{"id":106465,"date":"2020-10-22T14:40:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106465"},"modified":"2020-10-23T10:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:44:07","slug":"patrick-dowdee-pow-2-silver-stars-3-purple-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106465","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Dowdee – POW, 2 Silver Stars & 3 Purple Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DISCLAIMER:\u00a0 In the challenging age of COVID-19, the National Personnel Records Center is operating at a reduced capacity and is only entertaining emergencies and funerals at this time.\u00a0 Although we filed for Mr. Dowdee’s military records, we don’t anticipate they will come until sometime in the winter or spring of 2021.\u00a0 In the meantime, we have compiled enough evidence that it certainly raises questions about Mr. Dowdee’s claims, but questions do not mean we are drawing any conclusions about this case.\u00a0 His military records may address all of the questions adequately and lead us to thank Mr. Dowdee for his service.\u00a0 Stated yet again, until such time that we receive his military records, the purpose of this post is to make the point that there are questions that need asked and answered.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Patrick Bryant Dowdee<\/a> comes to us from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is 56 years old at the time of this writing – Oct 2020.\u00a0 \u00a0Dowdee attended the University of South Carolina and was honored on the university’s website<\/a> as a 2020 distinguished alumnus award recipient.<\/p>\n

2020 Alumni Awards, Patrick Dowdee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The video on the USC page is provided below:
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During the process to verify some of the claims, we discovered that we could not<\/strong> find Mr. Dowdee listed as a P.O.W. for the Gulf War.<\/p>\n

Gulf War POWs: https:\/\/www.pownetwork.org\/gulf\/index_gulf_war.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

We could not<\/strong> find Mr. Dowdee listed as a Silver Star recipient for the Gulf War.<\/p>\n

We could not<\/strong> find active duty service listed for Mr. Dowdee in the DoD Manpower Data Center \/ SCRA database. We searched all years from 1984 – present with no results. The database does not go back earlier than 1984 so it is conceivable that he served just after High School prior to 1984. However, claims of the Gulf War would have shown active duty service. This database has also proven to be hit or miss when it comes to displaying reservists being recalled to active duty.<\/p>\n

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Prior addresses show some locations close to military bases, most notably Fort Meade in 1999.\u00a0 Norfolk, VA in 2002, Florida, Arizona, South Carolina.\u00a0 If I were to guess, it sounds like more of a situation similar to a government civilian or contractor vs. military active duty but I could be wrong.<\/p>\n

Dowdee is not listed on a White Pages listing for current government employees.<\/p>\n

Dowdee’s LinkedIn profile does not mention the POW, 2 SSs or 3 PHs but this may not be unusual for a resume unless someone was applying for a position in the government and those awards are applicable for employment preference points.<\/p>\n

So, this all brings me full circle to the questions this raises.\u00a0 Did the University of South Carolina review any military documents before writing up Mr. Dowdee’s alumnus profile?\u00a0 \u00a0Did Mr. Dowdee read the profile and agree with everything?<\/p>\n

May be moot points because he does claim in the video that he was in the military for 20 years and was a P.O.W.<\/p>\n

So, we of course would love to have Mr. Dowdee’s military records to compare and contrast claims with supporting paperwork.\u00a0 But until then, we will simply say that there are questions that need to be answered to clear all of this up.<\/p>\n

Why isn’t he listed as having two Silver Stars for the Gulf War?<\/strong> If there was a mistake, it would seem that Mr. Dowdee would like to get this cleared up and take his rightful place on a list of SS awardees.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why isn’t Dowdee listed as being a POW from the Gulf War?\u00a0<\/strong> As above, if there was a mistake it would seem that Mr. Dowdee would like to get this cleared up and take his rightful place on a list of POWs.<\/em><\/p>\n

What say you?<\/p>\n

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