{"id":95107,"date":"2020-02-03T07:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=95107"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:42:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:42:56","slug":"david-t-eschenfelder-not-a-green-beret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=95107","title":{"rendered":"David T. Eschenfelder NOT a Green Beret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/david-eschenfelder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-95108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/david-eschenfelder-333x333.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/david-eschenfelder-333x333.png 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/david-eschenfelder-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/david-eschenfelder-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/david-eschenfelder.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/guardiansofthegreenberet.com\/david-t-eschenfelder-green-beret-not?fbclid=IwAR27mFlU_3KzMf5PjCcRkHRzhjJjk_b9VEJ1lRR05zjzmSNvXahMrTjtiVU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GuardiansoftheGreenBeret<\/a> just recently published a case on David T. Eschenfelder.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently he claimed to a few people on LinkedIn that he was a Green Beret in Vietnam.\u00a0 This sparked some skepticism due to Eschenfelder&#8217;s age.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-t-eschenfelder-ph-d-008435102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-95111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/linkedin-eschenfelder-500x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/linkedin-eschenfelder-500x262.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/linkedin-eschenfelder-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/linkedin-eschenfelder-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/linkedin-eschenfelder.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary of Eschenfelder&#8217;s claims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Special Forces in Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>Served for 7 yrs, from 1970-76<\/li>\n<li>Served in Vietnam for one (1) yr, one (1) month, and three (3) days from 1972-73<\/li>\n<li>Was sheep-dipped by the U.S. Government to clean his background<\/li>\n<li>Awarded a Ranger tab. Back then it would have been a Black Beret<\/li>\n<li>Six (6) combat commendations<\/li>\n<li>18B Special Forces Weapons Sergeant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NPRC was contacted to get Eschenfelder&#8217;s military records and they provided this after conducting a search:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foia-eschenfelder.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-95110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foia-eschenfelder-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foia-eschenfelder-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foia-eschenfelder-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foia-eschenfelder-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foia-eschenfelder.jpg 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can go through each and every claim but the claims based on military service are a non-starter if there can be no records located.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if that is because he was sheep-dipped?<\/p>\n<p>Please visit this case over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/guardiansofthegreenberet.com\/david-t-eschenfelder-green-beret-not?fbclid=IwAR27mFlU_3KzMf5PjCcRkHRzhjJjk_b9VEJ1lRR05zjzmSNvXahMrTjtiVU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a> to get more info.\u00a0 We merely skimmed the surface here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at GuardiansoftheGreenBeret just recently published a case on David T. 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