Phony Marine in Western New York
Buffalo News reports that David A. Fabrizio, 66, a supposed 33-year veteran Marine (four active, the remainder in the MC Reserves) was found guilty of violating the Stolen Valor Act by wearing unauthorized medals to a youth event “Niagara Youth Marine Cadets”. He was fined $500 which he donated to a veterans’ organization;
“My name and reputation will survive through this minor, yet dark personal event,” Fabrizio said in a statement e-mailed Friday to The Buffalo News. He added that the incident will not deter him from his efforts to see that veterans are honored.
The incident has upset some local Marines, who said they do not consider it a minor matter.
“A lot of us heard about this, and yes, it did upset us,” said Marine Lt. James Lalor, executive officer of the Buffalo-based India Company, 3rd Battalion of the 25th Regiment. “Any Marine who has ever earned a rank or an honor is sensitive to this kind of thing. A lot of Marines earned those honors but never got to wear them on their chest because they never came back alive.”
The October 2009 incident prompted a complaint to the Buffalo FBI office, which investigated, authorities said.
Apparently, he’s not contrite. Maybe someone in the Buffalo area can convince him that this isn’t a “minor” event. If he had 33 years in service and made E-9 like he says, Fabrizio, should know what “stolen valor” is all about.
Category: Phony soldiers
What is it with Buffalo? They recently had the guy claiming to be a Navy Cross recipient so he could avoid jail time from a judge, and the same paper printed an obituary on a guy in March falsely claiming to be a DSC recipient?
In regards to #1: It’s the same old story about weiner envy. In order to make themselves stand out, they have to pump up their past resume in order to get noticed these days.
PS I understand that there were several innuendos in my above statement that in no way are pointed towards the ongoing running joke of a congressman named Anthony Weiner.