ERIC A DE BOER
http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=122886977



 

http://www.eagletribune.com/archivesearch/local_story_033030325.html

Rock guitarist was aware of imposter:

KINGSTON — Prior to his death Jan. 9, Kingston resident Eric "Rick" de Boer had some convinced he was the eye-patch-wearing guitarist Rich Williams from the rock band Kansas....

...The Eagle-Tribune’s obituary department flagged de Boer’s obituary and learned Williams wasn’t a famous rocker but was a 57-year-old ex-Marine who served in the Vietnam War, including four years as a POW.....


 http://cjonline.com/stories/020409/bre_richwilliams.shtml

Kansas guitarist still alive and picking

Rich Williams bears no ill will against Vietnam vet who for years impersonated him
NEVER A POW

 

No man named de Boar was ever with any one of us, the real 661 surviving POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of Defense in this regard.  The obit must have reflected lies he  told his family.
 
The real POWs and MIAs are listed on the official DoD website at:  http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
 
 Mike McGrath
 

 


Kansas imposter not POW either
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka,KS,USA
Not so, say Mary and Chuck Schantag, of the POW Network. They and others e-mailed The Capital-Journal to report de Boer’s name isn’t among those on the ...