{"id":69338,"date":"2016-12-10T09:13:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T14:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69338"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:22","slug":"james-jim-wellheiser-canadian-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69338","title":{"rendered":"James (Jim) Wellheiser; Canadian phony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Once again, our Canadian friends send us their work on one of their countryman, this time it’s this lovely piece of work, James Wellheiser;<\/p>\n

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Wellheiser (DOB 2 March 1946) came to the attention of Stolen Valour-Canada when an on-line image was forwarded to us for comment. SV-C conducted a thorough review of all available records including websites, newspaper articles, photographic images, searchable data bases of medal recipients and extracts from military documents, in Canada and the US was conducted in order to determine the legitimacy of his medals and insignia.<\/p>\n

Our research efforts indicate that Wellheiser appears to be wearing medals, awards, military insignia and accoutrements without meeting the legal meeting the legal requirements or having the qualifying service. <\/p>\n

Wellheiser, a Canadian, has stated he joined the US military in 1964 and fought in Vietnam. Initially, he served with \u201c2nd Air Cav\u201d and after that unit was disbanded, he became a SF soldier with the PRT (Provincial Reconnaissance Team) and alludes to being a Phoenix program operator. He also claims he killed the highest ranking NVA officer during the war, with a .257 sniper rifle… <\/p>\n

He routinely wears a Canadian Airborne Regiment Association blazer however, he states that he never served in the Canadian Forces. In fact, Wellheiser swore under oath \u201cthat he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1961, through the militia (Reserve Forces) program. In 1964, he enlisted in the United States of America Army and served eight months before returning to the Canadian militia.\u201d Concurrently, he was a organ repairman during his claimed US Army service period in RVN.<\/p>\n

He’s wearing a most unique, and somewhat bizarre, group of Canadian, US & Republic of Vietnam medals and insignia on his Canadian Airborne Regiment Association blazer. Included in his medallic display is the RVN Cross of Gallantry, RVN Wound Medal, US National Defence Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal & Vietnam Campaign Medal, partially hidden is the Queen\u2019s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and there\u2019s a recently awarded Minister Of Veteran\u2019s Affairs Commendation above his wings. Wellheiser is also wearing the RVN Parachutist badge, an obsolete pattern air assault badge (awarded only to members of the 11th Airborne Division, which was deactivated in June 1965) and the Combat Infantry badge. Interestingly, there is a paucity of US Army medals and insignia that would correspond with the Army of RVN awards and insignia! This could be due to a series of administrative errors or, it could indicate that Wellheiser has manufactured and\/or embellished his claimed 8 months of service in the US Army. <\/p>\n

Additionally, his claims of being adopted by a First Nation Band have been questioned for many years so, it appears he\u2019s a cross cultural poser too. Although he did get into a stand off with LE while carrying a shield and a tomahawk! <\/p>\n

It\u2019s SV-Cs opinion that Wellheiser could be committing an offence under s419 of the Criminal Code of Canada \u2013 \u201cUnlawful use of military uniforms or certificates\u201d. An offence that several individuals have been tried and convicted in Ontario over the past 18 months including Franck Gervais, Donald Lemmond & Eric Janssens. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE (Mar 13, 2017): <\/strong>We got the sad news today from our friends at Stolen Valour – Canada that Mr. WellHeiser has passed from this world – he has shuffled off his mortal coil, on March 12, 2017. <\/p>\n

He died, 12 Mar 2017, an unapologetic, cross cultural fake, a poser and embellisher. Had he died 4 months ago, he would have no doubt received a full regimental funeral based on his bogus military narrative. Now, after his medallic fakery has been exposed, he\u2019ll be lucky if he\u2019s planted somewhere out in the back forty in a piss stained cardboard box! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure that someone will determine that it was my fault he died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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