{"id":68894,"date":"2016-11-12T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68894"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:23","slug":"matthew-dewayne-edler-phony-wounded-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68894","title":{"rendered":"Matthew DeWayne Edler; phony wounded soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o-332x333.jpg\" alt=\"14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o\" width=\"332\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o-332x333.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14556642_10207752138021671_2960205311289180812_o.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2016\/11\/10\/matthew-dewayne-edler-us-army-signal-corps-combat-medic-desert-storm-purple-heart-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> send us their work on this fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthew.edler\">Matthew DeWayne Edler<\/a>. He claims to have been wounded during Desert Storm by an Iraqi IED, I think, while he was a medic after doing time as a Signal soldier;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-2-500x292.jpg\" alt=\"Edler claims 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-2-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-2-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-2.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68897\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68897\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-323x333.jpg\" alt=\"Edler claims\" width=\"323\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-323x333.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-claims.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Army misremembers his career. The National Personnel Records Center says that he once did three months of service at Fort Gordon, Georgia in 1979.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FOIA-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"Edler FOIA\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FOIA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FOIA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FOIA.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I guess that&#8217;s why the VA keeps losing his records.<\/p>\n<p>I sat on this for a day through Veterans&#8217; Day, but that was long enough for him to shut down his LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, but I just hate to expose a phony on a day we&#8217;re supposed to honor veterans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68899\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68899\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-2-500x202.jpg\" alt=\"Edler FB 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"202\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-2-500x202.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-2-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-2.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68900\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-469x333.jpg\" alt=\"Edler FB\" width=\"469\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-469x333.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Edler-FB.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this fellow Matthew DeWayne Edler. 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