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Semper Fib: Stolen Valor and Forged Documents

by Steve Balm••58


Go big or go home!

Finally, we get an individual that steps up to the plate and checks off all the boxes. Forged DD-214, photos of him in combat zone, full USMC dress blue uniform, medals, Membership in Marine Corps League, high enlisted rank, rescuing comrade from a burning car, etc.

Scamouflage: How a disgraced Maricopa Marine conned his way to the top
By Elias Weiss -Jul 6, 2023

Entangled in a web of lies, a former Marine in Maricopa has found himself ensnared in the sticky grip of stolen valor accusations. Like a black widow spinning artificial silk, his own web has become his prison.

“This is f*cking r*tarded,” Billy Zinnerman told InMaricopa this morning.

For Zinnerman — who falsely purports to be a retired sergeant major of the U.S. Marine Corps decorated with the most portentous service medals — it’s time to pay the piper.

The Bronze Star dangling next to the brass buttons of his midnight-blue jacket? The American War Memorial Library says he never received one. Museum-quality Bronze Star replicas are plentiful on the online marketplace, where they can sell for just $10.

Zinnerman has been crafting and advancing his spurious saga since at least 2010, when, ironically, he pontificated about moral upstanding on PBS’ bygone Ethics NewsWeekly. In retrospect, it was a scintilla of credibility that metastasized into a whole new identity for Zinnerman.

Suddenly, he was no longer a low-ranking pawn with a lengthy criminal record, booted from the service amid accusations of repeated misconduct. He was a war hero and Maricopa City Council hopeful, and he intended to keep it that way.

Then…

Zinnerman said he was a gunnery sergeant in Iraq in the years leading up to 9/11, leading a unit that identified targets for laser-guided missiles. Public records paint a different picture of Zinnerman at that time — one of a career criminal in Los Angeles.

By 2002, Zinnerman had been charged with nearly two dozen felony counts of burglary and theft, among other things. He was convicted at least four times, public records show.

The records also suggest that Zinnerman never left southern California between 1980 and his reputed retirement in 2002.

Then, finally…

“You know what, I did have that one [other than honorable] discharge. I know what they’re talking about in 1980,” Zinnerman said. “I do remember that now. I’m just having a hard time with my memory.”

So there you have it – he misremembered everything. Drugs impaired his memory. He’s a victim.

Now that he realizes that his memory failed him, I wonder what he’ll do with that ‘I Love Me’ wall?

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58 thoughts on “Semper Fib: Stolen Valor and Forged Documents”

    2. Yes, asshole indeed. Lots of thievery, layered upon each other with this individual. Among the thefts was treatment that should have been extended to someone who was the real deal. 

      Billy Zinnerman, phony war veteran, phony retired Marine, phony sergeant major, was discharged as a private first class. As readers of this website know, stolen valor is the rancid cherry on top of a poop sundae. So, to assist future internet searchers on this fellow, I recommend that posts mentioning him on this thread identify him as a phony war veteran, phony retired Marine, a phony sergeant major, etc.

      1. Let’s see if I’ve got this right, thebesig…

        The f*cking r*etarded individual known as Billy Zinnerman is a Valor Thieving POS.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a Retired SgtMaj of the USMC.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a War Veteran.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a career criminal.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS standing on the bodies and in the blood of people who were War Veterans.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known forger of Documents.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known con artist.

        Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is to be reviled as the POS that Billy Zinnerman is now known to be.

        Type his name…Billy Zinnerman…be a witness to his sh^tbaggery.

        I hereby make a motion that the Valor Thief, Billy Zinnerman, be awarded a Deployment of the TAH As(s)teroid of Insults!

        Can I get a SECOND and an AYE?

        1. Here’s your second and a second run of your your post! Billy, the internet is forever and we’re here to help!

          Let’s see if I’ve got this right, thebesig…
          The f*cking r*etarded individual known as Billy Zinnerman is a Valor Thieving POS.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a Retired SgtMaj of the USMC.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a War Veteran.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a career criminal.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS standing on the bodies and in the blood of people who were War Veterans.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known forger of Documents.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known con artist.
          Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is to be reviled as the POS that Billy Zinnerman is now known to be.
          Type his name…Billy Zinnerman…be a witness to his sh^tbaggery.
          I hereby make a motion that the Valor Thief, Billy Zinnerman, be awarded a Deployment of the TAH As(s)teroid of Insults!
          Can I get a SECOND and an AYE?

          1. Let’s see if I’ve got this right, thebesig…
            The f*cking r*etarded individual known as Billy Zinnerman is a Valor Thieving POS.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a Retired SgtMaj of the USMC.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a War Veteran.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a career criminal.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS standing on the bodies and in the blood of people who were War Veterans.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known forger of Documents.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known con artist.
            Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is to be reviled as the POS that Billy Zinnerman is now known to be.
            Type his name…Billy Zinnerman…be a witness to his sh^tbaggery.
            I hereby make a motion that the Valor Thief, Billy Zinnerman, be awarded a Deployment of the TAH As(s)teroid of Insults!

            5 x 5

            1. HT3, up until now I hadn’t heard that:
              The f*cking r*etarded individual known as Billy Zinnerman is a Valor Thieving POS.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a Retired SgtMaj of the USMC.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is NOT a War Veteran.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a career criminal.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS standing on the bodies and in the blood of people who were War Veterans.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known forger of Documents.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman IS a known con artist.
              Valor Thief Billy Zinnerman is to be reviled as the POS that Billy Zinnerman is now known to be.

              And if you type his name…Billy Zinnerman…you could be a witness to his sh^tbaggery.

              But I certainly appreciate the data!

              (edit: still not first (h/t moi) page of results from DDG engine)

      2. KoB, SFC D, HT3, and Roh-Dog, you each get an upvote, as that’s what I’m talking about! Everybody else that follows this trend also gets an upvote! Billy Zinnerman, phony war veteran, phony retired Marine, phony sergeant major, who was discharged as a private first class, wanted to get attention as one of the reasons for his stealing valor. Well? Not only are we giving him that attention, but we’re making it easy for anybody else to find this thread, and to give him the attention he so craves.

        1. Quick Foo of Google found this additional/expanded info on the lying, embellishing Valor Thieving, scum of the earth, POS, criminal Billy Zinnerman. I look forward to hearing that Billy Zinnerman, the Valor Thief f*cking r*tarded forger has earned the Purple Taint Award and has gotten fat on the manmeat sammiches and tossed salads served up at the BTJ&T Deli. Our very own (we have THE best) ninja may be able to see what some of the 14 charges on his previous rap sheet are.

          F^uck you with the Barbed Cock of Satan, Billy Zinnerman.

          https://www.winecountrymarines.org/post/semperfraud

          1. thanks for sharing the original article. They’ve all been booted from their organization with a lifetime ban. And we’ve since uncovered couple more. We’re notifying the group so they can deal with it, while we collect more info.

        2. Howdy gentlemen sorry I’m a few days as opposed to weeks behind and catching up on my reading but I’m on it I probably will not post until later but let me get into my
          File of google of insults of asteroid of Internet cloud, and generate an appropriate ass reaming for this fuck nozzle.

          Smooches be right back 😘🫡🖕🫵

    2. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think the Marines in 1990 had M-4’s with Acog optical sights. In addition, the Black guy on the far left looks nothing like our phony pony.

  3. Via a link in the article:

    SEVERSON: Billy Zinnerman was a sergeant major in the Marines. He says the first Gulf War, where he served on reconnaissance patrols, changed him spiritually.

    BILLY ZINNERMAN: Without a doubt, because you see no spirituality in war. Combat does not, for lack of a better word, expose you to the opportunity to serve the Lord.

    SEVERSON: After he lost his faith, he lost his wife and his home, and now he’s trying to help other veterans at the Los Angeles mission.

    ZINNERMAN: I don’t know if you’ve ever been in a position to say to yourself, if you have believed in God you think God has abandoned you. That’s what you feel in combat, because you feel there can be no God with this type of carnage going on.

    “…carnage…”? Was that the nickname for your celly having ‘date night’ forcibly with you?

    Fuh king TURD.

    1. “…he served on reconnaissance patrols…”

      — SIGH —

      Recon again. It’s always Recon with these POSer assclowns.

      Always.

      1. I’m not full up on my Marine corps stuff. So the Sergeant major goes on reconnaissance patrols? And have some kind of aviation wings?

        1. Nope; although there may be very rare exceptions that I’ve never heard about, Sergeants Major don’t routinely go out on reconnaissance patrols.

          And those wings that our hero is sporting here are Navy/Marine Corps parachutist jump wings, not aviation wings of any kind.

        2. If he was claiming to be Force Recon then the parachutist wings (T-10 canopy in center) could be legit.

          But like everything else with this asshole…

            1. We should take into consideration that Billy ‘The Buttplug’ Zinnerman here may have done a combination of correspondence courses from FULAFB* University and sending in boxtops from all those dick-flavored popsicles he clearly loves in order to attain Force Recon status from the exiled Sultan of Zanzibar.

              If Jamshid bin Abdullah III says Zinnerfuckstick is Recon, that’s good’nuf for me!

              *Fucked Up Like A Football Bat University, the ‘skiing aficionado’ of the Biden klan is an alumnus.

              interesting digression, ‘klan’ doesn’t trip the spelling nazi checker on Apple. Odd, that.

              1. Dude, seriously I’ve got to incorporate some of this into the coming insult because this is just gold bro, some quality shit 👏🏅

  4. Look how happy he is misremembering everything. A shame that all has to go away. Asshole certainly knows all about going away for years at a time away from his loved ones. You have to wonder if he even believes it sometimes, I know he wishes it were true. If only wishes were fishes….

    2. I saw a downvote on this post. The first thing that came to mind was that Billy Zinnerman, phony war veteran, phony retired Marine sergeant major, discharged as a private first class, may have found this thread, saw your post, and got hurt of the butt about it. Otherwise, that downvote made absolutely no sense unless someone else did that by mistake.

      1. thebesig,
        Thanks.
        Well, whether it was Phony Billy,
        or possibly 1 of his phony enablers or phony defenders,
        Phony Billy’s Book of the Fake is still up,
        with all the same phony photos.

  6. I wonder of Billy has ever visited Elko, Blackfoot, or Pocatello. He’s their kind of guy.

    1. I don’t know if he has visited those places, but he sure is visiting a lot of places where he could steal valor from.

        1. SFC D,
          Bingo.

          Worse,
          Phony Billy may have taken one of those free small vintage aircraft flights,
          if not a free round trip to D.C. on an Honor Flight.

  7. Wow! I never thought of putting a whole fully decorated dress uniform in a “love-me” wall box. I guess I’m just not obsessed with paraphernalia from stuff I did in the Army almost fifty years ago. Plus, I don’t have a false persona and a list of felony convictions.

  9. We may want to put TAH personnel on alert to be prepared to repel sock puppets.

    This case has strong potential for one or two to show up.

    1. Are you threatening me/us with a good time, because it seems you are threatening me/us with a good time.

      Now hear this, now hear this! All Hands battle stations! (or something. I only know 1MC stuff from movies)

      2. Mick and Roh-Dog,
        The potential is high here.
        thebesig replied above, that someone showed up
        and put a thumbs down click on my comment
        identifying Phony Billy’s Book of the Fake.

    3. Foo gas primed, trip wires rechecked, and lanyards are pulled tight. All stations report ready to repel boarders.

      Hey, maybe old maxie pad waters her own self and DaNang Dick will show up to sing the praises of the lying, unethical, felonious, forging, POS Valor Thief, Billy Zinnerman. Might even see ol forging frank show up. Too bad that a certain be nasty lawer doesn’t have enough fuel to fly in to file a friend of the court brief. Oh…wait…hard for benasty to fly anywhere when you are maintaining a steady minus 6 feet AGL.

  11. Whipping post and a strap. Sell lottery chances for the privilege of showing appreciation to someone who so richly deserves every lash he can stand.

      1. Army-Air Force guy,
        My event was in 2021.
        After MP and VG articles blew his ass out,
        I made direct FaceBook PM / cellphone / text contact,
        drove to Annapolis, MD to collect his phony medals rack,
        and he surrendered to me his entire fake Marine Uniform.

        I brought it all home, donated his blue trousers
        to a member of the local Marine Corps League,
        and burned the remainder at this public event
        in the parking lot burn pile of the nearby AMVets post.
        Good turnout, over 20.

        I had a friend make video, and put the video on YouTube.

  15. Everbody here at TAH is, uh, distant family to me. I just don’t remember how.

      1. James,
        Thank you for the update.
        Could this be a possible case of enriching themselves ??
        If so,
        this could get Federal Stolen Valor Act charges
        heaped on top of any fraud or embezzlement charges.

  17. Outstanding job investigating this imposter. Amazing article. Well written, professional, and to the point. Great job Wine Country Marines. Now, unfortunately we are dealing with Zinnerman in Arizona. I look forward to getting the word out to our various Marine and Veteran organizations.

    1. Steve (and James),
      I predict a 3rd VG/TAH article,
      based on what you (all) uncover on Phony #4, Phony #5,
      and any financial irregularities (from theft to grift).

      If you haven’t see it before,
      several fans and readers here
      helped spread the word from Phoenix to Mesa
      about Phony Vietnam Nurse / Honor Flight recipient
      / viral TSA airport pushups queen
      Maggie DeSanti.

      It’s true. Phony Silver Star “LTC” Maggie DeSanti
      NEVER served a day in her life.

      https://www.azuse.cloud/?page_id=90114&q=maggie%20desanti

      1. Have not heard about her prior to this. It amazes me how people get this far without being verified.

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