S [2]
WI
07/01
02/2004
dob 1946
Hangs out at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and testifies to his POW experience as causing drug and alcohol problems.
Cpl Slayton served from 02/09/68 thru 08/30/68. He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal w 2; Vietnam Campaign Medal w/device; Presidential Unit Citation; Purple Heart Medal.
(left town after being exposed)
When Danny Pitzer's name appeared in the POW Quarterly, Slough asked me what "Tiger Cage" meant when they reflected Danny's incarceration location in VN. At one time, he actually headed up the AM EX POW Chapter in Redding/Shasta County.
Claims
Capt.
Service years: 1976-1996
Date of POW award: 1996
Previously
he had claimed the Medal of Honor AND the Navy Cross .....
aka "Bluefeather"
aka "Smitty"
AL
GA
routinely travels for pow wows
06/2007
02/2008
07/2008
2007 - Claims captured by the Viet Cong while on patrol. He and several others were being marched North to a prison camp when a helicopter gun ship spotted them and started shooting. According to this man, four of the nine were killed in the melee and the rest escaped and returned to their unit. For years this man has been honored by his fellow veterans and by others in the powwow circle. And yet he continues to profess that your organization has made a mistake and that the real story of his capture "slipped through the cracks".
2004
- Claims to have been held in a "tiger cage", as were his comrades. He was an only survivor...the other men lay dead and in various stages of decomposition in other "tiger cages".
- Claims he was sexually tortured by his captors, including a woman
- Claims he was held captive for 2 1/2 months, but the military says he was only held for 15 days, therefore, he can not be recognized as a POW.
- Claims he was issued a Purple Heart and a Medal of Honor. He further says that in a moment of anger he threw both medals into the Mekong Delta (or the ocean.)
- Claims PTSD due to his being a POW.
- Claims his DD214 shows him as a POW.
Discharged as a "SN".
He served in San Diego, on the USS Midway, and at the Naval Air Station in CA.
He completed a defensive driving course in the service, and was administratively discharged after time in Subic Bay Navy Hosp and Temp Duty at Treasure Island.
While records indicate he served in Vietnam, there is NO Purple Heart, NO POW status, NO Medal of Honor authorized. Transcript of court-martial trial "not in file."
At POW/MIA ceremonies in the past HE was the guest of honor.
Tinker personnel turn out to put Habitat home into shape
John and Anthanetta Smith help build a house for
themselves, with major help from Tinker Air Force Base volunteers
and Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity. Ann Felton, Central
Oklahoma Habitat's chief executive, is at right. The house is at
322 N Allen St. just west of downtown Oklahoma City. by
paul b. southerland, THE OKLAHOMAN
When he returned to the United States, his homes were fixer-uppers, sometimes to the extreme.
Smith, now 60, is about to move into his first new home, a Habitat for Humanity house built by military and civilian employees of Tinker Air Force Base. They are working through a volunteer organization called Tinker Top-3.
"I had kind of lost my faith in my fellow man, until some guys from Tinker took it upon themselves to build a house for me, an old beat-up, shot-up vet like me,” Smith said. "For them to take the time to build a home, to me, is unbelievable. It really touches me deep, deep inside.”
Smith, who grew up in Louisiana and Texas, was 17 when he volunteered to fight in Vietnam. Two years later, in 1969, his helicopter was shot down. The Viet Cong captured him and imprisoned him in a bamboo cage.
After nearly four years, when he was about to be executed, the little Vietnamese girl who brought him food left his cage open so he could escape, Smith said.
He returned to the United States, where he was met by war protesters. One young blonde threw red paint on his clothes and yelled, "Baby killer!”
"I held on to those pants for years. I don't know why, really. I finally let go,” Smith said.
He later lost his right eye as a result of injuries suffered in the war, he said....
EXPOSED AS PHONY SEAL August 5, 2008
USES Madison, AL, VA outreach clinic.
STATED "I was a POW in Vietnam for five years."
"Oh, I'm not a joiner of anything - wasn't well received by the VFW when I can home, blah blah..... CLAIMED captured just after advisors were put in South Vietnam, 1964, and release in 1969 somewhere by the DMZ. ... "it's all a big blur you know blah blah..."
"We have been unable to locate ANY information that would help us verify the veteran's military status." National Personnel Records Center
Dept
of Def prelim information:
SMITH TONY G
AR E06 96B4O C
Hint: never tell your tales to a REAL ex-POW.
June 2004
08/2005
2005: Claims Major in the Marines and being a pilot. Had all the old stories too. Claims he had a tattoo and had to have it bleached off because he was an officer and he wasn't allowed to have it.
enlisted Third Class Electronics Technician (ET3) at discharge.
Employed by Ken-Tool, North Ridgeville, Ohio.
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:30:03 -0400
From: "Gary F. Smolka" <gsmolka@kentool.com>
To: <info@pownetwork.org>
Snee, Ted
aka Shee
aka Sull
FL
11/2006
age 48
Lake Pk GA
03/2006
2006 - This report is QUOTED:
03/2008
Claims he killed Ho Chi Minh and got caught. Became a POW in laos in a hole in the ground. He and another guy escaped. The other POW died. He claims he got the Navy Cross and MOH.
Claims PTSD. Claims he "killed people in Vietnam. He stated that he had killed a man for a half teaspoon of rice and had no qualms about it." Claims brain tumor, diabetes, MS and chronic pain. Threatened suicide.
Admitted to police he lied about military service and captivity. Then claimed he was an accountant for DoD.
01/2006
S. Dakota
08/2006
CALIF
10/2006
Long Beach
04/2005
AGAIN 04/2005
08/2006
10/2006
05/2007
At 4/16/2005 12:02 PM -0700, you wrote:
I was introduced to a man claiming to be a Vietnam veteran who claimed to be a Navy SEAL team leader in Vietnam and was a POW for 4 yrs and 3 days. As a POW the enemy pulled off all his finger nails and toe nails (his fingernails are all missing, I never saw him without shoes on so I can't vouch for his toenails being gone). He also claims that the enemy plucked several of his teeth out and showed me several gold crowns in his upper and lower jaws. Claims he has cancer from Agent Orange and that he receives treatment at the VA and does not have to wait in line because of his Navy SEAL Lt. rank. He claims to be a Native American holy man (medicine man) from the Linlit (spelling??) tribe of Alaska. I was asked if this man could stay at a home I have for disabled people and I said no problem. He was to stay for a couple of days because he was worn out from his cancer and needed a couple days rest. He stayed for approx 2 1/2 weeks during which time he captured my interest with the medicine man routine and my respect and gratitude for fighting and suffering in a war, (thank you from depth of my soul to all the men and women who have put their lives on the line for this country and its people, I honor each and every one of you whether you are still hear with us or watching over from heaven. Thank you) So I let him stay and told him he was welcome for as long as he needed a place. Then some things didn't add up and I decided to surf the internet for info on Navy SEAL team leaders. What I found was this website and the phony list. I was shocked to say the least. So just to make sure I called a phone number provided and spoke to a gentleman at the Dept of Defense POW/MIA Dept. and was told that Timothy Star or Timothy North Star was never a POW. I went straight home and confronted my war hero (who by the way claims he escaped from the prison camp) and said "Hey North Star I spoke with a man today from the Department of Defense and they want you to call them right away. Apparently you escaped from a POW camp that they are completely unaware of and now that you have surfaced they want to see you so that they can get your comrades out of there right away. So here is the phone and the number ...he stared at me...I told him he had three choices. call the number in the morning so any prisoners that may still be there are freed or help me understand why you found it necessary to lie to me and con me with your bullsxxt or be gone when I wake up. He chose to be gone when I woke up. WARNING to all, this man Timothy Star goes by the name of North Star and claims to be a Holly Man (medicine man) he got me for $200.00 and almost another $750.00 that he promised to pay back after he returned from Red Lake after he and the other medicine men were done burning the dead children from the shooting that took place there a few weeks ago. He returned the clothes and misc things I had given to him and left with a Smith and Wesson hunting knife and a one way bus voucher to South Dakota (I canceled the bus ticket). The last word is that he called a friend of mine on 4-16-05 from 605-584-4672. Don't let this man con you and get your money or possessions and if anyone sees him....let him know that you know he is a FAKE! the Piece of S#%T!
Hey North Star....Make your amends and set your self free...I will pray for you Star.
========================..... met a man named Timothy North Star Monday 4/18 and 4/19 in Rapid City, SD at an AA club. He told us all the same story someone reported to you on 4/16/05, with an addition of being the pipe organ pianist for Rev. Billy Graham at one time and the organist for St. James Episcopal Church on Wilshire Blvd. LA....A Navy Seal as he claims and a POW and being decorated with purple hearts, bronze cluster and a Navy Cross in 1972 by Pres. Nixon He claims to be a medicine man from Juno Alaska of the Klingit tribe.
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08/2006 - This is to update your entry on Timothy North Star. He is living in southern California and he is still claiming to be a former Navy SEAL and Vietnam POW.Timothy North Star is living in the greater Los Angeles area. You see him occasionally at local pow-wow's and claims to be undergoing cancer treatment in Santa Monica. Besides still claiming to be a former Navy sea officer, a Vietnam POW, and Navy Cross winner, he arrived in LA with many original sacred items from S. Dakota. These I saw myself and they were originals not fakes, and we were wondering who in their right mind would allow Tim North Star to carry some other family's medician like that.
No Lakota that I know of would every allow a non Lakota to bear such items. So we think they might have been stolen or taken by other means and sold here in LA. If anyone who reads this has knowledge of what was taken then you should use this info to help in maybe tracking it down and returning to the proper family. CONTACT US10/2006
He claims to be a Native American Indian from the Klingit tribe in Juneau Alaska (he even demonstrated some of his own dialect for me). Same stories as from the others here. only additional information was that he has a wife (Nancy?), a boy, and a set of twin girls. he also claims to have adopted a boy from his sister (?) who had died in a car accident or something. He came to our church and claimed to have been in the area to speak at a conference. He did have a pack of old pictures showing him in white naval attire with lots of medals on his chest. Dark hair, 5' 11".
Wears POW medal and American Ex-POWs cap.... NOT a member!!
David Brian Stegmaier
Served Jan 1978 - Nov 1983 and May 1984 to April 1989. Sgt.
Stationed Ft Rucker to Ft Dix to Ft Devens to Ft Huachuca to Germay to
Ft Bliss.
Telecommunications Operator, Crypto Material NCO, Reproduction Machine
Operator//
Training - Motor Pool/Auto/GM Headstart
aka
Stewart, James Fredrick
aka
Dr. Fred Stewart
Illinois
2007 St. Augustine, TX
08/2003
10/2003
04/2004
06/2004
He has told different people that he was tortured in a Vietnam prison. Bamboo sticks were stuck under his finger nails and etc.
His son, Freddie, held a (taped) revival when he was in Collinsville and said from the pulpit "you would never believe that my dad was a Navy Seal".
When questioned in the fall of 2003, the "Pastor" stated:
1) I am not going to attempt to prove something that happened 30 years ago, I know I was captive for 22 days, and
2) due to my stomach problems, my records are in "judication", therefore your organization cannot verify my claim.
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On February 2, 2004 Mr. Stewart
called claiming he had JUST been made aware of this posting. He
stated that he never said anything attributed to him. He
was never a SEAL, never a POW, never did anything to earn
the Navy Cross. The reports HAD to be from a disgruntled family
that was no longer with his church. Stewart left the Collinsville area in
April for "health reasons" and returned to Louisiana. |
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Stewart served in Navy from Jan 1969
until Feb 1972. His MOS was CYN0000 (Communications Yeoman)
2007 - BROWN CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR BRO. FRED STEWART HWY 87S RIGHT ON FM 353, 936-288-0193 |
Hi
I'm the man that sold you the Vietnam lighter. I bought that lighter in Vietnam in either 66 [1966] or 67 [1967] and had it engraved there.
I served with the combat engineers in Nam. I was (TDY temporary duty) most of my year in Nam. I travelled with the 11th Cav [11th Armored Cavalry Regiment]. I drove a lowboy truck with a Cat [Caterpillar] or a front loader on the trailer. I was awarded a Purple Heart, a Silver Star and I was a POW [Prisoner of War]. I escaped. I was sprayed many times with Agent Orange and got Type II Diabetes because of it. I retired at age 57 in 03 [2003] and had a stroke in 04 [2004]. It affected my left side. I walk with a cane or walker. I worked as a heavy equipment operator most of my life. I receive social security disability, veterans disability and regular retirement from my job with Lane County in Eugene, OR.
I had a garage sale and then had my neighbor lady sell some of the leftovers on eBay.
Hope you like the lighter.
Roy Stone
endquote
NY
By: Ryan Sabalow, Journal Staff Writer
Friday, March 4, 2005 11:13 AM PST
While lying on the floor listening to the sound of 30 homeless men, women and children sleep beside me at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Roseville, I thought back to a phrase I heard touted over and over that day: "Many of us are just one paycheck away."...
And everyone was concerned about the health of a surprisingly chipper 64-year-old transient named Ronald Storie, who after a lifetime riding the rails, carried an oxygen tank after four heart attacks and the loss of one lung.
(I learned Thursday that Storie, after serving in Korea and being a prisoner of war for a year and a half in Vietnam, finally got a place to live, thanks to the Placer County social workers who volunteer their time at The Gathering Inn.)....
The Journal's Ryan Sabalow can be reached at ryans@goldcountrymedia.com.
aka Larry Estrada
aka Lawrence Lee Estrada
05/2007
07/2007
07/2007 - Currently,
he is going around to hotels in the Round Rock, Texas area pretending to
be on leave from Iraq and using that to obtain discounted room rates. ...
Claims he has been hired by Haliburton and is working as a private
contractor. Apparently the group he was with (all 52 of them) were
killed and he was the only survivor. He was shot in the neck and
they had to remove the bullet in Hamburg. He's on his way to train
a new group of PFC's...
Supposedly he will be talking to his contacts in Langley to get the
information on THIS web site taken down.
aka"Capt Dave"
Phoenix, AZ
Mesa, AZ
Chandler, AZ
Alamosa, CO
3rd report 04/02
4th report 07/2002
AGAIN
11/2003
Again 12/2004
06/2005
04/02 - Mesa VFW 1760 holding NEW LIFE membership awaiting guidance from National VFW.
06/04/02 - NO help from National. 1760 REFUSED life membership card. Strank transferred his life membership to POST 7401 Chandler, AZ.
2003 - Now claims 9 Purple Hearts, 9 Silver Stars.
NAM POWS denies POW status.
Not on Pentagon PMSEA.
THANK YOU VFW POST 1760!!!!!
Basic at Ft. Knox. Stationed New Mexico and Germany. Medical Discharge
E4
"he was never in the Vietnam war. He was never in any war ..... He has now told lies to the local newspaper saying he has 9 Purple Hearts and nine Silver Stars among other medals .....he has disgraced veterans from all over the world to satisfy his sick mind".... 11/2003
Newspaper to do correction/retraction per phone conversation 11/15/03.
.... posted a note on his high school entry at
Classmates.com informing all that his story was a complete fabrication..
Last reported: "he was living in Mesa,
Arizona, was (allegedly) collecting money illegally from the VA, had a
couple of sets of phoney documents..."
Strank served from Aug 15 1960 to Aug 23 1962 as a Nuclear Weapons Maint Tech. He was an SP4. ONLY awards are Marksman Badge and National Defense Service Medal. He was stationed in Wash DC; Germany; New Jersey; OK, New Mexico and KY.
2nd report 08/2001
04/2007
05/2008
Claim #2: Commander Seal Team 2, 5 Purple Hearts, 2 SS, POW Cambodia 18 months, flew F-15's, assassin, code name White Rabbit. SEAL Tattoo. Vietnam to Grenada
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Has civil/DUI probation actions pending.
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Active Warrant
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information.
Please contact the Monroe County Sheriff's Office if you have any
information concerning these persons.
If you wish to remain anonymous contact CrimeStoppers of the Florida
Keys at crimestoppers@keysso.net
or 1-800-346-TIPS(8477).
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If you have any questions regarding these warrants, please contact the
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STRINGER , JOHN WILLIAM
DoB:06/30/1951 Age:55 Race: W Sex: M Height: 5'11" Weight: 185 Hair: BRO Eyes: BLU
Last Known Address: 8774 FAIRVIEW OAKS LANE LONG TREE , CO 80124
Charges:
1 Felony Count(s) of 812.13.1
ROBBERY
Warrant #MCSO06ARR010727 Issued:
12/05/2006 Bond Amount: $75000
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JOHN WILLIAM
STRINGER
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04/2003
Orlando FL Newspapers, TODAY show.
Ray and Charles
Check the WALL for Charles.... you won't find him.
09/2003
Only Duty Stations TX and CO
formerly of Tarrant County, TX
06/2003
06/2003 - Even when confronted by co-workers with his lies - he claimed he has "documentation at home..."
Has VA POW ID card - BUT it may be an ALTERED ID card. Suknot does NOT have a service connected disability, nor is he noted as a POW according to sources at the VA where he was reported for fraud.
09/01
Riceville Rd, Ashville, NC
07/2003
12/2003
07/2003 Moving and changing fire departments quite often. He claims to now be in Asheville F.D. He claims he was at ground zero for 2 months. Claims he is an instructor at the Buncombe County Fire Academy
aka Sultana Craig E.
03/2003
03/2004
06/2005
THE REST OF THE STORY including the esposé.
"E5 SULTANA, CRAIG E. entered the Army from California in June 1970 and got out 21 November 1978 during which time he spent at least one tour in Vietnam with an MOS of 64C4O which is Motor Transport Operator. His name is not on the POW list.