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| Waddell, Michael T. | 04/2007 | WI |
Claimed Navy Cross, Silver Star, Navy/Marine corps medal, Bronze
Star, 3 Purple Hearts and many more, even used a doctored citation for
Navy Cross:
Citation for Micheal Waddell:
HM1 MICHAEL T. WADDELL, U.S.N.
Citation: Navy Cross
War: Vietnam War
MICHAEL T. WADDELL, Hospital Corpsman First Class, United States Navy. For
extraordinary heroism on 21 May 1974, as a medical corpsman serving with
Marine Observation Squadron TWO in the Republic of Vietnam as a
member of the Squadron's Medical Evacuation Team. Receiving an emergency
medical evacuation call from the Third Platoon, "A" Company,
Ninth Marines, the
Medical Evacuation Team immediately went to aid the platoon which was
engaged in bitter combat, pinned down by a large well-armed North
Vietnamese force, and therefore unable to assist their wounded
comrades. As the medical evacuation helicopter landed in the zone,
Petty Officer Waddell, without hesitation, leaped from the aircraft
and, with intense enemy fire hitting
> all around him, raced back and forth carrying the wounded and dead to
the aircraft. Again and again, during eight trips into zones around the
scene of battle, he exposed himself fearlessly to enemy fire in
order to rescue the wounded Marines. Due to his courageous and
selfless actions, twenty-three casualties were evacuated under fire. Petty
Officer Waddell's repeated voluntary actions in trying to save his
wounded and dying comrades, at obvious risk to his own life, were
in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval
Service.
Real citation
MAYTON, JAMES A.
Hospitalman First Class, U.S. Navy
Corpsman (Attached), Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2), Marine
Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Date of Action:
May 21, 1966 Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to James A. Mayton, Hospitalman First Class,
U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism on 21 May 1966, as a Medical Corpsman
serving with Marine Observation Squadron TWO (VMO-2), Marine
Aircraft Group SIXTEEN, First Marine Aircraft Wing,
> in the Republic of Vietnam as a member of the Squadron's
Medical Evacuation Team. Receiving an emergency medical evacuation call
from the Third Platoon, A Company, Ninth Marines, the Medical Evacuation
Team immediately went to aid the platoon which was engaged
> >in bitter combat, pinned down by a large well-armed North
Vietnamese force, and therefore unable to assist their wounded comrades.
As the medical evacuation helicopter landed in the zone, Petty Officer
Mayton, without hesitation, leaped from the aircraft and, with intense
enemy fire hitting all around him, raced back and forth carrying the
wounded and dead to the aircraft. Again and again, during eight trips into
zones around the scene of battle, he exposed himself fearlessly to
enemy fire in order to rescue the wounded Marines. Due to his courageous
and selfless actions, twenty-three casualties were evacuated under
fire. Petty Officer Mayton's repeated voluntary
actions in trying to save his wounded and dying comrades, at obvious risk
to his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United
States Naval Service.
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ONLY AWARD - NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVED NAVY - NOV 4 71 TO NOV 29 1971 AND APRIL 13 1974 - JULY 10 1978 Except for short period on USS Lexington CVT 16, all duty was Great Lakes or NRMC JAX FL or NRTC Colorado Springs. |
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| WAITE, ROSS ANDREW | 03/2008 | OR |
This former Oregon Army National Guard Captain (O-3) claimed:
DSC
Silver Star
Purple Heart - 2
Bronze Star w/ V
Air Assault
Free Fall Parachutist
Ranger
Airborne
And the usual lower ranked ribbons.
Army Service Ribbon
NDSM
Oregon National Guard Commendation - 2
========================================= http://www.komotv.com/news/local/16729136.htmlMarch 17, 2008 - Seattle, Washington By Associated PressSALEM, Ore. (AP) - A former sheriff's deputy convicted of forging military awards on an application to become a teacher has been sentenced to 18 months on probation.Ross Andrew Waite, 40, pleaded guilty to forgery, said Marion County Deputy District Attorney Jodie Bureta. Waite had worked for both the Marion County and Clackamas County sheriff's departments. He also voluntarily surrendered his police officer certification as part of the plea agreement, Bureta said. In March 2007, Waite applied to the Salem-Keizer School District to become a teacher after serving as a substitute teacher in the 1990s, said Kathryn Nove, the district's director of employee relations. Along with the application, Waite attached a resume of his military service, which was not required, Nove said. When district employees reviewed Waite's application, dates and details appeared suspicious, and the district attorney's office was notified. Waite claimed he earned several military awards and honors, including a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star and a Distinguished Service Award, Bureta said.
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http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080315/NEWS/803150335/1001 Man guilty of forging teaching application A man accused of forging military awards on an application to become a Salem-Keizer teacher was sentenced to 18 months of probation Friday, the district attorney's office said. Ross Andrew Waite, 40, pleaded guilty and was convicted of first-degree forgery, Marion County Deputy District Attorney Jodie Bureta said. Waite, who once worked as a member of the Marion County Sheriff's Office and Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, also voluntarily revoked his police officer certification as part of the plea agreement, Bureta said. Waite's attorney James Susee declined to comment. In March 2007, Waite applied to the Salem-Keizer School District to become a teacher, said Kathryn Nove, the district's director of employee relations. Waite was employed as a substitute teacher by the school district for several school terms in 1992 and 1993, but was applying to be a full-time teacher in 2007, Nove said. Along with the application, Wait attached a resume of his military service, although it was not required, Nove said. When district employees reviewed Waite's application, dates and details appeared suspicious, and the district attorney's office was notified. Along with the teacher application, Waite attached a "DD 214," a military document that lists dates of service. Waite had served in the military for a few years, but was not deployed overseas, Bureta said. On the document, Waite claimed he earned several military awards and honors, including a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star and a Distinguished Service Award, Bureta said. "That's where he embellished," Bureta said. District attorney investigators checked with military officials, who confirmed that the accolades were not awarded to Waite. Waite was a certified police officer in Oregon and worked for Clackamas County Sheriff's Office between 1995 and 1998, Bureta said. Waite had worked for the Marion County Sheriff's Office prior to working in Clackamas County, Bureta said. As part of the plea agreement, Waite gave up his certification through the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, Bureta said. Waite is licensed as a basic teacher and a substitute teacher in Oregon, according to the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. Conviction of first-degree forgery does not warrant an automatic revocation of an Oregon teaching license, Bureta said. rliao@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 589-6941 |
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| Waldron, Charles Andrew | 11/2001 | Hamilton, OH | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
Claims POW (10 days, 6 wks, 10 wks, take your pick...) member of Flying Tigers, NAVY SEAL, assassin. Claims 4 tours, and Medal of Honor (that he returned). NOT SEAl, NOT POW, NOT MOH. Dob 1951. |
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| W, D | 10/2007 | . | FROM:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/for/457975388.html Reply to: sale-457975388@craigslist.org ·
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services
or other commercial interests
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See
the post from Craig’s List. A total of 23 Navy Crosses were presented to
individuals whose last name started with "W"
for heroism in action in Vietnam prior to November 15, 1969. NONE of them
have a first name starting with a "D"
and only ONE has a middle name starting with "D". 12 of the 23
were Marines and none of them seem to match the action of saving individuals
from aircraft. ... Sincerely, Doug
Sterner
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| Wallace, Lee A. |
01/2007 | TN, CA | email: lw4energy@aol.com business: Intermarket Trading Corp. 888-533-5188 CLAIMS: To have been a Seal in SEAL team 1 during Vietnam War. Claims to be suffering/dying from Agent Orange expose due to clandestine OPS in 3 or 4 Corps using swift boats to get to L.Z. Claims all team members dead or dying from A.O. |
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NPRC states ....extensive searches of every records source and alternate records source at this Center; however we have been unable to locate any information that would help us verify... military service. |
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Walsh, Jacob
DON'T ENCOURAGE: .... PFC Jarob Walsh, has been a one ring media circus. He has given countless interviews, to countless media people and each time he tells his story, he gets more important, more severely injured, has more "friends" left behind, "friends" that were killed in his arms, etc. This soldier is revealing information that he was given direct orders not to repeat, and so far the US Army has done nothing to stop him. He is an embarrassment to the 724th, those who were injured, taken hostage & killed during the Good Friday, April 9th, 2004 ambush. We think he is contacting all the media people on his own, because out of all of those that are home on con leave or at WRAMC, he is the only one getting publicity.
He told his fellow soldiers before they shipped out that "if I
get shot, I hope it's only in the foot". Low and behold
that is exactly where his one and only injury is. He keeps
saying that he was shot four times, when he was actually only shot
once. =================== They both had AK-47s; one kid was about ten years old and the
other was about seven. The seven-year old was holding his weapon
upside down by the magazine, and the ten-year old was firing three
rounds at a time at me. His first round hit the driver's side
windshield on the truck - right next to my head. I turned around to
grab my gun, and when I did, he shot me two more times in the back;
the rounds went through me and into the cab of the truck. ABC7Chicago |
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| Walter, Robert | 01/2008 | . | The story and the records | . | |||||
| Walters, Russell "Chuck" | 06/2005 | AUS | http://www.cpmh.net/cases.html | EXPOSED | |||||
| Ware, Daniel Carl | 06/2005 | . |
WASHINGTON COUNTY Daniel Ware Sr. Daniel Carl Ware Sr., a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, died Sunday in a local hospital. He was 47. Ware, a native of Chatom and resident of Millry, was an attorney, a Mason in the W.N. Reynlds Lodge in Frankville and a member of the Millry Baptist Church. |
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| Warner, Walter Edmund | 05/2005 06/2007 |
OH |
Claims Bronze Star w/V; Navy Commendation w/V, Purple Heart.
Authorized: Korean Service Medal with 2 bronze service stars; United Nations Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal
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Cmdr of VFW 1079 ELYRIA, Oh finally talked to Walt Warner he his taking off the medals he doesn't rate. They are keeping him as head of the Honor Guard and the Post Adjudant. This Post is the eight largest in the USA. The American Legion is going to do a complete white wash - He is on the board of Gov's there. end quote 2007 - Now claims Two Purple Heart and that he "got his medals back."
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| Warnke, Mike | . | . |
CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS We could retrieve NO service records. Others state he has SOME Navy service. Wrote "Satan Seller" and spoke to Christian youth groups and concerts on his Vietnam heroics. |
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| Washington, George | 03/2005 | TX | Claims to have been wounded in Afghanistan resulting in restriction to wheelchair. | The Rest of the Story | |||||
| Waters, Danny Lee aka Donelle Gambino |
05/2007 | . |
NAVY SEALWarning: Looking for love on the Internet (pt 2) We warn our children all the time about the dangers of the Internet, but how many of us heed our own advice? May 23, 2007 09:44 PM EDT INSIDE 14WFIE.com Warning: Looking for love on the Internet (pt 1) 14 WFIE Daily Headlines more>> Reporter: Stefanie Silvey New Media Producer: Rachel Chambliss We warn our children all the time about the dangers of the Internet, but how many of us heed our own advice? In "Warning: Looking for love on the Internet (pt 1)", we showed you several Tri-State profiles of men looking for love. We found everything from a writer and poet, to a doctor and Navy SEAL. Some are divorced, some single, some widowed. But all have one thing in common: They're the same person. So, who is this man? Stefanie Silvey found so many profiles online by this same man, it makes her wonder how many computers does he have and how does he keep up with all his different personas? It's one thing to pretend to be something you're not online, but it's another when that relationship goes offline and into the hearts of Tri-State women. "He told me his name was Donelle Gambino," says one person whose relative once dated him. A "Gambino" that doesn't know how to spell his own last name? "He said he was a Navy SEAL. The Navy says no. And he said he was with the mafia, and he said he was Rudy Giuliani's brother." Rudy Giuliani's brother lives in Evansville? No, but Danny Lee Waters does. Meet the man behind the computer screen. "I think he just uses his Italian charm to get these women and that accent. He has a very thick Italian accent." He does? But when talking with Stefanie, he did not. Donelle says, "Put a story out on me. I don't care. I have nothing to hide." Danny Lee Waters was born and raised in Evansville not Italy. His mom is also from Indiana. His dad is from Kentucky. At least that is the way his family is listed on his marriage certificate! "I don't care if you say anything in front of my wife because my wife is a beautiful and nice lady. We've been married a hundred years," defends Donelle. He married on Christmas Eve 1969. The woman says Danny Waters never mentioned a wife while carrying on a lengthy relationship with a relative of hers. "I know that she never went to his house. How can you be with someone for a year and never go to their house?" And this woman says her sister is currently in a relationship with him. She's even told family and friends they plan to marry after she recovers from a recent heart surgery and he recovers from cancer treatments and a liver transplant. We're shielding their identities as to not identify their loved ones. "He has to be in the hospital frequently for these cancer treatments, but it always seems to happen at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve." He's been using her sister's cell phone and only car, claiming his is in the shop and he needs it for transportation to those treatments. But that's not where we found him. On days she thought he was in the hospital, we found him driving his wife around town. "I drive her car, and my wife drives the other one," says Donelle. That's not what we saw. Never did we see another vehicle. "There have been so many times I've wanted to say, can you not see what he is doing?" comments the person whose relative once dated Donelle. And everyone we talked to also said Danny Waters claims to be a millionaire. "He told me a doctor wanted to buy his house from him but couldn't afford the payments, so he bought it back from him with $4 million in cash." We found him living in an apartment. Court records show a history of financial claims against him, including foreclosure on his home and several small financial claims currently pending. Court records also show past protective orders against him. He's been arrested for failing to appear in court, criminal mischief and check deception. And according to a police report in 2003, he admitted to police he was selling food products he solicited from businesses across the country under a false business name. He agreed to stop. In return, no charges were filed. Donelle says, "You don't know me. Everybody who knows me knows that I'm a nice guy and I will do anything for anybody... And I will not, will not hurt anybody." And for the last year, Danny Waters has also been corresponding with another woman who goes by Monica. She calls him Angelo. We found at those times, when he was supposed to be in the hospital, he was posting sexual messages online with her. Donelle defends, "I have files of poetry that I've written and that others have written to me... But none of it is sexual, erotic or anything. It's about unicorns." On other posts to Monica, he's asked her to marry him. Coincidentally, on the same day, he married his wife. The two have talked about the romantic weekends they've spent together, and, at one point, told others online they just got married. "I have never, ever, ever been into a chat room to try and get a woman to be with me because I can have any woman I want," claims Donelle. He says his wife knows everything. "My wife has sat right there with me many times you know. I could be out being a drunk. I could be out being a thug and all that, but it's not." Henderson County Sheriff Ed Brady says now just imagine what could happen if someone more sinister went online and did the same thing as waters. "There are good people on the Internet, but how do you know the good person from the person who has a lengthy record, someone that would steal from you and might even rape you or even kill you under the right circumstances." While Waters actions may not be criminal, this woman says they will have lasting effects on her sister and the family. "I think I would like to tell him what he has done to her, but, I think, he knows. But I don't think he cares. I would like to see the man placed in jail forever, so he can't hurt anyone else, but I don't know that he's done anything illegal because she is allowing this to go on." We attempted to the talk to her. She declined saying "Donelle" was a good man and she has cutoff all ties with her sister. We also attempted to talk to the woman calling herself Monica, but, like Danny Waters, there's no way to really know if she is who she claims to be, as well. We also talked to other women who know Waters, some who have for years. They say they were pursued relentlessly and agree a wife was never mentioned. Waters insists his wife is his one and only. Several of the women Stefanie talked to also said their relationship ended when they received word their boyfriend was dead. They found out afterward that wasn't the case when they saw him online romancing others. |
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| Watson, William | 05/2007 | Misfit
soldier recalls adventures
Mal Cooper/Larson Newspapers LARSON NEWSPAPERS "Go to Special Forces or go to jail," William Watson says. Watson, 71, basks in the afternoon heat baking his back patio. He pulls no punches and denies nothing. Between 1953 and 1963, he worked as a cook in the U.S. Army. During the earlier part of that time, while stationed in France, he says he operated in the black market selling liquor and cigarettes, for which he was arrested. In 1961, he admits, the military's Criminal Investigation Division connected him to a prostitution ring at Fort Huachuca, southeast of Tucson. After his second major offense in eight years, CID cornered Watson. "Go to Special Forces or go to jail," he remembers them saying. According to Watson, he went to Fort Bragg, N.C., in 1963 to begin training in what he endears as "spook school." There he became a highly-skilled airborne soldier, although he'd rather call himself a "thief." "We were misfits. Almost everyone had a record," he says. Watson says one of the soldiers at the time of his training was a previous member of Nazi Germany's paramilitary Hitler Youth. Others came from the French Foreign Legion. Watson's next 14 years were mostly spent between Asia and Latin America working anything but legitimate military.... |
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| Wavell-Smith, Stewart. | 2003 2004
Palm Springs Area |
Claims
Army, Special Forces, Bird Colonel, ESP expert, Vietnam, Desert
Shield, Desert Storm, Kosavo, Afghanistan, Bosnia. Claims
instructor at Pendleton, Bragg, Pentagon, West Point. Claims
"Q" security clearance.
Has been known to wear CIB, Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal AND MORE. Also LTC AND Col rank, Airborne Wings on full military dress uniform for Veterans Day. ======================
I wish to thank you for your valiant watchdog efforts
and your commitment to keeping the records
straight. It has come to my attention that I am on your list and would
like to clarify, or have someone in the Pentagon clarify. His name is
Russell Kirk and is the Director of the U.S. Airforce art Program, and
can be reached at (703) 697-2858.
I wish to say I was an E-5 when I separated from the the army as an artist MOS 81E20. And have continued to provide Art support to DoD and DOE. My Father (God rest him) knick-named me the Col. and my friends address me as such, and was given a gift of a flight suite with Col's birds on my shoulders, but if you look closer the Eagle is incorrectly facing backwards. I am a volunteer artist for the AFAP and donate my painting to this program and have gone to Afghanistan and other places in the World to document and honor our service men and woman. Your implication that Enduring Freedom KIA Fund is a Questionable organization, pains me. We are an all volunteer non paid group that are providing financial help to some very needy widow's. It would seem I have upset someone on my appointed path and hope you will check with Rusty Kirk in the Pentagon.
Yours,
Respectfully,
Stewart Wavell-Smith
Artist
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QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!SERVED 9 Dec 1965 to 8 Dec 1967. Discharged as E-5. Stationed Ft Gordon, GA; Ft Knox, KY; Mt Myer, VA.MEMBER
OF ARMED FORCE ART PROGRAM. |
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| Webb, David James | 05/2003 | . | Claims secret life.... he assisted in running guns, working with Special Forces. Claims Army Colonel, rescued many, killed many more (executions). Spend entire time in College, majored in Poly Sci. Age 53. |
QUESTION EVERYTHING !!! |
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| Webb, Robert "Cowboy" | 08/2004 | Kenoza Lake, Sullivan County, NY. | Claims Disabled Vietnam Vet and
he lost his legs in Laos when he stepped on a land mine. When he was
asked for a copy of his DD214 [to verify service] he had endless supply
of excuses, to which he was told that he must produced the DD214.
Robert [Cowboy] Webb is 49 years old. He received many services and ALMOST had a home rehabbed before the truth was found out. |
QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!No records found. |
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| Webster, Timothy R. | . | . | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... |
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| Weilbacher, Michael G | 11/2006 | Kansas |
Highly decorated Marine Major wearing civilian dress seen at USMC Birthday Ball who was wearing a Navy Cross and about 4 Bronze Stars amidst a slew of other awards on his dress jacket. His name is not listed in any Navy Cross records. It is possible his award is anonymous due to the secrecy of the mission he was on. Talking to him, he received the Navy Cross for a mission that went bad in Bogota, Colombia dealing with the drug cartels. He is a recon Marine with 16 1/2 years of service, but presently out due to medical issues. ... stated he was in Operation Just Cause in Granada in 1983 as part of the Marine Recon force that was disastrous at that time as well. .... |
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| Weilbacher, Michael N | 11/2006 | Riverside, CA |
 http://www.ez2findhomes.com/about_us.aspWho Is Michael Weilbacher? Michael was born in Hollywood, California and was raised both in the Los Feliz and Bel Air areas of Los Angeles. He attended St. John Military Academy in Los Angeles and Urban Military Academy, which became the Brentwood Military Academy in Brentwood, CA. He joined the United States Army in an elite unit, Special Forces – The Green Beret and, after serving in the military, went to Chapman University in Orange, CA, with a course study in marketing. He opened his own insurance office in 1971. He joined the Paramount Rodeo Realty, family in March 2004... |
E1 WEILBACHER MICHAEL entered the Army in
1971 from California and got out of the Army 5 March 1971. His
MOS was 09B0O which was Basic Trainee.
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| Weiss, Justin | 01/2007 02/2007 |
Montreal,
Quebec Columbus GA Fayetteville NC |
  "Me, Veterans day, 2006"
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From
former Rangers:
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- He's wearing the DSC in his web page, veterans day picture http://search.friendster.com/ranger75
if you blow it up a bit you'll also see the silver star (maybe - I
can't tell from the picture if there's a red band in the center), not
sure what medal is in third precedence, purple heart and he doesn't
wear the NCO Professional development ribbon yet he's a SSG and no
overseas/combat bars on his sleeve yet he's got plenty of combat
awards. I'm sure we can find some other noteworthy inconsistencies but
the longer I spend on this guy the more it sickens me.
MORE!!: http://www.armyranger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=32359
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| West, Boyd W III | . | . | Claims Army Captain, 1st Cav helicopter pilot, Ranger, Green Beret. NO RECORD of pilot training found. |
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| Whitaker-Betances, John | . | . |
The rest of the story is here |
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| White, Allen - TX | . | . | CLAIMING NAVY CROSS - arrested 11/2002 - alleged fraud for US MC medals, full uniform at Marine Corps Ball. EXPOSED/CONVICTED. | . | |||||
| White, Justin William | 06/2006 | . |
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SP4
Rigger with the 1/507 in Ft. Benning during the early '90's.
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| White, Ronald
Wayne aka Ronnie Wayne White |
09/2007 | TX |
Year ago,
in the town of Little River-Academy, TX, the town mayor a one
Ronald White, who is still the town mayor, used to tell people in his
are that he received the Purple Heart (PH) while serving in the U.S.
Navy in the early sixties. He stated that during the Cuban Missle
Crisis, his ship was near the coast of Cuban when fired on by Cuban
Coastal batteries. Mayor White claims that a near miss to his ship
caused him injury because of fragments from the Cuban projectile.
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St.
Louis could locate NO MILITARY RECORDS.
Hoping the Mayor will provide a DD214 that can be
verified with NPRC. |
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