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.

L

Name

Date Reported

Hometown

Claims

Findings

LaFiet, Beau Jon

CLAIMS OF VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOT
POW, helicopter pilot, CIA, millionaire

Lakin, Roland, Brian

04/2000
02/2005

Suncock, NH

FROM MIKE ANDERSONS WEBSITE before his death:

Roland Brian Lakin portrays himself as a big Gulf War Hero up in Milford, New Hampshire. He tells one and all of his Courage and Valor under fire in Kuwait while assigned to a "High Mobility" Unit. He claims he was in Kuwait for 18 months.

We were first notified about Roland Brian Lakin at the end of April 2000. However, it took several months to coordinate the separate and independent testimony necessary to start our Investigation. To date, we have three people who were willing to sign statements testifying that they personally heard Roland Brian Lakin make his claims of Military Derring-do. One of these people is a Gulf Veteran of the 1st ID, 5/16th Infantry). Roland Brian Lakin is driving this real Gulf Veteran nuts will all his lies and fabrications. The Gulf War Veteran turned to us for help.

Among Roland Brian Lakin's tales of Bravery and Heroism, he was supposed to have been "Shot our of the Sky" by friendly fire, during a night Parachute jump with the 101st. Airborne Division. He says he was "Dragged" over a dune by his chute and not found until the following day. He claims his back was broken and had to be "Fused" as a result of these injuries. He claims that he was a "Mechanic" and was "pulled" for these missions. Further, Lakin claims he was in "Combat" for a year. The Gulf War only lasted 140 days. That's an amazing feat!!

".... Roland Brian Lakin is a pathological liar.... Since this article in April of 2000, he has told many lies, one of them was that he had a brain tumor the size of a lemon and was going through chemotherapy. Every job he has ever had he has purposely gotten hurt so he can go on disability. He has milked the New Hampshire workmen’s compensation for God only knows how much. The closest Roland has ever come to the army was signing up for the National Guard and his MOS was working on generators. He served his minimum time and got out."

LAKIS, GARY

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

CLAIMS:
Ranger: Class 2-88
NSA Operations and Intelligence Training Branch
Advanced Sniper Course : January 8, 1993
CDQC; Key West, FL: February 18, 1993
SOTIC: 1988
MFF coin engraved with the number 0078.

From: "G. Lakis" <lakis@marinescoutsniper.com>
To: "P.O.W. Network - Chuck and Mary Schantag" <info@pownetwork.org>
Subject: Saw you on TV
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:46:39 -0800

Mary,

They had you and Chuck on the local Fox affiliate just now showing the Ortiz Bust. Outstanding job.

I'll be talking to NPR in the morning about this epidemic we're going through. I hope I get the point across as good as you guys did. Keep up the good work.

Semper Fi.
Gary

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

From: "Gary Lakis" <glakis@nextbestthing.com>
Subject: Wannabe Starter Kit
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:45:20 -0800

This must be one of the places they get all that crap on their walls. http://www.combatawards.com/

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

My background is mainly Marine however I did spend some time the in the Army/Guard. My Recon time was limited but I was with Snipers for awhile. I usually forward Recon requests to friends in the Force ReconAssociation or friends that are still in the community.

Semper Fi.
Gary Lakis

EXPOSED
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/
Investigation/phony_sergeant_040707-1.html

"Gary got so used to telling his story, HE ACTUALLY STARTED BELIEVING IT!

He knows what he did, he knows it was wrong, he knows that he violated the trust of many and desecrated the honor of brave men who actually lived the life he claimed to. He knows what we think of phonies and he knows that we now think of him that way and that is the worst punishment possible for him........to know that we simply view him as unworthy of our friendship and that our disgust for his actions is permanent.

No amount of money he makes in the future will ever enable him to forget this. Trust me on this fellas, he's paying the price for his actions and will do so for the rest of his life. S/F"

11/29/2007:
“Video Fake Medals, Phony Hero” or click on the link below to see this additional report in which Stolen Valor was a contributing factor to a 66-million dollar military contract.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1913679

Lance, James Richard

02/2007

Kansas City MO

Claims Special Forces, Reserves, "Special Ops Team that deals with terrorist problems of 'that nature'." Claims CAPT with Army Commendation that reads

quote
... Dec 14, 2003, in the country of Iraq Capt James R Lance led a team of Delta Force Commandos in the successful capture of Saddam Hussein and the destruction of several terrorist camps....
end quote

quote
Employed by "U.S. Army 06/19/1968 to present, Special Forces, still in reserves..."
endquote

AND

"undercover store security" for DOLLAR GENERAL.

Records have been requested. NONE are expected to be found.

He has over 15 felony count convictions for assault, robbery and forgery.

Highlighted on KCTV-5 News (Kansas City) August 2005.

Landrum, Bee

Stockton, CA

Cherokee Indian. Claims 17 yrs Marine Recon, Presidential Guard, Field Surgeon, reserves. Claims Gulf, and Bosnia. Claims $300 disability (NOT). 3 divorces, 4 children. Dob 1964. Has USMC tattoo! Resorts to temper tantrums when confronted about service lies.

Actual - Army (less than 2 yrs) and Coast Guard.

Landrum, Perry

Claims shot in the back in Somalia.

Lane, Forest E.

07/2004

St. Louis area

Claims: Navy SEAL-second man out of the water at Bay of Pigs; with SEAL Team 2, Combat Medical Badge, Purple Heart. Has said that he was in the Navy before the Army.

Claim: Served 2 tours in Vietnam. He also states that when he was in Vietnam he came in contact with former V/P Albert Gore. He also states that he was awarded the Purple Heart & Combat Medical badge.

Currently an Assistant Department Service Officer with the VFW State Dept. of Missouri at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, MO. Claims that he is "the head honcho for veterans in Missouri", that he has 12 attorneys working for HIM, and that the Missouri State Police have pulled him over to ask about benefits. He also has said he has a ".44 Automag" under the seat in his "Jeep." HE OWNS A GEO TRACKER!

NO PH, NO Medics Badge, NO Trident.

Stationed at Great Lakes IL then at the US Navy Hosp. in Phila. PA from 1963 to 1964 following that, he served on the USS Forrestal CVA-59 from 1964 to 1965. He was never attached to any SEAL Team while he was on active duty with the US Navy, nor did he attend or complete BUDS training.

Lane did serve in Vietnam, but not the 2 tours as he claims. He served in Vietnam from 1/17/73 thru 2/12/73 as a Disp. Specialist with the 129th Med Det. Disp. FEPA RVN, then was transferred to Germany.

He was then posted to Ft Benning, GA, and back to Germany. He was never sent back to RVN.

ACTUAL RECORDS

Larez, Sgt. Thomas

CLAIMING AFGHAN WAR STATUS

Latta, Mark Scott

04/2006

Obit claimed "Ranger / Special Forces (Green Beret)" in Germany.

NO Ranger nor SF training noted in his records. Served Aug 1971 until August 1974.

Launey, Archie

Claims Korean War POW.
====================================================
From: "Gerald Thibodeaux" <geraldtx@ih2000.net>
Subject: Wannabe - Archie Launey
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:21:01 -0500

Just left your site...
The small slap on the wrist for imposing as a possible Korean POW is nothing ... Here's my page on Launey .. all verifiable ... you may use all or part of the info .. and the picture ... He also involved Sidney LaFleur (now deceased) in his scheme .. also .. Moby LeDeaux ... his military .. USA prior to Vietnam .. Missile Battalion .... yep, we had a "flock" of them in our VVA Chapter .. they're all exposed now and have left the "coop" :-) ..
Gerald
Here's my page on Launey http://www.ih2000.net/vva348/launey.html

Lawdermild, Keavin Lee
aka Wise, Kevin
aka WISE, KEAVIN
aka LAWDERMILK, KEAVIN (KEVIN)

11/2007

Ohio

CAUGHT ON VIDEO, this guy was giving group coins to two young actors as well as "letters" signed by GEN Petraus. He made statements prior to the "coin" ceremony that he "just got in from Baghdad y-day and he will be going back next week.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/supernatural-stars-presented-w-13869.aspx

http://forum.signonsandiego.com/showthread.php?t=80596

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.war.vietnam/browse_thread/thread/9f5a6b4ca8c678ba

ACTUAL RECORDS

Lawrence, Chuck "Sarge"
aka
Lewis, Charles Allen

SEE Lewis, Charles Allen below in alpha list

Lawson, William J.

08/2005

EXPOSED - Army Times August 8, 2005

2-star charade
ArmyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
... Since Lawson is a civilian and therefore not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, he ... "I still say the worst penalty for these imposters is being ...

Lear, John Kenneth

McQueeney, TX

Claims Medal of Honor, POW, helicopter pilot

Leazer, Gene
Gene Autry Leazer, 64, of Franklin, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at VA Medical Center in Iowa City.
Born Sept. 29, 1937 in Birmingham, he was the son of Thurman Keith and Ada Flossie Wilson Leazer. He married Eva Pearl Warington on Aug. 18, 1975, in Dothan, Ala.
Mr. Leazer was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving from 1956 to 1974, with the rank of captain. He received the Medal of Honor and was a Vietnam POW-MIA.
He was a member of Salem Congregational Church, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and AmVets. Survivors include [clipped] Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Fort Madison, with military rites. A memorial has been established. [thehawkeye.com, Burlington IA]

Records indicate Leazer was discharged as an Airman 1st Class. Actual awards were Air Force Longevity Award w/3OLC; Air Force Good Conduct w/2OLC; Air Force Outstanding Unit w/1OLC. NOTHING FURTHER. He was a Fire Protection Specialist for A1C's.

LeBlanc, John Charles

We at Lindsay's Windsor Funeral Home, placed this obituary on line, as the family presents the information to us. We regret the information was incorrect, and the obituary has been changed to what we feel is the correct information...

http://obits.autonet.ca/Obituaries/ObitShow.cfm?Obituary_ID=39243

TRUE recipient of this prestigious award: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm.

Investigations show that the only Canadian to receive the Medal of Honor for Vietnam was Mr. Peter Lemon on Ontario.

John Charles LeBlanc
August 21, 1948 - July 13, 2005

Funeral arrangements by Lindsay's Windsor Funeral Home

* LeBLANC……John Charles, age 56, of Halifax/Windsor, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at the Q.E. II, New Halifax Infirmary. Born on August 21, 1948, in Pictou, Nova Scotia, and known as Charlie, he was the eldest son of the late Alfred and Jessie (MacIsaac) LeBlanc. John as he was known in Windsor, worked at the Fort Edward Mall, in maintenance and security until retiring. He was a former member of REACT and the Windsor Citizens Patrol. He was a 7th, Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate, which he also taught. He was a Canadian Vietnam Vet. (1963-70); a Green Beret (1964), he received the Congressional Medal of Honor, 2 Purple Hearts, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Vietnam Medal & Conduct Medal. He was a military courier to the White House and worked security at the White House, when the American Government had a Base in Newfoundland. He had also fought at Hamburger Hill. ...

LEBO, JOHN WAYNE

Posted on Wed, Mar. 26, 2008

Purple Heart faked, VA says

By MEGHA SATYANARAYANA
megha@sunherald.com

-- A disabled Biloxi Air Force veteran was one of two men arrested Tuesday on charges of lying about receiving military medals, including the Purple Heart.

The Department of Veterans Affairs filed criminal complaints against Christopher Billeaud, 52, of Biloxi and John Wayne Lebo, 57, of Tylertown. Both men were released on unsecured bonds of $25,000 and $5,000, respectively.

Both face a year in prison and $100,000 fines for each violation.

Billeaud is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm and the Gulf Coast chapter president of the National Defense Transportation Association. He is accused of altering his discharge papers to indicate he received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star and using the papers to get a Purple Heart license plate, which is free of charge for life and does not expire. He is also accused of falsifying his rank, claiming to be a retired chief master sergeant rather than a master sergeant.

Billeaud has been advised not to speak about the case, but his wife, Kathleen, said the charges aren't true, and the whole thing is a big misunderstanding. She said he dived into a foxhole during an attack and sandbags fell on him, breaking his neck. He is 100 percent disabled, according to the VA, and is unable to work. She said the Air Force did not grant her husband the Purple Heart. The VA gave it to him.

"This has been a nightmare," she said. "We have the paperwork to prove the VA awarded him the Purple Heart. The VA notified him, not the other way around."

Lebo was arrested for allegedly altering documents to indicate he received the "Silver Star, Purple Heart for wounds received for action, Airborne Medal and Sharpshooter," during his service in the Army. He used the documents to obtain license plates for eight different cars. Lebo was discharged as a Private E-1 in 1969.

Billeaud's attorney, John Weber, assistant federal public defender, said charges of falsifying military awards are not common. The burden is now on the federal government to prove its case.

The affidavit for Billeaud's case said he told Air Force investigators he did not have a Purple Heart or Bronze Star. He also told investigators he did not know how the Harrison County Tax Collector's Office got copies of his discharge papers, because he never sent them in prior to getting the Purple Heart license plate.

Kathleen Billeaud said the VA sent the papers on his behalf, indicating he was honored with the awards. She said the family has been getting help from U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor to clear an Air Force mix-up that denied him the award for "seeking shelter." She said upon returning home, her husband didn't push for the Purple Heart, she did, because she knows her husband served the country proudly.

"I was on the phone the night of the attack. I heard the SCUD attack, I heard the air raid sirens... and I heard the phone go dead," she said.

Posted on Wed, Mar. 26, 2008

2 men arrested for falsely claiming to have Purple Heart medals

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. -- Two men have been arrested for falsely claiming to have been awarded Purple Heart medals for injuries in combat, U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton said.

Lampton said in a news release that Christopher Billeaud, 52, of Biloxi and John Wayne Lebo, 57, of Tylertown were both arrested Monday.

The two are charged with using falsified records to obtain Purple Heart license plates for their vehicles. Purple Heart tags are provided free of charge to military veterans who earned the medal.

Billeaud was released on a $25,000 bond after appearing Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Roper in Gulfport, Lampton said. Lebo posted a $5,000 bond after a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael T. Parker in Hattiesburg.

Lebo's attorney, John Weber III, was unavailable for comment.

Kathleen Billeaud, the wife of Christopher Billeaud, who served in the Air Force during the first Iraq war, said the government is mistaken.

"My husband did not falsify anything. Sandbags collapsed on his neck during a scud (missile) attack, and his neck was broken," she said. "I have the documentation right in front of me to prove it."

U.S. Air Force investigators went to the Billeaud home in April 2007 over allegations that he was claiming to be a chief master sergeant when he retired as a master sergeant, according to court papers.

One of the officers noticed that a vehicle parked at Billeaud's home had a Purple Heart license plate.

Court records say that Billeaud told the investigators he had not received a Purple Heart.

Kathleen Billeaud said her husband has been recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the head of Keesler Air Force Base hospital as receiving a Purple Heart but not by the U.S. Air Force.

She said the Air Fore recognizes his disability but said there was some discrepancy on how he was injured.

"He's partially disabled," she said. "How can he have these injuries and they are not service related?"

Billeaud denied providing the Harrison County tax collectors office his discharge letters and does not know how they received them, records show.

Lebo served with the U.S. Army from 1967-69 as a firearm instructor. According to court papers, along with fraudulently claiming a Purple Heart, Lebo altered his discharge papers to show he had received a Silver Star, Airborne Medal and Sharpshooter.

He first obtained a Purple Heart License plate in 1999. Lebo's alleged phony discharge papers were discovered after an investigator compared his original forms with the ones he used in Walthall County in order to obtain the Purple Heart license plate.

"It's not just about earning the tag, but when you have a Purple Heart, you get priority treatment at V.A. medical centers," Assistant U.S. Attorney Ruth Morgan said.

"When this happens, you cheat true veterans that need treatment for their wounds suffered in combat."

Falsely claiming war medals is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000.
Information from: The Clarion-Ledger, http://www.clarionledger.com

LeDeaux, Alfred, "Moby"

CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS

Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:21:40 -0500
To: Moby <mobyledeaux@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Wrong information

At 08/26/2002 06:41 AM -0500, you wrote:
I have never been in Vietnam and I do not know where you have gotten that information that you have posted. Who ever sent that in is very wrong. Please take me out of your list. I was in the army 1957-1960. Your informer is only a trouble maker. Thanks

VVA Membership Roster:
Alfred. W. LeDeaux
Highest Rank: SGT
Branches and Dates of Active Military Service:
Army 11/57-8/64
Unit Designation: 101st Airborne
Divisional Category: 4th Army Div.
Military Medals:
Bronze Star Medal
Combat Infantryman's Badge
Good Conduct Medal
Purple Heart
Vietnam Service Medal
Chapter Affiliation: 0348
Occupation: Construction/Contracting
Job Title: Mech. Papermill

Also have reports he has claimed POW (08/2002). Has had run-in's with VVA, American Legion and multiple VFW's.

Lee, Bill

FL, formerly Class of 65, Decatur GA.

Claims 24 yr US Army, Claims Medal of Honor, 2 PH, 3 BS, multi-millionaire developer.

NOT to be confused with USMC MOH Howard V. Lee

Lee, John Karl

07/2005

El Paso

July 21, 2005

El Paso man who claimed to have Gulf War POW sent to prison

EL PASO, Texas An El Paso man who claimed he was a prisoner of war during the first Gulf War has been sentenced today to two years in federal prison.

John Karl Lee is a former postal worker.

Lee was convicted in April of mail fraud and making false statement to obtain federal employee's compensation.

Prosecutors say Lee, who was stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1991, wandered into Iraq with two other soldiers and they were held for three days.

Lee later received disability payments based on a claim that he couldn't work because he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after being mistreated as a POW for three weeks.

Investigators say Lee continued to serve as a military reservist and later started his own business.

WorldNow and KLTV.

105 West Ferguson

Tyler, TX 75702

903-510-7847

Lee, Len Roy
aka "LtCol L Rayford"
aka "Hannible" Lee
"General" Lee"

06/2007

Palm Desert, CA

Claims to be deceased Tuskegee Airman, Lee Rayford. Claims he is "Lt Col L. Rayford" 99th, 332nd. Claims he was in Vietnam with Gen Davis. Sometimes claims rank of "General."

Lee is a member (an usher) of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Palm Desert. Introduced to the congregation as a Tuskegee Airman.

CONFRONTED. CONTINUES TO LIE.

ACTUAL Tuskegee History:
Maj. Lee Rayford -- Born 01 April 1918 - Died April 1967

Maj. Rayford earned his reputation as one of the most decorated black pilots of the 332^nd. He began his combat experience with the 99^th before coming back to the United States to be a part of the 332^nd. He would become the Operation Officer for the 301^st and when the group went into combat, he became commander of the 301^st. While flying over ninety missions, he was rewarded with several awards including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the American Defense Medal, the Victory Medal, and the Purple Heart.
================================

ACTUAL RECORDS Vietnam service not confirmed.
WWII Enlistment records indicate Private Lee enlisted 9 June 1944 at Fort MacArthur San Pedro. He was a married, actor at the time of enlistment.

Lehr, Glenn Carlton

latest claim 13 June 2002

Manchester, MI

Claims Air Force pilot/jet pilot/fighter pilot. Served 55-64 as a NAVIGATOR. Dabbles in orchids and uses pilot claims in orchid articles. Retired dentist. Claims - (Manchester Michigan Enterprise) jet fighter pilot or Air Force Pilot.

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Records indicate GLENN Lehr was a NAVIGATOR.

Lemmen, Paul H

05/2006
08/2006

Paul Lemmen says he is a retired Air Force general, a veteran of combat in Vietnam and years of intelligence work.

Former friends say he has also told people that he was an officer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army who cut a deal that landed him in the United States.

03/25/2007 ARRESTED

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=247392

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=247394

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=247393

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FOIA request from NARA "NO RECORD FOUND" .

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DON'T MISS:

http://www.specsec.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=28

http://www.specsec.org/?page_id=7

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03/25/2007 ARRESTED
http://www.specsec.org/
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=258021

Read about a 4 month long investigation into a man who lied his way into a civilian government contracting job overseas in Iraq. While in Iraq this man then decided to put on and wear routinely the uniform of a United States Air Force Special Operations Brigadier General even though he was'nt one. While posing as this General Officer he set up relations with dignitaries from Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia which he embezzled an untold amount of money from and had deposited in his personal account(s) here in the US. Worse of all he made his way on to one of our Special Forces bases and befriended many of the unsuspecting warriors until US Army CID arrested him for the embezzlement but not the uniform and fraud violations and sent him back home to the US. Back in the US he hears one of the Special Forces troopers he knew in Iraq had been killed in action. He then set up a memorial website to honor a man and unit he lied to and frauded into believing

LeManager, Warner

Pasadena, CA

CLAIMING DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS - served in "black bag" ops. Declared bankruptcy in CA. Reported to FBI. Member of Society of the Cincinnati (in Connecticut).

Leonard, Dennis

Columbus, OH

Claims SF, POW. Tortured - pulled all finger and toenails out......

Leonard, Donald "Butch"

09/2007

Greenville, PA

Claims to be a POW of the Vietnam War, having spent 18 Months in a Steel Cage, being tortured in "unspeakable ways", he claims to be part of Navy Special Forces, but when asked if he was SEAL, he always answers, "No, one of the other ones...." without specifying what Special Force he was a member of.

He uses his "status "as a Vietnam Vet/POW to pick arguments and confrontations with people and threatens people with physical harm if they say or do anything to disgrace POW's/Vets or the great country of USA.

Leonard also Claims to be Cherokee Indian and that he grew up on a Reservation, something no one has been able to confirm, He is very active on the Powwow circuit and seem to have a group of followers that looks up to him because of his alleged history.

Claims to have gotten away with a murder in a barfight because of his status as a war hero. He claims he was acquitted of all charges because he was a warhero, even though nobody seems to have a recollection of a barfight ending up with anybody dead in the time period Leonard specifies.

Leonard seems to build his entire life around his POW story and talks about it continuously and EVERY chance he gets.

St Louis could locate NO MILITARY RECORD when provided with a full name, "service number" and yr of birth and his claims of being a POW.

Levy, Robert William

09/2006

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Claims Special Forces in Vietnam. Introduced as Special Forces, Ranger.

The rest of the story

How mayor of AC was exposed as impostor
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
As part of his research, Bendell contacted Mary Schantag of the POW Network in Skidmore, Mo.,
which has another military database, pownetwork.org. ...

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/top_story/story/7508491p-7406355c.html

http://www.boltcomics.com/artwork/editorials/10-13-07.jpg

Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy Resigns After Disappearing From Public Eye

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The mayor of Atlantic City has handed in his resignation, after he vanished for two weeks amid allegations that he lied about his military service and illegally collected veterans' benefits, his attorney said Wednesday.

Levy's departure is effective immediately, according to lawyer Edwin Jacobs. The missing mayor resurfaced Tuesday after returning home from a stay at a psychiatric and substance abuse center.

In a statement Wednesday, Jacobs cited "multiple health problems" as a factor in Levy's resignation, but did not provide further details on the nature of his client's condition.

Levy has been under federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam.

"The circumstances surrounding his resignation include multiple health problems, but were precipitated by a pending Federal Department of Veterans Affairs investigation," Jacobs said.

Last fall, the Press of Atlantic City reported that the Vietnam veteran's claims that he was a member of the Green Berets were untrue. He apologized, but federal authorities have been looking into whether the 64-year-old Levy made that claim to increase his veterans' benefit payments.

Jacobs said in the statement that the mayor was in discussions with the U.S. Attorney's office about resolving the investigation in a "fair and expeditious" way. Levy allegedly took in about $25,000 in extra benefits payments as a result of the falsification.

No part of the investigation includes allegations of Levy's abuse of his position as mayor, his lawyer said.

Levy served in the United States Army for 20 years, from 1964-1984, completing two tours of duty in Vietnam, according to Jacobs. He received multiple medals, awards and citations for his service.

"The pending investigation has called into question two of those awards, neither of which appear to be supported by an appropriate military order," said Jacobs.

Members of the city council had asked a judge to declare the mayor's office vacant and clear the way for the council president William "Speedy" Marsh to take over as interim mayor.

The councilman met with his lawyer Tuesday and prepared to take office "immediately" should Levy's office become vacant, said Marsh's Atlantic City attorney James J. Leonard Jr.

Levy — who was missing for almost two weeks — was at home after leaving a Somerset County clinic known for treatment of substance abuse and mental health issues, according his lawyer.

Tuesday's revelation about Levy's whereabouts came after a brief conference with a state judge, who scheduled a Friday hearing to discuss a request by a city councilman to declare that the mayor had abandoned his office. Such a declaration would clear the way for Marsh to step in.

Levy's lawyer told reporters the mayor checked himself into the Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead on either Sept. 26 or 27. The mayor was last seen in public on Sept. 26 when he signed several ordinances at City Hall.

That was the same day city officials said the mayor told them he did not feel well, and would be absent for an unspecified time on medical leave.

Jacobs said the mayor has been home from the clinic since Thursday, but would not say what he was treated for. A phone message left at Levy's home was not returned.

According to the clinic's Web site, the facility "is a private, not-for-profit behavioral health care system founded in 1910 that specializes in psychiatric and addiction treatment."

"At Carrier, hospital stays tend to be brief, with the goal of crisis intervention, medical stabilization and transition to the next appropriate level of care," the facility says on its site. "Treatment teams consist of a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, licensed clinical social workers, allied clinical therapists and certified addiction counselors."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Lewis, Charles Allen

aka

Chuck "Sarge" Lawrence

Sumner WA

1994
08/2004
04/2005
11/2006
08/2007

Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...

Author of: Tears of Blood -- The Betrayal of America's Veterans

... wearing a brand NEW ASCOT AND ALL SF Uniform.. the Black Beret and White Ascot etc.. and then about three years ago now he started wearing a TROOPER HAT.. and that is what he wears now..........

HE WORE THE ENTIRE SF UNIFORM with the Ascot and blazer et al.. and that was in Olympia during a speech by former POW and congressman and he was standing with three others who truly wore their old uniforms where he stood out nearly in front of them for a photo and his uniform was obviously all NEW.

Lewis, Keith

11/2007

http://www.nbc10.com/news/14584284/detail.html

DA: Man Posing As Soldier Rips Off Insurance Companies

Authorities Say Man Swindled Companies Out Of Nearly $30,000

POSTED: 1:29 pm EST November 13, 2007

UPDATED: 1:58 pm EST November 13, 2007

A Philadelphia man was charged with a combined 100 counts of insurance fraud and theft by deception after authorities said he ripped off several auto insurance firms over the last eight years.

District Attorney Lynne Abraham and Linda Perkins, chief of the insurance fraud unit, said Keith Lewis, 41, of the 5400 block of Erdrick Street, ripped companies off of nearly $30,000 by purchasing car insurance with insufficient funds, filing a quick claim and collecting before his check bounced.

The District Attorney's office stepped in after Progressive Insurance denied four such claims and reported Lewis to authorities.

Investigators subsequently uncovered 70 additional insurance claims involving Lewis (from 1999 to July 2007) filed with various insurance companies including AIG, Allstate, Geico, Progressive, Safe Auto, Safeco, and Unitrin Direct.

On 60 occasions, Lewis obtained an insurance policy with a fraudulent down payment, and within days of supposedly purchasing coverage, filed an insurance claim alleging minor damage to one of several insured vehicles, authorities said.

In all instances, he sought a quick settlement of the claim clearly in an effort to obtain payment before the insurance company discovered that they had not received a valid premium payment, according to a news release.

Authorities also discovered that Lewis’ claims relied on preexisting damage to his vehicles.

They uncovered documented 40 phony claims on Lewis’ 2002 Ford Explorer, 11 phony claims on his 1997 Chrysler Town and Country, six phony claims on his 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse and five phony claims on a 2000 Toyota Camry owned by his girlfriend.

Lewis is also suspected of using 22 of the claims to get coverage using the identity of an innocent victim.

This identity fraud victim did not know Lewis and was unaware that his identity had been compromised.

Lewis also repeatedly identified himself as a police officer, an accountant, a bounty hunter, a bank manager, a salesman and entertainment business person.

It is alleged that in an effort to expedite one of his many claims, Lewis posed as a soldier in the armed services facing immediate deployment overseas. Authorities found he is not in the United States military.

Libby, Alfred E.

multiple reports

Henderson, NV

Claims Medal of Honor
VFW - more reports 06/2001. Was in Imperial Beach CA area, Chula Vista. Possibly now in Nevada jail. Documents were NOT accepted for transfer membership to TWO VFW posts in CA.

Light, Chad Phillip

04/2006

Jacksonville, FL

"If anyone has information regarding Chad Light, please contact us."

Lillie, Eugene Jr
aka Gene Lillie

01/2008

Claims to be in Recon, wears jump wings, Purple Heart BUT has lost his DD214, volunteers for all details, likes to wear white trousers and a NCO sword with his dress blues every chance he gets, and recently now wears the Combatant Divers badge, previously only wore the gold wings of a naval parachutist.

Photos from the Tomb of the Unknown

Actual Records

Tried VFW... moved on to Toys for Tots and then the Marine Corps League.

Little-Stewart, Clif

12/2001

Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman...

stated "US Navy Special Forces, UDT/SEAL and Infantry US Army" in a LOVELETTER to a family of a POW/MIA!!!

Logan Sr., Robert York

http://www.legacy.com/mainetoday%2Dpressherald/Obituaries.asp?Page=SearchResults Logan Sr., Robert York*

Robert York Logan Sr., 83 STANDISH -- Robert York Logan Sr., 83, of Sebago Lake Village died July 4, 2007, at the Bridgton Health Care Center after a long illness. He was born June 3, 1924, in Portland, the son of James A. and Hazel Y. Logan Sr. He attended grade school in the Portland area and graduated from Standish High School. He married the former Janet Johnson of Sebago Lake in 1947, where they resided throughout their married life. He served in the United States Marine Core from 1943 - 1945 serving during World War II in the South Pacific. Bob received the prestigious Silver Medal Award for leadership of his artiliary regiment, stopping 3000 Japanese from attacking U.S. Troops at Megallan Point. Bob served on the Standish Board of Selectman for four years and SAD # 6 School Board for eight years. He was a past member of the Standish Masonic Lodge and the Standish Kiwanis Club where he received a 25 year perfect attendance award. He was a member of Lake Kezar Country Club for many years where he developed a great love of golf. Bob coached Little League, Babe Ruth and Legion teams in the Standish / Sebago Lake area for over 13 years and started the first Legion baseball program there. Bob was a painting contractor beginning with small residential projects, to being contracted by the former S.D. Warren Paper Mill and many other commercial businesses throughout his career. His many interests included fishing, hunting, golf, his tremendous love of music, Sebago Lake, and the family camp at Long Pond in Denmark. ....

The report from the NPRC states "The veterans was NOT awarded the Silver Star."

As a matter of fact, the file contained a letter dated 24 Apr 2002 responding to a query regarding the Silver Star. ...
"failed to confirm the award of the Silver Star Medal...

The letter ends with the statement "he was awarded a LETTER OF COMMENDATION...There is no medal for the letter of commendation..."

Profile for Kent Long found on CLASSMATES.COM
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My Life Biography
1992- Married first wife Sabrina while working on BFA in painting at Yale.
1994- Earned BFA and divorced Sabrina.
1996- Fellowship to earn MFA at Bard College. Refused degree on ideological grounds. Dismantled corrupt board of regents and uncovered international drug cartel and child-labor ring funneling moneys into offshore account under college president's name. Receive congressional medal of honor.
1997- Collaborated with avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon on film/painting installation at the Met. New York Times praises it as "the greatest accomplishment of 20th century art." Met and married second wife, Juliette. Divorced later that year.
1998- Studied Buddhism in a Tibetan monestary with Leonard Cohen. Formed lasting friendship with the folk legend. Denounced worldly possesions, but later in the year purchased an 8 Series BMW.
2000- Transcended art and culture through marriage to third wife, Renalda. Discovered her affair with Harrison Ford and was reduced to a weeping mess. Made famous speech at Yale on the geometric corrlations of modern architecture and the worsening global slum of Sao Paolo. Published speech and recieved Nobel Prize.
2001- Preparing for SFMOMA retrospective on my life and work.

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Loth, Clark Baldwin
aka C.B. Loth

04/2006
05/2006
06/2007

Claims Navy Captain, doing special Intel work. Also implies Harvard Grad and CIA. Has been seen in uniform. USN Captain reports that he personally confronted Captain Loth at a social event where Captain Loth was wearing a U.S. Navy officer’s uniform. Captain Loth has publicly displayed his ‘Captains “HAT”’, (identified as a field grade naval officer’s cover (either Commander or Captain) by virtue of the ‘scrambled eggs’ on the visor.)

Member of Master of Major General Henry Knox Lodge of Masons in Boston which has a by-law requiring military service to join.

http://www.harvardlodge.com/thekids.html NOTE: This previous entry on the website has been edited.

An older version reads differently.

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Claims he was a Navy Captain doing special intelligence work. Acquaintances say he never left the area long enough to go to OCS. Some of his "war stories" do not fit. It is like, he read a lot but doesn't have

a feel for the slang. He has also implied at times that he was in the CIA.

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Clark Baldwin Loth

Clark Loth, known to his friends as CB served as Master of The Harvard Lodge from 2003-2004. One of many members of the Lodge, whose dedication to the Lodge and to the Craft is monumental. CB is known to all for his generosity, style and humor. Upon graduating from the Mount Hermon School , He attended Harvard College , ultimately being awarded his Bachelor of Science in Psycology from Tufts University , returned to Harvard as a student of Special Studies. CB also has a distinguished Naval record, and is a life member of the Naval War College Foundation, as well as the Navy Leauge of the United States .

CB's Masonic record is quite accomplished, serving as a District Deputy Grand Master, as well as a Trustee of the Masonic Education and Charity Trust, as well as on the Board of the Scottish Rite's Children's Learning Center in Lexington , Massachusetts .

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Note spelling of “Psychology” and “League”

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Claims "assimilated rank" after providing top-secret work for the Navy in the 1970s. He claims there is no way to confirm such service or the fact that he was given a military rank. He claims records are sealed in a vault at "Langley."

MULTIPLE checks with National Personnel Records Center brings repeated letters stating no military records can be found.

Medal of Honor Dinner Sponsor!?!?!
lists him as Captain Clark B. Loth USNR (Ret)

USO old sponsors page notes his rank
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Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:33:54 -0400
Anybody can be a Life Member of either of those organizations. The Naval War College Foundation is strictly a donation tool. The Navy League is for those who like the Navy - having served is optional. His college transcript is, shall we say, unexceptional.

Lowry, Lowell George Jr

11/2006

Attended Marine Corps ball in full dress uniform. Claims NAVY SEAL. He left the Navy in 1992 claiming to have 16 years of service. Claims NAVY CROSS, SILVER STAR, BRONZE STAR, and a PURPLE HEART, amongst numerous lesser medals. Claimed to be part of the Grenada invasion of 1983, He claimed to be imbedded with CNN in downtown Bagdahd during Gulf War I in 1991, posed as an employee of the press.

ONLY Awards National Defense and Good Conduct. Rank ADAR. Transcript of court martial, not in file. Served on USS Guam in 1981. No combat noted. Served July 1976- July 1980 Dec 1980-July 1992.

Lucas, Dale

05/2006
05/2007

http://www.dalelucas.com/
quote:

From there, he returned to Special Forces and the life he loved so much. He completed numerous special warfare training courses which include:

Demolition Training
Basic Airborne Training
Jumpmaster School
Special Forces Training Group
Light and Heavy Weapons Training
Operations & Intelligence School
Cold Weather/Mountaineering School
Advanced Ski School
S.C.U.B.A.
Amphibious Operations
Scout Swimming School
Diving School
High Altitude-Low Opening Parachute Training
Small Atomic Demolitions Training & Operations
United States Army Flight School (Helicopter)
AHIG “Cobra” Assault Helicopter Pilot
United States Army Advanced Infantry Officer School

Lucas served with several foreign para-military units in such places as Spain, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Vietnam, and Denmark. In the latter assignment he was a member of the elite Danish Frogman Corps with extensive training in submarine lock-out/lock-in procedures, parachute insertion into open sea and subsequent amphibious assault operations.

His decorations include:

Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Two Distinguished Flying Crosses
Three Bronze Stars
Soldier’s Medal
Three Purple Hearts
22 Air Medals
Meritorious Service Medal
Three Army Commendation Medals
Four Awards Good Conduct Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal with Four Battle Stars
Civic Action Medal
Reserve Officer Service Medal
Vietnamese Medal of Honor (1st Class)
Two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry with Palm Frond
Vietnamese Legion of Merit
Vietnamese Training Medal
Vietnam Service Medal with “60” Clasp
Combat Infantry man’s Badge
Parachute Badges from Vietnam, Greece, Denmark
Special Forces Shoulder Tab
end quote

The Lucas website does state 'Distinguished Service Cross' under his bio sketch....and yes, under Stories - Just another SOG Mission - identifies the date for the DSC.

After a double-check, I don't show a LUCAS on my researched DSC list - nor was it officially awarded and subsequently revoked for any reason.

My take, after reading the SOG short-story, is that Westmoreland may - or may not- have presented him the DSC....but it was never awarded through a USARV or DAGO General Order in an official basis. This appears to be a literary embellishment, but since it's a public site - any reference to this award needs to be removed unless he can provide some firm documentation.

Bruce.

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Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 12:21:02 -0600

Dale Lucas does check out as an O-3 Cobra pilot in RVN .... Also, Steve Sherman of the SF Association confirms that Lucas received a Silver Star “while serving with SF in RVN on an A-team in IICTZ.” I talked to Mr. Lucas briefly and cordially last night, and he has promised to send me by regular mail, a copy of his DSC Citation so I can add his to “my collection”. In his website his narrative of the action for which he claims he was awarded the DSC places the date of action as: October 19 through 21 of 1966.

Sincerely,

Doug

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Records indicate NO Distinguished Service Cross, only ONE Distinguished Flying Cross, only ONE ARCOM, NO Soldier's Medal, NO Purple Hearts (he claims and wears 3), and no

Legion of Merit.
Also, though in his bio he lists only ONE Silver Star

(which is legit, in the photo he is wearing an OLC on the SS.)

Luna. Anthony

11/2005

http://www.fltimes.com/Main.asp?SectionID=38&SubSectionID=121&ArticleID=10260

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Former area man charged in abduction
By CRAIG FOX

Finger Lakes Times
cfox@fltimes.com

A former Finger Lakes man was arrested last week in California on kidnapping and assault charges after he reportedly abducted his estranged wife in the parking lot of the hospital where she worked.

Anthony Luna, 44 — who lived in Geneva and Newark for several months earlier this year — led California police on a 29-hour hunt for him and his estranged wife, Amy C. Uhllackatore, 41, of Victorville, Calif., said San Bernardino County Sheriff Public Information Officer Cindy Beavers.

Police said Luna had been hiding in Uhllackatore’s car, and when she approached it around 3 p.m. Nov. 15, he got out and forced her inside it at gunpoint.

Tracking them through credit card and pay phone use, police arrested Luna outside a convenience store in Adelanto, Calif., about 9 p.m. the next day, Beavers said.

He was charged with kidnapping, carjacking and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, said San Bernardino County Sheriff Detective Rick Messersmith, who called the episode “an intense 29-hour period.”

Luna — who Messersmith said was staying with a friend in Webster before hopping on a plane and heading to California Nov. 11 — is now being held in a county jail on $1 million bail.

Police are convinced that Luna had been planning the abduction for weeks and went out West to kidnap or kill Uhllackatore. They had been separated for several months, after getting married in August 2004 and living in Geneva and Newark, said Detective James Wiebeld.

Uhllackatore left him “after things were not going well,” and she moved back to California to live with her parents, Wiebeld said.

“He planned this whole thing while he was living in New York,” Messersmith said.

But what made the case even stranger, police said, is the stories he told his friends before he left for California.

For weeks, Luna told friends in Webster that he was a Navy Seal and was going to be shipped out to Iraq. Luna served in the Navy until 1986 but was never a Seal...

Lundy, Claude "Sonny"

CLAIMING PUEBLO CRISIS POW STATUS

Lunstum, Kody Loren PFC

05/2007

Claims Recon Marine with 6 months in Fallujah and a Marine Corps General as a father (just conveniently "retired" a month ago).

No Combat. Just graduated High School.

Lusk, Randall Lamar

05/2007
07/2007

Claims: soldiers medal, bronze star with V, JSCM, Arcom, purple heart w bronze olc, AFEM, HSM, EIB, CIB, Master parachutist badge, pathfinder badge, waterborne operations badge, sf tab, ranger tab, Canadian parachutist badge, Honduran parachutist badge, West German silver marksmanship cord.
In the photo he is wearing an Air medal, HALO wings, CIB, Pathfinder, Airborne and a combat medic badge. He has 6 combat stripes denoting three years of combat service. On a website he claims to have fought in six conflicts and seems to be a high ranking member of many veterans organizations including the distinguished flying cross assn. Here is the website http://www.iafsupport.org/boardmemberslusk.htm

On a different website he claims to have served in Lebanon, Grenada, Bosnia, Desert Storm, El Salvador, Korea, Panama. Here is the website. http://talkingwithheroes.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=328

Uses falsified documents that do NOT match actual records.

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Posted Oct 18, 2006

Randall L Lusk

#1 Staff Sergeant Randall L. Lusk is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism while participating in aerial flight during operation JUST CAUSE. Staff Sergeant Lusk distinguished himself by heroism while serving as a Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant and substitute door gunner aboard a UH-1 helicopter gunship from 21 to 23 December 1989 while conducting reconnaissance and surveillance missions around the Pacora River, attached to Task Force Black. After coming into contact with Panama Defence Forces (PDF), the aircraft came under intense ground fire on all three occasions. Due to the pilot's poor visibility, Staff Sergeant Lusk, disregarding his personal safety, stood on the skid of the aircraft to help direct the pilot's gunfire onto the enemy positions. While performing these acts, Staff Sergeant Lusk was exposed to ground threats for an extended period of time. Staff Sergeant Lusk's courage, unwavering devotion to duty in the face of grave personal danger were instrumental in accomnplishing the hazardous mission and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army. ************************ #2 Staff Sergeant Randall L. Lusk is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight during operation Desert Storm. Staff Sergeant Lusk distinguished himself by extraordinary actions while serving as door gunner and crew chief aboard a UH-64 Blackhawk helicopter on a pilot recovery mission into a classified area. After locating the downed pilot, the helicopter came to a hover in order to retrieve the pilot. The aircraft immediately came under accurate and intense machine gun fire from a ground emplacement and also from personnel mounted in a truck. Disregarding his personal safety, Staff Sergeant Lusk dismounted the aircraft after destroying the entrenched machine gun position with the door gun. He then proceeded to recover the pilot and destroy the truck mounted enemy with his personal weapon and handgrenades. His actions resulted in the successful recovery of the pilot, along with at least twelve enemy kille

Heroes or Villains?

L

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Purple Heart faked, VA says

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

http://www.nbc10.com/news/14584284/detail.html

DA: Man Posing As Soldier Rips Off Insurance Companies

Authorities Say Man Swindled Companies Out Of Nearly $30,000