{"id":78697,"date":"2018-04-05T07:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T11:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78697"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:45:49","slug":"edward-liroff-phony-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78697","title":{"rendered":"Edward Liroff; phony veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Edward Liroff applied for a government job in Port Saint Lucie, Florida and tried to pass himself off as a veteran with a bogus DD214 discharge certificate. Mike Lubek, the city’s assistant director of neighborhood services, wasn’t familiar with a DD214 so he asked Port St. Lucie police Officer Joseph Byrne to look at it. Byrne discovered that Liroff claimed awards that he couldn’t have earned.<\/p>\n

Byrne noticed several irregularities on the form and concluded that Liroff never served in the military.<\/p>\n

Among the discrepancies Byrne noted were that the Distinguished Service Medal was only awarded to four U.S. Army soldiers between 1983 and 2013 — Liroff was not among them — and that his Silver Star Medal was spelled incorrectly.<\/p>\n

Byrne also discovered that Liroff was registered as a veteran with the Department of Veterans Affairs and had been receiving health care from the VA.<\/p>\n

A warrant was issued for Liroff’s arrest and he was booked into the county jail. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Liroff also had Purple Heart license plates and a life membership in the VFW according to ABC News 10<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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Liroff thought very highly of his lack of military service according to the police department<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Listed on the DD214 presented by Liroff it has listed that he is the recipient of:
\n\u2022 Distinguished Service Medal
\n\u2022 Silver Star Medal
\n\u2022 Legion of Merit Medal
\n\u2022 Bronze Star Medal
\n\u2022 Purple Heart Medal (Second Award)
\n\u2022 Air Medal for Valor
\n\u2022 Army Commendation Medal
\n\u2022 Army Achievement Medal
\n\u2022 Good Conduct Medal
\n\u2022 Nation Defense Medal
\n\u2022 Southwest Asia Service Medal
\n\u2022 Kosovo Campaign Medal
\n\u2022 Afghanistan Campaign Medal
\n\u2022 Iraq Campaign Medal
\n\u2022 Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
\n\u2022 Armed Forces Service Medal and Award for Operations Relating Former Rep. Yugoslavia
\n\u2022 Humanitarian Service Medal
\n\u2022 Several Service Ribbon
\n\u2022 Combat Infantryman’s Badge (Second Award)
\n\u2022 Combat Medical Badge
\n\u2022 Air Assault Badge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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