‘Fake’ Marine Trying to Defend His Honor
Channel 13 News in Lynchburg, VA has published an article about “D” Shannon defending his honor after being labeled a fake Marine.
Lynchburg’s “D” Shannon was labeled a “Fake Marine” when he lost a $1.7 million lawsuit revealing his alleged involvement in a fraud case. He shares why he says the allegations are completely false.
However, he said too many people have painted a wrong and unfair portrait of him, saying he lied about his military service as a Marine.
“I have an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps. It’s on my wall in my office,” he said.
Shannon has shared various photos of himself and a DD-214 in an effort to clear his name. Shannon plans an appeal and may take it to the Montana Supreme court.
Read more about it here: https://wset.com/news/local/fake-marine-fighting-to-defend-his-honor
Category: Marines
FIRST!
So are there FOIA records yet?
Not sure about his Marine Corps claims, but Laron D. Shannon, III appears in the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) yearbook of 1982 as a graduating senior with a civil engineering major.
You can be an honorably discharged Marine Veteran, and still be a sh^tbird, scam artist. Anybody here not have a sh^tbird in the unit while on AD?
I’ll reserve judgement on how bad a sh^tbird he is until we get more info.
so…he was “an enlisted Marine while attending VMI”…
Possible, he might have been in the USMCR serving on weekends, but one might ask how he would pull that off with the VMI’s academic calendar….again, possible.
Also, his assertion that his records may have been destroyed due to the work he did really has my sergeant major sense tingling…
Could one get released from AD to attend VMI? I don’t know the ins and outs of it, but I know it happens.
My platoon sergeant sense says stock up on bullshit flags. Claw, is there and NSN for that?
NSN’s for Bullshit Flags:
8345-00-227-1405 Yellow Flag (for first/second infractions)
8345-00-265-7512 Red Flag (for final infraction/ejection from the poser/embellisher game)
Claw, in the world of supply sergeants, you are a god. I salute you, sir!
Best Elvis voice: “Thank You, Thank You Very Much”, and You’re Welcome.
Just trying to do my job of keeping the troops informed.
Not sure about the VMI policy, but at Norwich University, it is not uncommon for students to serve in the Vermont National Guard while enrolled as a member of the Corps of Cadets. I wouldn’t be surprised if the same can be done at VMI.
This guy is claiming to be a Marine. Being in the National Guard can’t explain that claim.
The Navy and Marine Corps don’t have National Guard units. All of their RC units are Federal.
Good Morning to all. If I am wrong, I trust the members of TAH will quickly show me the error(s) of my way(s);
1) Not all CAPITAL letters on this DD 214;
2) My DD214 does mention service in combat areas (SWA, Somalia), but not every duty station;
3) An Honorable Discharge document is $49.95 via interwebz;
4) Let me know If I missed anything.
Just my opinions. Awaiting incoming, over;
My 214 also lists my OIF service dates with approx start end dates. Assignments would be on a separate form, the form number eludes me though.
Could he have been in one of those Split Option positions, like with ROTC, at VMI? Not sure why he would be allowed to get out when he graduated, but I guess not all cadets get commissioned.
Or maybe he did quick in and outs! We did a trip down south when I was assigned to Italy, that lasted a whole 23 hours (at least our part), we were in Germany at the time. It never appeared on any records, unless you count the plane manifest. I don’t know if that applied to the HQ guys that went in before us and left a day or two after us.
I remember being told when we got on the ground, don’t break the seal on the CONEX…so we played a lot of volleyball.
If NPRC, Quantico and a state district court say “No records found”, I’m wagering the boy never served beyond his VMI time along with the usual poser bullshit of going on “classified” missions that are still “classified”. Plaintiff (Kaltschimdt) realizes he might get any of his money but made it clear this is about stolen valor…
Military dot com has far more about this jackwagon and his scheme.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/05/03/jury-awards-17m-stolen-valor-fraud-case.html
Hmmm, interesting. The linked article claims his active duty service for training was a grand total of 39 days. (13 Jul 82 to 21 Aug 82)
He’s not trying hard enough as 39 days doesn’t even make the cut for the TAH Top 10 Bedwetters list./smile
Claw, do you have a Scrabble count for us?
Sure do. Laron D. Shannon III spins up a DAM (Dumb Ass Move) score of 144 on the Whiz Wheel®™.
Thank you, Sir.
Unless I am mistaken, Marine boot camp is quite a bit longer than 39 days. No boot camp completion and you are not a Marine and entitled to wear the vaunted EG&A. The only AD entry level school I am aware of that was only five weeks long is my RA IOBC course because we were all required to go to Ranger School. Plus, we had all been to the academy or a six-week ROTC Summer Camp.
DD214 states he was medically discharged due to knee injury in 1982.
Discharge cert signed by a Marine COL at VMI.
I don’t see where he was anything other than a cadet that was discharged before graduating.
Sure sounds like Shannon is a bullshitting conman of the first order.
What in the hell is a “solid investor”?
To be a signatory on a corporate bank account requires a recording in the corporate book of minutes and a copy of the resolution, with official seal, would be included in the depositary institution’s records.
He paid full retail for a truck? YGBSM. In any case, there will be some audit trail from the deal sheet all the way to the application for title, including insurance records.
If Shannon continues to defile the Court he may well end up with a contempt order for defaming remarks about the judge.
FWIW, his attorney could have made an appearance for him, presuming that this is a civil matter and not a criminal charge.
As to the victim? There is probably a reason why he did not pursue defalcation or embezzlement charges.
At a guess, I suspect that there are at least two shitbirds in this story.
Shannon’s pleadings about his honor are pretty pitiful in light of the substantial judgment entered against him.
On the uptick, a degree from VMI is an impressive credential.
His attorney withdrew from the case a year ago. Shannon represented himself in court.
Thanks, that likely accounts for the adverse decision.
Withholding blurbs until our local detectives show up with FOIA on this individual.
“I was discharged honorably with a rank of officer candidate,” Shannon’s court declaration states. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WTF is that, what a POS..a 2fer on Thursday, nice..
Even when I was a cadet my rank was E5
OCS gets E6 I think
Unless things have changed, it’s E5.
I was paid as an E6 and listed as such on AKO when I went to OCS. It could have changed since then, however.
I was commissioned in 95 and got E6 pay as a candidate. Discharge certificate before being sworn in said SSG.
Cptsmith were you promoted to E-6 prior to going to OCS?
All the kids that went directly to OCS from Basic (were E-4s in Basic) were paid as E-5 at OCS, all the young specialists that got accepted got promoted to E-5, I chose to go to OCS instead of BNCOC, and while I was promotable was still only paid as an E-5 during OCS in 1998.
Sounds like…
Cocksucker.
Oh! He’s a bullshiter!
From the article:
“He also said the nature of the work he was doing after he graduated may have required the removal of those documents from the archives. When asked if he worked for the federal government, he said he had at some point, but said he could not disclose the type of work he was doing.”
Must have been another failed Junior Associate Apprentice over at Brucies Bath House (Entrance in the Rear)
Two courses of action: The guy served as a reservist, did his one weekend a month, 2 weeks over the summer and got discharged before graduation. He should have a DD214 stating as such. Honorable Service verified.
COA2 (more likely): the guy PLANNED on being a Marine Officer, went the VMI route, was in the OSO pipeline and petered out before they sent him to Quantico. He never received a DD214 because he never JOINED anything.
As someone said above: You can buy an “Honorable Discharge” certificate of Googlezon for 49.95 and some change. Hell, i’ve got 5 of them….i’ll sell 4 of them for 40……
You are not issued a DD-214 when you detach or retire from the Reserve. You only get one as a Reservist when you perform active duty.
Oh yeah, we had plenty of those when I was on I&I that did mob/IA orders. They did 6 months on active duty in Iraqistan and got their DD-214 and 27 pieces of flair when they got home. I didn’t have much direct dealings with them otherwise, unless I was filling out missing gear statements for them.
I misspoke and apologize. Carrying on now.
You are correct. No DD-214 was issued to me when I left the Utah National Guard’s 19th SFG(A) and subsequently the Army Reserve.
It’s even a bit more restrictive than that. Not every period of active duty (AD) performed by a member of the RC results in a DD214. The AD tour must be of sufficient duration to result in a DD214 – 90 days or longer, if I recall correctly. Shorter tours of AD (i.e., AT, short ADSW/ADT tours, short “man-days” AD periods, attendance at schools <90 days, etc . . . ) don't in general result in issue of a DD214. IET may be an exception if it's less than 90 days.
What honor?
How does a guy lose a fraud lawsuit retain any manner of honor?
Actually, it is pretty easy to lose a civil fraud lawsuit when the defendant represents himself at trial and the plaintiff has an attorney. But this a-hole has likely never had any honor. On the other hand, if one had Lawn Dart Danny defending the outcome would be the same.
Fuck you Fucksicle.
I was a ROTC Cadet at Northeastern University in Boston, Upon commissioning, I received an Honorable Discharge as an E-1 USAR. No DD 214. Not the same as a discharge from any active status.
John
Yep. No DD-214, no active duty. No AD for boot camp, not a Marine.
I’d like to see the records.
I know MECEPs (Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program) attended The Citadel. I also know that both The Citadel and VMI NROTC detachments have no limit on numbers of Marines where traditional colleges have 10% limit. Did VMI also have MECEP attending.
My freshman year at the Citadel the top two grads were a MECEP and a former enlisted Marine who entered Corps of Cadets and graduated with an Engineering degree.
Fuckstick, last class…
With the FOIA he truly deserves the Dreaded Continent of Insults for all this fuck fuck fuckstick fuckery !!!
What a week. What a week