William Blake; phony Marine
Scotty sends us another phony Marine from his own research. William Blake apparently took Grenada back from the Cubans all by himself even though he looks like Zippy the Pinhead in a steel pot. For future reference Bill, Grenada was the first battle in which the US troops wore kevlar hear gear.
Here’s a screen shot of his Facebook page;
And he tells a chickie about his daring-do in Grenada, and apparently it was all about killing;
But if you look at Scotty’s page, he kind of gets distracted by the lady’s feet.
It turns out that he was a brig rat and discharged as an E-1 private three weeks before the Beirut bombing and the Grenada Invasion.
Category: Phony soldiers
http://www.va.gov/oig/
As a former VA employee, I have seen the VA OIG can reek scunion similar to the Army IG. Alas, it also can behave like the Army IG, depending. This cat should be ‘fish in a barrel’, shamelessly mixing metaphors.
http://www.va.gov/oig/hotline/default.asp
Scotty, if you’re reading this: the first link looks like good info. I think VA’s OIG might be interested in getting copies of whatever you sent to NPRC, and whatever you got back – along with a screen capture of this asshole’s ID card.
Checking into it Hondo. As soon as I know, I’ll let everyone else know. At the most I may have to change his BoS from poser to Embellish-er status.
Scotty: just sent you e-mail.
Another recruit in Gunny Driveway’s new and improved Corps. Definitely another “E-LEET” fightin’ man…
Let me attempt to straighten this out a little. I have known Bill – the guy you are referencing above – for 30 years now. He is a decent guy, self-employed, very little income and is has significant health problems and is receiving treatment and benefits from the VA. He DID serve in the USMC from 1980-1983 and received an honorable discharge.
I can’t speak to the rest of it – the steel pot pic, the braggadocio about a claim to have been in combat. Surprising, because in all the time I have know him he never bragged about the Corps, and definitely never talked about ever being in combat.
@ 56 … You need to straighten your friend out, regardless of his sob story. You see … we all have our own sob story so take that off the table. What we don’t stand for is Stolen Valor and military frauds. BTW considering his transgressions his VA elegibily and status should be verified.
It’s not my purvey to “straighten my friend out”. He’s an adult, not my kid. That’s his business. He needs to get himself straightened out.
What’s on the table here isn’t his sob story. I’m not his apologist so if he gets slapped down for lying about combat he wasn’t in that’s on him and he deserves it. My point is the fact he IS a Marine. You’re all about setting the record straight. Fine. But get the rest of it right and maybe make an attempt at research to verify whether he served or did not serve, since numerous among the pissy comments are about him being a pretend Marine veteran. He is a Marine veteran.
@58- In the original post, you’ll see that the NPRC can’t find any records on him, for any service, at any time, ever. I imagine that’s what the more colorful comments are about, and why you’ll probably earn some more directed at you with your, “at least make an attempt to get it straight” line. They did attempt to get it right. That attempt yielded the fact that the national archives has NO RECORD of his service.
If your friend is indeed a marine veteran, then perhaps you should let him know that the federal agency that is in charge of his military records cannot seem to find them. He would probably like to know that so he can straighten this mess out. If his VA bennies come under review, there appears to be no record of him having earned them in the first place.
Toddsc6: you say you’ve known this guy for 30 years. That means you’ve known him since roughly the time he claims to have gotten out of the USMC.
How do you know that he ever served in any branch of the military? Did you yourself serve with him? Do you know someone personally who served with Blake and can validate the fact that Blake served from personal knowledge? Or did Blake tell you he was in the USMC but had gotten out when you first met him in the early 1980s?
Do NOT assume that that this guy getting VA benefits or showing you a DD214 proves conclusively that he ever served in the military. A DD214 is one of the more commonly forged or altered documents. A rather large number of persons receiving VA benefits have been later found to have obtained them using fraudulent documents, when in fact they never served in the military at all. The VA does an absolutely lousy job of checking; they generally accept whatever documents are given to them at face value. That’s why the VA gets defrauded so often.
In general, the NPRC can find a veteran’s records if they exist. Next week I’ll be doing a follow-up FOIA request with a bit more info than was available to the person doing the first FOIA. But if that follow-up request comes back with “no record found” – well, at that point I think it will be time to take this to the VA Office of the Inspector General.
#58 You claim he has significant health problems . but he claims to have won 24 World Champion Power lifting titles. You claim he served in the USMC from 80–83 which could very well be true. In order to only serve 3 years he would have had to sign up open contract. And the chance of him being placed in an Engineer’s Blt. are very very unlikely. The fact that you claim he was Honorably discharged & not Medically backs this assumption. Plus he claims on his F/B profile that he served 6 years & is retired from the Corps. Another WTF. for him. Then he claims of qualifying as an expert rifle man 6 times in a row. Another WTF for him.
Now for his conflict claims. He claims of serving both in Grenada & Beirut. The Engineers that were in Beirut don’t know him. And there was only one Platoon of Engineers in Grenada & he was not in that Platoon.
Now we are resubmitting for his service records at the NPRC at at least 3 diff. locations. As soon as we have those results, we will post them. you’ve already stated that he served 3 years while he claims of serving 6 years ( More than once he has made this claim). So you’ve already confirmed that he is an Embellish-er even if he did serve. And straight up Embellish-ers are worse than Posers because they should know better. Just claiming the title of Marine should be honor enough without jacking your Military history up.
http://scotty-stolenvaloroffendersexposed.blogspot.com/2012/09/william-bill-blake-marine-poser-blog-of.html
Scotty: not to nitpick, but service from 80-83 would allow him to fulfill a 4-year contract if he (1) enlisted in early Jan 1980, and (2) received a 2- or 3-week “early out” for the holidays in 1983 (or took a substantial amount of terminal leave and didn’t remember to count his terminal leave time). If I recall correctly, the Army was cutting guys loose a bit early for the holidays in the early 1980s if they were due to ETS in early January to avoid having to outprocess them after the holidays. It was just easier on everyone to do that.
Doesn’t explain the other obvious “holes” in his story, though.
Hondo : He turned 17 in 1-4-80 . So unless he is claiming DEP also .He would not have graduated from HS until Jun. of 80.
Plus the engineers in Grenada did not deploy to Beirut until Nov. of 83 if my memory is correct. So he would have been cutting it close for a 4 year enlistment.. That’s nit picking buddy…lol.
Is it me or does he need a smoke dangling from the corner of his mouth to complete the ensemble…? (chinstrap unbuckled, of course)
Scotty: yeah, you’re probably right – I didn’t do the age calculation. I’m pretty sure the USMC wouldn’t have taken him at age 17 w/o a HS diploma in 1980. Unemployment then was high and the economy was in the toilet. The military could afford to be selective.
Only ways I can see that might have worked is if he (1) managed to start school a year early, or (2) skipped a grade. Most school districts require a student to be 6 by NLT early in the year they start 1st grade; allowing someone to start 1st grade who doesn’t turn 6 until Jan is pretty damned rare. That would have allowed him to graduate HS in 1979 vice 1980. But unless he went to a very flexible school in 1st grade, I just don’t see that being the case. Possible, but highly doubtful. Ditto for skipping a grade – possible, but I’m not holding my breath.
I served with William Blake in the Marine Corps. I met him on Okinawa Japan in Aug of 82 Camp Hansen 3rdFSSG 9th Engineer Support Battalion Support Co HE Platoon. I believe he was in Bravo Co. He was a 1371 Combat Engineer. I also know Bill is very pissed off about this bs. I also know he can bench press about 500 lbs or so and would love to get his hands on the chicken neck that started all this crap. He is an animal.
@67.
If that is the case, where are his service records?
Could be a different William Blake?
500 pounds? Is that all? Golly gee, Mike G, Ingvar Ingvarsson set a world record in November 2009 in the 125KG class, pressing 300KG (630 lbs). Not impressed.
@67 Telling folks you can bench press 500lbs while claiming disability status and health problems means you are probably lying about your athletic prowess or your disability status, in either case the truth is missing on one side of that equation. Which could cause someone to infer there are lies afoot, thus lending less credence to the veracity of your words.
Instead of being pretend tough guys in the anonymity of the internet, perhaps some documentation proving you are not a complete f#cking liar would work out a little better.
My experience is that guys chatting up women while claiming to be in a relationship with a different woman (on his facebook page) are guys who tend to lie about a lot of things. Cheaters, by definition are liars…take that as you will, but the truth will out.
It is him, I saw him about a month ago in Bartlesville OK. He lives there. Some records are classified 68. As for you69, Bill would like to meet with you face to face, remember, the first impression is a lasting impression.Bill is 50 years old. call him 918-977-1775
@71.
You are really giving out his phone number?
Blue Falcon you are…
I believe its General “Maggots” Marrero time…
@71 Classified? Not the part about serving, that’s not classified. When you entered and when you were discharged are not classified.
Interestingly enough, “Mike G” seems to be posting from Tulsa – which is about 25 miles or so south of Bartlesville.
I wonder if a lot of folks who work in Tulsa – or who might go to a VA medical or other facility in Tulsa – live in Bartlesville?
And please spare us the “classified records” song and dance. It – and the “great fire” – are the two oldest and best known bogus excuses phonies use.
@71 Mike G, why doesn’t bill come here himself? As far as # 69, oooh want to “meet with you face to face” with a woman, I’ll put my money on Ex-PH2. I’ll meet with him with my USMC DD-214 as long as he has HIS USMC DD-214. BTW this Marine is 56 years old and is willing to meet bill “face-to-face.
YatYas, I’m 66 and I have arthritis, but I can still swing a rolling pin and a saucepan.
“Bill” sounds like a real tough guy, wants to beat up an old lady, and he’s lifting weights but he’s disabled? Isn’t that fraud? Hmmm…
To MikeG: There are NO classified service records, dumbass. What a crock. And why in the blue-eyed world would I call Mr. Bill? He sounds like a real asshole.
Ooooh! Maybe I should call him and tell him so?
Ex-PH2: if you do – use a calling card. Otherwise he could get your number from caller ID. And then who knows what kind of bizarre crank calls you might end up getting!
I would love to see this clown match up with “Ranger Burrell”
Ex-PH2, have you tried my gravy recipe yet? Sunday morning is always a good day for biscuits and gravy for breakfast! Yesterday morning my baby girl, just turned 29, and my grandbabys stopped by for “brepus” (my granddaughter’s words) and what did we have? BISCUITS AND GRAVY!!! Even my “Boot”, my one year old grandson, likes gravy, even with the extra pepper.
@78 Now I’m laughing my 4ss off at work…
Looks like we have a contender in the house.
Standing by with the popcorn.
YatYas, the store was out of the sausage chubs when I went for it, also out of cream cheese so I couldn’t make cream cheese frosting for cinnamon buns, but this Friday, everything will be on the table.
We have an extra bedroom if you are looking for some place to hang out, PH. Nobody here actually likes to cook, so we would welcome your presence. We will pay for the groceries, of course!
I think you all should wake up. Bill has a DD-214 and it says honorable discharge. He told me someone hacked into his fb and posted all the bs. I have known Bill for 30 yrs and have never known him to tell a lie. I know there is slime out there that get off creating misery for others because their own life is miserable and if any of you are veterans you will call Bill and speak to him. If not, keep on posting your weak lies and laugh, if you would like to meet up with Bill, let me know, I will drive to B’ville and do some head stomping my own self. I am just a little scrawny fellow, never been in a fight.
Claiming classified records just puts the icing on the cake to this lie-ing POS’s Blog of Shame. #67 Mike G. . You can tell Mr disabled 500 lb power lifter ,foot fetish, 6 time expert rifleman , alleged Grenada & Beirut Veteran that he can black out his SSN on his dd-214 & post it for all to see. Show the World just how much he really has embellished his Military history if in fact he really has one.
And as for calling him. I don’t have sexy feet. So he wouldn’t like a phone call from me.
@84
I can produce a DD-214 that says I commanded the USS Enterprise and successfully completed the “Kobayashi Maru” exercise. It doesn’t make it so.
Get back to your Jerry Springer and Oprah. You are all a bunch of queers.
@84 I am wondering if the “hacker” also spent a bunch of time chatting up Laurie and asking about her sexy feet?
Face it man, everything about this story stinks like week old garbage in July…
You sound like a sad man who resorted to telling some stories about some things that didn’t happen to get some attention. Truth is though, you have to like yourself and be honest about who you are before anyone else will be comfortable with you. Hating yourself lets you engage in self destructive lying that will always be found out, stop lying, tell the truth and apologize and get comfortable in your own skin and life gets better.
I can’t believe I’ve been missing this string. Can I play?
Mikey: Are you his homosexual lover? Hey, not that there’s anything wrong with that but you seem especially impressed with Billie Boy. He’s so big and strong, you say. Benches 500 lbs., you say. Come on, what’s the big deal? If you two are an item, it’s okay. We’re not all insensitive here, you know.
#88 You forgot, “Not that there’s anything WRONG with that….”
2-17, GMTA
We don’t need Jerry and Oprah. We have you, friend Mike, to provide us with all the entertainment and drama we could ever need.
Hondo’s saying he’s going to do a FOIA request. If that request comes back upholding Blake’s claims, fine. I’ll deliver a well-deserved “Mea Culpa, Marine”. Otherwise, it’s a solid “Fuck you, Poser”.
Just to recap:
VOV thinks Mike G IS Blake. Hondo is trending that way, maybe.
2-17 AirCav thinks Mike G is Blake’s buddy (of some kind), as do Scotty and Green Thumb.
YatYas and Ex-PH2 are sharing gravy recipes, and OWB doesn’t like to cook but will allow someone else to for room and board.
I’m quietly munching popcorn, enjoying the show.
It’s been a slow newsday here and I have to admit this has provided more than its’ fair share of entertainment.
VOV, I have to agree. I just survived the day-before prep and walkthough for a VIP visit to our facility tomorrow.
This is much more fun.
Virtual Insanity: not sure if “Mike G” is a sock-puppet or not. Could be a friend of Blake’s from the same general area; could be Blake himself, using an alias. Lord knows we’ve seen plenty of examples of both.
Of course, since Blake doesn’t seem to mind Mike G posting his private info on the Internet, maybe Mike G could just send the site owner, Jonn Lilyea (see “Contact Us” Tab above) Blake’s SSN and ask him to forward it to me. That way I can make sure the SSN I have for Blake is accurate on the FOIA request.
I’m assuming the name on the photo of Blake’s VA ID card that he’s e-mailed to folks is accurate, of course. That’s the name I’m using for the FOIA request. It will go out in tomorrow’s mail, since I missed today’s mail dispatch.
Hondo,
What kind of turnaround times to you get from NPRC on FOIA requests now?
Last FOIA I did was for something besides NPRC records and it was about 6 months.
Virtual Insanity: I haven’t kept a log, but it seems as if it’s typically about 4-6 weeks from NPRC.
@94: The Case:
1. “I also know he can bench press about 500 lbs [and that] he is an animal.”
So, he’s into muscular and aggressive men. That’s a double check.
2. “I saw him about a month ago in Bartlesville OK”
Not ‘we knocked down some beers’ or some such thing but just “I saw him.” Sounds cozy. Check.
3. “I am just a little scrawny fellow….”
Okay, so we know who the plunger is now for sure. Check
4. “Get back to your Jerry Springer and Oprah.”
Evidence does not get more solid than this. Either Jerry Springer or Oprah would have been sufficient for a conclusion but he seals it here by invoking both! Double check.
5. “You are all a bunch of queers.”
Now, who, I ask you, says that? No further explanation is needed. Check in spades.
Conclusion: Yep. We have Billie’s pipe puffer.