{"id":61010,"date":"2015-07-24T11:30:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61010"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:34:14","slug":"hayden-gafford-phony-wounded-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61010","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Gafford aka William Gafford; phony wounded veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61015\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-299x333.jpg\" alt=\"Gafford\" width=\"299\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-299x333.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated; 6\/2\/2018<\/strong>; This post is three years old, but William Gafford doesn&#8217;t go by Hayden Gafford these days. He goes by William Gafford, I thought that I&#8217;d help him get the fame he craves.<\/p>\n<p>Someone told us about this fellow, William Hayden Gafford, who goes by the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hayden.gafford\">Hayden Gafford<\/a> and tells folks that he has a Purple Heart from his year and a half of Army service when he left for medical reasons. here&#8217;s the DD214 that he flashes for that purpose;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61011\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Gafford-DD214-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"William Gafford DD214\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Gafford-DD214-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Gafford-DD214-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Gafford-DD214.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Well, at least he didn&#8217;t alter the reenlistment code &#8220;3&#8221; which means he&#8217;d need waivers to reenlist. And I guess he thought that two awards of the National Defense Service Medal would throw us off his tracks. the National Personnel Records Center disagrees with the DD214, though;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61012\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-FOIA-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"William Hayden Gafford FOIA\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-FOIA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-FOIA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-FOIA.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61013\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-Assignments-431x333.jpg\" alt=\"William Hayden Gafford Assignments\" width=\"431\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-Assignments-431x333.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-Assignments-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-Assignments.jpg 1607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The word around town is that he claims to be a Navy SEAL, too, but there&#8217;s nothing to prove that statement, well, except this;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61014\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-claims-148x333.jpg\" alt=\"Gafford claims\" width=\"148\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-claims-148x333.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-claims-133x300.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gafford-claims.jpg 1347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=61016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-310x333.jpg\" alt=\"William Hayden Gafford\" width=\"310\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-310x333.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/William-Hayden-Gafford.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated; 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