{"id":116811,"date":"2021-08-25T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=116811"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:12","slug":"skip-archer-fake-vietnam-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=116811","title":{"rendered":"Skip Archer – Fake Vietnam POW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skip Archer – Facebook<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

The folks at MilitaryPhony<\/a> send us their work on Howard “Skip” Archer<\/a>.\u00a0 “Skip” – as he prefers to be called – comes to us from Centerville, Pennsylvania but also shows current addresses in Flemington, Missouri as well as Ashtabula, Ohio.\u00a0 Archer is 72 y\/o at the time of this writing – Aug 2021.<\/p>\r\n

Archer has claimed to people around him that he was a POW in Vietnam.\u00a0 He also sports two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and a POW medal with “V” device in the above photo – in addition to displaying the rank of USMC Captain (O-3).\u00a0 Also of note is the Vietnamese Service Medal.\u00a0 Not sure the “V” device pertains to the POW medal as all subsequent awards have a star. Also, in the following photo, he also has the rank of Captain on his USMC service cap.<\/p>\r\n

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Skip Archer – Facebook<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

Archer’s claims are reinforced by presenting a DD-214 with the “Vietnamese” [sic] Service Medal, Navy Cross, Good Conduct and Purple Heart.\u00a0 As with all documents supplied to us via a 3rd party, in this case a relative – we cannot attest to their authenticity.

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Oddly enough – on this DD-214 there is no mention of the two Silver Stars or Bronze Star.\u00a0 Also odd is the alleged Admin Clerk’s misspelling of “Vietnam Service Medal” and the obvious darker typeface of the last four medals – almost as if those medals were an afterthought.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Howard “Skip” Archer’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. MilitaryPhony also checked the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) listing of POWs<\/a> and did not find ‘Howard Roy Archer’ listed for Vietnam.

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Let’s just see what the NPRC has to say about all of this…<\/p>\r\n

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FOIA – NPRC – Howard “Skip” Archer – Summary Sheet<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n

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FOIA – NPRC – Howard “Skip” Archer – Assignments<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n

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FOIA – NPRC – Howard “Skip” Archer – Photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n Looking at the FOIA results – the NPRC summary sheet states that Archer’s records show he was in during the time of the Vietnam War, but did not travel overseas except to Hawaii. He got into some trouble with being AWOL\/UA and spent some time in the Brig. This was probably why he was discharged as an E-1 Private. \r\n\r\n There are no awards for Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, a Purple Heart nor a POW medal.\u00a0 There is also no Vietnam Service Medal. If Archer has used these claims to leverage anything of value he could be in violation of Stolen Valor laws.

Altering a DD-214 – which appears likely here – is also problematic, especially if he used it for leverage.

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Claiming to be a POW is probably the lowest point you can sink as an embellisher. To give him the benefit of the doubt people may have misunderstood – in light of Archer’s time in the brig, he was not a Prisoner OF<\/strong> War, but rather, a Prisoner DURING<\/strong> War.<\/p>\r\n

His records do show that he was assigned as a “Police NCO” while on Barracks Duty.\u00a0 For those who are unfamiliar with that position… it has nothing to do with law enforcement.\u00a0 “Police Call” in the Corps means you roam around and pick up cigarette butts and trash around the buildings.\u00a0 “Police NCO” is usually some Goofy Bastard that makes sure we don’t run out of toilet paper and trash bags.\u00a0 The poor souls that get stuck with the position would never put it on their Resume.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But then, there’s no misunderstanding if ol’ Skippy is wearing the POW Medal… with a “V” device no less.\u00a0 Hey, if you’re going to fake it, at least get it right and put a star on there.\u00a0 Then again, how many POWs do you know of were awarded that medal twice.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Shame on another VFW Post for not outing this Goofy Bastard on their own,\u00a0 makes us wonder how many other frauds there are at that post.\u00a0 \u00a0Wearing two Silver Stars and claiming to have been wounded in combat should have been more than enough for the local VFW to order his records.\u00a0 Making the false claim of being a POW is gabasstic nonsense.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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