WHITELY, WILLIAM T

aka T. Whitely William

aka William R Whitely
Claims NAVY SEAL, Ranger school, Silver Star.

Seen in uniform at his unit and another time was when he was on campus at the Univ of Oklahoma (OU). Both times he was wearing a Silver Star ribbon. 

At one point in about the late 1980s/early 1990s he stated that as a result of his previous SEAL qualification and experience, he was again doing SEAL work; he'd been transferred from the Navy reserve unit in OKC to working as a reservist with the West Coast SEAL teams

While on the business college faculty at OU he volunteered to be an advisor to the NROTC's unit of those aspiring to be SEALs, Force Recon, etc. and he did several activities with them, including morning physical training. Just before he was outed he was a keynote speaker for some activity having to do with their grad. The program for that activity provided a sketch of his military service which included his SS. 

Previously listed on VERISEAL and AUTHENTISEAL

He was outed as an imposter a few years ago when he was on the faculty at the Univ of Oklahoma.  He retired from OU a couple of years after he was outed. 

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E5DD123FF933A2575BC0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2

On a Sworn Mission Seeking Pretenders To Military Heroism

By PAM BELLUCK
Published: August 10, 2001

Last April, in a dignified ceremony meant to honor a war hero, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska pinned a Purple Heart on Timothy R. Webster, who stood humbly wearing a large eagle insignia, the kind worn only by members of the Navy's elite Sea-Air-Land units, the Seals.

Mr. Webster, 26, of Columbus, Neb., had told Senator Nelson's office that he had been wounded in the Persian Gulf in 1994, and he had presented a letter on Navy stationery saying he won a Purple Heart.

But Mr. Webster was not counting on the likes of Larry Bailey.....