THOSE CLAIMING MEDAL OF HONOR
NOTE: In 1996 HLI Lordship
Industries (at the time, the OFFICIAL USG contractor for the Medal of
Honor) admitted selling THREE HUNDRED unauthorized medals for $75.00
each from 1991-1994. They were fined $80,000. NOT ALL of those medals
have been recovered. Offenders in possession of an
unauthorized medal can be arrested, fined (up to $10,000) and jailed
(up to a year). It is the only military medal that CANNOT be bought,
sold, bartered, traded, collected, auctioned, exchanged.... EVERY
Medal of Honor is awarded by act of Congress. Less than 150 REAL Medal
of Honor recipients are alive today.
|
The
names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple
claims that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE.
|
K
|
| Name |
Date Reported |
Hometown |
Claims |
Findings |
| Kaczmarczyk,
Charles Chester
|
06/2008 |
TN |
http://tnjn.com/2008/apr/09/special-operations-air-force-c/
Despite a casual demeanor and relaxed speaking style, recently
retired Special Operations Air Force Chief, Chuck Kaczmarczyk, had a
captive audience of UT students in the Hodges Library as he told story
after story of about his role in special operations missions over the
past 30 years.......
ACTUAL
RECORDS
veteran commented, on May 12, 2008 at 3:56 p.m.:
To All,
This individual is not a retired CMSgt. He tried to do this once before
in New Hamsphire, was caught and then left the state. I will be
reporting this to the Fraud section "Stolen Valor Act". He is
a disgrace and this is an insult to all uniformed members both active
and retired.
#7
Veteran II commented, on May 13, 2008 at 3:07 p.m.:
I remember the New Hampshire incident involving this guy. Wasn't he a
Manchester firefighter who lost his job for suspicion of commiting acts
of Arson? I recall the newspaper articles said when they searched his
house he had a cabinet full of forged military medals and awards and was
in possession of stolen property from the old Pease Air Force Base.
#8
Veteran II commented, on May 13, 2008 at 3:11 p.m.:
THIS GUY IS A FRAUD! Here is a snipit from a July 2001 article in The
Union Leader newspaper:
Plea deal for firefighter implicated in fires
Author: NANCY MEERSMAN Union Leader Staff
Publication: New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
Page Number: b1
A Manchester firefighter charged with setting fires at the New Boston
satellite tracking station and possessing radios stolen from military
bases avoided jail yesterday by pleading guilty to a single felony.
Charles C. Kaczmarczyck, 47, 64 Bog Brook Road, New Boston, was
sentenced in Hillsborough County Superior Court to one year in the
county jail, suspended. He admitted possessing two hand-held radios that
belonged to the New Hampshire Air National Guard's air refueling unit
#9
Veteran III commented, on May 14, 2008 at 7:39 a.m.:
Do you ever check the background of your speakers? This man should be in
jail for what he did. He is not a retired CMSGT, nor did he do any of
the items that he claimed. I would think that a ROTC unit at a major
university would do a better job to bring the respectable speaker to
talk to impressible young adults. I’m a 23 year veteran of the
USAF and my son is currently active and just returned for Iraq and to
read what this fraud spoke about is an insult to my and every ones
service to their country. Next time, do a little more research before
letting someone talk.
|
| Kapono,
Clement |
. |
MO |
CLAIMING PURPLE HEART(S),
COMBAT
VFW
- EXPOSED - BACK
IN VFW 12/2001!!! |
Served in Germany, no
record of service in Korea or SF, Airborne. No Unit Citations, PH or CIB noted
in record. |
| Karczewski, |
09/2007 |
. |
Article is about 3/4 down the page
Speaking of the ursine... above is a cammo jacket worn until
last week by a Green Bay Wisconsin puke named Karczewski.
Wearing the cammo he attend a breakfast for the
MOH Recipients during last week's convention.
Unfortunately for him, Vietnam Medal of
Honor Recipient, Al Rascone noted the Combat Parachutist
Badge and the Combat Infantry Badge) and walked over to the former
soldier for a little chat.
Although not an official parachutist rating, any
soldier who completes an airborne jump into a combat zone
can wear the Combat Parachutist Badge.
Obviously, there aren't many men living today who
qualified with a combat jump.
Rascone peppered him with questions: "101st?
or 82nd?" "Where did you go to jump school?"
The impostor's story fell apart in a few minutes;
FBI Special Agents Tom Cattone and Mike Solomon
mosseyed over. "We can do this easy or we can do this hard?
You're lying; tell us the truth and you can leave us the jacket
walk away."
He came clean...far from being in Iraq, seeing
combat and getting wounded as he had claimed for some time, he had
washing out of the army in seven months due to some sort of
injury.
After what must have been the worst moment of his
life, what with a Medal of Honor Recipient, the FBI, Sheriff's
Department and several young soldiers and Mariners surrounding
him, he left without the jacket.
Two hours later: I'm in the hospitality room
trying to figure out the display of the obviously captured BDUs
which was signed by Rascone, Cattone and Solomon.
Guy next to me says, "There's a guy in my
VFW Post named Karczewski, but that couldn't be him."
Well, the story bothered him enough that he made
a cell phone call.
He listened and closed his eyes. "Sonofabitch",
he said, "it is him."
Seems that Karcz had lied his way into the
VFW and under his FFL had even acquired the M1 rifles for the
Post's honor guard.
'We always operated on the honor system."
The guy excused himself to make more calls.
One rat bastard down... several thousand, such as
the jackassess shown above, to go.
If you have a question about some vet who
"just doesn't seem right" and is far too boastful for
your tastes, or seems to claim more top combat awards that Audie
Murphy....
....... gimme a call 940-372-0078;
I got Cattone on speed dial.
Claiming or wearing fraudulent military
decorations is against federal law.
|
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| Kardes,
Leonard Martin II |
01/2007 |
MI |
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/UPDATE/701050464
January 5, 2007
Search continues for former Navy seal
Karen Bouffard / The Detroit News
An urgent land and air search has been under way near Traverse City for
a disoriented former Vietnam Navy Seal who
wandered away from his rural Fife Lake home Dec. 31.
Leonard "Marty" Kardes, 64, suffers disabling neurological
problems due to exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical the U.S. military
used to defoliate trees in Vietnamese jungles. He also suffers from
insulin-dependent diabetes.
U.S. Coast Guard and Michigan State Police helicopters are combing the
scenic landscape near Lake Michigan in hopes of finding Kardes, who
disappeared about 8:30 a.m. on New Year's Eve. Six police canine units
and scores of citizen volunteers also have aided in the search.
Michigan State Police Detective Mark Harris said Kardes was last seen
walking on a road about a half mile from his home. Kardes is described
as 6 feet 2 inches, 200 pounds, with blue eyes, and gray hair balding in
the middle.
He was wearing a red and black plaid pull-over jacket with big pockets
in front, a yellow T-shirt, and hiking boots.
"He's a Vietnam vet, a Navy Seal, but he's got some issues as a
result of his service," Harris said. "He was last seen on
foot. Most likely, (he's) contained in this area.
"If people own cottages, we want to make sure they're checking them
for us and report to the State Police any sign that somebody's been into
them, trying to get things for survival.
Amber Kardes, 26, said her father started acting confused about 10 days
ago, and was becoming increasingly disoriented. He
disappeared just hours before she planned to drive him to the Grand
Rapids Veteran Administration hospital for treatment.
"His head is very confused and disoriented right
now," said Kardes, a student at Lake Superior State University.
"(Doctors) agreed his state of mind was getting to where I should
probably take him down there."
You can reach Karen Bouffard at (734) 462-2206 or kbouffard@detnews.com.
|
From:
Steve Robinson [mailto:shadek@tri-lakes.net]
Sent: Saturday, January
06, 2007 7:36 AM
To: kbouffard@detnews.com
Subject: Missing man is
not a former US Navy SEAL
Dear
Ms. Bouffard,
I
am one of about a dozen men who hold a current copy of the SEAL database
and verifies/denies claims of military service as a US Navy SEAL. After
reading your article about the “missing SEAL” I checked the name you
cited; there are no records of anyone named Leonard Kardes having
completed UDT/SEAL training. There is a man with the last name KARR
listed in our database who completed training in 1969, but given the
average age of men who complete SEAL training, our man KARR would
probably be no older than 56-58 years old. Other than the vague
similarity between our man and the missing man’s name, there is no
evidence to support the notion that Kardes ever went through UDT/SEAL
training. There are several other names which begin with the alphabetic
letters “KAR”, but none of them come close enough for consideration.
I certainly hope Mr. Kardes is located alive and well. Perhaps then his
family and the VA can take steps to more accurately ascertain his true
military credentials.
A
man is missing, his family is distressed, and the community is
concerned… and your article specifically cited him as a former SEAL.
Now you have learned that his military credentials are incorrect. It
seems unlikely that his military claims are the result of confusion or
misunderstanding; the specifics about his claimed military unit must
have come from a family member since the man himself is missing. Yet
there is no evidence that his military claims of being a SEAL are valid.
I assure you that this is not an unusual situation; far from it. There
are countless examples of men making false military claims to bolster
their social reputation, and misleading their entire family as to the
true nature of their military service. I encourage you to do an archive
search online for “Justin McCauley” in articles appearing in the
SACRAMENTO BEE by a staff reporter named BOSLEY. McCauley falsely
claimed to be a SEAL, had his entire family convinced, and then managed
to get a newspaper article written about himself. A number of former
SEALs, including myself, contacted the paper and they went back for a
closer look at his claims. So did McCauley’s Navy superiors; they took
rather a dim view of his duplicity and arranged for harsh disciplinary
actions against the man. The BEE did an entire follow up article –
larger than the original – about the man being an imposter and fooling
his entire family… and their newspaper.
I
realize the difficult situation this information now creates for you,
and I have no expectations that you will publish a follow up exposé
such as appeared in the BEE. You are reporting on a missing man who is
in failing health. You certainly have no desire to upset his family or
anger the ‘general public’ by casting aspersions on a man who cannot
defend his claims at the present time. Perhaps when the man is found you
can ask some questions which will spur others to more closely examine
his credentials. Meanwhile, should you in future find yourself with an
opportunity to write another story about a Navy SEAL, please feel free
to contact me for verification of the man’s credentials. The problem
of military imposters has become such an epidemic in our nation that
Congress recently passed the Stolen Valor Act (S.1998), and it was
signed into law by President Bush on 20 December 2006. The act closes
loopholes in the existing sections/subsections of Title 18 of the US
Code related to false military claims and the display of unauthorized
medals/awards. Sadly the problem with military imposters is not a recent
phenomenon, but rather an ongoing and growing problem.
Very
respectfully,
Steve
Robinson
USN
1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL
Association
Special Operations Association
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval
Special Warfare Archives - SOF
Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled
American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER
Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
Author of the book NO
GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters |
| Kassab, Ralph |
. |
lives Joplin, MO met in Branson |
Claiming
SEAL |
. |
Keinzley, Jack
aka Robert Jack Keinzley |
08/2007 |
Masterton
New Zealand |
http://www.anzmi.net/keinzley/keinzley.html
A MUST READ!!
Claims Green Berets 1974 Navy
SEALS 1975-1980
Vietnam service- Served in Quang-Ngai
Seconded from NZ SAS (no year mentioned)
Occupation SBS Demolition Diver
Injuries sustained- broken back- hip-knee damage plus
body Shrapnel all from a Tree Grenade explosion.
|
NOT a SEAL. |
| Keisser, James William |
11/2006 |
. |
CLAIMS TO HAVE SERVED IN VIETNAM,
INJURED/ PURPLE HEART. THEN SERVED IN IRAQ FOR GOVERNMENT. |
NO
RECORD OF ANY military service. Born in 1966. |
| Kellar, William Owen |
. |
TX |
Claims Medal of Honor,
Navy Cross, Silver Star
CLAIMING 4 PURPLE HEARTS |
. |
| Keller,
Jason Eric |
10/2006 |
MI |
Jason
M/23
Livonia, MICHIGAN
Instant
Message
Send
Message |
Posted:
October 12, 2006 7:31 AM
I'd be offended if I knew what the hell you're saying.Plus I
was a navy seal buddy I'd dispose of you pretty quick fag
if we ever fought.
|
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=5747337 |
21
years old. |
| KELLER,
JOSEPH |
10/2009 |
CT |
'Awards' Story a Shock to Sailors
October 17, 2009
Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
Joseph Keller was "gang busters" when he joined the Navy
reserves in 2006.
Sailors from a Navy reserve unit in Groton, Conn., recall the
Delmar man as an ambitious teenager who won over older and
higher-ranked ship men with eagerness and hard work. The young Seaman
worked with personnel records in an office job, but also in the unit's
weapons department.
More experienced members of Inshore Boat Unit TWO TWO took a liking
to Keller because he deployed to Kuwait with them in 2007, even though
he told the unit that he was accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Md., to possibly become an officer.
"He was sort of the golden boy," said Sean Cox, 37, a
master chief.
But Keller's fellow Sailors now consider him persona non grata.
Members of the coastal warfare unit said this week that Keller
committed the unacceptable acts of lying about his military service
and medals. They expressed shock and anger at seeing recent pictures
of Keller, now 21, wearing the "fraudulent" awards and pins,
and strongly objected to Keller's recent formation of a Naval Sea
Cadet Corps in Saratoga Springs. That program was supposed to meet for
the first time today, but was officially deactivated by Cadet Corps
authorities Friday after they learned of Keller's past.
The Cadet Corps trains boys and girls ages 11 to 17 for possible
military careers, and Keller had worked with about 30 young cadets in
a separate Albany corps. But Navy officials said that his past
mistakes make him unsuitable for working with young cadets.
"This individual does not represent the core values of my
Navy: Honor, courage and commitment," said Lt. Commander David
Rewkowski, who served in the Navy with Keller and became suspicious of
his boasting.
Rewkowski, a 32-year-old graduate of the Naval Academy, said he
discovered that Keller lied about getting into the prestigious college
after Keller requested to leave Kuwait early so he could spend time
with his family before reporting to the academy. As part of Keller's
punishment, Navy officials disqualified him from wearing the coveted
Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist insignia, Rewkowski said.
Keller, however, was permitted to remain with his unit in Kuwait,
perhaps because of his work ethic.
Keller completed his eight-month tour of duty. But internal reviews
of the unit's records revealed that he forged the signatures of senior
Navy and Army officers and added citations to his record that he did
not deserve while working in the part-time administrative job in
Kuwait, Navy officials said.
A photo posted on the Internet in July shows Keller wearing the
warfare insignia that he was stripped of, a Coxswain pin and ribbons
that he never earned, officials say.
"He was discharged due to his fraudulent award entries in his
record that we found," Keller's former supervisor, Yeoman First
Class Danyell Rowland, 32, said.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service later investigated Keller
for allegedly stealing a tool set worth thousands of dollars from the
TWO TWO unit. No formal charges were filed, but the merchandise was
recovered from the garage of Keller's mother, Rewkowski said.
Navy officials are dumbfounded as to why the talented Seaman
allegedly lied about being accepted to the Naval Academy when he was
"almost a shoe-in" for it. They also are unsure of why he
awarded himself medals that he likely would have earned anyway.
Rewkowski thought that it "came down to ego and prestige."
Keller, a New Jersey native, had joined the Sea Cadets in the
Albany area as an 11- or 12-year-old. Reached by phone on Thursday, he
sounded contrite. "I understand the mistakes I made in service,
however, I do believe I am an excellent teacher, and have a lot to
offer to the Sea Cadets. My interest in the Sea Cadets is purely for
the cadets and the kids in the program."
But by Friday, Keller resigned from the Saratoga battalion and it
was dissolved, said Ed Sobieray, headquarter representative for the
Navy's Sea Cadet Corps.
"He feels he cannot do his job," Sobieray said. "If
we find a new leader, we will start it up again." Keller's
background was not researched prior to becoming commander of the
Saratoga cadets because of his extensive history in the program,
Sobieray said.
|
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| Kellett, Michael Calvin Jr |
. |
. |
CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS
|
Records
indicate he spent 03/69 until
discharge in 78 in SOUTH CAROLINA as Ammo tech. ONLY medal - OMCR |
| Kelly, Kevin Lee |
09/2003
02/2006
03/2009 |
Weston
FL |
Claims Silver Star and Purple Heart in SE Asia. Claims secret
mission, and records lost in the fire.
Jailed for “Stalking with Intent to …”
http://arrestinquiryweb.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/ArrestAndCharges.aspx?FirstName=KEVIN&MiddleName=LEE&LastName=KELLY&PID=371931&Arres
tNumber=1399633&BrowseLastName=Kelly&BrowseFirstName=Kevin&BrowseArrest=&BrowseArrestDate=&BrowseLastDayArrests=
 |
 |
Served
Aug 1968 to May 1971. Spec 5 at discharge.
Authorized awards and decorations: National Defense Service Medal; Expert
Badge/Auto Rifle; Vietnam Campaign Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Bronze
Star; 2 overseas Bars.
MOS Information Spec; Broadcast Spec (in Nam). Transcript
of Court Martial "not in file." |
| KELSON,
ATHELSTON |
09/2008 |
NY |
'Bling Bandit' no war hero, group says
Doubts surround serial bank robber's Vietnam Purple
Heart
BY MATTHEW CHAYES | matthew.chayes@newsday.com
- 9:25 PM EDT, September 22, 2008
When a retired New
York Police Department detective, Athelston Kelson, was charged last
month with a string of bank robberies in New York City and Nassau, his
status as a decorated veteran garnered him special sympathy.
Outside Queens
County Criminal Court, his friends and former colleagues detailed
Kelson's Vietnam-era honors in the U.S. Army, such as the Silver Star and
Purple Heart. Even police Commissioner Ray
Kelly mentioned the Purple Heart to reporters during a news
conference.
But now a private group specializing in exposing false claims of military
honors is raising questions about whether Kelson, 59, earned the medals.
POW Network, a Missouri-based
group that has identified more than 3,000 phony claims, obtained Kelson's
military records, which list other honors but not the Purple Heart and
Silver Star.
"He did indeed serve with distinction. He
completed a tour of duty in Vietnam," said Doug Sterner, a Vietnam
vet. "However, there is no record of any specific heroic combat
action, no Silver Star, no record of any combat wounds or award of the
Purple Heart."
Jaclyn Ostrowski, an archive specialist with the National Personnel
Records Center, the government agency that maintains U.S. military service
records, said if a person received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart,
records would note that.
The records obtained by POW Missouri do not.
Whatever medals Kelson earned, he is due back before a judge Friday in
Queens, where results of a court-ordered psychiatric exam will be
revealed. He is being held without bail.
The NYPD's
chief spokesman, Paul Browne, said he'd told Kelly last month about
Kelson's supposed Purple Heart after hearing about it from Kelson's former
colleagues.
Michael Palladino, president of the city detective's union, said he
learned of Kelson's military honors during a testimonial dinner for Kelson
when he retired from the NYPD. "If that record is now in question, it
is not a union matter and inappropriate for me to comment on," he
said.
It was one of Kelson's retirement gifts -- a ring with an NYPD shield
apparently worn during at least one heist -- that earned Kelson the
nickname the Bling Bandit and helped connect him to the robberies, police
said.
Kelson could not be reached and his attorney didn't return calls.
Reached yesterday, Kelson's mother, Hilda Kelson, said that while she has
his Bronze Star Medal -- which the records say he earned -- she hadn't
seen the Purple Heart or Silver Star. But she said she's sure he's earned
them.
===============================
'Bling Bandit' trial delayed, again
BY MATTHEW CHAYES | matthew.chayes@newsday.com
- 9:54 PM EDT, September 26, 2008
For the second time this month,
the conclusion of a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation of a former New
York police detective accused in a spree of bank robberies has been
delayed because the examiners at Bellevue Hospital Center need more
time.
Athelston Kelson, 60, of Central
Islip -- believed to be the so-called "Bling Bandit" -- is
suspected by police of committing at least nine bank jobs in Queens and
western Nassau this summer. He did not appear Friday before Queens
Criminal Court Judge Dorothy Chin-Brandt in Kew
Gardens.
His attorney, Harold B. Ramsey Jr., told that the judge he expects the
results of the psychiatric exam to be ready at Kelson's next court
appearance Oct. 15.
Kelson pleaded not guilty Aug. 29 in connection with the July 10 robbery
of a Chase bank in St.
Albans. There are arrest warrants against him for two bank robberies
in Nassau. He is also a suspect in six others in the region, and
authorities say they expect more charges against him.
Kelson's former NYPD
colleagues are baffled by the allegations against Kelson, a man who
served in Vietnam before more than three decades as a cop.
The nickname Bling Bandit arose out of the flashy jewelry the robber
wore during some of the heists, police said.
Ramsey said he has not investigated allegations made by a military group
that Kelson's supporters have exaggerated aspects of his Vietnam
service. The Missouri-based
group, POW Network, obtained Kelson's military records; the records do
not show that Kelson received the Purple Heart and Silver Star as his
supporters had claimed in the wake of the arrest.
Approached Friday outside the courtroom, a group of Kelson's family and
former colleagues declined to comment.
Ramsey himself had been one of the people -- along with detectives'
union leaders and even the police commissioner himself -- who were
disseminating information about Kelson's Vietnam record now being called
into question.
|
ACTUAL
RECORD |
| Kemper, John
"Jack" |
07/2006 |
Opelika,
Alabama |
Claims to be a member of the USMA Class of 1958
but is not listed in the Cullum List for graduates and former cadets
"because he attended USMA as a Captain, especially assigned from
Korea." USMA officials have denied ALL of this claim. He
also claims to be a retired BG. Again no record - BUT he did speak at
the graduating OCS class at Fort Benning several years ago. At the
graduation he claimed to be an OCS graduate, never naming the school, but
around town here he claimed he was commissioned IN KOREA, a battle field
commission for valor! Several people who knew him said that on the walls of
his living room were award certificates for MOH, LM, SS BS-V. ARCOM-V, from
Korea and Vietnam. Several Vets said they were NOT then official
certificates but the ones that can be purchase on line. Kemper's story
was that the originals were destroyed in a house fire several years ago. |
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KENT,
grafton loola
|
12/2008
08/2009
|
GA |
THE
TALE AND THE TRUTH
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| Keohane, Steve |
. |
Boston, MA |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... Class, missions, "classified", no team, rather
he was in a "battalion" in 82-83
|
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| Kerr, Keith |
11/2007 |
CA |
According to Col. Bill Campenni (USAF, ret), one of President
Bush’s squadron mates in the Texas Air National Guard, there is no
such thing as the California National Reserve of which Kerr claimed to
be a former member.
Campenni told HUMAN EVENTS that Kerr is not even a retired Army
General.
“He retired as a California Army National Guard colonel,” said
Campenni. “It is common at Guard retirement ceremonies to give an
honorary promotion to colonels to the STATE rank of Brigadier
General…[but] it has no meaning other than a fancy certificate for the
wall and use of the title at local Guard functions.”
Campenni said the rank of general is not federally recognized and
the title can not be used or the rank worn outside the state.
================================================
http://www.thegaymilitarytimes.com/Kerr.JPG
Keith Kerr, a onetime colonel in the Army who retired as a
brigadier general in the California National Guard, may
not have been recognized by the audience or the four
candidates who responded that current U.S. policy is sound.
Retired Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr, who is gay, had asked the
candidates why gays and lesbians shouldn't be allowed to serve
openly in the military. Kerr is a member of a steering committee
for Clinton on gay and lesbian issues.
=======================================================
Is there an "official" prohibition on the use of the
General Officer Flag? Curious that this phonie "army
general" uses a Navy-Air Force GO Flag contrasted with an
Army-Marine GO flag!
The
flag issue would seem to have some import, but probably just indicative
of this guy's military naiveté.
|
From Retired Brigadier General William Becker:
IN SPITE OF MY CURRENT DISTRACTIONS AT HOME I AM FORCED TO
ENTER THE PUBLIC ARENA TO EXPRESS MY OUTRAGE AT THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN
DEBATE AS
MANAGED BY CNN. GAY KEITH IS NOT A BRIGADIER GENERAL. HE IS
NOT EVEN AN ACTIVE DUTY RETIRED ARMY OFFICER. HE SPENT HIS YEARS AS A
RESERVIST
SOLELY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MILITARY BUREAUCRACY. HIS
BIO IS PUBLISHED IN THE GAY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO VOIDING THE
"DON'T ASK =
DON'T TELL" POLICY.
FOR DETAILS. YOU MUST NOTE THAT KERR WAS RETIRED FROM THE
INACTIVE ARMY RESERVES IN THE GRADE OF COLONEL. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A
FEW YEARS
SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY AS A LIEUTENANT HIS ENTIRE SERVICE
WAS IN THE RESERVES IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS PLACED IN RETIRED RESERVE STATUS
WITH THE
CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD RESERVES AND PROMOTED TO
BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THAT FEDERALLY UNRECOGNIZED STATUS.
THIS IS CONSIDERED AN "HONORARY" TITLE SIMILAR TO
THE PHD AWARDED BY UNIVERSITIES AS HONORARIUM. WE WOULD NEVER REFER TO
SUCH AWARDEES AS "DOCTOR". IT IS ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT HE WAS A
GRADUATE OF UC BERKELEY AND SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN ACADEMIA. HE HAS NO
COMBAT EXPERIENCE DURING HIS 43 YEARS OF "SERVICE" AND IT IS A
DISGRACE FOR HIM TO BE ASSOCIATED BY THE MEDIA WITH THE ACTIVE DUTY
MILITARY!!!!
THANKS FOR LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF WRATH OF THIS OLD
MILITARY AVIATOR.
BRIGADIER GENERAL BILL BECKER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE,
RETIRED COMBAT VETERAN WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
ACTUAL
RECORDS
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| Kessler, Howard James
"Rooster" |
2nd report 04/2002 |
Seligman AZ |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... POW SEAL <<Sunbeam214@aol.com>>
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| Keswick,
David Louis |
05/2005 |
Flint MI |
Claims Vietnam,
Special Forces, CIA......
|
Reserves.
Never left the states. Served in GA and MI. Clerk/Supply Sgt. |
| Ketron,
Michael James |
05/2005 |
Columbia
MO |
If
anyone runs across a Michael Ketron born in 1972 claiming to be Ranger
and Special Forces qualified. Be very careful.
He was only in service for 3 months and 20 days according to the VA....
had a job at Bobcat here in Columbia, and he stole several thousand of
dollars worth of equipment. Owes $6,025 plus $700 damages for a
rental units. He and family have rap sheet that got them arrested
several times this past week.
He will come to you as a GI fresh out of service with a sick son who has
cancer. All I can tell you is, I can steer you to 5 business that he has
ripped off since they hit town on 12/4/05.
|
If
you want look on Case.net look for Michael or Angela Ketron or her
maiden name was Vollmer...
http://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.do
|
| Kettinger, Daniel (E-Bay) |
. |
. |
Claims
Gulf War POW |
. |
|
Kidwell,
Billy Ray
Founder
www.VetsForJustice.com
|
08/2004
08/2008 |
. |
MY PERSONAL ARMY
RECORDS PROVE THAT I WAS IN THE 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP and that they were
based at Fort Bragg. That I was a Military Advisor with the 5th Special
Forces Group.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sherman Stephen wrote:
Kidwell may have been with 5th SFGA at Fort Bragg when they
returned in 1971 or before they left in 1965, but he was not
with 5th Group in Vietnam nor is he a member of the SFA or SOA.
Joe Oliver states:
Billy Ray Kidwell entered active duty with the Army in January, 1968.
In August of that year, he was disciplined for being AWOL from his unit for
four days.
In January of 1969, he was detailed to Vietnam as an automotive repairman.
While in Vietnam, he was disciplined for being AWOL for a day. He was also
reduced in rank from private first class to private for carrying a pistol
without authorization.
Kidwell left Vietnam and returned to the United States in December of 1969,
where his
disciplinary problems continued. He was disciplined for speeding, and then
for failing
to report to duty. In September 1970, he was charged with being AWOL
for several weeks during the summer, at which point he requested a discharge
in lieu of a court-martial.
The Army agreed, discharging him that October on "undesirable"
grounds. |
Kidwell's
VA appeals doc 1
Kidwell's VA
appeals doc 2
MORE KIDWELL |
Kimmey, Garry Paul
aka Garry Paul Mantooth |
01/2006 |
Lufkin,
TX |
Claim Vietnam
1968=1973. Claims Navy SEAL, secret missions.. |
Served
June 8 1972 - July 21, 1972.
NO AWARDS
NO TRAINING
Discharges as SEAMAN RECRUIT |
Kincaid/Kincade, Ronald
|
12/2006 |
White
Sands Manor #2
Fort Walton Beach, FL |
Claims
Medal of Honor |
. |
| King, Husan |
12/2001
01/2004
10/2004
11/2004
04/2006
05/2007
03/2008 |
Dallas, TX
Irvine CA
|
Claims Navy pilot,
shot down, ejected, caught and beaten. Held in cell for 46 days -
bones broken, held naked with 7 others in cell. 12/2001.....
AGAIN 01/2004 - Dayton, OH - He has a white Navy uniform
with Commander stripes and a star, a dark jacket with Captains
stripes and Continental wings. He claims he is 36 and flew F-18 in
the Gulf War in 1991, was shot down, ejected, captured by the
enemy, savagely beaten and held in captivity for some 46 days. He
claims he suffered broken bones, arms and legs, was eventually
transported by the Red Cross to a neighboring territory and then
to a military hospital in Germany. He claims he has been
"put" back together with metal plates, has no bone in
one foot, just artificial joints, has a damaged heart valve due to
all the beating and torture and hence had to leave his position
with Continental Airlines (a 757 Captain) due to high blood
pressure.
Has a Criminal record in California. Recently
evicted.
11/2004 - Claims he was shot down during the 1st Iraq
war. Said he was an F-18 fighter pilot and was shot down either the 8th
or 9th day after the war stared and was held as a POW for 42 - 43 days.
He was suppose to be a Lt. Commander of the Navy and attend the Naval
Academy (top Gun).
01/2005: On line pilot's data bases indicate he is a
powerplant/airframe MECHANIC
04/2006 - Reportedly under FAA investigation.
05/2007 - Reports state FAA decided he lied and will loose all
licenses.
03/2008 - All license' have been pulled.
Terminated from American airlines. He is still portraying
himself as a pilot on my space. Still wearing a captains
uniform. He is now living with his
parents in Irvine California, and working for his dad at Dick Church's
Restaurant in Irvine Ca.
|
| King, Lonnie Dale |
03/2003 |
. |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
Guest of State of Nebraska, Tecumseh State Correctional
Institute. Claims CORPS SEAL, Purple Heart, Korea Campaign Medal, Nam
Campaign Medal, NAV Medal of Honor.
|
. |
| Kipp, Frank
EDWARD |
2002
2003
2008
10/2008
|
VA |
CLAIMS
his home state was Penna., was a graduate of West Point and was in the
Army Air Force which was later named U. S. Air Force.
Claims
Korean War POW. Has
POW license plates -- Virginia
- 673N bearing POW insignia
USES
FALSIFIED DD214
ACTUAL RECORDS
|
....
found that he was not captured and only served in
Japan
and was not a
Korean veteran. He was not
a Col. but a Cpl. and we are waiting to
receive a copy of all of his medals.
He said he graduated
West Point
, but in checking
they have never heard of him. He
would be on their roster if he was ever admitted to that school.... |
| Kleppick, Richard |
. |
. |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
Africa, demolitions during 60's
|
. |
| KLINE, THOMAS |
01/2009 |
MD |
http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=216043&format=html
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/local/obit_detail.htm?obitID=25708
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS270US271&q=thomas+kline+medal+of+honor
* The Herald Mail, Hagerstown Md. 02/05/09
Thomas Kline, 83
*AUG. 31, 1925-FEB. 3, 2009*
Thomas Kline, 83, of Glenwood Ave., Hagerstown, Md., and
formerly of Wolfsville, Md., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at his
home.
Born Aug. 31, 1925, in Wolfsville, he was the son of the
late Austin L. and Mary E. (Winfield) Kline.
He was a member of Grossnickle Church of the Brethren in
Myersville, Md.
He was employed by Victor Products of Hagerstown and
Hennesey Products of Chambersburg, Pa.
*Thomas was a veteran of the United States Army 3rd
Armored Division, serving from November 1943 to November 1945 in the
European conflict of W.W.II. He was wounded in action in Cologne, Germany,
and spent seven months in hospitals in England and then transferred to
Augusta, Ga. Thomas was awarded the purple heart, the congressional medal of
honor and the good conduct medal among other medals.*
Thomas was an avid hunter. He particularly enjoyed hunting
grouse and was quite the expert at it. He loved spending time in the
mountains.
Thomas loved his family and enjoyed all of their special
times together. ...
Services will be held Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, at 1 p.m. from
the Grossnickle Church of the Brethren with the Rev. Randy Reid and Tim
Ritchey Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Grossnickle Church of the
Brethren Church Cemetery with military honors given at the graveside.
|
NOT NOTED AS A MEDAL
OF HONOR RECIPIENT BY HISTORIANS |
| Knapp, Donald E. |
07/2005 |
. |
http://www.bcstandard.com/News/2002/0612/Obituaries/034.html
Donald E. Knapp, Sr.
Mr. Donald E. Knapp, Sr., 71, passed away on
Monday, June 3, 2002. He was an eight year veteran of the Army and served in
the Korean Conflict where he was a two time recipient of the Purple Heart
and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor....Funeral
services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2002, in the Chapel of
Arlington Park Funeral Home, 6920 Lone Star Road, Jacksonville, Florida,
with Dr. Anthony Fox officiating. The family received friends from 6:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Entombment followed the
service in Arlington Park Cemetery.
|
| Knowles, John D. |
11/2007 |
. |
Was active duty during the Gulf
War - but never saw combat or Iraq. He led a tragic life during and after
leaving the military and he died the same way in January
2007.
The obit
claimed he served in Iraq when he died. Yet
another
http://www.verdevalleynews.com
http://verdeindependent.1upsoftware.com/main.asp?SectionID=10
quote:
The newspaper so far refuses to correct the
information, despite having been furnished the truth in the form you
posted and other facts. We are now making a request to the military
for John's entire military records. The newspaper won't even
print a letter to the editor offering equal time.
If you find it
appropriate to include, it should be noted his family furnished this
false information despite requests from his kids not to do so. They know
very well he didn't serve in Iraq, he couldn't have.
end quote
|
His DD214
|
| Koch, Karl Joseph |
. |
. |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
SEAL/POW, may own "restaurant in Virgin
Islands", fluent in Arabic....
|
NO records found |
| KOLER,
CLARK |
Last
seen in Kentucky.
Please notify us
if you know where he is. |
12/2008 |
Claims:
11 PH's, 3 Silver Stars, 1 POW and
more, served in the 80's.
|
. |
| Koltzan, William C. Jr.
"Billy" |
. |
Los Angeles, CA |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
SEAL/Army
|
(actual
- "Other than Honorable" for the good of the Navy - repeated
misconduct) |
| KOPPLE, BILL |
01/2009 |
NC |
Teenagers
accused of stealing 71-year-old man's cash and candy
Gaston
Gazette - Gastonia,NC,USA
Retired Navy Seal Bill Kopple
was watching the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles battle the Minnesota Vikings with
a friend Sunday night. ...
or here
|
Dear
POW Network,
If
the name provided in the news article is spelled correctly, I do NOT
find a listing in the SEAL Database (end of WWII to the Present Day) for
anyone named WILLIAM
“BILL” KOPPLE.
I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar
pronunciations without finding any that might be applicable.
Unless
he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for
which there would be evidence in the form of court documentation) since his
claimed attendance at Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, and
based upon the information you have provided, I
can state conclusively that WILLIAM “BILL” KOPPLE has NEVER COMPLETED
UDT/SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL or a Navy
UDT “Frogman”.
If
the man’s age has been accurately cited (71) then he must have been born
about 1937, which means that he would not have been of military age until
1955. Even if he was able to enter the military at a slightly younger age,
his claimed military service still falls into the parameters of the UDT SEAL
Database (end of WWII to the Present Day). There have only been a scant
handful of men in the Naval Special Warfare community who have served for 40
years as is claimed in the news article. Mr. KOPPLE
certainly isn’t one of them.
It
is quite common for those making fraudulent
Navy UDT “Frogman” or Navy SEAL claims to cite a
“secret” training class, “special selection and skills which allowed
them to bypass BUD/S training”, or “secret missions” as an explanation
for the lack of military documentation to back up their stories. UDT
“Frogman” and SEAL imposters also tend to claim their
military records are “sealed” and cannot be accessed. Occasionally
inventive imposters claim their records were destroyed in a fire at the
National
Personnel
Records
Center
. While that facility did experience a fire
in the 1970s, no Navy records were involved, damaged, or
destroyed. Despite
anything Mr. KOPPLE
might have told the reporter,
there are NO secret SEALs. Before any classified operations may be
undertaken, a man must first successfully complete the totally unclassified
BUD/S Training program; the names of all those who successfully graduate
from that training program are compiled in the SEAL database. Later
participation in classified operations has no impact on whether or not a
person is listed as a graduate of the training program. No one gets to the
SEAL Teams without completing BUD/S training; there are NO EXCEPTIONS! The
graduates of that training program are listed in the SEAL database – an
unclassified document which is nonetheless considered “highly sensitive”
and therefore not available for general public circulation. There are
records of every man who has qualified for the title of “SEAL”; there
have been and will continue to be secret operations
and taskings, but there are NO secret “Frogmen”
or SEALs… we know them all.
If I can be
of any further assistance to you in this matter, please contact me at your
convenience.
Respectfully,
Steve
Robinson RM2(SEAL)
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association -
Member
POW Network Board of Directors
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org - Webmaster
Author - NO
GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
|
| Kovick, William |
06/2005 |
Michigan |
Huron
Daily Tribune
05/31/2005
Remembering the fallen
... A
group of veterans shared stories in Caseville......
Congressional
Medal of Honor recipient and highly decorated Chief Warrant Officer, William
Kovick, was a special speaker Monday at the Port Elizabeth Marina and Yacht
Club’s Blessing of the Fleet in Caseville, hosted by Christopher Cristiano
who co-owns the marina with his mother, Judith Mendelsohn....
©Huron Daily
Tribune 2005
"The
FBI is all over this guy. Apparently
he wore the medal to the service. As
soon as they were notified they were sending an agent to his home.... "
---------------------------
Saturday, June 25, 2005JOE SNAPPERTHE SAGINAW NEWS
CASEVILLE -- He wore the nation's most prestigious military service medal
as proudly as he did illegally.
A 78-year-old Caseville man and former member of the U.S. Navy could face
federal charges of wearing the five top U.S. Armed Services medals --
which he never earned, the FBI said.
William Kovic, pictured in the Huron Daily Tribune in full military dress
with his medals glinting sharply on Memorial Day, turned over the hardware
to federal agents this week.
Kovic admitted he bought the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1977 for
$500. Photos show him wearing it, which is a criminal misdemeanor, said
FBI Special Agent Steve Flattery, who paid Kovic a visit Thursday.
Kovic also admitted mail-ordering the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star
and Purple Heart medals -- the next four most prestigious encomiums --
which he wore along with the Medal of Honor, said Flattery, from the FBI's
Bay City office.
Ordering and owning unearned medals is legal. Wearing or selling them is
not. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Bay City is pondering charges, Flattery
said.
It a rare soldier who can wear a Medal of Honor. Just more than 120 people
are authorized to do so. While more than 3,400 have been awarded since the
Civil War, just 851 of them have come since the start of World War II, and
525 of those were posthumous decorations.
It is given expressly "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at
the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, in actual combat
against an armed enemy force."
Recipients get higher pay, preferences for their children at military
academies and typically are saluted by all other service members -- even
the President of the United States as Commander-in-Chief.
Flattery said several veterans groups have called him in the past couple
of weeks to express fury over Kovic's posturing.
The callers were "livid," said Flattery, who has sent the medals
to the FBI in Detroit. "It's a big deal. Veterans are really upset.
"He was going to all these parades in these dress uniforms,"
Flattery said. "It's pretty nasty."
A Daily Huron Tribune reporter tipped off the FBI after Kovic delivered a
speech Memorial Day at the Blessing of the Boats in Caseville, Flattery
said.
Federal agents had contacted Kovic in past years to inquire about the
medals, but he had told investigators he'd gotten rid of them, Flattery
said.
The case was the first of its kind for the Bay City office, Flattery said,
but the medal-wearing impostor is not uncommon.
A West Patterson, N.J.-based FBI special agent, Thomas A. Cottone Jr., has
prosecuted more than 100 since the government began aggressive enforcement
of military medal laws around 1995.
A Class A Misdemeanor makes it illegal to wear an unearned Medal of Honor.
Penalties include up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
Cottone exposed the Pentagon's private contractor, Lordship Industries of
Long Island, N.Y., as the producer of hundreds of fake Medals of Honor.
The company pleaded guilty to illegally selling 300 of them, paid fines
and lost government contract bids for 15 years, Cottone said.
An agent of 33 years, Cottone has spent the past decade developing a
specialty in pursuing these military medal frauds.
He said most exposed impostors -- they have included a judge and even
high-ranking military officials -- typically are punished more by
embarrassment than any criminal prosecution.
But criminal charges are fitting in "aggravated" cases, which
the circumstance of Kovic's situation seem to fit, although Cottone said
he could not comment specifically on the case.
"They all know what they're doing," Cottone said. "They get
something out of it. In many cases it's financial. In many cases it's
recognition they normally wouldn't warrant.
"There should be absolutely no sympathy for these guys."
A Saginaw News call to Kovic's home at Oakwood Senior Citizens Housing,
6905 North Caseville, went unreturned Friday.
Flattery said Kovic's neighbors at the complex described him as a
well-liked handyman.
Joe Snapper is a staff writer for The Saginaw News. You may reach him at
776-9715
© 2005 Saginaw News. Used with permission
|
| KRAMER, DONALD |
10/2009 |
IL |
Wal-Mart lets off suspected
thieves
October 26, 2009
Donald Kramer found out something new about Wal-Mart a couple of
weeks ago. Luckily for him, he learned the store will not press charges
against senior citizens accused of shoplifting.
More on that later.
First, Kramer's story.
On Oct. 10, Kramer went to the Wal-Mart in Country Club Hills with his
pal Stephen Sachs.
Kramer, 76, has lived in South Holland
the past 40 years. He is a Korean War veteran and a former prisoner of war
who served in the Marines and the Air Force.
He said Sachs, 65, is an Air Force veteran who lives in Harvey.
Kramer said they met several years ago working as volunteers through
the Disabled American Veterans organization in Chicago.
While he rehabilitates from a broken leg, Kramer has been using a
motorized wheelchair.
When they went to shop at Wal-Mart on that fateful Saturday, Sachs
walked behind him. Kramer said unbeknownst to him, Sachs was stuffing
items into a pouch on the back of his wheelchair.
It's not like the two were walking off with the electronics department.
According to a Country Club Hills police report, the two men heisted
candy, razor blades, two bottles of cologne, sunglasses and chicken cubes.
The combined total of the items: $54.31.
When Kramer and Sachs were exiting the store, a security guard
approached them.
"The guy asked me, 'Don't you want to come back in?' " Kramer
said. "I didn't know what was going on. He told me, 'We got your
buddy.' "
The cops were called.
The store and the police could have thrown the book at Kramer and
Sachs, but they didn't. Kramer said he was handed a copy of the Illinois
law concerning retail theft and told to leave.
"They said I could go home," he said. "The police told
me they were not going to press charges."
When I visited Kramer at his home last week, he steadfastly insisted he
had nothing to do with the supposedly stolen items.
"I had no reason to do anything like that when I had a whole
pocketful of money," he said. "I'm a homeowner."
He then walked me to his garage to show me a Honda minivan outfitted
with a wheelchair lift. A destitute man, he is not.
Why the break?
A manager of the Country Club Hills store said he would look up the
rules concerning shoplifting and senior citizens and call me back. He did
not call me back.
And a Wal-Mart corporate spokeswoman would not share the criteria for
seeking prosecution against theft in its stores.
"We typically don't discuss our security measures and policies. As
soon as we do, the store becomes less secure," she said. "The
bad guys watch TV and read the newspaper, too."
But in 2006, several news accounts based on leaked internal Wal-Mart
memos show the company did institute a new approach to dealing with
shoplifters. Under the new rules, the nation's largest retailer would not
litigate against shoplifting unless the accused are between 18 and 65 and
caught stealing merchandise worth at least $25.
The retooled procedures followed a wave of bad publicity about
grandmothers getting busted for inadvertently leaving with minor stuff
from Wal-Marts.
For years, the stores famously followed a zero-tolerance policy set by
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, who awarded employee bonuses based on theft
rates. Walton also believed that sternly cracking down on thieves was one
of the means of keeping his prices lower than the competition's.
Wal-Mart reversed its stance by focusing on employees - who, as in most
businesses - were having the most success with stealing.
Police also were growing tired of being sent to Wal-Mart for every pack
of gum that went missing from the shelves.
Kramer said Sachs is his friend. He will continue to be his friend. But
Kramer insists he had no idea what was going through Sachs' mind that day.
"Really, I don't know anything," he said. "I don't know
why he would do something like that. I just didn't want to be in the
middle of it."
Sachs did not return several phone messages seeking comment. He also
did not respond to a written request for comment left at his residence.
Country Club Hills police did detain Sachs briefly, according to their
report on the incident. But when Sachs explained he was on medication for
a history of heart trouble, police also let him go with a warning once
they determined he had no criminal record.
Wal-Mart is known for breaking unions, destroying small businesses by
undercutting prices and paying its employees miniscule wages on the march
to global dominance.
Whatever the company's motivations with shoplifters, I know that its
Country Club Hills store spared a couple of old veterans the hassle and
the indignity of trying to explain in court why they were accused of
stealing some stupid things.
|
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009
09:09:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: LLOYD W PATE
Subject: Re: Fwd: Donald V. Kramer: Korean War POW?
To: "P.O.W. Network - Chuck and Mary Schantag" <info@pownetwork.org>
I have nothing on him.
Pate
Korean War Ex-POW
|
| KREGEL, DENNIS K |
04/2009 |
NY,
CT, VA |
CLAIMS:
"Tabbed with no specific class number. Instructors were
allowed / encouraged to attend as many schools as needed. Attended / passed
in various cycles in 89. TDY'd with 3rd Ranger Bat but never offically
assigned. Instructors TDY'd all over with. Also TDY's with the "School
of the America's" (we called it school of the amigo's) and was part of
the Red Cloud Range demostration team. I understand if this doesn't qualify
and I have never claimed "Ranger" status but completed all I
needed and was allowed to wear a beret and tabbed."
Primary Infabtry Instructor US Army Infantry School
including Victory Pond and Camp Darby 87-90 oh yeah and that fun little trip
down Panama way to get Manual.
|
.
|
| Kucinkas, Vincent Joseph |
11/2007 |
CA |
The
fairy tale
|
ACTUAL
RECORDS
|
| Kunich, George
THOMAS |
07/2006
07/2007 |
NY |
Claims SEAL TEAM 6
|
.
|
Kutz
Norman
Norman Kutz |
Round
2 05/2001 |
North
Carolina |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
SEAL/Assassin
|
. |
TN Veterans Affairs commented, on June 15, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.:
I forgot to mention that this veteran is rated as 100% Permanently and Totally (P&T) Disabled. If you have never heard of a DD215, it is an "official" correction of a DD214. This veteran has so many corrections to his records that the Air Force Military Personnel Center (AFMPC) had to issue a completely new DD214 because of all the "official" corrections. Of course it's easier to throw stones and make accusations rather than find current and accurate data. If you are truly veterans, you should all be ashamed. OBTW, I was in the audience and just to set the record straight, he was speaking of Marcus Luttrell, the SEAL team member who lost three (3) of his comrades because of the sheep herder incident. It was NOT an incident that happened during the first Gulf War. This decorated veteran is the "real deal" and I challenge any one of you to dispute (with accuracy) 2 Purple Hearts, 17 Air Medals, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, Bronze Star, and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with 4 Service Stars. I have his records, I'll defend him, I have verified everything in his VA file. Put brain in gear before putting fingers to keyboard. Any challenges? Bring it on!!