John Loveridge – Another Phony Beirut Survivor -Updated

The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on John D. Loveridge. Loveridge has several current addresses that are in Rochester NH and Andover MA. At the time of this writing, he is 57 years old.

Some folks might be under the impression that he was in Beirut.  I do not know Johnny and I do not know any other Beirut Veteran that knows little Johnny. 

Loveridge marked the anniversary occasion of the 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing of 23 Oct 1983 by posting his thoughts on 23 Oct.

Someone got curious and struck up a conversation with Loveridge via Private Messaging (PM):

Dig around a bit and it seems he has been making these kind of claims for a long time. 

FOIA RESULTS

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (SCRA)

We searched the DoD Manpower Data Center database and found the following service listing for John D. Loveridge.

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NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER (NPRC)

FOIA Results – NPRC – Summary Sheet – John Loveridge

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FOIA Results – NPRC – Assignments – John Loveridge

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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY

LENGTH OF SERVICE

Although the length of service is consistent with both the DoD Manpower Data Center and the NPRC Summary Sheet, there is something odd about the rank (E-1) and assignments. He claimed he was in from 1982-1988 so the length was correct, just not the years.

RANK

Both documents state that Loveridge was in the Marine Corps from February 8, 1984 to January 26, 1990.  Six years and got out as an E-1? He never claimed a rank that he achieved.

ASSIGNMENTS

There are relatively few assignments for six years.  A lot of it was redacted.  There is a chance that he never reported for boot camp and things caught up with him later but we need more information.

BEIRUT

Loveridge’s records do not support the claims that he was in Beirut.  No medals or awards, no Purple Heart, no assignments… in addition to the fact that he joined the Marine Corps in February 1984 and the bombing was in October 1983. He claimed he was in from 1982-1988 and perhaps that was to accommodate the plausibility of being in Beirut.

AWARDS

The summary sheet from NPRC shows no awards. Not even an NDSM.

SUMMARY

If John Loveridge has used any of these claims to gain anything of value, he could violate the Stolen Valor Act.

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According to his records, there is no way for him to have been in, near, or around Beirut Lebanon.  Our last group left for deployment in January of 84 and had the honor of deploying to Norway for a month before arriving in Beirut by March.   He didn’t even have time to complete the most basic training requirements to be deployed anywhere.

His records do not show an MOS listed until 1990 and then he was assigned to pick up cigarette butts and trash from around the base.  It could be that he never completed Basic Training or never even showed up for Basic Training.  If that is the case then John Loveridge is not and never was a Marine. It may be that his records are the only thing that showed up at Camp Lejeune and he was dropped as a Deserter exactly 30 days later.  Hard to tell for sure.  What I do know is he was not with us on that last deployment to Beirut.  

However, if you look up the official list of people who were there you will find this guy:

John Loveridge needs to stop telling people that he is, what he is not and that he has been, where he was not.  I do not know John Loveridge. 

He is not a Beirut Veteran. 

UPDATE:

Never completed Basic Training, Not a United States Marine, Declared Deserted, Not a Beirut Veteran, but he did go to jail instead… so he has that going for him. 

 

Category: Beirut, Combat Wounded, Marine Corps Poser, Valor Vultures