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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
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.
D
Name
Location
Date reported
ALL
Claim POW or MIA
and then some
Actual
Records Indicate/Notes
D'Angelo,
Robert Sal
Dangelo, Robert
NJ
10/2002
Claims POW, Navy SEAL, USAF pilot (F14), 2 Star Admiral,
working with invasion of Iraq. Claims travels DC, Cuba, TX
Claims
USMC POW in Vietnam for 4 years. Reports indicate he also claims he escaped, has the
Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and was "covert - so his records are sealed."
Claims USAF POW, Silver Star, used
his "military record" to run for Fullerton City Council (CA).
Uses his fathers medals as his own. Claims his records burned in the
fire! Speaks to Rotary, vets orgs, in Fullerton and Orange County.
Never in Vietnam.
Davidson,
Tom or Thom or Tommie
Gilmer TX
09/2004
Claims Special Forces Black Ops, captured in 1966 and
escaped from the Laos POW work camp in 1967. A man helped him
get the the American lines.
Uses VA outpatient clinic.
Davis, Bobby A
AR
.
SEAL, POW, ret Master Chief
.
Davis,
David Kenyon
aka Davis, Dave K
Ilion,
Mohawk, Herkimer or Frankfort, NY area
05/2008
Mr.
Davis claims that he was awarded the POW Medal, Silver Star, CIB,
Meritorious Svc. Medal as well as the PH and Bronze Star to name a few.
He did 2 hitches in the USA and is a Vietnam Vet. He served w/ a
maintenance outfit while in RVN as a plumber. He ran into problems
during his second hitch in Alaska and was allegedly given a "unsuited for
military duty" discharge. Davis has also claimed to be an
"undercover" agent for the DEA and was responsible for the
investigation and arrest of major drug figures.
Several
Battalion Commanders from his maintenance outfit have stated that they
were just that and performed road repairs in the rear w/ the gear and
that nobody received any type decorations that Mr. Davis claims.
If you read the newspaper
article you get a flavor of the lies that he is making. Look at
where he said served in RVN (Laos & Cambodia ????) and that he was
in a line outfit, armor, swiftboats etc.. He was a carpenter in a
maintenance battalion. The LTC that responded to questions about their
mission also stated that they were "NOT'" Combat Engineers as
Mr. Davis has stated on numerous occasions. Battalion Commander
(O-5) who stated that they were not "Combat" Engineers said
that no one in his unit that had received medals/decorations that Davis
claims. BTW, Davis has also claimed to be an "undercover"
agent for the DEA and was responsible for the investigation and
arrest of major drug figures.
Article
says BSM/V is highest yet photo shows SSM. Furthermore, in his story he
says he was with 589thEngrs at
Quang Tri, the Plantation, and Iron Triangle. Quang Tri is WAY NORTH of
the Iron Triangle...
With the rain slanting under the awning, a cat
scales the screen door to draw Drumright resident Dick Davis’
attention to the situation worsening outside. Seated comfortably in his
small apartment Davis pours over another poem.
“Kid, this is Carol Hager,” Davis said offering a sweeping gesture
to a woman nestled comfortably in a wheelchair pouring over a crossword.
“God, put her here to make me happy.”
“He put you here to make me miserable,” Hagar said raising the
crossword to cover a growing smile. Davis and Hager’s relationship is
based upon their joint love of poetry and shared hardship. Hager suffers
from advanced muscular sclerosis and years of rough living are written
on the scars embellishing Davis’ forearms.
With enough experience to fill multiple dust-jackets, Davis’ life
boasts rough-necking, active combat in Vietnam,
time as a POW, becoming junior heavyweight wrestling champion
of the world, time as a shipboard scullion, card-carrying seaman and
after scribbling a small note of on a dock in Miami, a poet. ....
On his 19 birthday, before the outbreak of Vietnam, Davis enlisted in
the Army. On completion of training, he was sent to Germany. “Back
then, Germany was small broken down billets and only the best got
stationed there,” Davis said. He trained with the equivalent of the
German Special Forces and was approached, one day, by several men in
dark suits. Only later did he realize they were CIA.
“They wanted me, ‘cause I could shoot a core out of an apple at
three hundred meters,” Davis said. “So they offered me jump pay,
hazardous duty pay, and combat pay and I signed up.”
In Vietnam, Davis coordinated Airbase placement and trained South
Vietnamese Regulars for combat. The day the situation became real he
momentarily separated from friends and returned to find them dead in a
grenade attack.
“You could listen to a thousand stories and no one still has any real
idea about the whole thing,” Davis said. “We didn’t know what we
were fighting for. All we knew was we didn’t want to.”
During his tour, Davis was captured and spent
months in what he describes as three and a half by five foot bamboo
thatch hut. Even though there was barely room to roll over, he took
beatings in its confines. “What makes it worse I wasn’t more than a
hundred miles from the nearest base.”
Pausing over a paper towel filled with tobacco, Davis sifts out a small
handful and shakily rolls a cigarette.
The reception the Army gave him was even more infuriating. “I get
back, spend sometime in a hospital. When I recover, they give me a
handshake, some walking papers and some medals and it’s like I
didn’t exist.” Frustrated and alone, he returned to Drumright. What
he once saw as a happy young boy was now an enraged man. ...
Apologetic after a withering handshake, he smiles. “Sorry about that.
It’s from lifting her,” Davis said turning toward Hager with a grin.
“Remember, if you think something is wrong you address it. It
doesn’t matter who you’re against. That’s it kid.”
NOT
A POW by any name.
Davis, Donald Edward
.
.
POW CAMB in late 50's, escaped
No
records found
DAVIS,
MARK FRANK
COLUMBUS
OH
09/2009
Claims
he was a gunner on a plane, and it was shot down. He and the crew
were picked up by a Merchant Ship, but then the VC boarded that ship and
took them prisoner from there. It was supposedly at the very end
of the war...but he was prisoner for a few months anyway. After that
...he said he even went on to the Air Force Academy...paid for by the Gov.
He flaunted various medals and stories of being a prisoner of war in the
last days of Vietnam. He wears these medals on airline flights and also
uses them to get "perks" as he calls it.
About
me and who I'd like to meet I
just turned fifty and while I think my life is in order, I am missing
a key ingredient: partnership. It's the age old question... if a tree
fell in the forest and nobody heard it fall... well, all the lovely
moments in my life are not meant for me and me alone! I spend a week
each month in Amsterdam and Paris, and every other month, Seattle. I
work for myself and would welcome sharing these experiences with
someone close to my heart. Do you like to travel? Do you enjoy a quiet
meal with great conversation? How do you like to start and/or end your
day? Do you enjoy exploring around you as well as your
inner/interpersonal self? Discovery is that much easier to savor when
you have someone to share it with. Don't you think? I've lived a full
life. I've discovered many things. The one most important discovery
I've made about life is that one must be allowed (encouraged, if you
will), to be one's self. Honest communication, trust and keeping
promisses are essential. I learned a while ago that it's so important
to speak your mind... even if your voice trembles. So, what do you
say? Interested in spinning the wheel one more time? Go for it. Walk
with me for a bit... and if you like the company... stick around and
walk some more.
....I'm an Air Force Academy Grad,
and gave my fellows at The Point a hard time whenever I had the
chance!
Only two men named Davis were POWs. One was my
classmate, Edward. The other was: Thomas.
No man named Marc Davis was ever with any one of us, the real surviving
661 POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of
Defense in this regard. He is a wannabe. He might soon find
himself posted at the following site: http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies1007.htm
All authentic 3,797 MIAs
(to include all POWs) are listed on the official web site for the
Department of Defense at the following address. If a man's name is not
on there, and he claims to having been a Vietnam era POW, then he is
lying through his teeth and should be ignored and distanced from you and
all your friends. He is a wannabe. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
NOT to be
confused with Helena, MT veterans Ron A. Davis
Dawson,
Dale Raymond
.
10/2002
Claims SEAL/POW
Served 06 July 65 - 06
April 66. NO Medals NO Awards NO Vietnam service.
Day,
Anthony
.
06/2003
Claims held in Vietnam for over 8 years.
Claims to be retired from the US Army
is 51 years old.
DAY,
LAURENCE A
PEORIA/PEKIN
IL
05/2009
Wears a cap that had the current Air
Force logo and stars on it. He claims he was in Vietnam, met Gen
Schwarzkopf, and was taken POW during a covert op and escaped by holding
onto the skid of a Cobra helicopter. Reportedly has photos and news
articles of himself in full uniform.
Apparently doing this because he's trying
to raise funds to make a documentary about the conspiracy that President
Roosevelt knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor and let it happen so the
US could enter WW II.
He
entered the Army in Aug 1956 and was discharged on 21 May 1958. His rank
was PFC and there were no awards, overseas duty or badges noted.
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH:
REAL USAF MG LAWRENCE E. DAY, RET
OR
REAL VIETNAM VETERAN
LAURENCE A. DAY, MARYLAND
Deaton,
Raymond
Benton Harbor, MI
03/02
Claims POW 72 - escaped after 7-9 months
with another. Never left the south.
1st Sgt USMC,
Claims POW for 2 years - 66-68 , Silver
Star.
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2002- Navy SEAL, POW, SS, BS, DSC - NAM '66-'75 1st Force Recon. Claims Retired USMC.
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Mr. James L. Decarlo is still running around claiming to be a Nam
POW, but now only for a few days as the enemy was jumped by Navy Seals
and Green Berets and he and his friends were rescued, but not before
he was stabbed with a bayonet by an NVA. Although wounded he
still walked several miles to a pick up point. He
claims to be a retired 1st Sgt.
Currently, He has many pictures of himself in a
First Sgts uniform and a chest full of medals to include the Navy
Cross, five Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, Five Purple Hearts and
many achievement medals.
This guy actually wouldn't make a good buck sgt.
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11/2006
in his photo,he is
wearing the POW medal
Awards
worn in photo:
Navy
Cross;
Distinguished
Service Cross;
Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star; Navy and
Marine Corps Medal; Bronze Star with Combat “V”
device; Purple Heart; Navy & Marine Corps Commendation
Medal; Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal; Combat Action
Ribbon; Navy Presidential Unit Citation; Navy Unit
Commendation; Meritorious Unit Commendation; POW
Medal;
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with 3 stars; National Defense Service
Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with 4 stars; Southwest
Asia
Service Medal; Navy Overseas Service Ribbon; Marine Corps
Recruiting Ribbon, Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon,
Marine Security Guard Ribbon; Vietnam
Presidential Unit Citation; Vietnam
Gallantry Cross Unit Citation; Vietnam
Civil Actions Unit Citation, Republic
of
Vietnam
Campaign Medal
ACTUAL:
USMC and USMCR
AUTHORIZED AWARDS:
Purple Heart; National
Defense; Vietnam Service Medal w /1 bronze service star; Pres Unit
Citation Ribbon; Combat Action Ribbon; Rep of Vietnam Campaign Medal;
Rep of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation; Gallantry Cross w/Palm; Expert
Badge w/rifle bar; Sharpshooter Badge w/pistol bar.
Served March 6, 1966 -
June 2 1972 and Jan 17 1974 to May 10 1976.
Discharged a CPL/
Transcript of Court Martial not in file.
Dear Mr. Donahue...Please pass this note on to:
Letters to the Editor. My telephone is: 719-488-0962 and my mailing address is:
19010 White Fawn Drive, Monument, Colorado 80132 if any of your
reporters or editors wish to discuss this issue. There is a nation-wide
epidemic of wannabes who want
Your reporters can check the accuracy of my
information by calling the Department of Defense directly. Mr. Larry
Greer, PAO for DPMO is info copied on this message. He is awaiting your
call at: 703-699-1169, during normal Washington, DC working hours.
Thanks, Mike McGrath
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Dear Editor:
In your City and Local section, 30 October 2007, a
fraudulent story is being perpetuated by Mr. Dominic DeGrado who claims that he
and others were captured during the Vietnam War. No man by the
name of DeGrado was ever held with us, the authentic 661 surviving POWs
of the Vietnam War,
nor is he known by Department of Defense in this
regard. DoD has no record of three men being captured and released.
The official DoD list of all 3,797 MIAs (to include the POWs) is on their web
site at: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
Mr. DeGrado is not listed. He is a wannabe. Ask him for the names of the other
two men he says were released. He will feign memory loss.
He still claims he was captured for a couple of days,
the three of them escaped, but he can't remember their names.
DID serve in Vietnam. No record of POW
captivity. Discharged an Army E4, July 1970.
Delaunay,
Lewis Eugene
NV
10/2006
Claims
Vietnam 1967 to 1973. Shot down while ridding in a Huey. Capt with 82
Airborne and the 5th Special Forces.
In military from 1965 to 1973. Reserves 1976 to 1979 Claimed to be a POW with "Cain"
from 67 to 1973
Army
E3, 61A10
Served 3 months 15 days in Vietnam. Active duty ONLY from Feb 70 to June
71. UHC discharge
An obituary printed in the Jan. 10 edition stated that
the late Kenneth Delury, Sr. was a former Navy SEAL and POW survivor
who had served in Vietnam. Subsequent fact-checking failed to
confirm the SEAL and POW
claims. The Independent regrets the errors.
************************
This was printed prominently on the editorial page, in
an outlined box and highlighted with a gray
background.
Demears, Roland L
MA
#
Claims POW
.
Demontmollin,
George Louis Jr.
Tampa
07/2003
Claims POW - after being
refused POW care at one VA...he found it at another. Claims Army Special
Forces. Held March 68 - June 70, escaped with another (but he died).
DD214 shows POW medal.
.
Desmond, Chris
Ft Myers, FL/CT
.
POW 3 wks, escaped
.
Destelhorst, Robert Jr.
AKA Master Sergeant Robert E. Gibson
MD
1998
10/2009
Claims POW
He insists that existing records are incomplete
and that that the records to confirm his military history have
been lost by the Nat. Record Center in St. Louis.
Claimed TDY in Vietnam
Claims he was a US Navy SEAL
Claims agent orange exposure
Claims he was shot
Claims he learned to SCUBA dive in UDT school.
If questioned about his work in recruiting,
claims he single-handedly designed the forms and filing system for
DEPS and DEP losses, running the entire battalion by himself.
His father, Robert D. Destelhorst SR. is deceased, and
he too was vocal about his falsehoods regarding his
service.
Jr. seems to be attempting to 'one-up' him, even
after his righteous indignation over his own father's fabrications.
Claims former US Navy UDT/Seal team member, and a
former Vietnam POW, 3 tours in Vietnam
.
DeWeert,
Daniel Gordon
Lolo,
MT, now Missoula
406-721-4382
09/01
Claims POW,
Silver Star, VIETNAMESE Medal of Honor, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts,
"Jumper" Wings (WORN in public) USMC Walking Dead , one
of 4 (of 30) to make it out alive from Khe Sahn AND Americal Div.
MIA then captured, wanted for killed captors. He was
"classified."
Actual
shows USMC 66-70, reserves till 72. DOB 15 Nov 47. MOS CONSTRUCTION
DRAFTSMAN. NO Purple Hearts, NO Silver Star, NO Bronze Star, NO POW
Medal. Home of record Appleton, WI.
12/21/2005
Local WRAL TV had a spot tonight about one of Raleigh"s homeless
people. His name is Christian-Michelle Dickerson
and he claims to have graduated from college
at 14 and to have a PhD. Also claims to be a Marine 'Nam
Vet, former POW,
with a Bronze Star, 2(?) Silver Stars, and 4 Purple Hearts.
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On 21 Dec. 2005 WRAL TV ch. 5 in
Raleigh NC aired a news story on a most interesting homeless street
bum. Christian Michelle Dickerson told reporter Scott Mason that
he was a highly decorated Vietnam Vet, with 4 Purple Hearts and was a
POW. I E-mailed WRAL that Dickerson was a phony and chided them
for being so gullible. Mason responded that he had checked with
Dickerson, and the reason Dickerson's record is not public is that he
was in Special Operations, and his record is therefore classified.
I informed Mason that this was a typical lie told by phonies.
Mason promised to get more information and report back to me, but he
didn't. Could you please inform WRAL
that such phony stories are embarrassing to real veterans and should
be screened for accuracy? Thanks
Wednesday,
November 16, 2005 Tribe salutes
veterans By JEFF EDWARDS
Staff Reporter
A formerVietnamprisoner
of war was
given special recognition at a Veterans Day program Friday hosted by
the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Kenneth Dixon received a certificate of retirement on the amphitheater
stage across the street from Choctaw Central High School after almost
a lifetime of service in the Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force
reserves and the Army National Guard. During his time in the service,
Dixon was a field artillery man and a Naval gunfire spotter.
“I guess you could say I was right there in the middle of it,”
Dixon said.
Dixon was in the Marines in 1969 when he was taken prisoner
in Vietnam. He was a POW for nine months
before being rescued. He was also wounded three times in the
war.
Dixon is retiring effective Dec. 7.
A POW in the Vietnam conflict, Dixon continued in the service after
being released.
He was recognized Friday for being
“very active in the community in promoting veterans and armed
service.”
......
Dear Editors.
In reference to the article by Jeff Edwards, dated November
16th, titled Tribe Salutes Veterans.
No man named Kenneth Dixon was ever with any one of us,
the real surviving 661 POWs of the Vietnam War.
Nor is he known by the Department of Defense in
this regard. All 3,792 men missing or POWs are
listed on the DoD website at:
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the entire
community deserve an apology from Mr. Dixon. As an aside, if a
man lies about having been a POW, then you can
bet that he is lying about a lot of other things as well. For
instance, he says he served in the Marine
Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force reserves and the Army
National Guard. Now, that's a mouthful. I'll bet it is a
mouthful of nonsense. If you would be so
kind as to provide me with his address, I will be glad to provide you
with his military service record as held by the National Records
Center in St. Louis.
Veteran's medal mishap
19 January 2006
A WAR veteran who has wrongly worn two general services medals (GSM) for
the past 12 years has told how it was an innocent mistake.
Ex-Staff Sgt Alan Dobison, 65, appeared in the Gazette in November
wearing two GSMs at the Remembrance Day parade in Seahouses.
The picture has caused a stir because a person is only allowed to wear
one.
But Mr Dobison, of Seahouses, said he was incorrectly sent the second
medal when he applied for a replacement in 1994.
He said: "I am an expert soldier, not a medal expert.
"I have worn them in massive parades and ceremonial events and
nothing has been said until now."
Mr Dobison had a GSM with the Aden clasp but those recognising his work
in Borneo and Northern Ireland had been lost.
He wrote to the Ministry of Defence and was sent another GSM with the
clasp and his Mentioned in Dispatches award.
Mr Dobison said: "In 1994, thousands of people applied for medals
because the following year was the 50th anniversary and there was huge
parades all over the country.
"It was an administrative error on their part that I was sent
another medal and ignorance on my part."
He added: "I am annoyed that someone went behind my back and didn't
have the gumption to ask me about it face to face.
"It was an innocent mistake that could have cleared up in a
second."
The Gazette had received a letter and an e-mail about the medals and
many messages have been left on an army rumours internet site, where
there is a link to our site, www.northumberlandtoday.co.uk
The Special Air Service Regimental Association has written to Mr Dobison,
after being told about it by a member of the public, and acknowledges it
was a mistake.
A letter said: "I hope this matter is now closed." Mr Dobison served in the SAS from 1963 to 1975
and then joined the American Army. He was part of a team which went to
Vietnam to trace those who were missing in action.
He was captured and his knee smashed. He was awarded the American Purple
Heart.
Washington Soldiers Home -
POW, "POW pay", escaped after 10 months enroute to Hanoi. POW
status conferred by Congresswoman. Captured Jan 1966,
Charlie Co, 1st of the 8th Air Cav Mobile
.
Donavan,
Rosemary Elizabeth
aka Rosemary Hanney
South
Boston, MA
07/2005
Claims Navy (Viet Nam 1970-1975)
Shrapnel lodged in back (too close to spine for removal
w/o paralysis--like
a soap opera condition)
First female commissioned on the USS Constitution
Combat Photographer Viet Nam
Viet Nam POW (over 1 year in an inground hole/cage)
Escaped, hid in rice paddies for months before finding
US military to
return her to base
Took the photo (fall of Saigon) of the helo lifting off
with the person
dangling from the bottom.
Served
Feb 73 to August 73. Discharged an AN in the Navy.
Only award, National Defense Medal.
Transcript of court martial "not in file."
Spent entire time at NATTU, PNCLA, FLORIDA
Donnelly, Mike
CA
05/99
11/02
01/2006
USMC Force Recon 66-67
Held as a POW for 6 weeks
NOT to be confused with USMC
veteran,
SGT. Michael J. Donnelly USAR
Former L/Cpl Michael J. Donnelly
"Rabbit"
Dotson, Gene
.
July 99
Claims longest held POW
.
Dotson, George
Big Lake, MO
1993
POW, tortured, broke hands
deceased
Doughman, Chester A
MI
#
Claims POW
.
Doucette, John Louis
Family
in Vermont.
Arkansas or TX
Springfield,/Carthage, MO
June 99
05/2003
05/2005
06/2005
Claims POW 4 years (and KIA) and
Colonel or
five or six years as a POW; awarded an Air Force;
Distinguished Medal; a Purple Heart and a whole bunch of other
decorations.
2005 -- John Louis Doucette is still
passing himself off as former POW of the North Vietnamese. "He's
blowing smoke, but apparently there are some people who believe he is
telling the truth."
06/2005 Claiming POW and "many other
things"
records
indicate he received Air Medal and
was AWOL, but NOT captive
Doyle,
Mickey aka Doyle, Timothy M. aka McCartle, Thomas, Wm. aka McCartle, Tom
Illinois
Titusville
Marco Island FL
06/2001 10/2002
12/2002
12/2002
11/2007
USMC, 6yrs Hanoi Hilton.
Now claims shot down while delivering mail in a light
single, escaped and was shot by a 75 yr old farmer with a WWII rifle.
2007 - Doyle, Mickey who is listed on your site
as claiming to be a Vietnam vet is still at it. He is currently claiming
massive medical problems due to his heroism. Hi is currently working at
Erin's Isle Restaurant in Naples, Florida, and constantly bragging of
his patriotism as he enlisted in the USMC immediately after arriving
from Ireland. He says he was a fighter pilot, and is using the local VA
hospital for heart and other troubles, taking their free meds, and
actively flying out of the Marco Island Airport.
Illinois License Plates. Works flight
schools and aviation companies. Allegedly is good at falsifying
documents and fake invoices, and is accused of theft from same in
several instances. Several warrants believed to have been issued in
Illinois for his arrest.
Hang's out at Cathy O'Clarke's Irish Pub and Grille
on S. Collier Blvd - has worked as a server there. "Mickey's gently
lifting Irish brogue is enough to call a storm....." [The Marco
Review, Summer 2002 page 28]
Dreiman,
John Wayne
.
09/2007
JOHN W. DREIMAN John W. Dreiman, 58, 7616 S. Petersburg Road,
Monroe City, died 1:03 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Good
Samaritan Hospital. John was born May 28, 1949, in Gary, to Glen
Louis Sr. and Wanita (Higgins) Dreiman. John was a union coal miner, working at Old Ben
No. 2 and then Kendall No. 2. He was a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, the UMWA, and the NRA. A Navy Veteran
during the Vietnam War, John was a POW
who escaped from a North Vietnamese prison camp. Survivors include ... Burial will follow in
Alton Cemetery.
Claims POW, 5 years Hanoi
Hilton. Fiery plane crash. Claims "Col." and claims NAVY
Nurse,
burns all over legs. Claims the records are wrong.
.
Dula,
Joseph Calloway
Virginia/Oregon
10/2004
Joseph Calloway Dula, former Vietnam POW, Chief
Master Sergeant, USAF (Ret) of Canby, Oregon died on Tuesday October
5, 2004 at home. He was 69.
Service is Tuesday, Oct 12, 2004 from Canby Funeral
Home.
Obit was in Saturday, October 9, 2004, Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg,
VA.
==============================
The Oregonian: Joseph Calloway Dula
Sunday, October 10, 2004
A service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004,
in Willamette National Cemetery for Joseph Calloway Dula, who died
Oct. 5 at age 69.
Mr. Dula was born Oct. 11, 1934, in Williamsburg,
Va. He served in the Air Force in the Korean War and the Vietnam War,
where he served two tours of duty. He was awarded the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart and was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He moved to Canby
in the early 1970s and owned and operated Dula's Nursery. In 1987, he
married Mary J. Springer.
Survivors include his wife; son, Jody; daughter, Michelle;
stepdaughter, Lisa Taylor; stepson, Mike Stohr; mother, Fay Parr;
stepmother, Evelyn Dula; sister, Faye Hobbs; and five grandchildren.
Remembrances to a hospice of choice. Arrangements by Canby Funeral
Chapel.
Served in Vietnam, E9, MOS
27691
"Aerospace Control, Warning, and Electronic Countermeasures
Superintendent"
Duley, Petr aka Duley, Gerald Peter
ID
1998
Claims POW and so much more
Ret Navy Cmdr - Records
in hand indicate he played war games -
never captive.
Dumlao,
Arturo
aka Dumalo, Arturo
CA
01/2006
10/2006
Claims
POW and an ARMY ADVISOR with the 122 Ranger Group II Corp
Claims "Crew members" name was
Leroy Donovan, and "THEY" were both shot down and held
for six months.
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wall,” said a tearful Arturo Dumlao, a former. Army Ranger
advisor in the 2nd Corps, 122nd. Ranger Battalion. He pointed, then
slowly touched the gray-col- ... www.hnn.navy.mil/archives/990528/A-4528.pdf
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Bikers' leather vests tell stories of pride and pain
GUY
CLIFTON RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
Posted: 9/24/2006
Arturo Dumalo spent two years
in Vietnam and "five months and 28 days" as a prisoner of
war before he escaped.
He said he'll never forget the experience, nor
will he forget those prisoners still unaccounted for or those
servicemen and women who died in the Vietnam War.
It's a sentiment he wears, literally, on his back
-- a logo on the black leather vest he wears whenever he's riding
his motorcycle. This week, it's at the Street Vibrations motorcycle
event in downtown Reno. .......
It's certainly personal for Vietnam vet Dumalo.
This past May, he was one of 800,000 riders who
participated in the "Run to the Wall" motorcycle rally
that took him from his home in Colfax, Calif., to Los Angeles and
across the country to Washington, D.C.
Dumalo said he'll always wear a POW/MIA patch on
his vest.
"As long as they're not accounted for, I'll
make the run (to Washington, D.C.) every year, and I'll wear my
vest," he said.
Claims:
Ranger
school (67-68?)
Missions into Cambodia (Details about some are still
'classified')
Headed an LRP
Rescued two other POWs in Cambodia (Nov. 1969, before
Nixon sent troops into Cambodia 'legally')
Was captured on 2nd rescue attempt in Cambodia, all
other LRP members killed
Held in 'tiger-pit', naked for 4 weeks
Escaped with help from Cambodian boy
Ran through jungle to special forces base 60 miles
away (in 10 days)
Dr's at hospital in CA studied his infections to help
other POWs
Didn't start talking about it until 1997-ish until
post traumatic stress syndrome was really showing itself.
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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
RE: ANY NAME ON
THIS PAGE:If anyone has viable proof of their
captivity [or claims] which is accepted by the American Ax-POWs, NAM-POWs,
DoD and DMPO -
PLEASE contact us immediately. We will take
corrective action and work with them to be recognized for their sacrifice.
