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. 

W [2]

Name                                          Date Reported Hometown Claims Findings
WHITELY, WILLIAM T

aka T. Whitely William

aka William R Whitely

2001
2005
06/2008
NORMAN, OK

Kansas City, MO

El Prado NM

Claims NAVY SEAL, Ranger school, Silver Star. .
Whitmore, Peter 07/2007 Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070723.wpedo0723/BNStory/National/home

Whitmore pleads guilty to abduction, sex assault
TIM COOK
Canadian Press
July 23, 2007 at 6:22 PM EDT

REGINA — It began innocently with a friendship struck up among co-workers at a Winnipeg construction site.

It was July 21, 2006, and Peter Whitmore needed a place to stay.

One of his workmates was won over easily by the lumbering, oafish man who called himself Robert Summers, and offered up some space in his family's home.

His common-law wife wasn't such an easy sell.

......

Mr. Whitmore, an “unrelenting” pedophile with a shopping list of sexual offences to his name, pleaded guilty Monday to abduction and sex assault charges and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance at parole for seven years. The plea was part of a deal the Crown brokered in exchange for not pursuing dangerous offender status......

Mr. Whitmore kept his victim compliant with outlandish threats that he was once in the military and had military weapons in the van. He told the teen he could make one phone call to people he knew and the youngster's family would be killed......

The younger boy was gagged with duct tape and wrapped in a blanket. Mr. Whitmore threatened him with a pellet gun and told him it fired bullets that could pierce body armour. He also told the boy he was a Navy Seal and had a machine gun with him....

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Whitley, Stephen R . Forsyth, MO Claims 2 Purple Hearts  - VFW 
CLAIMS OF VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOT
CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS
Served US ARMY - never Vietnam, combat or Attack Helicopter Pilot.
Whittredge, Jerry  alan 1998

2008

07/2008

TX 

2008 - now in Tampa, Florida

June 3, 1998

 San Antonio Express-News
 Man with fake credentials gains NASA clearance

 Mark Babineck

 HOUSTON - A pilot accused of parlaying phony NASA, CIA and war credentials into access to some of the space agency's highest security areas was in custody Tuesday, charged with impersonating a federal officer.

 Jerry Whittredge, 48, is charged with repeatedly claiming he was an astronaut, a CIA regent with a lifetime appointment and a Medal of Honor winner.

Investigators say he used those fraudulent credentials to gain access to a Navy flight simulator, sit at the console of Mission Control at the Marshall Space Flight Center and receive non-public technical material about the space shuttle. Mission Control is "NASA's most secure area," according to a sworn affidavit filed Monday by Joseph Gutheinz, the NASA Office of Inspector General agent who investigated Whittredge's alleged antics. Gutheinz wrote that NASA and military
records show that Whittredge "is not and never has been" an astronaut, nor is he a Medal of Honor...

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Man Poses as Astronaut, Steals NASA Secrets

HOUSTON (Reuters) [6.04.1998] - A licensed airline pilot posing as an astronaut bluffed his way into a top-security NASA facility and got secret information on the space shuttle during an eight-month deception, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Jerry Alan Whittredge, 48, faces up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine for misrepresenting himself as a federal employee, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern Texas said.

Whittredge contacted NASA's Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in November, claiming he had been chosen for a space shuttle mission and requesting a tour of the facility.

According to an affidavit by NASA special agent Joseph Gutheinz, Whittredge told NASA officials that he was a CIA agent and held the Medal of Honor.

On the basis of his false credentials he was granted a tour on Nov. 21 and 22.

"Mr. Whittredge was permitted to sit at the console of NASA Mission Control (NASA's most secure area) at Marshall Space Flight Center during a shuttle mission," the affidavit said.

In March Whittredge tricked NASA into giving him confidential information about the shuttle's propulsion system and in May he hoodwinked officials at Kingsville Naval Air Station in Texas into giving him training on a T-45 flight simulator.

Gutheinz said Whittredge had most recently been living in Texas but did not appear to be employed there and that he also had a permanent address in Florida.

Whittredge made an initial appearance in court on Tuesday and is due to attend a bond hearing on Friday.

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*** Bogus spaceman names 'Mr. Clinton' as his attorney

A Texas man who posed as an astronaut and bluffed his way into a
top-security NASA facility appeared to claim President Clinton as his
attorney Friday. In bizarre proceedings before a federal magistrate,
Jerry Whittredge, 48, identified his defense counsel as "Mr. Clinton"
and again as "William Clinton" when asked for his full name. The
court also heard Whittredge persistently contacted female astronauts
and had been asked to stop pestering them. Magistrate Calvin Botley
took Whittredge's remarks about his
attorney at face value, noting
Mr. Clinton was not in court and ordering a recess so that the lawyer
could be contacted. Reconvening after a break, Botley said no local
lawyer by the name of William Clinton could be traced.

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http://www.jamesoberg.com/98jun08-abc-bogus_astronaut.pdf

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2008 - claiming to be ex-CIA and having been a POW from the Vietnam War serving time in a cell next to John McCain.

STILL AT IT - 07/2008 - 12 Y E A R S  OF BOGUS CLAIMS

NEVER IN THE MILITARY
Whitworth, Jeffery L.  01/2009 Il
ews - Metro-east news

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

Caseyville man charged after attacking uncle with lug nut tool

- News-Democrat

An evening of sitting around drinking beer turned to violence when a Caseyville man allegedly attacked his uncle with a heavy, steel tool used to remove lug nuts.

Jeffery L. Whitworth, 27, of 685 Caseyville Road, has been charged by the St. Clair County State's Attorney with two counts of aggravated battery in connection with the beating Sunday of Cary Woodham, of Caseyville.

According to a Caseyville Police Department police report, Whitworth and Woodham were sitting at Whitworth's kitchen table about 8 p.m. drinking and talking when Whitworth allegedly attacked Woodham with his fists and the pipe.

One of Woodham's teeth was knocked out during the beating.

Caseyville Police Officer Jeffrey Wilkinson responded to the 9-1-1 call to Whitworth's home. Woodham already had fled the house and Whitworth remained at the home, police said. When the officer arrived to speak to Whitworth, Whitworth put his hands in the air and explained to the officer that he was a Navy Seal and his hands were registered as lethal weapons, police said.

The officer searched the floor of the home for Woodham's lost tooth and when he couldn't find it, Whitworth said he had found the missing tooth on the living room floor and put it in a box. The officer retrieved the tooth, according to the report.

A lug tool was found in Whitworth's bedroom and Whitworth was arrested.

Whitworth has a record of prior arrests for domestic battery and impersonating a police officer.

Whitworth remains in custody at the St. Clair County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

Contact reporter Jennifer Bowen at jbowen@bnd.com or 239-2667.

Whitworth was NOT a Navy SEAL.

Steve

 

WIELER, DEAN
aka DEAN FITZGIBBONS

DEAN, FITZGIBBONS W 
Associated names:
FITZGIBBONS, DEAN EVERETT
FITZGIBBONS, DEAN WIELER
W-FITZGIBBONS, DEAN E
WIELERFITZGIB, DEAN
WIELERFITZGIBBO, DEAN
WIELERFITZGIBBONS, D WIELER

05/2008

10/2008

10/2009

NJ

HYANNIS, MA

WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA

MORRISVILLE, PA

BENSALEM, PA

New Jersey Department of Corrections 


Lakewood, NJ

 

CLAIM LT COL, Gulf War helicopter pilot, homeland security. 

WEARS A FLIGHT SUIT ON DAYS OFF.

ALSO USES 1967 DoB

Fitzgibbons, Dean E or WIELER, DEAN  had returned to the custody of the 
New Jersey Department of Corrections  15 Aug 2008.

10/2009
Claims to be a Lt. Colonel and West Point Grad and now sells cars at Pine Belt Subaru in Lakewood NJ.  He tells the local bases there that he was a West Point Grad also and served 25 years in the Army. 

CRIMINAL RECORD
SBI Number: 000354100C
Sentenced as: Wieler, Dean 
Race: White
Ethnicity: White
Sex: Male
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 183 lbs.
Birth Date: December 12, 1962
Admission Date: January 28, 2000
Current Facility: Released by Court - RFSP
Projected Max Release Date: N/A
Projected Parole Eligibility Date: N/A
 
Wilhelm, Don 11/2004 . Attended military GALA in Branson. Introduced as Navy SEAL. NOT a SEAL.
Wilkens, Charles "Joe" 03/2005 Illinois

EXPOSED

 

 
Wilkins, Edward 12/2007 .
Claims Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War. He claims to have been a SEAL from 1970 to 1973.  He is 55 years old and is from Ohio.  He states he was called the "ghost" and was with a SEALl team that located and freed POW's.  
NOT a SEAL.
WILKINS,  REGINALD  L 11/2008 AZ

THE STORY

AND YET MORE:

Reginald W. Wilkins, of Eagar, Arizona, the third highest recipient of Medals, (following Sgt. York and Audie Murphy) was an Army Ranger in Vietnam and served nearly four tours but was injured severely enough after his 3rd or 4th Purple Heart, maybe more, he opted a Discharge in leiu of less than Ranger LLRP duty. The Arizona Republic News paper done a small story on him in the late '80's or so, and as a friend of the family, I've always wondered why a man can be awarded the number of Medals he has, from Presidents, Johnson and Nixon and not qualify for The Medal of Honor. The Veteran has close to 50 Citations from his LLRP duties as well as Door Gunner missions after recovering from many required ,Hospital and R&R stays....

Does "AmeriCal" help to open a door to the past? He was assigned there. How about the "National Security Guard Detachment" where he was a platoon leader? How about the "Firebase Mary Ann" he was one of the few survivors, and 1 other "Broken Arrow", Does "Delta 52 Night Hawks" where he was a Door Gunner for 25 missions, make him come to life? He "reconned" Tunnels, as well as  Voluteered for a  mission with 2 other Rangers with only a .45 and their Ranger knife and no Dog Tags, ( for the obvious reason) to "Recon" the POW site at Hanoi, but due to no way thru the NVA and Missle Batts, was forced to abort getting within 3 klicks and return, undetected after a week on the mission!

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National Security Guard Detachment?? No such thing.. Broken Arrow was a callsign. Nighthawks was name for 131 AVN Co., no record of a Delta 52, but that could have been an aircraft callsign.  But the recon mission.. man that really takes the cake..

ACTUAL RECORDS

WILKINSON,  KURT
aka "ARRIVE, RAISE HELL, LEAVE:}
10/2007
02/2009
.

 PLEASE read about the REAL man behind the picture...

 
WILLIAMS, C.I. 05/2009
08/2009
10/2009
  CLAIMS  he was a "Red Tail" P-51 pilot who flew 89 missions in Italy during WW II. Rrecords show that he was a B-25 pilot who never left the United States in WW II. He became a bomber commander with the 477th in the U.S.
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Williams, Stephen 11/2205
2/2006
Aurora, NC Navy says Williams not a SEAL  
Willing, Arthur J. 06/2005

08/2005

. http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/articles/2005/05/31/news/news01.txt
Area rites recognize America's ‘freedom fighters'
By C.J. GREGORY
Staff Writer

Thousands of people across Hardin County gathered Monday, all with one purpose in mind: to remind each other to remember......

Arthur J. Willing, a decorated  Vietnam  War veteran, said the holiday holds a special place in his heart.

"It's a time for us to offer remembrance to those who sacrificed so America could be America," he said.

Willing, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valor, recounted the night that most sticks out in his mind.

His squad encountered an attack so severe that by the time it ended, only 13 of the original 106 men remained.

"I was the senior man left when the sun came up," he remembered.

Like many veterans, Willing is a bit hesitant to talk about himself. His wife Claudia elaborated a little more.

"He'd never tell you so I will," she said. "He got the Cross because he stayed behind until everyone got out, instead of leaving like he could have."

My Source was mr willing and his wife claudia.  I was doing a memorial day story at one of the events around Elizabethtown, and the couple volunteered to talk to me. 
The issue has since been cleared up with a written statement from Willing that the statements he gave me were false.
Thanks
c.j. gregory

Corrections

The News-Enterprise works diligently to publish accurate information. From time to time, errors do occur and it is the newspaper's policy to correct them.

INCORRECT INFORMATION. Arthur J. Willing was awarded the Bronze Star with V Device and a Purple Heart during the Vietnam War. Because of incorrect information provided, medal information was incorrect in a story in Tuesday's The News-Enterprise.

No Purple Heart is noted in his records.  The story of 93 losses cannot be confirmed.

WILSON,  DAVID LEVI JR 10/2009 WA PICTURES AND CLAIMS .
Wilson, Kevin Shane . . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... and Ranger .
Wilusz, Rich
aka Wilus, Richard George
aka Wilusz, Richard  
DECADES Lyons, IL Claims Vietnam Combat Purple Heart Marine.
Had USMC "bulldog" as pet.
Had PH license plates on mini-van.
Had PTSD temper tantrums.
Served United States Air Force 6 Dec 66 until 12 March 1971.

Warehouse Specialist; Apr Mat Fac Spec; Material Specialist; Receiving Clerk; Delivery Driver.

Nam 5 March 69 - 6 April 70

Awards: NDSM; SAEMR; VSM

WIMMER, Andrew
aka Andrew Wimmer
aka  Andreas Wolfgang
aka Adrian Wilman
05/2006
04/2007
Austria Claims to have a Special Operations background and to have trained with the US Army Rangers and other elite forces from around the Globe. A thorough check of records at the US Army Ranger Training Brigade Headquarters and records located at the National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO revealed no records existing for Mr. Wimmer ever having trained with the Rangers or any other portion of the US Armed Forces. Mr. Wimmer currently works in the Private Security Sector and therefore it is warned to use extreme caution when hiring or working with him.

Claims: 

ARMED FORCES SERVICES (AUSTRIA, SYRIA, ISREAL, LEBANON BORDER REGION, UNITED STATES, FRANCE)
Military Service                                1983 - 1987
http://www.specsec.org

He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1965 as Adrian Wilman.
He has changed his name to: Andreas Wolfgang Wimmer.
He is known as Andrew Wimmer in the business world. He served in the Austrian Army.
WINDER, CHARLES 07/2009 TX Emacs!
Branded as a phony years ago.
Tim Casey

 

WINGO, JAMES MICHAEL 12/2008 TN Claims Vietnam Combat - and  that an explosive of some sort went off near him causing an abdominal wound of which he will show a nasty scar. Claims he had to hold in his own guts while being in a med-evac chopper. Once at the field hospital he had to have blood transfusions resulting in hepatitis. ENTIRE CAREER AT FORT CAMPBELL, KY. NOV 72 - JUNE 74.

2 PERIODS OF AWOL - DOES NOT HAVE AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

01/2009 - in the federal pen on felony weapons charges.

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

ACTUAL RECORDS

WISNIEWSKI, STEVEN 09/2008 NY

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/437210.html

Guilty plea made in building scams in Alden and Brant

By Matt GrytaNEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 09/12/08 8:16 AM


Steven Wisniewski, a former lawyer and Navy SEAL whose home-building enterprise was shut down by the state attorney general¢s office this spring, pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges involving building scams in Alden and Brant.
State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski told Wisniewski, 46, he has eight months to come up with the first $60,000 of the combined $126,000 he owes in both criminal cases if he wants to avoid a prison term.
Michalski told Wisniewski, a Town of Brant resident, that if he comes up with the partial restitution in eight months, he will be placed on probation for the next five years, during which he will have to come up with the remainder of his criminal debt.
Otherwise, Wisniewski was told, he faces a combined prison term in both cases of up to 26 years.
Wisniewski, the former co-owner of Elite Custom Homes of Western New York, could not be reached to comment following the court session. Court officials said he remains free on $30,000 bail.
In 1999 the University at Buffalo Law School graduate was forced to resign from the legal profession during a state professional disciplinary proceeding.
Wisniewski pleaded guilty as charged to charges of grand larceny and offering a false instrument lodged against him by an Erie County grand jury for a phony Alden land sale in which he sold land to a local couple after falsely claiming he owned the land.
In the attorney general¢s case, Wisniewski pleaded guilty to a grand larceny charge linked to a $120,000 deal to build a home in Brant, court officials said.
In April, State Supreme Court Justice John A. Michalek shut down Wisniewski¢s home-building business and ordered him and his girlfriend and business partner, April L. Januale, to pay $331,000 in penalties.
James M. Morrissey and Michael L. McCabe, prosecutors for the attorney general¢s office, declined to comment on Wisniewski¢s pretrial pleas, referring the matter to department spokesmen in Albany.
Court officials said Januale, 34, of Irving, is likely to be spared a felony prosecution, given the massive civil penalties she already faces.
Erie County prosecutors John
C. Doscher, Paul J. Williams III and Stephen J. DiLorenzo said Wisniewski pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny and offering a false instrument for filing for bilking a local couple out of $40,000 on a parcel of land in the Town of Alden that he falsely claimed he owned.
According to court documents, Wisniewski and Januale used customer money regularly to pay for personal expenses, including purchasing groceries, wine, movie tickets, hotel rooms, cable service, restaurant meals, a veterinary bill, fireworks and clothing.


mgryta@buffnews.com

Dear POW Network,

This is in response to the inquiry regarding the news article which named Mr. Steven Wisniewski as a Navy SEAL.

To Whom It May Concern:

I have contacted the reporter responsible for writing the article and informed him that Mr. Wisniewski’s name does not appear in the SEAL Database. That reporter responded with a brief email informing me that “Prosecutors said Wisniewski is a disgraced former Navy SEAL and apparently got a dishonorable discharge.”

That statement is IN ERROR, and I have responded with a follow-up email informing that reporter very pointedly that Mr. Wisniewski has never graduated from BUD/S training and WAS NEVER A NAVY SEAL AT ALL and that he could verify this statement by contacting the Naval Special Warfare Command Public Affairs Officer in Coronado (and providing him with the telephone contact number).

I am still awaiting a response from the reporter, but presume that he has either decided the story does not warrant further attention, or has been involved in other activities and is too busy to respond. He may get around to responding after the weekend, but by then other, more current news will be occupying his attention.

Thanks for your interest in upholding the honor and integrity of the US Navy SEALs.

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

Withers, Kelly Clay

aka KC Withers

aka Reaper

01/2005

12/2005

05/2006

07/2007

01/2008

09/2008

S Carolina, Kentucky, Texas
Granbury, TX
 
WOLF, MIKE
AKA MIKE BELLS

navyseal4life76

phantommike666@yahoo.com

mwolf1514

 

09/2008 POSSIBLE - COLLEGE POINT, NY

Manhatten, NY

 

http://www.socnet.com/showthread.php?t=80685

Works with GDI/Global Domains International

He has/had a youtube account profile (still available to google) “navyseal4life76”.

....  sent him a message asking him to take the SEAL stuff off his profile. Then he got belligerent and started adding to his profile saying he was “the BEST Navy Seal of all time” and that crap. Turned him over to the Socnet boys, and  turned him over to NSC boys.. and everyone had a feeding frenzy on him. He deleted his account FINALLY .. There is an entire thread  he continues to state he is a Navy SEAL.. until the end. 
==========
.... picture (shirtless) on YouTube but he cancelled his account when the SEALS went after him when they found out about him. He has a Facebook account where he goes by Mike Bells.

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Phantom Mike <phantommike666@yahoo.com>
DateTue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:51 PM
subjectRe: Last Chance to Change your Profile

And FYI I use many alias names for my online work. I am an ex Navy Seal and have every right to state it. I use fake emails and proxies for all my internet activities as well as names that are not my own. So good luck acting on your threats. But I have forwarded your emails to the FBI and saved the emails for future times. Have a good life.  

Wolf, T Running

aka T.S. Running Wolf - Walks with Thunder

aka Tamaira Ayers

aka Madison, Tamaira S

10/2006

12/2006

06/2007

FL

She is also a 25 year US Air Force POW Veteran. Special Assignment Congressional Wing.

 
Wolfe, Millard Thomas 08/2006 .
From the “
Pataskala Post

Never seen it go THIS far before. In addition to the MOH, also claims DSC, NC, and AFC—ALL THREE!

Sincerely,

Doug

 

Wood, Billy Gene 09/2001 Ft Worth, TX CLAIMING NAVY CROSS. Claims WWII Naval Aviator, Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, DFC, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service, Navy Achievement, Good Conduct - 

REAL RECORDS

It seems that the saga of Billy Gene Woods has ended.  He died March 5, 2005 apparently after a long illness with some type of cancer.  His obituary contained all the lies that he claimed at the outset of our inquiry.......
Billy Gene Wood
1925 - 2005
Billy Gene Wood, 79, a Fort Worth orthodontist, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2005, after a long bout with cancer.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday at All Saints Episcopal Church. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Greenwood Funeral Home.

Memorials: in lieu of flowers, the Salvation Army, 1855 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76103.

Dr. Billy Gene Wood was a graduate of Baylor University and Baylor College of Dentistry and earned his M.S.D. in orthodontics from Northwestern University in Chicago.

A veteran of World War II, Dr. Wood was commissioned a Navy ensign and fighter pilot at age 17. He served on the USS Wasp, USS Lexington and the USS Franklin. He was a graduate of the Air War College and National War College. He was awarded the General Jimmy Doolittle Fellow along with the Navy Cross, the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He flew F6F-3 Hellcats and he saw action in the Battle of Leyte Gulf invasion of the Philippines and Tarawa. He served as an orthodontic consultant at Carswell Air Force Base for 34 years.

During his life he received many honors including the Distinguished Alumnus by Baylor Dental Alumni Association. He served as secretary of the Baylor College of Dentistry Century Club, past president of the Fort Worth District Dental Society and past chairman of the Westside Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. He founded the Fort Worth Civic Leaders Association in 1976 and instituted the first Fort Worth Military Ball in 1979. He received the Department of Defense Exceptional Service Award presented by Secretary of Defense Weinberger and won Fort Worth District Dental Society's Veteran Honor Award.

Dr. Wood had been a Sunday school teacher, chairman of the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Parker County Sheriff's Posse, past president of Weatherford Noon Lions Club, founder and president of the Chisholm Trail Days and chairman of the Weatherford Peach Festival.

Dr. Wood was a fellow in the American College of Dentists and also a fellow in the International College of Dentists. He was a member of the American Association of Orthodontics, Texas Dental Association, Fort Worth District Dental Society, Texas Tweed Society, the Southwestern Society of Orthodontics, the Texas Association of Orthodontics and the Tarrant County Society of Orthodontists.

Survivors: Wife of 49 years, Carol Hall Wood; son, William Millard Wood; daughter, Susan Wood Torpy and husband, Art Torpy; son, Steven Charles Wood and wife, Stacey McKay Wood; and grandchildren, Wil and Abby Torpy and Reilly, Zöe and Amy Wood.
Published in the Star-Telegram from 3/8/2005 - 3/9/2005.

WOOD, KEITH . . WOOD, KEITH

Profile for Keith Wood
   found on CLASSMATES.COM
Email
me


My Life Biography
Awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor for extraordinary bravery during the line of duty while serving commission as a Green Beret.

Questions and Answers


Current country you live in today: UNITED STATES
Kind of pet(s) you have: None
Describe your political views: Conservative
Current relationship status: Married
About children: I have 2 children
State you live in today: Georgia
Kind of car you drive: Sedan
How do you feel about your life right now: I've accomplished more than I thought I would
What do you do with your free time: Sports or strenuous activity
Your dream vacation: My couch
Why you're here at Classmates: I don't even know how I got here
Your main source of current events: Internet
WOODS, DEAN TX 10/2008
11/2008
I know I am extremely disappointed that you were a law enforcement officer for years (If you were honest with me about that) and then sent me an email claiming to be a POW in the Korean War. There is no record of anybody with your name or even close as a POW of
any war. That is a direct violation of the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 (signed into law in December 2006) and is a felony, even to verbally claim POW status. There is legal and illegal. But more important to me is honesty and lying. I despise liars, especially when they steal the valor of those who actually earned that valor. I have helped expose many phony wannabe war
heroes and fake POWs.
         Please do not insult my intelligence with the common lines, "My records are sealed in a Top Secret jacket," or "I was on a Top Secret mission when I was captured, and I cannot talk about it," or "They must have made a mistake with my records," etc. I have heard them all.
         Dean, there is right and there is wrong. Do you want to pass on a legacy of bullshit to your offspring or a legacy of service to your community as a cop? That decision is in your hands. You know me. I tell it straight up, like it is. I despise dishonesty, period.
Blessings,
DB

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SORRY DON,I CANT LIVE IN THE PAST,IF I DID,. I COULDNT SURVIVE.BEING

NEGATIVE,BRINGS BACK EMOTIONS THAT ARE DEADLY,I'M SURE U KNOW THAT.DEAN
 

EVEN THE SALVATON ARMY HAVE CAPTAINS WITH $2.00 TATOOS. MY ECORDS ARENT SEALED TO HIDE THE FACT THAT WE RAN FROM THE ENEMY,AND HAY ASSHOLE,IM NOT A LIAR LIKE I BELIEVE U ARE.DONT BOTHER ME WITH YOUR HERO SHIT,HEROS ARE IN THE GRAVE.

DON.WHO MADE U JUDGE,JUST ANOTHER CRY BABY,LIKE MCCAIN,GOT CAPTURED TO SET OUT THE WAR..LEONARD BUTLER REVEALED THE QUALITY OF THE MAN U ARE..REGARDS..
DEAN

This guy has a pickup and camper and drives around the country doing whatever he does. He claims to be a small town chief of police or rural county sheriff or undersheriff or ass’t C.O.P.  He was supposedly from Texas and Illinois . I do not even know if he has a permanent home. 

 

Woods, James Andrew . 09/2006 Claims he graduated from Seal training in September of 1983, Coronado Island. Suspected of having falsified/forged DD214.
Woyak, James C
aka 
"Dr Jim"
Arizona

North Carolina

11/2005
08/2006

03/2009

Claims Capt in Special Forces, 2 Purple Hearts, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross. Claims 1st Special Forces Group, retired.

Talked extensively about his special forces training, etc. He had some type of ring  -  was supposed to signify his Special Forces time.

2009  - This  individual was trying to contribute money to organizations  in return for perks (meeting celebs/access to private areas etc).  Just wanted to inform you that he is back to his old tricks with his claims of Air Force Special Forces.


Served July 15 1969 to Nov 12 1969 USAF Reserves
Discharged as "AB"

"No assignments shown in records", no awards and decorations

Wright, Brian or Bryan 09/2004 Central Missouri
Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...

Claims 31 years old. Claims Delta Force with "Delta Code Number AFC 649D4," claims commo MOS. Claims commo with MOS of 18 D.  When informed 18 D is medic he claimed to be a medic.  When asked how long his training was, he stated 3 weeks.  Claims he was initially an MP and "they" pulled him out of high school to serve in the Panama stint, that would have made him 16 years old. Claims he is still in SF and assigned to State Department doing black ops, clandestine ops, etc.  Claims tours in Panama, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, and several others. Had no idea who Chargin Charlie was, did not know Camp Rowe and Camp McKall were in North Carolina.  Claims assignment to 1st SF at Fort Lewis.

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Wright, Freddie Raymond 06/2005 Florida Claims to be a Special Forces Vet from Vietnam .  He claims that he had done 3 tours in Vietnam and had all the horrendous “stories” to back it up, and even scars.  He claimed 2 Purple Hearts, speaks to groups of people and the Vietnam “Stories” are always included. He had never even been in the military.
WRIGHT,  HENRY L
aka Lawrence Wright
07/2008 TX, SC, GA, AR http://www.thunderstruckscenarioteam.com/tbbio.html

Military History:
United States Marine
Rank on Separation: E-6
MOS: 0311/0321 Marine Infantry/Marine Recon
Years Served: 8

Major Awards and Decorations:
Bronze Star with V
2 Navy Achievement Medals
2 Navy Commendation Medals one with V device
Another 17 awards or decorations
8 year rifle expert
7 year pistol expert.

 

 

 

 

 

http://worldoftb.com/index.php?blog=1&s=marine

....However, I will tell you this much. I speak from experience, both from my upbringing in the South from a prestigious Southern Family and some redneck and as a LE officer, along with the many people I met while I was in the Marines, ....

http://worldoftb.com/index.php?blog=1&s=operation+restore+hope&submit=Search

As a Marine who was there during Operation Restore Hope...

ACTUAL RECORDS
Wright, Micak Ian . EXPOSED Rangers Lead the Way in Exposing Authour as a Fraud
By Richard Leiby
The Washington Post
Sunday, May 2, 2004; Page D03
     In the Style section last summer we profiled a Los Angeles writer named Micah Ian Wright, who'd just published a shrill antiwar poster book called "You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!" In his book, he described himself as a veteran of combat, a former Army Ranger whose experiences during the 1989 invasion of Panama turned him into a peacenik. In interviews with The Post and other media, he played up that background. 
     Wright, it turns out, is a liar. He never served in the military -- and confessed that last week to his publisher, Seven Stories Press, after we insisted on evidence of his service. Pursuing a tip from real Rangers who'd never heard of Wright, we filed three Freedom of Information Act requests with separate Army commands -- and last month finally confirmed that Wright never served.....
 
     "I feel awful about it. It was a lie that just grew and grew and grew," Wright, 34, told us Friday. He said mounting combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, including that of Ranger Pat Tillman, compound his sense of remorse: "I plan to make a public apology on my Web site [www.micahwright.com]." 
      Seven Stories has canceled publication of Wright's next book, "If You're Not a Terrorist, Then Stop Asking Questions," due out in two months. It also will remove from future printings of the first book his detailed and wholly fictional account of parachuting into Panama under fire during Operation Just Cause. Wright's book of satirically "remixed" World War II propaganda posters was a minor success, selling more than 20,000 copies. It carried endorsements from two WWII vets, novelist Kurt Vonnegut and historian Howard Zinn.
Wright, Roderick C, II 07/2006 Kansas July 27, 2006

Man indicted for allegedly pretending to be lieutenant

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man who was discharged from the Army after he allegedly stalked a female officer has been indicted on a charge that he pretended to be an officer and demanded pay that he was not entitled to.

When Roderick C. Wright II, 32, was arrested last week at Fort Leavenworth, officers found pictures of the female officer’s home in Kansas City, Kan., a loaded pistol, a stun gun, two sets of handcuffs, a night-vision device, a machete and a police emergency light, according to court documents.

Wright, whose hometown is Amarillo, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Wichita on Tuesday on one count of pretending to be a second lieutenant and demanding pay for the position.

According to a criminal complaint filed last week, Wright called the adjutant general’s office at Fort Leavenworth on July 13, saying he needed help getting paid after his graduation from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga.

Wright claimed he had several problems with the finance office and said he had decided to report early to his next post in Oklahoma, where he was to attend Officer Basic Course, according to a criminal complaint signed by Special Agent Michael Parker with the Army’s Central Investigations Division.

Wright said when he tried to straighten out matters in Oklahoma, he was escorted off the post for impersonating an officer, according to the complaint.

Wright was told to go to the adjutant general’s office at Fort Leavenworth to work out the assumed problems with the military’s record-keeping system. When he went to the post July 18, he was granted a second lieutenant identification card after he presented paperwork and a check of an Army database showed he was an officer, according to the complaint.

Wright then allegedly went to the finance office and asked to be paid. A supervisor checked another Army database and learned Wright had been discharged from the Army on Feb. 10.

He was arrested, and authorities said they found letters showing he had been expelled from Officer Candidate School in January and discharged from the Army in February for misconduct, including allegations he was stalking a female officer candidate.

Wright gave authorities an address in the Kansas City suburb of Lenexa that turned out to be a hotel, where he hadn’t stayed since early April, authorities said.

Wyman, Robert E
Robert "Rob" Wyman
01/2003
10/2006

08.2009

New York (the Salem, Cambridge, Greenwich, Saratoga area) Claims he was in the Coast Guard AND another branch of the service. In Chu Lai 65-69 -  (from Classmates.com posting)  Claims helicopter pilot.

Still claiming Vietnam vet.

St. Louis could NOT locate any records TWICE.
Wymer, Joanne M

aka Joanne Mariotti

aka Joanne Eder

aka "JO"

07/2008

02/2009

Freehold, NJ Claims she jumped out of planes, was special service, served 12 years, travel and served in many, many Countries.  Sang in the Navy and sang at the 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor.... .

 

 

 

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