CU Boulder
 
(April 24, 2007, Update: Shariar Ghalam's credibility as a source is in serious question. I apologize to my readers for unintentionally conveying information regarding Ghalam that I now regard as dubious.    -- Ari Armstrong)

Photo and MORE

WANTED

NPRC could locate NO MILITARY RECORD

GIBSON, ROGER M 01/2009 AR

THE CLAIMS:  http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/70114/

THE TRUTH:

April  29, 2009  -   Benton County Daily Register

Overview of the Problem citing past cases: http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/72972/

Gibson: http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/72970/

Holland (with Photo): http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/72971/

Both Men: http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/72954/

FBI Sidebar: http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/72956/ 

ACTUAL RECORDS
GIBSON, WILLIAM A 03/2009 SC DON'T MISS THIS .
GILBERT, ACE LEON 07/2008 Ohio
 
 
 
 
 

ACTUAL RECORDS
Gilbert, Nelson T. 

aka "Shane"

03/2008
06/2008

11/2008

03/2009

Vicksburg

AZ

Thonotosassa, Florida 

Watkinsville, Georgia

Claims SEAL from 65 thru 74.

Had a special tag in Kansas (USNSEAL) Claims to have been in service for 9 1/2 years and said he got out when he had his throat cut and got shot. Even claims to have shot a little girl while serving. 

Also was claiming to be a Marshal in Vicksburg. He wears a marshal badge and carries handcuffs as well.

Has a 02  P71 Interceptor and marked it up like a police car. 

2008 - working in maintenance at Spanish Main Resort and RV park

11/2008 - 

He is currently in Athens Georgia working for a guy that owns mobile homes. Doing remodeling on them. He lives in Watkinsville, Georgia  his RV at lot #9. Driving a 2002 Ford 3/4 ton white truck. Oklahoma tags that expire in December 08

03/2009   -  He is currently working In Tulsa Oklahoma as Manager and maintenance of an apartment complex. He is still wearing a badge that says Bail enforcement and carrying handcuffs and a fake Glock gun which is in fact a Beebe gun. Also a retractable Billy club. Still driving the 02 ford truck.

NOT a SEAL.

Gillette, Rock H. 10/2007 . Obituary: Rock H. Gillette '64

25Oct07 - Rock H. Gillette, age 65, of Bristol Township, died Friday, October 12, 2007 at Chandler Hall Hospice, Newtown.

Born in California, he has been a resident of Bristol Township for the past 15 years.

Mr. Gillette was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he played center for Roger Staubach on the Navy Football Team, and was a navy Seal.

Rock was founder and owner of National Lift Equipment of Pennsylvania, located in Bristol Borough. He was a past Junior Governor and lifetime member of Bristol Moose Lodge No. 1169. He was also a member of St. Ann's Athletic Association, the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and the Bristol Elks Lodge.....

 

..... If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL database of successful graduates for anyone named ROCK H. GILLETTE. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. There are only two (2) men with the last name GILLETTE who have completed the UDT/SEAL training program since the end of WWII; one man graduated from training in JULY 1985, the other man graduated from training in DECEMBER 1997.

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that ROCK H. GILLETTE has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a UDT “Frogman” or US Navy SEAL......

Thank you again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams.

Very Respectfully,

Steve Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF
 Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team 
Author of the book NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters

GILLUM, ANTHONY D 02/2008 MI THE STORY THE RECORDS

Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:41:09 EDT
Subject: Gillum, Anthony J.

...... please inform the Commandant that the shit is going to hit the fan over the Michigan Department Commandant's handling of the Anthony Gillum case unless there is intervention on the solution presented by the Dept. of Michigan's "agreement" with Gillum.  The veterans of 1/9 are not pleased by any means.  This man intentionally and falsely claimed to have served as a platoon sergeant, in combat, with our unit and that not going to be tolerated.  He intentionally and falsely presented himself as a heroic combat veteran, highly decorated, and that too is not going to be tolerated by the men of The Walking Dead.  Gillum's defense of his actions would fool only a fool, but certainly not any combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
 
The 1/9 Network, Inc. includes 1200 members, among them - numerous high ranking retired officers.  Our membership includes more than a few  of General ranks, among them former Commandant of the Marine Corps General Michael W. Hagee, who are highly pissed off that Gillum remains in the ranks of the MCL after violating federal laws, specifically The Stolen Valor Act.  The MCL National Commandant has indeed received messages from several retired Colonels by this time and should be aware of the furor caused by the "minor" admonishment of this individual for his misdeeds. 
 
Promising not to run for office in the MCL for a period of one year is tantamount to promising not to fart in church for a similar period.
 
Violating The Stolen Valor Act, a federal law, should be considered a very serious matter, but that doesn't appear to be the case by the MCL Dept. of Michigan's Commandant.  The personal "agreement" with Gillum is a joke. The FBI and ABC NEWS has been in the loop of information of how the MCL is handling the matter and will continue to be.
 
As a friend I request that you strongly urge the National Commandant to (1) file criminal charges and (2) to expel Gillum from the ranks of the MCL.  The evidence of federal violations is overwhelming against Gillum.  This would satisfy the ranks of our 1/9 veterans of the Vietnam War and would be the RIGHT thing to do. 
 
The courtesy of your reply is requested, as it seems the Commandant doesn't see fit to communicate with me on a personal level.  Is it because I am not a registered member of the MCL?  Ask me why I and many of my Marine brothers choose not to join the MCL.
 
SEMPER FI,
John J. Freeman
SSgt.  USMC
National Membership Committee
1st Battalion 9th Marines Network, Inc.
Gilmore, Steve 2002 residence NOT listed under Gilmore. Springfield, MO Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 

Claims Navy SEAL Team  6 AND Marine Force Recon 1, 2, 3 and 4. Claims BUDS 1976, discharged from Yuma as a "Renegade". Member of American Legion, was present to "cut the cake" as youngest Marine at 2001 Marine Corps Ball. Tales related to news reporter, Navy SEAL and another Marine.

Gish, Douglas Edward  . Midvale, UT, Draper, UT, Santa Anna, CA, 
Anaheim, CA
Claims F-4 Phantom pilot in VN. Says always go for the one wire landing ....claims shot down twice, evaded capture. . Dob Apr 48. Has police/court problems back to1995. Cannot I.D. a Phantom when in front of him. ACTUAL Aircraft crash, fire and rescue USMC E5
Gleiter, Roy 09/2007 . Homeless Man Pulls His Own Load  
Glick, Jeffery 11/2004 Lyndhurst, OH Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...

The 57-year-old Glick said he had served his country in an “advisory role,” but did not elaborate or offer verification.
He served in Vietnam. Three tours. Special Forces. Green Beret. Decorated with medals.

EXPOSED

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=26077
Councilman admits he didn't serve in Vietnam

POSTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 6:45:28 AM
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 6:45:46 AM

LYNDHURST, OH -- A Lyndhurst city councilman has admitted that he isn’t a veteran, after previously insisting he fought in Vietnam.
Councilman Jeffrey Glick said as recently as Friday that he was a veteran. But he issued a statement Monday acknowledging that he was not.
The 57-year-old Glick said he had served his country in an “advisory role,” but did not elaborate or offer verification.
Mayor Joe Cicero and Clay Uzell called for Glick’s resignation.
Uzell is the commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He says Glick has dishonored real veterans.
Uzell had heard from other veterans that the councilman was a decorated Green Beret. Minutes from a meeting indicate that Glick said he served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971.

===================
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Regina Brett
Plain Dealer Columnist
 
The Lyndhurst councilman lied and lied and lied.
He even lied to a soldier's mother.
Like a fish story, the lie grew bigger each time.
He served in Vietnam. Three tours. Special Forces. Green Beret. Decorated with medals.
Jeffrey Glick had his combat routine down pat. He would sit for hours and dazzle people with stories about secret missions......
Glycenfer, George  1999-2003

10/2008

NJ  Claims Korean War POW. DAV - Claims Purple Heart. VA states NO service connected disability.

2008 claims

The 1999 letter

2009 file from NPRC

 

Mr. Steve Fountain and Mr. Peter Becker,
I read with interest your 6 October 2008 story that was featured in the Wayne Independent, Honesdale, PA about George Glycenter being a Korean War Prisoner of War.
What is interesting is that his name is not listed under the National Archives Database as being a Korean War POWs.
Did you make a mistake?
Thank you for your assistance.
PP
LTC, US Army, Retired
Godbee Jr, Visal 
aka Vince 
2002
2003 
10/2006
Wash DC

CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS

Claims USMC combat sniper, claims retired DC police, now "security".
 ACTUAL RECORDS 
Gogerty. Sherrie E 
aka Sherrie Record
11/2006 CA Claims that she had won a Silver Star for bravery in Viet Nam - she had been shot down in an Army helicopter, and while the pilot was unconscious, she took his pistol and killed an enemy soldier who was charging toward the downed helicopter.  Served March 73 to June 77.  Served in Germany. Only awards National Defense, Good Conduct.
Golden, Robert A. 08/2007

03/2009

.
http://www.sflistteamhouse.com/G-Quest/
  • US Army Retired with 20 years service (False, Golden was RIF'd, served time in NG and USAR after release from active duty, but not any where near enough to qualify for retirement.)
  • Assigned II Corps Mike Force in RVN.  (False, he was assigned to an arty bn his entire tour as FO, Bn LNO, XO and Cdr of Arty Bat.)
  • HALO qualified.  (No)
  • Purple Heart 3d Award.  (Awarded Purple Heart and 2d award.)
  • Army Commendation Medal.  (No)
  • VN Master Parachute Badge.  (No)
  • Good Conduct Medal.  (No)
  • Master Parachute Badge.  (No, awarded Senior Parachute Badge.)
All the above was confirmed from his Form 66.
 
All his time in RVN was with the 5th Bn 27 Artillery 41st Artillery group.  His web page reeks of "padded" experience and qualifications. Golden's web page, Ranger Bob:  http://www.greenberet.net/
 
Wearing jump wings 3 plus years prior to attending jump school.  Golden fresh out of Artillery OCS.  Also, the first time I have seen a wannabee wear an unauthorized Good Conduct Medal.  He had 10 months enlisted service.  Was not qualified for a GCM:
.
Gonzales, Gilbert 07/2003 Golden Village Palms RV Resort - Hemet, CA Seen at Apache Flats RV park. Claims Medal of Honor, "will show certificate" when challenged and confronted. Claims MOH presented by Colin Powell. Departed the RV park after confrontation. Also claims Army Warrant Officer, medivac helicopter pilot, fully disabled. .
Gooding John Mansell   09/2007 FL Claims to have been a  Marine serving in such major actions as the Tet Offensive, Special Forces Operations in Cambodia, Khe Sanh, the Dak To Special Forces Camp attack, Hue City, an NCOIC at the Marine Corps DI School, Parachute Jump Instructor, an adviser to the Rhodesian Army for the USMC during the civil war, a doctor who has performed mercenary work in interrogations and torture for the CIA and NSA, a USMC Force Reconnaissance Member in Vietnam and Cambodia, a prizewinning boxer for the USMC, and one of the residual special forces teams who remained in Vietnam to do cleanup work after the American withdrawal. 

He has promoted himself as a highly qualified doctor who learned leadership and stability under fire while serving in such high-risk, notable battles. He has made a reputation for himself as a doctor who saw firsthand the horror of war while holding dying Marines and Green Berets in Vietnam. 

Claims to have thrown away the four purple hearts, silver star, Navy Cross, and other medals he received in Vietnam. Many people know him as a bitter Vietnam Vet who has seen so much horror that he regularly lectures people on it.

He  continues to tell them to people he meets how he had been a backup support team to Bob Kerry in the free-fire incident that was so damaging and that the truth of the matter was Kerry and his team had slaughtered an entire village - not just a few Vietnamese.

Furthermore, claims he was once an Olympic alternate, a former bodyguard to Menachem Begin and one of the wounded bodyguards who threw himself in front of Anwar Sadat. His license plates "Force Recon".

actual records
Goodpasture, Thomas . Portland, OR Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman...  .
Goodrow, Timothy Edward 12/2006 Wash DC area
Claims and wears, the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Combat Action Ribbon (and more), also claims to have been a FMF Corpsman....
Actual records and more
Goon, Walter E. 09/2007 Florida Claims to have been member of Seal Team 6, Vietnam Vet, Sniper, Black Ops into Laos, Cambodia and secret missions lasting months to capture NVA generals. Discovered Secret enemy Supply lines that no one else could find and destroyed.  Claims PTSD and also states all military records lost in fire when asked to verify.

Works for a home building contractor:

Classic Homes
5800 N. W Street
Pensacola FL.

ACTUAL RECORDS
GRABOWSKI, RICK 11/2008 Holiday FL

Claims to be a Navy Seal and involved in many secret missions behind enemy lines during the Gulf War. 

NOT A SEAL
Grade, Jeffery T . formerly with Harnischfeger - Illinois claimed Navy EA-6B combat pilot, shot down and forced to fight for freedom "Rambo style... See July 12, 1999 BARRON's. No record found by Barron's or US News and World Report (Nov 22 199 article.)

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Graham, Donald Augustus 08/2003 ALASKA Graham, Donald Augustus  88, died Aug. 27, 2003, at Alaska Regional Hospital.... Mr. Graham won the Medal of Honor and later the Silver Star for gallantry in action over Milne Bay on Aug. 26, 1942....   http://www.adn.com/obituaries/ .
Graham, John 1997

2001

2003

01/2009

Missouri USMC -- Claims 23 months Korean War POW, actual 15 months mailroom.  

STILL CLAIMING POW - March 2003 - Quoted in Springfield, MO, NEWS LEADER March 25, 2003 as "former POW." Graham was confronted in 2001 by his peers re his lies.

 
GRANT 05/2008 .

Woman says fake obituary intended to keep creditors at bay

By Nita Birmingham
The Post and Courier
Originally published 02:00 a.m., May 21, 2008
Updated 12:10 p.m., May 21, 2008

Fake obituary

This is the obituary that Melanie Grant submitted to the funeral home. It was published in The Post and Courier 5/15/2008 - 5/16/2008.

GRANT, Melissa Entered into eternal rest on Sunday, May 11, 2008, in the Republic of Iraq, Lt. Melissa Hope Grant, US Air Force, the beloved daughter of Mrs. Melody Grant and Mr. Michael "Candy" King,step-daughter of the late Mr. Marcus Grant; sister of Kelondria Pendergrath, Kelvin Pendergrath, Raheem Brown, Akhaeem Brown, and Becole "Cola" Scales; granddaughter of Mrs. Darnell Grant and Mr.Henry "Muffin" King; niece of Shirline Denise Wright, Quindella "Que" Simmons, Meka Butler, and Marvin "Butter" Myers; cousin of Xavier D. Stewart, Sr., Karin L. Bland and Mercedes A. Jones. Funeral notice later. Friends may call at 836-A White Oak Drive,Charleston, SC. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.suburbanfuneralhome.com Arrangements by SUBURBAN FUNERAL HOME, INC. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.

A North Charleston woman who claimed to be the mother of a female Air Force officer killed in Iraq conceded Tuesday the officer doesn't exist.

Melanie Grant, 39, said she thought she could buy time with creditors if she told them her daughter had died. A paid obituary published Thursday and Friday in The Post and Courier stated Lt. Melissa Hope Grant, 24, died May 11 in Iraq.

"I just made it up. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking," a tearful Melanie Grant said.

A photograph accompanied the obituary. Grant said she tore the photo from the pages of a bridal magazine.

Full obituaries and funeral notices are arranged through the newspaper's classified ad department. The Grant obituary was sent in from Suburban Funeral Home. The newspaper bills the funeral home, in this case $242.77, and the funeral home passes the cost on to the family.

Skip Mikell, executive vice president and general manager of Suburban Funeral Home, said he never suspected anything unusual about the "death."

Two women who identified themselves as aunts of the "deceased" sat in the funeral home's family room May 14 and gave Mikell basic information, he said. Grant said Tuesday that neither woman is a relative, but one is a longtime friend.

Though Mikell never met Grant, he said she called him last week. She told him she had to travel to a military base to pick up paperwork, which she would deliver to him Friday. Mikell said he became suspicious when Grant never showed. On Monday, he contacted a U.S. Department of Defense casualty officer who said she'd check all branches of the military for a Lt. Melissa Hope Grant. Mikell was still waiting Tuesday afternoon for word from Defense.

Grant said she got scared after the obituary was published.

Readers began posting online messages in the guest book for Lt. Melissa Hope Grant the day the obituary appeared, although most said they didn't know the woman or the family. Like many, Robbie Bray, chaplain of the Tri-County Blue Star Mother's Chapter of Charleston, expressed sympathy for the family and gratefulness for the woman's service to her country.

Bray's sadness turned to shock Tuesday when told there was no Lt. Melissa Hope Grant.

"What? Oh my gosh, why? Oh my goodness gracious. Oh my gosh, that is awful. My heavens. What a misrepresentation," Bray said.

Grant said she decided to come clean when questioned Tuesday by a Post and Courier reporter. She said she lives on disability on a fixed income and is raising two grandchildren and one stepgrandchild.

The idea of creating a death "just came in my head," as a way to get creditors to give her some space, she said.

Grant's criminal history obtained through the State Law Enforcement Division showed 15 variations on her name and several old convictions on loitering for the purpose of prostitution. The majority of her arrests were in the 1980s and 1990s. There is a pending fraudulent check charge from February.

Grant acknowledged Tuesday that she'd been arrested before, but said she'd worked hard to clean up her life. She said she's embarrassed that she duped so many people.

"It just wasn't worth it," she said.

Mikell said he'll consider the experience a lesson learned, and the funeral home will not try to collect the cost of the obituaries from Grant, who is already "ducking" creditors, he said.

Reach Nita Birmingham at 937-5433 or nbirmingham@postandcourier.com.

Copyright © 1997 - 2007 the Evening Post Publishing Co.    

FAKE OBIT
GRANT, JAMES ALEXANDER 2005 .

Claims to have been an army ranger but knows nothing about the school.  He has some fantastic stories about the 3 years he was in the Army.

MOS was Indirect fire Infantryman. Discharged E1, served Feb 19, 198- - June 8, 2001. Awards: Army Service Ribbon; Air Assault Badge.
GRANTHAM,  PHILLIP REBEL 01/2009 NY The story .
Grasso, Dick 01/2007 .

Grasso: ‘This Case Is About Honor'

In an interview today, former NYSE chair Dick Grasso told Bloomberg that the total costs of his lawsuit challenging his infamous compensation package maybe be over $100 million. But guess what? He doesn’t care. “What this case is about is honor,” Grasso offered, in what, oddly, sounded like an affected Italian accent. “It’s not about money anymore.” Grasso also told Bloomberg that “What we’re asking for is the right to go to trial, a trial by a jury of my peers, hopefully later this year. Once the whole story is told, my reputation will be vindicated and my case will be over turned.” We’re told that the following is a rough draft of the opening statement Grasso has prepared (to which we’ve added a few notes):

In the hopes of clearing my family name, in the sincere desire to give my children their fair share of the American way of life without a blemish on their name and background. I have appeared before this committee and given it all the cooperation [come on now—you’ve been pretty difficult along the way. Someone (Judge Ramos), and we’re not saying who (Judge Ramos) even told you “you are acting like a petulant child. Do petulant children get to keep $190 million compensation packages? I don’t think so, Mister"] in my power.

I consider my being called before this committee an act of prejudice to all Americans of Italian extraction. [That’s a bit of a stretch] I consider it a great dishonor to me personally to have to deny that I am a criminal. I wish to have the following noted for the record. That I served my country faithfully and honorably in World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in defense of my country. That I have never been arrested or indicted for any crime whatsoever... [what about those DUIs back in the summer of ’71? Do those not count?] that no proof linking me to any criminal conspiracy, whether it is called Mafia or Cosa Nostra or whatever other name you wish to give [“Mafia” is fine], has ever been made public. Only one man has made charges against me, and that man is known to be a murderer, arsonist and rapist. [Really, we think Spitzer might have a problem with this part]

And yet this committee had used this person to besmirch my name. My personal protest can only be made to the people of this country [It’s kind of a stretch to say people in Michigan or Nevada care about this. New York we’ll give you, maybe New Jersey but that’s really all we can offer]. I can only thank God that in this country we have a legal system and courts of law to protect innocent people from wild accusation [Obviously you didn’t follow the OJ trial]. I thank God for our democratic due process of Law that shields me from the false charges made by this committee's witness. I have not taken refuge behind the Fifth Amendment, though counsel advised me to do so.

I challenge this committee to produce any witness or evidence against me, and if they do not, I hope they will have the decency to clear my name with the same publicity with which they have now besmirched it [That could be a tough one, you know Spitzer’s always had a hard time saying “I’m sorry”]. I ask this without malice, in the interests of fair play.

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

The blog above was posted at http://www.dealbreaker.com/2007/01/grasso_this_case_is_about_hono.php and contains a link to your story. My concern, what apparently is a quote from Mr. Grasso regarding his World War II military service. (The quote is NOT in your article, so I can not yet independently verify if this is actually a quote from Mr. Grasso.) If this is a quote from Mr. Grasso (“That I served my country faithfully and honorably in World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in defense of my country.”) I believe we have a major problem here. While my database on World War II DSC recipients does have a few “holes” in it, I believe it is 99% complete and accurate and does NOT reflect anyone with the surname GRASSO receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in WWII or any other war.

 A GOOGLE search on my name, or on the subject “Stolen Valor Act” will quickly verify my own credentials in terms of military awards, and those who claim unearned military honors. You may want to:

1) Verify from the record if Mr. Grasso has claimed to have earned the DSC, and if that is correct:

2) Endeavor to verify that award through military records.

My believe is you will not find any record of him receiving the DSC, which would make any such fraudulent claim to such since President Bush signed the Stolen Valor Act on December 20, 2006, a Federal Offense and would certainly add a SERIOUS complication to the matters facing the former head of the NYSE.

Feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions or need more information.

Sincerely,

Doug

C. Douglas Sterner
3111 Thatcher Ave.
Pueblo, CO 81005
(719) 564-1755
 
 
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Rumor has it: The above quote is from the GODFATHER, lines from Michael Corleone // Al Pacino.

Graziano, Michael 06/2006 .

Dear Mr. Chaney,

In a Missoulian article which you authored, entitled “Project gives Frenchtown students new appreciation for veterans” (pasted below my signature), you cite a man named Michael Graziano as having been “a Navy SEAL in Vietnam ”. It is my sad duty to report to you that this claim (despite it having come from a family member – his grandson) is untrue. I hold a copy of the comprehensive SEAL database containing a listing of all men who successfully completed SEAL training and served with the Underwater Demolition Teams and the SEAL Teams. That listing is complete and comprehensive back to the pre-Korean War era, and nowhere in that listing is there anyone with the last name “GRAZIANO”.

 Before continuing, I must make clear that I am a private individual, not affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any other government organization. Additionally, although I worked for/with the AuthentiSEAL verification organization for several years as an Investigator (and later as a Special Investigator dealing with the media), the members of that organization elected to formally disband in 2005.

 If the name you provided in the article is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL database for anyone named MICHAEL GRAZIANO. Be aware that I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations; there are no listings, for instance, under “Grasiano”, “Grassiano”, “Grazziano”, etc.

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed service with the SEAL Teams, and based upon the limited information you have provided in your article, I can state conclusively that no one named MICHAEL GRAZIANO EVER completed SEAL training, nor ever served as a US Navy SEAL or UDT “Frogman”. Please be aware, as I described above, that the SEAL database also includes the names of men who served with the Underwater Demolition Teams (“Frogmen”). Since 1983 when the UDTs were all re-commissioned as SEAL Teams it has been the convention within the Naval Special Warfare community to use the modern term “SEAL” when referring to all men who ever served in any of the SEAL ‘precursor’ units, including those who served before the acronym “SEAL” was created. Thus it is currently acceptable to refer to a member of the WWII Naval Combat Demolition Units of D-Day fame as a “SEAL”.

When members of the Naval Special Warfare community meet others who claim similar service, but whom they do not recognize, there is a conversational exchange of information that establishes the bona fides of each to the other. There is no set formula for this exchange, nor for the information that is exchanged, but it ALWAYS takes place, and the REAL Naval Special Warfare members can ALWAYS spot a phony as a result of this exchange. This informal exchange of bona fides virtually always includes the following minimal information:

(1) What was each man’s BUD/S class number?

(2) Where did each man’s training take place?

(3) When (specific date) did each man graduate from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training?

The wording and tone of your brief mention of this man in your article would seem to indicate that Mr. Michael Graziano is now deceased, since the information regarding his service appears to have come from his 7th grade grandson. This makes for a very unfortunate and somewhat ‘delicate’ situation. Michael Graziano’s claims to his family of having served as a Navy SEAL are false, and that false claim is an insult to the men who REALLY completed the training and served on the US Navy SEAL Teams. It is most particularly insulting and hurtful on this MEMORIAL DAY as the members of the Naval Special Warfare community honor the memories of the forty-nine (49) real SEALs whose lives were lost in the Vietnam conflict. At the same time, Michael Graziano’s family is now faced with the prospect of learning that he lied to them about his military service.

Sadly, I have had to deal with too many similar cases in the past; most often as a result of receiving a copy of a published obituary. The public has a right to know the truth, and the honor and dignity of the real fallen Navy SEALs should be upheld. At the same time it serves no good purpose to make a huge public issue of the matter and humiliate the surviving family members of the man who lied. In these cases, unless those false SEAL claims are literally being ‘set in stone’ on a grave marker, it has been customary to request that a very brief, very simple “correction” be published; something to the effect “In a recent Missoulian article Mr. Michael Graziano, a US Navy veteran, was incorrectly identified as having been a US Navy SEAL. The Missoulian regrets this error”. In the very few instances when surviving family members were planning to have the false SEAL claims included on grave markers, more extensive and substantive documentation was sent to them and to the newspapers in order to curtail that action.

In the event that Mr. Michael Graziano is not deceased, it would certainly be appropriate to discuss the details contained in this email with him. I would be pleased to provide any additional information that might be necessary or helpful for such an exchange.

Almost no one in the media or general public is aware of the existence of the SEAL database; most are completely ignorant of the ability to rapidly obtain authoritative verification or denial of claims regarding military service as a SEAL. Because of this ignorance and in light of the rise in respectability regarding our nation’s military veterans since the days of Vietnam and the anti-war protesters, the incidents of military imposters is rising at an alarming rate. After years of fielding between twenty and fifty individual inquires about claimed SEAL service every day, and upon comparing the number of real SEALs reported to the number of SEAL imposters reported, the statistics show that in our nation at the present time there are more than 300 SEAL imposters for every man who really served as a SEAL (or as a member of a Naval Special Warfare precursor unit). During the entire history of Naval Special Warfare, beginning in the early days of 1942 and continuing to the present day, there have only been approximately 10,700 members; this number includes all past veterans of NSW and all currently active/serving members. In light of the many millions of men and women who have served in the US armed forces during the same span of time, the number of men who can legitimately claim such special training and duty is miniscule indeed. Yet due to the popular perceptions of these highly trained ‘elite’ warriors as a result of Hollywood movies, pulp fiction, and media attention, countless thousands of imposters are attempting to ‘cash in’ on the public’s respect for these elite warriors and to co-opt a portion of that admiration for themselves.

Substantiation of the information which I have provided herein may be obtained from the Naval Special Warfare Archives (originators of the SEAL database) or the POW Network (with 16 years of experience in dealing with all sorts of military imposters); both organizations are included as ‘copies to’ addressees of this email.

On this Memorial Day when we in the Naval Special Warfare community honor the memories of our fallen SEAL comrades, your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. Should you require any further information regarding this situation or the problems with military imposters in general, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.

Very respectfully,

Steve Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
UDT-SEAL Association
Special Operations Association
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
Author of the book NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters

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Project gives Frenchtown students new appreciation for veterans
By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian
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FRENCHTOWN - With the wave of a map printed on silk, Jack Dunne transformed history class into history.

The 80-year-old World War II veteran transfixed Frenchtown teacher Darla Clegg's seventh-grade students with tales of bombing runs over Japan and how many kinds of bananas grew around his airbase in Guam ......

Michael Graziano was a Navy SEAL in Vietnam . His grandson, Nick Graziano, said researching that experience changed the way he looked at movies, too.

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When I'd see the gunshots going off, it's scary to know that my grandfather was in there doing that" Graziano said. ....

Through word of mouth, Clegg's project attracted the attention of Frenchtown's American Legion Post 124. The group reviewed the completed reports and awarded cash prizes to six students.

Lauren Kelley and Houa Yang received $35 first-place awards. Chelyn Rice and Adam Rhodes received $25 second-place awards, and Andrew Leiter and Kayla Brodner received $25 third-place awards.

"I asked them what they'd learned from this" Clegg said, and Adam Rhodes told me patience.' It takes a long time to listen to these people. Some are old or difficult to talk with or hard of hearing. One girl told me her grandfather cried for the first time since World War II.

Reporter Rob Chaney can be reached at 523-5382 or at rchaney@missoulian.com

Green, Brendon L. . . Claims Medal of Honor, SEALS Coast Guard, Marines, 82nd Airborne, ACTIVE Duty .
Green, James Arza "Jim" . Sweeney TX Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 

Claims SEAL and sent to rescue SF after they were captured, but HE was captured and they rescued him!!!!!  Claims assassin....

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GREER,  JAMES A 07/2007 .

James A. Greer Sr.

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James A. Greer, Sr., 87, of Rosemark, TN passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at the Millington Health Care Center. He was a retired Firestone Supervisor and a member of Rosemark Baptist Church. Mr. Greer was a WW II Army veteran receiving the Purple Heart and The Congressional Medal of Honor, a Mason, and a lifetime member of the VFW. He was preceded in death by his wife Dorris Greer and his son James A. Greer, Jr. Mr. Greer is survived by his niece Linda Ashton and nephew James Bain who were his caregivers; other nieces and nephews and a special friend, Charlene Vaughn and other couples of the Friday Night Supper Club. Visitation will be at 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., Saturday, July 11 at Forest Hill East Funeral Home with services to follow. Interment will be in the Rosemark Cemetery. Forest Hill East Funeral Home 901-382-1000
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GREG
 
Male
union city, United States
 
 

 

09/2008 UNION CITY, UNITED STATES

http://www.navyformoms.com/profile/greg66

The man pictured on this web page is not now and never was a Navy SEAL, nor was he a legitimate Naval Officer. His poor spelling and horrendous grammar, and the manner in which he expresses his ideas, makes it absolutely clear that he is not a graduate of any institution of higher learning, much less the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, and most certainly not SEAL material. The sentiments he has express to mothers whose children are going in harm’s way as members of the US Navy are nothing more than repetitions of blasé statements made by others, while making a pathetic attempt to mimic those who truly earned the right to the title “SEAL” in a feeble and pitiable effort to gain attention. Pathetic as those efforts have been, he has crossed the line from meaningless braggadocio and idiotic chest-thumping to transgression of federal laws. He has even been so kind as to provide a photograph of himself wearing the uniform of a US Naval Officer (which is at least two sizes too large for him), and wearing military honors and awards which he has not earned (including the SEAL Trident insignia).

Whether he realizes it or not, real Navy veterans are paying attention to what people like him are doing, and are prepared to involve the federal authorities. Copies of everything he has posted, including chat logs, photographs, and communications headers which can be used to point directly to his ISP and home computer will be turned over to federal law enforcement authorities. They will be urged in the strongest possible way to prosecute you to the fullest extent of any/all federal, state, and local laws which your idiotic charade has transgressed. Sadly there are many like him who have attempted to steal the reputation earned by the real Navy SEALs, so the federal authorities has a lot of people like him on their schedule; while he waits for them to knock on his front door, he might think about looking online for information regarding the STOLEN VALOR ACT of 2005. If I were him I’d pay particular attention to the amount of jail time and the size of the financial fines you are facing.

Respectfully,

Steve Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member #2440-GA
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org Webmaster
Author of the book NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters

Gregory, Jeffrey J. 08/2007

04/2008

CA
Claim 1 - claims that, he served 15 years in the US Navy and was medically discharged because of diabetes, which was supposedly brought on because of his alcohol abuse.  Claims  he receives a retirement pension and gets his medical treatment at the VA Hospital in Long Beach, Ca. .
 
Another story -  "Yes I completed basic training I was in Georgia when I got discharged"

quote:
I never lied I did a bad thing in the navy I   got drunk and high and left my command post to go get more drugs and alcohol and I  will never forget that. I was asked to leave and go get help that is why I dont drink anymore. I was a loser and I will never forget the things I have done in my past plus I was so young and I have always felt really bad and I hate that. I really dont like to admit it. 
end quote

 "I had my records sealed"

NO MILITARY RECORDS FOUND
Gregory, Rick
aka Gregory, Richard D.
03/2005
08/2005
CA Claims he served in the National Guard, was in Viet Nam, did battle on Hamburger Hill, has the Purple Heart and so many other medals he would put everyone to shame

Now he says he fought in Nam and Cambodia under covert operations and there is no record of the actions.

He works for Bureau of Reclamation at Shasta Dam, California.

He never left the states... WA, Ft Leonard Wood, and Ft Bragg. Served Dec 21 70 to Sept 22 72.

AUTHORIZED MEDALS: National Defense, Parachute Badge, Sharpshooter Badge w/Auto Rifle.

Gregory, Walter J. . . CLAIMING SON TAY RAID PARTICIPATION .
GROVER, KEITH BRUCE
aka KEITH LITTLE BADGER
FL 04/2008 CLAIMS USMC, 2 PURPLE HEARTS, AND BRONZE STAR.

MORE

St Louis could locate no military records.

07/2009 - using Grover's OWN SIGNED FORM: {one problem - the "Marine" cannot recall his service number"}

GRUBER, Steven T Titusville, Florida . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 

 Works Kennedy Space Cntr. Hands on Space Shuttle. "Trained to kill"

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GRUNSBY,  FREDERICK J Hughesville, PA area. 2007
06/2009

 

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His military records from St. Louis note he was discharged as a corporal.  It shows  one Purple Heart on his record, along with a Navy Achievement Medal.
James Guckert 
aka Jeff Gannon
2005 DC area . This is the fake reporter who was given daily access the White House press room, and later found to be a gay male escort,  now also a phony Marine.  The info can be found here.  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/24/111751/735
Guerra, Richard  04/2009 .
Claims AND MORE

Guerrero 07/2007 San Antonio, TX  I am contacting you on a person claiming to be a MSG in the Army. This person has a ribbon rack that only God himself, could have earned.  He also claims CIB with 2 stars, Master Parachutist, Special Ops, and Ranger, which he referred to being in the Ranger Department, and not Regiment. He states he is currently awaiting a Med Board, which he says he beat and is awaiting return to Ft. Erwin. His lies are sick, and bring dishonor for all those true heroes. Below is the ribbon rack of God.

Ribbon Rack of God,

Defense Distinguished Service Medal
-Bronze Hourglass, Silver Oakleaf Cluster*1, V for valor
Army Distinguished Service Medal
-Bronze Oakleaf Cluster*2, V for Valor
Silver Star
-Bronze Arrow Head, Silver Oakleaf Cluster*1, V for valor
Defense Superior Service Medal
-Bronze Oakleaf Cluster*2, Bronze Arrow Head
Legion of Merit
-Bronze Oakleaf Cluster*2, V for Valor
Soldier’s Medal
-Bronze Oakleaf Cluster*3
Bronze Star
-Numeral 5 Device, Silver Oakleaf Cluster*1, V for Valor
Purple Heart
-Numeral 8 Device, Silver Oakleaf Cluster*1, V for Valor
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
-Bronze Campaign Star
Meritorious Service Medal
-Numeral 3 Device
Joint Service Commendation Medal
-Numeral 6 Device
Army Commendation Medal
-Numeral 3 Device
Joint Service Achievement Medal
-Numeral 8 Device
Army Achievement Medal
-Numeral 4 Device
POW Medal
-Bronze Campaign Star
Good Conduct Medal
-Good Conduct Knot*2
National Defense Ribbon
-Bronze Campaign Star
Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal
-Numeral 3 Device
NCO Professional Development Ribbon
-Numeral 6 Device
Overseas Service Ribbon
-Bronze Arrow Head
United Nations Ribbon
-No Device
European - African - Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
-(Warn upside down) with Campaign star
Medal for Humane Action
-No Device
Kosovo Campaign Medal
-Bronze Campaign Star
Kuwait Liberation Medal- Saudi Arabia
-No Device
Korean Service Medal
-Silver Campaign Star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
-Bronze Arrow Head, Numeral 3 Device
United Nations Operation in Somalia Medal
-Silver Oakleaf Clusters*2, Bronze Arrowhead, V for Valor
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
-Silver Oakleaf Cluster*2
Humanitarian Service Medal
-Numeral 8 Device
NATO- Kosovo Ribbon
-Silver Good Conduct Knot*2
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
-Numeral 9 Device, Bronze Star Campaign Medal
United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission Medal
-Bronze Oakleaf, Numeral 6 Device, Bronze Arrowhead
Iraq Campaign Medal
-Bronze Arrow Head


Does not have:
Army Service Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal- Kuwait

(+)or (-) 182 medals awarded

I say plus or minus because I am not sure if all of the numeral devices are correct, because of the blurry pic with the camera phone, but obviously a huge crock of shit.

He claims to still be awaiting PCS to Ft. Erwin to go to a psy-ops unit.

A lot of the medals/ribbons listed do not use the numeral device. This is VERY fishy.

For instance....The Joint Service Commendation Medal. Kathy has one for serving in Turkey in Operation Northern Watch. Repeat awards of this medal are specified as oak leaf clusters (bronze or silver) NOT numerals.

POW Medal ribbon with bronze service star? Not unless he was a POW in two separate wars.

The arrowhead is NOT authorized on the Silver Star. Nor is the "V" device. (A Silver Star is specifically for Valor. Adding a "V" for Valor is kinda redundant...and NOT authorized.)

Bronze Star and Purple Heart with numerals...NOT authorized.

Purple Heart...Numeral 8 and silver OLC and a "V" device? Not a chance in hell. (Lets see...A silver OLC is a fifth award, plus the numeral 8, plus the one for the medal itself = 14 awards. If this were true, he'd set off airport metal detectors from the parking lot!) Not to mention that mixing numerals and OLCs on ANY medal or ribbon is against ALL regulations.

Legion of Merit...CANNOT be worn with a "V" device.

Soldier's Medal...this is a NON-WARTIME award...having devices on a Soldier's or Airman's medal is UNHEARD of.

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign...WWII ONLY!

Not only is this guy a liar, he's a VERY POOR liar, and has NO knowledge whatsoever of Awards and Decs, or the proper wear and precedence of awards, AND the time frames of issuance of certain medals and ribbons. He's as clumsy as he is stupid. This ribbon rack should be displayed in a museum with a plaque reading "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

 

Gugle, Larry E. 11/2005
02/2007

06/2008

07/2008

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Guilmain Jr, Paul K. 12/2008 Lynn, MA THE STORY .
Gumm, Jennifer Martinez 04/2006 TX
Claims to have been a male US Army Doctor, USMC JAG and INTEL  Officer. She is known to devise online fraud schemes to dupe unknowing service members out of money. She is alleged to presently be serving time for one or more of her crimes. It is still recommended to use extreme caution when when communicating with this individual. She is previously alleged to have operated schemes while in jail on a jail computer system!
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