ROBERT L. Deppe

NO MILITARY RECORDS COULD BE FOUND AT NPRC

Veterans of Foreign Wars Chapter 2015 "Commander Robert Deppe."

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:NOFNbBwkonkJ:lakeconews.com/content/view/10435/764/+%22Robert+Deppe%22&cd=23&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us


 2008 - POST COMMANDER  - JOY MADEIROS VFW POST 2015 - Lakeport, CA area 

2008 - Business in BRANSON, MISSOURI 

Claims Staff Sergeant (E-6)
United States Army (1971-1974)

SILVER STAR - BRONZE STAR - PURPLE HEART

http://www.vfwpost2015.com/robert.html 

  • Co H (Ranger), 75th Inf, 3rd Bgd (Separate) (ABN), 1st Cav Div
  • Task Force "Garry Owen" Provincial 1st Cav Div (Airmobile)
  • Rangers Lead The Way
  • 1st Infantry Training Brigade, Ft. Benning, (Last Assignment)

I arrived in South Vietnam in December, 1971. I was assigned to the infamous H Company, 1st Cavalry Division Reconnaissance unit, as a member of Ranger Team 78. We replaced the departing elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
I was honored to attend an unofficial Recondo school because Project Delta had (supposedly?) ceased its operations and departed RVN on the 30th of June 1970, with the Recondo school officially closing on the 31st of December 1970. During its operational time the MACV-RECONDO school graduated 3,357 troops from a total of 5,395 who attended its courses. Due to this fact I never received an official recondo patch but I was given an in-country one.
After recondo training I was assigned to Fire Support Base Spudis which was more well know when it was named Fiddlers Green with coordinates YT943268. The Fire Support Base as Fiddlers Green opened on 12/30/71 and as Spudis it opened on 03/07/72.
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02/17/2008

The ORIGINAL tale.  Note the awards listed.

Currently Mr. Deppe has posted what is believed to be a a totally fictitious "war story" concerning his service as a member of H Company 75th Rangers with the 1st Cav Division in Vietnam. This tale is posted on several web sites:
 
http://www.cliftonsecuritysystems.com/NEW/story.html
and
http://ncoc.home.mchsi.com/story.html

Interestingly, the story on these sites appears to be an extended version or enhancement of the story listed on your "heroes or villains" site  incorporated into this new version of the story Mr. Deppe has lifted portions of stories posted on the web site of the LRRP/RANGERS OF THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.


http://www.geocities.com/coh75thranger/index.html  (if that fails, click HERE)
 
In these postings Mr. Deppe claims to have been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart for his "courageous" actions with the Rangers.
 
We know that these postings are new and not related to the issue in 2005, because at least two of the three stories he plagiarized to enhance his story, were not written and posted until 2007.
 
Astoundingly, it appears that he has copied correspondence from and to Mr. Larry Curtis (president of the 1st Cav. Lrrp/Ranger Association) and Mr. Bill Anton (75th RRA Representative to the 1st Cav. Lrrp/Ranger Association). This correspondence appears in the notation on the "heroes or villains" site in which Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Anton refute all of Mr. Deppe's claims. This correspondence has been "reworded"  so that it appears to be an endorsement from both men of Mr. Deppe's story, his credentials as a LRRP/Ranger, and even calling him a "hero". The exact opposite of what they wrote and what is posted...
 
He has posted these false endorsements with his story on: www.geocities.com/coh75thrangers/index.html
Along with purported copies of citations to accompany his medals, and alleged statement of Mr. Anton verifying the authenticity of the medals and citations, again just the opposite of Mr. Anton's actual statements.  

A good bit of his tale is plagiarized directly from a letter posted by Scott Hancock in the Unit Guest book October 7th 2007.

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If you read down go to the sidebars indicating the medals he was awarded, click on the "Bronze Star" and it takes you to a copy of the Heroes or Villains list maintained by the POW Network, at:  http://users.cwnet.com/aljoy/phonies/phonies1057.htm.   This appears to be a bogus copy of the Heroes or Villains list containing the altered correspondence from Curtis and Anton, making it appear that he was checked out and that it was determined that he was legit.

The actual list maintained by the POW Network and the actual correspondence from Bill and Larry can be seen at:
http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies1057.htm  (THE PAGE YOU ARE READING  N O W.

Member of VFW POST 2015

For photos: http://www.vfwpost2015.com/officers.html

He is supposedly the service officer for the VFW post.

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Larry:

Please confirm that this individual was NOT a member of H/75. I went through the roster you sent me in Jan and could not find this guy. This guy Deppe also said he came to H/75 in Dec 71 - I was there during this time and through the end of April 72 and I don't remember this guy. I don't ever remember H/75 fighting in the battle of Khontoum - that was in II Corps. Yes, we did work III Corps and the Easter Offensive of 72 in An Loc and Loc Ninh. Seems this guy went to some books and did some creative writing.

Additionally - the photos are NOTHING of what I remember of what our unit AO looked like in Bien Hoa.

See the bottom of this message for some bogus Silver Star and Bronze Star Orders. This guy needs to be exposed!

Bill Anton
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You will find the comments of Larry Curtis, our H/75 Assn President as well as my comments.

I would like to add that the "bogus" set of orders for a Silver Star and Bronze Star are inaccurate. The correct designation for our unit was:
Co. H (Ranger), 75th Inf (Abn)

- since all paratroopers were on hazardous duty orders and drew additional pay for this. If you see what he has it is incorrect.

Additionally, there would be NO reason for MACV to cut orders for these Valor awards, since our unit and the 1st CAV were part of USARV - NOT MACV, and the orders would have been cut from the 1st Cavalry Division.

The photos are a "dream of his. They do NOT reflect anything close to what our compound looked like in 1971-1972. I was there at the time that this "wannabe" said he was in our unit and I have NO recollection of him at all.

RLTW,

Bill Anton
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Bill:  Deppe is not on our roster and I can't find anybody who knows him.  I did find one of the picture on our web site but its from 1970 not 71-or72
 
Larry
 

 

 

 

 

 

Bronze Star Document used by Robert Deppe 

 


10 April 1972
GENERAL ORDERS
NUMBER 1923
AWARD OF THE BRONZE STAR

 


TC 439. The following AWARD is announced.
DEPPE, ROBERT CORPORAL U.S. Army, Company H (Ranger), 75th Infantry (Rangers), 
3rd Brigade (Separate), 1st Cavalry Division, APO 96490
Awarded: Bronze Star Medal
Date of action: 10 April 1972
Theater: Republic of Vietnam
Authority: By direction of the President, under the provisions of the Act of 
Congress, approved 9 July 1918.


REASON: 
For gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict 
with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: Corporal Deppe 
distinguished himself on 10 April 1972 while serving as Squad Leader for Ranger 
Team 78. Deppe's squad were on a reconnaissance mission near the An Khe Pass at 
a stream called the Dak Po in Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam. An ambush 
site was set up with the four teams south of and parallel to Route 19. Corporal 
Deppe, the patrol leader looked out of the grass to see how many NVA soldiers 
there were. Based on this and the possibility that the NVA force was larger than 
the patrol could handle, Corporal Deppe made the decision to ambush the front of 
the column. As the first three men of the element exhausted their first 
magazines, Corporal Deppe immediately recognized the danger caused by the lull 
in firing and rushed to the position, firing his own weapon and throwing 
fragmentation grenades. As the team withdrew from the position, he remained in 
his position and continued his fire, covering the team’s withdrawal. By holding 
the enemy at bay his fellow soldiers were able to escape without injury. When he 
attempted to rejoin his team, he was hit by enemy fire, which wounded him in the 
left leg. While wounded, Corporal Deppe carried SP4 Jaime Pacheco, leader of 
fire team 75 to safety in a nearby ravine. His actions gave the team the 
precious time they needed to reach safety. He promptly called in an evacuation 
for the wounded. Corporal Deppe's gallantry in action and devotion to duty, were 
in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great 
credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.



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THE ACTUAL TRUE AWARD COPIED BY DEPPE

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Headquarters, U S Army/Vietnam/MACV Support Command

 

APO San Francisco 96375

19 August 1972

GENERAL ORDERS

NUMBER 1923

AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR

TC 439. The following AWARD is announced posthumously.

 

PACHECO, JAIME SPECIALIST FOUR U.S. Army, Company H (Ranger), 75th Infantry, 3d Brigade (Separate), 1st Cavalry Division, APO 96490

Awarded: Silver Star

 

Date of action: 25 May 1972

Theater: Republic of Vietnam

 

Authority: By direction of the President, under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved 9 July 1918.

REASON:

For gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam : Specialist Four Pacheco distinguished himself on 25 May 1972 while serving as medic on a Ranger Team which was on a reconnaissance mission in Tan Uyen Province , Republic of Vietnam . Specialist Pacheco walked as rear scout for a four man point reconnaissance element when the element discovered an enemy bunker complex. As the first three men of the element exhausted their first magazines, Specialist Pacheco immediately recognized the danger caused by the lull in firing and rushed the bunkers firing his own weapon and throwing fragmentation grenades. As the team withdrew from the bunker complex, he remained in his position and continued to throw a total of twelve fragmentation grenades, covering the team's withdrawal. By holding the enemy at bay his fellow soldiers were able to escape without injury. When he attempted to rejoin his team, he was hit by enemy fire which wounded him fatally. His actions gave the team the precious time they needed to reach safety. Specialist Pacheco's gallantry in action and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.

 

FOR THE COMMANDER:

 

HAROLD H. DUNWOODY

 

Brigadier General , US Army

Acting Chief of Staff

 

 

A TRUE COPY

 

Silver Star Document for Robert Deppe 


Headquarters, U S Army/Vietnam/MACV Support Command
APO San Francisco 2061 



12 May 1972
GENERAL ORDERS
NUMBER 2061
AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR
TC 439. The following AWARD is announced.
DEPPE, ROBERT L. 323-50-0750 United States Army, Company H (Ranger), 75th 
Infantry (Rangers),3rd Brigade (Separate), 1st Cavalry Division, APO 96490
Awarded: Silver Star
Date of action: 12 May 1972
Theater: Republic of Vietnam
Authority: By direction of the President, under the provisions of the Act of 
Congress, approved 9 July 1918.
REASON: 
For gallantry in action while engaged in military operations against an armed 
hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: Corporal Deppe distinguished himself 
on 12 May 1972, while serving as Squad Leader on Ranger Team 78 which was on a 
reconnaissance mission in the Ia Drang Valley,Kontum Province, Republic of 
Vietnam. During the late afternoon, an estimated company sized element of the 
North Vietnamese Army ambushed the platoon patrol. Throughout the ensuing 
battle, Corporal Deppe directed a suppressive volume of retaliatory fire on the 
enemy positions as he repeatedly exposed himself to the intense hostile rocket, 
machine gun, and small arms fire. Realizing that the point man and platoon 
sergeant had been incapacitated with the first volley of unfriendly fire and had 
left a huge gap in the friendly line, Corporal Deppe moved through the bullet 
swept area to fill this gap. Shortly after reaching this position he noticed 
several seriously wounded all around him. After calling in aid for the wounded 
he directed a suppressive volume of retaliatory fire on the enemy positions. 
Corporal Deppe then proceeded up the ridge with an M-79 grenade launcher and 
frag grenades and destroyed the enemy machine gun bunker and crew. Corporal 
Deppe’s gallantry in action and devotion to duty, were in keeping with the 
highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon 
himself, his unit and the United States Army. 


C.A. STANPIEL
Colonel. ACC
Adjutant General 

L.H. SCHWEITER
MG US ARMY
Chief of Staff 

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DECEMBER 2008

 

IN THE LIFE OF A RANGER

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 Anyway I did some further Googling and came up with some connections you may not have. Info below.
 
 
I can hardly believe it! Evidently he is again in good graces and is now the commander at the VFW post 2015. At least that's what currently pops up on their current website here: http://www.vfwpost2015.com/officers-2.html His mug photo is just labeled "Robert" and it is him. 

JOY MADEIROS VFW POST 2015
Post Office Box 744
Lakeport, CA 95453

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One of the other Google search links where I found him was here:
 
VFW Post 2015 
Lakeport Disposal | Robert Deppe Silver Star | Clear Lake Performing Arts | Christian Center School | VFW Post 2015 | Robert L. Deppe | Santa Barbara County ...
www.clearlakeperformingarts.org/VFW/ - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
 
That site is still active here: http://clearlakeperformingarts.org/aboutus.html However...
 
Going to the Wayback Machine site for that URL here you'll find that he is listed as the webmaster or his company was:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://clearlakeperformingarts.org ( use Dec 08, 2006 cache)
 
Look at the center bottom on this link: http://web.archive.org/web/20061208112018/http://www.clearlakeperformingarts.org/index.html
 
<SNIP>
Web site design by
Robert Deppe Internet Services
VFW Post 2015 - VFW 2015 - Allen's Furniture Lakeport CA - Branson MO - Allen's Furniture - Branson Showtown - Lake County Farm Bureau
 

Now right click and "copy shortcut" the address from  Robert Deppe Internet Services . Pasting that will provide you with his website of:

http://web.archive.org/web/20061208112018/http://www.showtown.net/rd (I'm guessing the "rd" would be his initials)

Now lets go to WHOIS and look up the owner without using the "rd" extension.

http://whois.domaintools.com/showtown.net and who do we have below? (by the way he is heavily involved in your Branson, MO area

read the data at http://www.showtown.net/

 

 
Website Title: Branson Showtown USA - City Guide - Travel And Tourism

 
Related Sites: bosnia-hotel.com, bostonhotelsandguide.com, bournemouth-hotel.co.uk, boutiquehotelsandresorts.com, boutiquelodging.com, bransonconnection.com, discoverynet.com, lodgesatmaplecreek.com, netcontrol.net

 
Registrant Search: "Robert Deppe" owns about 3 other domains
Email Search: is associated with about 870 domains
Registrar History: 2 registrars
NS History: 6 changes on 4 unique name servers over 4 years.
IP History: 7 changes on 5 unique name servers over 4 years.
Whois History: 10 records have been archived since 2000-11-03.
Dedicated Hosting: showtown.net is hosted on a dedicated server.

Whois Record

Registrant:
 Robert Deppe
 Showtown.Net
 302 North Brush
 Lakeport, Califormia 95453
 US

 Domain name: SHOWTOWN.NET

 Administrative Contact:
    Deppe, Robert  
    Showtown.Net
    302 North Brush
    Lakeport, Califormia 95453
    US
    +1.7072636729
 Technical Contact:
    Administration, DNS  
    PMB 262
    8918 West 21st Street North, Suite 200
    Wichita, KS 67205-1880
    US
    +1.3167294684    Fax: +1.3167215875

 Registration Service Provider:
    MetaPros Website Solutions, 
    +1.3167294684
    +1.3168583387 (fax)
    http://www.metapros.net

 Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
 Record last updated on 06-Dec-2007.
 Record expires on 14-Dec-2008.
 Record created on 15-Dec-1997.

 Registrar Domain Name Help Center:
    http://domainhelp.tucows.com

 Domain servers in listed order:
    NS2.METAPROS.NET   
    NS.METAPROS.NET   

 Domain status: clientDeleteProhibited
                clientTransferProhibited
                clientUpdateProhibited

 

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Now lets check out Deppe's email address listed above: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=robert@showtown.net&btnG=Search

Well. well, well, what do we have here? Note that the telephone number in red below is NOT a Branson, MO phone #...it corresponds with Deppe's home location in CA. Well check that number out later down below.

 

Copyright © by Computers At Ease Internet Service ®. All rights reserved.
P. O. Box 1587, Lucerne, California 95453
Contact us at: webmaster@computeratease.com or 707-274-2861

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The WHOIS search on http://whois.domaintools.com/computeratease.com

Registry Data

Whois Server: whois.verisign-grs.com

Server Data

Domain Status: Deleted And Available Again

DomainTools Exclusive

Registrar History: 3 registrars with 2 drops.
NS History: 16 changes on 9 unique name servers over 6 years.
IP History: 6 changes on 5 unique name servers over 4 years.
Monitor Domain: Set Free Alerts on computeratease.com

he must have dropped that URL?

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http://www.whitepages.com/10583/search/ReversePhone?full_phone=707-274-2861&localtime=survey

(707) 274-2861

Type: Land LineProvider: Pacific BellLocation: Nice, CA
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Now lets check out the phone number Deppe uses for his Branson, MO address:
 
Street Address: 338 Bramble Lane Branson, MO 65616. Local Phone: (707) 274-2888. Toll Free: Fax:. Email: robert@showtown.net ...
 
And what about that address: looks to be a residence to me on the map. 
 
Travel Guide: Branson Showtown USA - Branson, MO - TravelingUSA.com 
Street Address: 338 Bramble Lane Branson, MO 65616. Local Phone: (707) 274-2888. Toll Free: Fax:. Email: robert@showtown.net ...
www.travelingusa.com/business/bransonshowtown/index.html?from_cat= Travel%20Planning - 45k - Cached - Similar pages
 
http://www.travelingusa.com/business/bransonshowtown/index.html?from_cat=Travel%20Planning
 
Branson Showtown USA

Street Address:
338 Bramble Lane
Branson, MO 65616

Local Phone: (707) 274-2888
Toll Free:
Fax:

Email: robert@showtown.net

Branson Missouri Visitor Center, travel and tourism, lodging, attractions, show tickets, and vacations.