THOMAS SMALLRIDGE
Deadbeat dad
[Statements that he had in his Pickup Truck console from the "Ohio Child Support Services" office showed around $70,000 plus in arrears.]

currently on Shiloh Road,  Frankfort, Ohio 45628

BORN 1955, OHIO

Claims : He served with Charlie 1/5 in Nam

He was in the Corps from February 68 thru 72.

His last duty station in the Corps was Quantico...

Claims he was in the Kansas Army National Guard for four years...

Claims he was hit in the head by a rear rotor blade on a helicopter... 

Claims he has prostate cancer and has been receiving therapy in the VA Hospital in Cincinnati.

 

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There It Is - author: Tom Smallridge

If you were in Nam, this CD will sure bring it back home to you. If you weren't in Nam, it'll probably give you an insight into how many of us feel. If you're a liberal draft dodging piece of shit, you can use it to re-bushing your asshole.

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Sgt (E-5) Thomas Lloyd Smallridge of Ross County (Chillicothe), Ohio. His lists his DOB as 12 December 1949. He also claims to have been in-country in RVN from October of 1969 to October of 1970. He wears the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" and two (2) Purple Hearts. He also wears a Combat Action Ribbon. Further scrutiny reveals that his actual DOB is 1955. He graduated from Chillicothe H.S. on 2 June 1974. He is too young to have been in RVN in '69-'70.  He did in fact go to Marine Corps Boot Camp in June of 1974.  He was surveyed out of the Marine Corps 3 1/2 months later. Since then, he has literally made a living out of being a Marine hero.

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 Homepage: http://bigridge.net 

 Comments: Roy, it's always a pleasure to visit your site. I always come away feeling I gave gained something. The pride that you take in your work and your brutal honesty is touchstone for many of us. I'm proud to call you my Brother. Semper Fi.

Tom USMC 68-72 RVN 69-70 C/1/5 0331

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ACTUAL

Marine Corps

Service Dates: 5/31/74 to 9/23/74

Medical Discharge

 Medals/citations: National Defense

Was AWOL at Paris Island

NOT COMBAT DISABLED - NO SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY

He is also a convicted felon  - convicted in 1982 for felony theft in Reno County, Kansas. His firearms were pawned.

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1. Used his dead fathers SSN on his marriage license

2. Used his dead fathers SSN on his DOD DEERS Card

3. Used a fake Date of Birth on his DOD DEERS Card

4. Used his dead fathers SSN when he opened a bank account

5. Guilty of violating the Stolen Valor Act.

6. FALSIFIED a DD214

HE WAS NEVER EVEN IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.....

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"A frappin coward trying to pass himself off as a hero. Despicable. He's disrespected the honor of the Marine Corps, and spat in the faces of ALL veterans.  
I have no pity for this idiot if and when he meets some of the people he lied to. Sounds like a good old-fashioned USMC ass-kicking is called for." name withheld

 
The following was posted at http://marines.togetherweserved.com/

"It is with a very heavy heart that I have to announce to you that my husband, Tom Smallridge, is not the person that he portrayed himself to be. Tom did serve in the Corps, but not as the Marine so proudly shown here on TWS and other places on the Internet, and in person, for several years. Tom has deceived many, many people and I can't portray to you the saddness that is in my heart at this very moment.

Tom has been hospitalized for trauma stemming from this, PTSD and other related psychological issues. I have no idea at this time what his prognosis is or what is in store for us tomorrow, but I would ask for your prayers that God guide me every step of the way in dealing with this entire situation.

Again, my heart is broken and I wish I could fix this, but it is bigger than any of us. More than my own betrayal, I am sick at knowing what he has done to every other Marine that earned the Eagle, Globe and Anchor, and those names on that wall.

Tom's profile has already been deleted and I would ask that you not try to contact him about any of this. If you feel you must respond, please do so to me. I'm aware that he will have to answer for his actions and everything here on TWS is archived should we need it further, but I don't believe there's anything to be gained by dragging this through the ringer here. I'm asking this for Tom, not myself."

FOIA SUMMARY SAYS IT ALL

Veterans Day speaker wasn’t what he claimed

BY BARBARA SUMMERS
Telegram Staff Writer

“It has recently come to our attention,” Jackson County Veterans Service Director Arnold Tripp told The Telegram on Tuesday afternoon, “that Thomas L. Smallridge, Jr. is not who he said he is.”

Tripp was referring to the November 11 Veterans Day Ceremony at the Jackson County Courthouse. Smallridge, of Chillicothe, was the keynote speaker. He portrayed himself as a veteran who served the Marine Corps for nearly five years, mostly in Vietnam

Facts are coming to light that reveal that Smallridge’s claims of his service are false. While apologizing, it was clear that Tripp was also duped by Smallridge’s story.
Tripp asks the public to remember that the message of Veterans Day still rings true.
 
Reverend Nelson Sharp’s prayer of thanks to all those who paid the supreme price is not diminished by the lies of a single person.

Randy Sizemore’s recitation of the history of Veterans Day from its inception at Armistice Day in 1918 to today is not changed by Smallridge’s assertions.
Even Smallridge’s tribute to the heroics of the young men and women who struggle daily to maintain our freedom is not untarnished because it was uttered by one who sought to steal glory he did not earn.
The facts about Smallridge are being revealed. Charges are expected to be filed by those who are investigating the matter. It is likely that Smallridge will be prosecuted under the federal Stolen Valor
Act.