{"id":18988,"date":"2010-05-05T05:09:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T10:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=18988"},"modified":"2017-03-12T13:36:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T17:36:39","slug":"billy-elvin-shelton-phony-soldier-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=18988","title":{"rendered":"Billy Elvin Shelton; phony soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m sure you’ve read the book “Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10<\/a>“, the story of Navy SEAL Marcus Lattrell and his fateful mission in Afghanistan in 2005. You might remember this passage from page 57 of the book;<\/p>\n

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Well, it adds a nice dimension to the story, but unfortunately, Billy Shelton had been lying to the Luttrell brothers – he’d never been in the Special Forces. According to records, Specialist Five Shelton was a truck driver and a general’s chauffeur at Fort Eustis, Virginia.<\/p>\n

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SHELTON BILLY E<\/p>\n

SERVICE: A<\/p>\n

RANK: E05<\/p>\n

DOB: 461102<\/p>\n

EDLEV: 12<\/p>\n

HOMEREC: TX<\/p>\n

PMOS: 0064B2O<\/p>\n

SMOS: 0064C2O<\/p>\n

STOP: 700702<\/p>\n

TAFMS: 033<\/p>\n

YOS_SEP: 03<\/p>\n

64B<\/p>\n

DISPATCHER<\/p>\n

HEAVY VEHICLE CREWMAN<\/p>\n

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER<\/p>\n

64C<\/p>\n

CHAUFFEUR<\/p>\n

DOCUMENTATION SERGEANT<\/p>\n

DRIVER TEST SERGEANT<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shelton has begun writing a book about his career, reportedly with a six-figure advance from the publisher. The book was supposed to be released the last week of January, but it seems to have hit a snag<\/a>. Probably because the publisher found out that Shelton didn’t do three tours of Vietnam as a Special Forces operator<\/p>\n

Shelton was in Vietnam from May 68 until Feb 69 according to his records;<\/p>\n

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As you can see, he was a truck driver while he was stationed in Vietnam, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it doesn’t give him the right to lie to teenagers. There was a single tour of Vietnam, not the three tours he’s bragged about.<\/p>\n

Here are his awards and education;<\/p>\n

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No Special Operations training, no jump school, not even a CIB.<\/p>\n

I wrote this particular phony soldier story months ago, but I’ve sat on it until now because it was not meant to embarrass anyone except Billy Shelton and to prevent his fake story from going any further than it has gone. In the event that anyone else gets the idea of helping Shelton make a buck on his deceit, this is will be on Google to prevent that check from clearing.<\/p>\n

They never pretend to be cooks or clerks…or a truck driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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