Robert Ralsey Davenport
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DAVENPORT, MAJ ROBERT RALSEY, USAR, BA, JD, MBA Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut President, Southern California Chapter, The California Association of the Society of Cincinnati Aztec Club of 1847 Life Member, The Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts President, Saint George's Society of Los Angeles Author, Davenport Genealogy: Descendants of the Rev. John Davenport of New Haven Life Member, Disabled American Veterans Military Order of the Purple Heart American Ex-Prisoner of War The Harvard club of southern California Secretary General, Society of Barbary Wars California Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States SOURCE: "Hereditary Society Blue Book", by Robert Ralsey Davenport, Beverly Hills: Eastwood Publishing Company, 1994, Page 197).
Professional genealogists agree that Davenport
should have included the ancestor that he derived descent from that
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Metropolitan
News-Enterprise
Friday, April 21, 2006 Page 3
Judicial
Candidate Blasts Times for Not Endorsing Christians, Veterans
By a MetNews Staff
Writer
Robert Davenport, a
candidate for the Los Angeles Superior Court, has opened fire on
the Los Angeles Times which on Monday endorsed his opponent,
Deputy City Attorney Dan Lowenthal.
....Davenport, whose
ballot designation is slated to be “Disabled
Veteran/Attorney,” is a Roman Catholic. Lowenthal is Jewish.
Robert Greene, the
member of the Times’ Editorial Board who was in charge of the
endorsements of judicial candidates, told the MetNews:
.....
Copyright 2006, Metropolitan
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Metropolitan
News-Enterprise
Friday,
March 24, 2006
Page
1
Candidate
Received Less-Than-Honorable Discharge, Records Show
Army
Panel Said Robert Davenport, Now Running for Superior Court,
Misrepresented His Record
[Discharge
Was Subsequently Upgraded to 'Honorable' Based on Panel Being
Improperly Constituted]
By
KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer
A
Los Angeles Superior Court candidate who sought to run with the
ballot designation “Retired Judge Advocate” or “U.S. Judge
Advocate” was actually discharged from military service for
misstating his qualifications for the Judge Advocate General’s
Corps and making other misrepresentations, records show.
Court
documents and military records indicate that Robert Davenport,
who is seeking the seat being vacated by Judge Barbara Burke,
was an active naval officer from 1973 to 1977 and a reserve
officer from 1977 to 1982, which encompassed the years of his
law school attendance.
...
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2006, Metropolitan News Company
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The U.S. Attorney's Office brief summarizes his records.
The U.S. Attorney's brief states in part:
"Plaintiff entered the United States Naval Reserves in 1973 and
became a Naval Flight Officer on October 19, 1973. He achieved the
rank of Lieutenant, paygrade 0-3, as a NFO. In January 1977,
plaintiff began law school at St. John's Law School. During law
school Plaintiff was a member of the Ready Reserves as a NFO.
In 1980, after his graduation from law school, Plaintiff
requested a permanent change of designator from NFO to Navy Judge
Advocate General's Corps (Navy JAGC). Plaintiff's designator was
never changed to JAGC or reflected in his military record at the
Bureau of Naval Personnel, thus he was considered for promotion to
0-4 in his original NFO position by the NFO selection boards in
1981 and 1982. He was not selected in either year. Therefore, on
September 27, 1982, Plaintiff was notified that he would be
discharged from the Naval Reserves. On November 30, 1982 Plaintiff
was honorably discharged from the Naval Reserves for twice
failing to be selected for the rank of Lieutenant Commander 0-4 as a
NFO. Plaintiff did not complain about or object to this discharge at
that time."
NOT IN THE BRIEF - note: Plaintiff then obtained an MBA at
Harvard from 1982-1984, and subsequently moved to Los Angeles to
work as an author, screenwriter and genealogist. He obtained a
masters of film from UCLA in 1997.
Plaintiff applied for an received a commission in the Army in 1990,
8 years after his discharge from the Naval Reserves. On February 23,
2004, Plaintiff was given an "Other Than Honorable"
discharge from the Army.....On October 30, 2002, while Plaintiff
served in the Army JAGC, an Army investigation into his Navy record
arose from a dispute over retirement eligibility points and the
amount of creditable prior service with the Navy. Upon finding
irregularities in Plaintiff's assertions, the Army investigated his
complete military record, including his time in the Naval Reserves.
Plaintiff appeared before a Board of Inquiry to answer multiple
charges of intentional fraudulent misrepresentation. Plaintiff was
found guilty of multiple instances of fraud, and among them were the
failure to disclose a two-time selection failure to the Army,
doctoring of official photographs, and fraudulent misrepresentation
of awards and academic honors. Accordingly, on February 23, 2004,
Plaintiff was given an "Other Than Honorable" discharge
from the Army Reserves. At that time, he was a Lieutenant Colonel
0-5."
The summary of findings from the Report of Proceedings by Investigating
Officer/Board of Rights is that Robert Ralsey Davenport:
1) Did improperly fail to request a waiver for being passed over
twice in connection with his application for appointment in the
U.S. Army Reserve, and this was intentional;
2) Did falsely state his total active service as 10 years
commissioned U.S. Navy active service covering March 1973 through
October 1982 in a request for appointment as USAR officer;
3) Did falsely report his U.S. Nay Reserve active duty from 23
October 1972 through 30 November 1982 in his 1990 application for
appointment in the USAR Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps;
4) Did knowingly submit a false DA 61 application for appointment
in the USAR JAG Corps; and did knowingly submit an incomplete DA
61 application for appointment in the USAR JAG Corps;
5) Did wear an unauthorized Armed Forces Reserve Medal ribbon in
official photographs submitted to multiple Colonel Command
Assignment Selection Boards and in connection with applications
for multiple Staff Judge Advocate and/or Command Judge Advocate
positions;
6) Did improperly and knowingly create an official photograph
dated 9 February 2000 bu computer or photographic manipulation of
an official photograph dated 30 June 1998, thus creating a false
and misleading depiction of himself;
7) Did submit the falsified official photograph, dated 9 February
2000 for official purposes on multiple occasions;
8) Did misrepresent his military awards on numerous occasions in
resumes submitted for consideration by the U.S. Army, and did
misrepresent his military awards on numerous occasions in resumes
submitted for consideration by the U.S. Army;
9) Did misrepresent his baccalaureate degree from Middlebury
College as with honors in connection with multiple applications
for positions in the USAR;
10) Did misrepresent his Master of Fine Arts from the University
of California Los Angeles as with honors in connection with
multiple applications for positions in the USAR;
11) Did improperly fail to seek correction of his retirement
points erroneously credited in connection with his Navy service;
12) Did improperly fail to disclose receipt of disability
compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs during
several periods of disabilty.
There were 3 categories of discharge on the form: Honorable,
General Under Honorable and Other Than Honorable. The Board
members circled "Other Than Honorable." Additionally,
the of Proceedings by Investigating Officer/Board of
Rights, which is considerably more thorough then the summary
of findings copied above, lists the awards that he misrepresented,
and the number of times he made such misrepresentation:
Award/Medal Times
Misrepresented
Navy Achievement Medal
4
2nd OLC, ARCOM
9
2nd OLC, Army Reserve
Components Achievement
Medal (ARCAM)
9
Army Superior Unit Award
4
AFRM w/ Silver Hour
Glass and M
9
AFRM with M Device
2
AFRM
2
ARCOTR with numeral 7
11
ARCOTR with numeral 6
2
Kosovo Campaign Medal
9
NATO Medal w/ Kosovo Bar
9
4 Unapproved Foreign Awards
7
2 Unapproved Foreign Awards
2
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