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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  03/2008
CLAIMING VIETNAM POW STATUS  or as noted
#  =  on list over 11 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
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.

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Name Location Date reported ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some

Actual Records Indicate/Notes

Caffaro, John
aka Goslin, John Samuel
New Jersey 04/1998
10/99
In phone conversation claimed 1st MAW in Phu Bai, Cambodia ops. 
Has "all the paperwork" to support his POW claims.
Records indicate served from 09/29/67 to 12/06/68, PFC... served RVN 27 My 1968 "AdminMan" till 10 Sept 68 "sick".. NO Purple Heart. Awards and decorations: national Defense, Vietnam Service Medal.
Calvo, David R. "Dupont"
aka "Dupont", David R.Calvo
Fort Walton Beach. FL 11/2000
multiple reports
Claims POW, Warrant officer, helicopter pilot Has VA POW ID CARD
Camp, Dan Charles Allen County, IN 06/2005 Claims he graduated at age 17 and had to get his parents permission to enlist in the Navy.  Originally wanted to be a helicopter mechanic - was a door gunner on a helicopter and served one tour.  He did not say he was a SEAL but that he was somehow recruited while in country to join them on one or more missions.  He said they had sought one or more volunteers to go with them into Laos.  His activities there were classified.  

He said his first wife divorced him after he was shot down in Cambodia and listed as missing.  He claimed to have been held underground in a 4x4x4' box until some of his comrades went against orders and returned to rescue  him.

 

 

Daniel Charles Camp is not now and never was a US Navy SEAL, and was NEVER solicited by a SEAL unit to accompany them on combat operations. The SEAL Teams never (NEVER) call for volunteers to accompany them on combat operations! The members of a SEAL platoon train intensely together as a small unit for many months (sometimes close to one full year) before deploying anywhere in order that they might effectively work together as a cohesive unit. Their reactions to situations and circumstances become so integrated that their interactions and coordinated movements in combat seem to take on the aspect of telepathy. No words are necessary between the SEALs because they all know their jobs, their responsibilities, and what other platoon members expect of them. To introduce an untrained outsiderinto that closely knit and tightly coordinated unit is a truly insane concept. 

Born in 1947. Served from Jul 1 66 to June 21 1972. Navy AMS3. ONLY medal, National Defense. Court Martial transcript "not in file." Attened "P", "A" school and corrosion control training. NO RECORD OR ANY COMBAT OR OVERSEAS DUTY.

Works for Police Dept.

Campbell, A.E. . . Claims POW .
Campbell, Michael Craig Burley ID 01/2006 the tale, the records, the comments ...... .
Campbell, Terri . . Claims POW .
Campbell. Thomas E. . 2005 Claims while on a classified mission "SFC" Campbell was captured.  After being captured, Campbell managed to escape and rescue a Navy Pilot that was also imprisoned.  Claims to have been awarded a Navy Cross for the incident, yet no documentation exists. Letter re: POW info
Campofiore, Joseph Alexander Virginia 05/2005 Claims he served in the 173rd airborne  "magnificent bastards" in Vietnam during the late 60's early 70's.  He told me he was staff sergeant and was awarded a Purple Heart  and a cross and was taken prisoner for 3 days by the viet cong. ... was forced to watch 2 of his "boys" be slowly tortured to death by the viet cong. He told me that after about 3 days he was rescued by the Americans. He said that he has no veteran benefits because he was arrested for murder after Vietnam and the government stripped him of all his benefits and medals.  .... .
Capach, Charles L.E.

aka Charles LeCapach

. 08/2004 hi my name is chief charles.l.e.capach i was 22years in us army i went to range school in 1963 i was all so specialforces i went to jungle school and pathfinder school and diver school  i was with sog and bluelight light or sfod-d work with rvn rangers fpr 2years i am a member of the flowins assos heare sf,assoc mike force and war ranger life member 565 u.s.mra life member special ops assoc i was in nam for 7years was a p.o.w and was in laso for a time i was a SP/7 E-7 then became a cwo-4 in georgia then became a O-5 ltc in g.a. guard i
am now working as a indian marshal in n,y and g,a. and n.c i am now
going  blind becouse of suger and combat woundshope you can all read
this note to you all i was also a teacher at ranger school i was with
the 5th ranger bn mountany traning school and was teacher at M.A.C.V.
RECONDO SCHOOL TO FOR A TIME AS ALWAYS KEEP UP TYE GOOD WORK AND
rangers lead the way   yours truley chief or ltc OLD RANGERS NEVER
DIE THE JUST LEAD THE WAY MUCH SLOWER BUT BETTER SOME
WAYS                  
SFOD1732@YAHOO.COM                                                   
                                PPS.I FOR GOT IWAS WITH THE 173
2BN .CO.N AND WITH THE173 2BN A.CO



I never sad i was a pow in nam you know there was
other places like laso cambo and cuba do you know
about A-66 AND CUBA? HOW ABOUT WHITESTAR LASO? AND HOW
ABOUT mavsog?NO NAMES NO DOGTAGS NO ONE TO BACK YOU UP
I JUST LIE TO SAY THIS LOOK IN YOUR BOOKS AND SE IF
TELLS YOU ABOUT THILAND AND SPECIAL FORCES RANGERS IN
THILAND 46SFCO AND LOOK IN YOUR BOOKS ABOUT LZ
ENGLISH?

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SF Mike Force Assn Honcho regarding his MSF claims:
No Christmas turkey has ever been so full of shit.
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Capps, Thomas E. . 12/2002 Claims POW ESCAPEE. USMC Nam May 66 - Mar 67 .
Carl, William Von . . Claims POW .
Carpenter, Bert . 09/2005 http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050922/NEWS07/209220385/1011

Bertrand Carpenter, 71
CITRUS SPRINGS - Bertrand " Bert" Carpenter, 71, a retired nuclear instructor, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005.

A native of Philadelphia, he moved here from Williamstown, N.J., in 1995. Mr. Carpenter was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4864 and of Grace Baptist Church.

....  Hopper Funeral Homes, Beverly Hills Chapel, provided information.

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Carr, James E Tustin, CA 01/2006
Claims he was shot down in a huey and taken prisoner for about two months. When pressed about details "he didn't want to talk about it, it brings up to many bad memories"
Claims "he was in the back."  He even goes as far as telling his associates that he was a "hero" and fought for their freedom! He took his photo with Bob Dornan the founder of the POW bracelet (trying to add truth to his story). Uses this story to run his realty business

Working as a realtor in Tustin CA. His website is http://www3.helpusell.com/CarrRealty/Listings/Residential.aspx

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CARR,  RICHARD L Forsyth, MO
Carrollton, IL
04/2008 Claims escaped from the Hanoi Hilton NEVER A POW

actual records

Carrio, Miquel
aka Mike
Houston, TX . POW, Green Beret, Air America convicted felon
Carroll, William  Arthur FL 03/2006
05/2006
Claims POW from Vietnam, USMC, Special Forces. Claims 8 yrs service - 1962 - 1970. Claims Capt or Major. Claims Purple Heart.  Claims hands registered as "deadly weapons." Speaks at USMC recruiting station, local high school. Claims he works with/for Homeland Security. Drives an 18 wheeler. Claims daily nightmares from captivity.  St. Louis could locate NO MILITARY RECORDS of any kind. THEY want to see proof he served!
Carter, Chuck

claims lives in tent in Louisville, MS; from IL, heading for Dothan, AL

01/01 POW, 82nd Airborne, captured 1970 held 1.5 yrs!   .
Carter,  Keith Creton  Arizona, 
Englewood - Golden Colorado
02/2004 Claims Green Beret in Vietnam, a POW for 186 days in a remote camp that no one knew about.  Claims he escaped after 186 days of torture, having no body hair, burned feet, front teeth cut completely out from a knife.  As they took him outside of the camp blindfolded and on his knees, they put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, which misfired and killed the shooter allowing him to escape. He did three tours and was severely wounded, spending time on the ship REPOSE and then over a year at Walter Reed Hospital.  He said he had the DSC awarded to him November 3, 1973 and Nixon pinned it on his uniform on the White House lawn the middle of December 1973.  He belonged to Company B.  His missions were always secretive.  He also was awarded the bronze star (which he refused), two silver stars, five purple hearts, Viet Nam service medal ..... 
Drives a 1993 Plymouth Colt now that his Century was "stolen". Same Purple Heart plate may be on the Colt.
NO RECORDS FOUND
Case, Dennis MI again 06/2006 Claims POW

Case, Raymond . 10/2001
02/2002
Claims USMC Sgt Maj, Silver Star, Bonze Star, Navy Cross, Operation Oregon, 1st Force Recon or claims POW and the above - 4th Marine Recon. .
Cashin, Joe . . Claims POW .
CASSAVETES, FRANK CA 03/2008

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Frank Cassavetes is not only an actor and personal trainer to some of Hollywood's superstars, but he is also a hero. A marine veteran of 27 years, with 29 months in combat in Viet Nam. Captured, he became a prisoner of war for five years, the last three at the infamous Hanoi Hilton prisoner of war camp. For the last ten years of his military career, Frank was a drill instructor at the Marine training camp at Paris Island.

Most will recognize Frank as the sniper in the movie "John Q" with Denzel Washington, who Frank also worked with as a personal trainer. At the time of this writing, Frank was getting ready for roles in movies with Michael Caine, Robert Duval, and his brother, the well known producer Nick Cassavetes.

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NOT A POW. RECORDS REQUESTED - NO PRELIM MATCH FOR  SERVICE.
CASTEEL,  BOYD TN 04/2008 Well first thing, I guess is my name. My name is Boyd Casteel. I am 54 years old and I am married to a wonderful wife, Lisa. We are big animal lovers so we have quite a few pets. We live in Northeast Tennessee, in Johnson City , TN.

I am a retired police officer. Law Enforcement has been a part of my life since I was 18 years old. I am an Air Force veteren, learning my police duties there and then going in to civilian law enforcement, once I left the Air Force.

I am a former POW. My unit was ambushed in Viet Nam , myself and one other person were the only two survivors that day. We were quickly taken to a POW camp, interrogated and tortured, then placed in 4' by 4' bamboo cages the were outside the commanding officer offices and left there for the duration of my stay.According to the Geneva Convention, POS's are allowed Red Cross packages and medical attention......my buddy and I were not. We were fed a small amount of stale bread and very very small pieces of some kind of meat, mostly fat along with some water,once a day.We were tortured relentlessly, every day. In those days, all we were only allowed to say if captured, was name, rank, and serial number. Believe me friends, after a few days of beatings, you can't give them any info....you really don't even know your own name anymore. I actually prayed for death but it never came.

I was kept confined for 9 months, when the camp was taken by several Marine outfits. The Red Cross came in and tended to all of the wounded and all the GI's that were considered critical care.

I was transported to a hospital ship to start my rehabilitation to where I could stand and walk again, then after a few months I was sent back to the States ( Anchorage , AK ) to complete my service.

As horrible as that all sounds, it is just now, that I am able to really start talking about. It has stayed with me most all of my adult life. Some of it never goes away.

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Thank you for the link to the POW/MIA website. Over the years, I have researched through many archives, wrote tons of letters, even made phone calls only to find out that there are many vets who have wrong info or info that was never updated in their military files. Some have spent a lot of their civilian career and most of their savings trying to correct their files and write history the way it was meant to be written, especially for their families.

Most folks do not understand what one piece of a servicemans file, misplaced, can do. To some it can be completely devastating. It can mean the difference between medical help, and just getting by in the remaining years of ones llife.

Please don't think me a hero, for I am NOT. I was just a young kid who had some unforunate events take place in his life. The real hero's, well, sadly some of them are still there. Gratefully, some are in Arlington , but one thing is for sure....they are all with the Great Commander, Our Lord and Savior. Most, maybe not all are listed on The Wall in Washington . But you know probably as well as I do, that to lose 58,000 of our countries greatest heros's was not and never will acceptable.

Please forgive my "soapbox" mentality. Sometimes a nerve gets struck, and I just can't help myself. Most of the country didn't want to hear about Viet Nam then, and a lot still don't want to hear about it, now. But, I for one will never stop talking about the atrocities that happen to both sides, ours and theirs.

I don't usually speak about the war. It's over and I try to put the heartache and misery behind me, but some of the guys we fly with wanted to know about me, so I let my guard down and opened up a little bit. Not for any type of adulation or pats on the back, but maybe to just let all know that some of us are still out here, and what it was like back in the 60's and 70's.

Thank you for your letter, and most of all thank you, Ken, for YOUR service. It is young men and women like you that still make this the best country in the world. As bad as it was, I would still reenlist today and do it all over again, if youth and time were on my side.

God bless you and all like you who protect us each day, and most of all, God bless America .


I remain,

your friend,

Boyd

Boyd Casteel, DVMO1144
General
Vice President
Delta Virtual Military Operations

This case is still under investigation. There is a possibility even the "biographical data" other than the names are bogus in this fairy tale. 

There is no historical evidence to back up the claims.

Caufman, Dave NC 11/2002 Claims POW 18 MONTHS, ESCAPED with 2 Marines and 1 Air Force Pilot, Claims Seabee, captured near Quang Tri Works for termite control company.
Cavanagh, Wm. J. Jr NJ . Claims POW records indicate NO captivity
Castor, Ken Boulder, CO
previously from 
Kansas City, KS.
. POW and CIA convicted for fraud -  NO military service
Cayton, Command SgtMaj (Ret) Rick

aka Richard B. Cayton

aka Richard Barr Cayton

aka Rick Cayton

Killeen, TX

Harker Heights, TX

Belton, TX
working in Houston

Has address in GA - but living in RV in TX after selling the boat shop.

12/2002
02/2004
03/2005

2006 (repeated reports)

2007

2008

 

Quoted in Killeen Daily Herald 02/24/2002 "Survivor Types: Residents overcome odds, become better human beings" 

...That same someone needs me intensity compelled POW Cayton to persevere in January 1971. The Viet Cong attacked Sgt. Caytons six man squad at night in a quick, fierce fight......
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Cayton claims: 
Distinguished Service Medal
2 Silver Stars
3 Legion of Merit
4 Bronze Stars
2 Bronze Stars w/V
5 Purple Hearts
3 Meritorious Service
3 Air Medals
3 Joint Service Commendations
Army Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
8 Army Good Conduct
2 National Defense Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/bronze Arrowhead
4 Vietnam Service Medals
Southwest Asia Service Medal w/3 Bronze Service Stars
Humanitarian Service Medal
4 NCO Professional Development Ribbons
Army Service Ribbon
3 Overseas Service Ribbon
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Valorous Unit Award
Combat Infantryman Badge
Master Parachute Badge w/Bronze Service Star
Aircraft Crewman Badge
Canadian Parachute Badge
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm
Ranger Tab
Rifle M16 expert qualification badge
Pistol 9MM expert qualification badge
.45 cal expert qualification badge

THIS ONE'S NOT OVER YET.

December 2007 - http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=21064

St. Louis has been unable to provide orders or dates of issue on many of the medals noted in his records - and the list differs from the records noted on his DD214.

Command Sgt Major Cayton's  DD214 states "POW"

Command Sgt Major Cayton's  records claims "POW"

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Steve. There's more to the story....

Today there were a whole bunch of replies to my quarry. It seems that this guy was held in serious contempt by junior members of the battalion, several of whom went on to get commissioned and at least one of whom is still on active duty. According to these guys, he was the consummate self promoter, egomaniac and all around asshole. This is not just from some private who thought the guy was a hardass - quite the contrary. All the guys that replied either retired from active duty or at least reached NCO rank before ETS'ing. It says something when not a single guy had anything positive to say.

Clayton evidently told the POW story complete with torture, etc. to each RIP class he taught. For a time he was assigned to the 1/75 Ranger Indoc Program at Hunter before the Regt was activated and that function consolidated at Ft. Benning.

There's a good chance this POW stuff is all hot air on his part - simply based on the rabid responses I got. 

Hope this helps. It's simply more of the total picture of this guy. Bob

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Rick Cayton - Soldier, Hero, American
This link/content has been removed from the web. The link goes to a SAVED page copy now.

GOOGLE search:

Richard B. Cayton. This website is the only authorized and accurate website with information about me and my career in the United States Army. ...
ultimatelocksales.com/rickcayton/ - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
Chamberlain, William Lee  III . . Claims POW .
Chambers, William E.
aka Col Wild Bill Chambers
CA # Claimed Col, Medal of Honor, POW, in cell with Alvarez, hung upside down 31 days, Homecoming flight in 1973 by helicopter. Claims 782,000 dollars in back pay. Exposed by Carole Thompson, June 9, 1989 in the Antelope Valley Press. 
Dob Dec 27
Chance, Gilbert  Alabama . POW 13 Months, MOH "Home, brew and Jesus helped  Vietnam POW escape" -
records in hand EXPOSED
Chapman, David A.

aka Dave Chapman
Blaine/Bellingham, WA May 99

12/2006
"Peace Among Ourselves:  Facing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial." 

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Well, I have never given up on anybody that is listed as just MIA. The POW-MIA issues is a big one of mine, as you can tell. My motorcycle, for  instance with the POW-MIA insignia on it, everything I've got on, I'm always  wearing something that I believe...to put a man's name on that Wall when his  remains have never been returned, is not right. Because that is giving up  hope. Even thought I was MIA for 2 1/2 months....."

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USA 151st Trans Co.

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UPDATED: Nov. 10, 2006
MILITARY
Vietnam War vet’s injuries recognized
Silver Rose given for Agent Orange illness

MARY LANE GALLAGHER

A Blaine resident and Vietnam War veteran received a medal at a Blaine High School ceremony Thursday commemorating his war service and injuries related to exposure to Agent Orange.

Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant, has been linked to several types of cancer and other illnesses, but those illnesses don’t make soldiers eligible for a Purple Heart. The Order of the Silver Rose is provided by a nongovernmental organization that hopes to honor veterans and raise awareness about Agent Orange exposure.

David Chapman Jr., Washington state president of Combat Veterans International, said he wanted to let other vets know that the Silver Rose medal was available.

He also hopes the Purple Heart will someday be awarded to veterans who develop illnesses related to their Agent Orange exposure.

“My wound is no different from a lot of guys who got shot, or who took shrapnel,” Chapman said.

For more information about the Order of the Silver Rose, go to www.silverrose.info.

Reach Mary Lane Gallagher at 715-2285 or mary.gallagher@bellinghamherald.com.

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Other than his claiming to be a POW he harasses different organizations to re- award him his "silver rose" medal for Agent Orange exposure related illness. He claims  he was captured in Vietnam, thrown into some sort of pit but eventually escaped - after  having to kill his severely wounded comrade. Is seen riding his motor cycle often and you can find him anywhere a microphone is visible.

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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006
It was just brought to my attention that my name is on your list of Phony POW's.  I don't know where this information came from but it is bogus! I would love to talk to someone about this matter as soon as possible....either by email, telephone, or in person if necessary. This really saddens me.  
David A Chapman, Jr.    


NPRC re Chapman:
Full name is David Auld Anderson Chapman, Jr. 
Service No. 18 976 093. 
Awards and decorations: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 2 stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon W/ Device (1960), and Good Conduct Medal. 
 
Mr Chapman was trained as a teletype operator and tractor (fork lift) operator. 

On 29th of June 1968 E4 Chapman was AWOL. 
On 8th of August, 1968 the following entry was placed into his record "Dropped from rolls-DESERTION. 

 
......that since Mr Chapman was photographed with the Purple Heart Ribbon which he did not earn he deserves the appropriate attention of the posting of those photos. Also he was never MIA or POW as he has stated many times but actually AWOL DFR'D.
 

One of his favorite war stories was that he was an APC (armored Personnel Carrier) "Captain"

   

Chapman, Thomas Henry III .   Claims POW .
Cheek, Fred CA . Claims POW Deceased 01/99
Chellis, Gary Sandia Pk NM 06/2005 Claims to have been a Vietnam POW for five days until his escape from his captors. He claims to have been shot twice while being captured. Rumored to be receiving disability pay from Siemens due to the PTSD he suffers from because of his "capture." Claims that he had been on a secret mission and it was the Army's policy to keep such info out of the records - even the Purple Heart he earned on the mission.  .
Cheney, Gerry Huntsville, MO 10/2002 Claims joined USN 1960. Recruited into  Navy Intel from boot camp. 1963, SEAL training. COMAIRPAC 7th Fleet, special ops on Bon Homme Richard CVA 31. Received filed command as Navy LT. Awards - 2 Silver Stars, 2 Bronze Stars w/V, 3 Purple Hearts, POW Ribbon, service in Vietnam, Lifesaving, LeLass Honor Medal, Civilian Action Award,  National Defense, Vietnam Service with a Fleet Marine Device. Expert rifle/Pistol with E ribbons and 24 letters of commendations. PI in FL, St. Petersburg Police Depatment, Missouri Prison Guard, Deputy Sheriff of Randolph County for 20 years and 15 years with Dept of Justice. Wheel chair bound - Head Veteran Dancer (Native American Indian). Dob 12/26/42 (Indiana) .
Cheney, Kevin Newnan, GA 11/2006 Claims to be a Vietnam POW NOT to be confused with Kevin J Cheney, wife Kathy.
Christenberry, Dexter A Piney Flats, TN 09/2005
01/2007
http://www.tricities.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI%2FMGArticle%2FTRI_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785039433&path=/news/localnews&s

Hurricane Hero

Dexter Christenberry isn't giving money, clothes or water to Hurricane Katrina victims. He's driving entire homes to them: 200 campers with air conditioning, bathrooms and more.

When the Piney Flats businessman saw the devastation caused by the Hurricane on television, he wanted to give victims a place to call home. This past weekend, he drove a camper to complete strangers in Mississippi. Now that he's seen their neighborhood, he says he won't stop driving more down.

"I told the people next door that had children, I'll go back, I'll get you a camper and I'll bring you a camper, Christenberry told News Channel 11 Tuesday.

The former prisoner of war was changed forever by what he saw along the coast this weekend.

"I noticed, as we did air raids in Vietnam and we would get through with those villages, what was left and the people that were left. Those Vietnamese people were sitting around, twisting their hands, trying to figure out how they were going to put their lives back together, " he said. "{Mississippi} gave me a flashback of Vietnam. These people don't have anywhere to go, a lot of them don't have any family to go to."...

ACTUAL

Enlisted in the Navy 26OCT62 and was released 19JUN64. He never rose above the grade of Airman Apprentice.  He was on the USS Ticonderoga from 16MAY63 thru 13DEC63, and then he was on the USS Saratoga until 20APR64. The last entry shows him stationed at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Pa on 19JUN64 when they discharged him.

Number 6 wife is divorcing him as of 01/2007

"Told stories of his valor and glory in Vietnam as a Navy Seal .... knew good and well that these stories were lies. (The POW story is a new one; I never heard that one before.) "
Christmas, James Seattle 06/2004 Claims POW captured and tortured.

Has alot of flash backs and can't sleep etc. He claims the Viet Nam guards hurt him really bad and that is why he cannot work.

Lots of his stories  -  and they are not the same on different days

CHRISTMAS JAMES JR AR E05 36K4O N

Name JAMES JR CHRISTMAS
Service ARMY
Service Component
Pay Grade E-5
Military Specialty 36K4O
Home of Record Unknown

36K
FIELD SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
FIELD WIREMAN
MESSAGE CLK

He was in Nam Feb 68 to Feb 1970. Korea and Germany after that. He was a "wireman"
No Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze star etc. He was NOT wounded nor captured. Completed his tour, and went on for many more years in the service, not being discharged until 88.
Christopher, William Jr. . . Claims POW .
Churchill, Jim OH # Claims POW .

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CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

V V A - Claims by members of  Vietnam Veterans of America

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More Reported Claims:
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