Leroy Foley and the DD-214

You may recall the recent post that we did on Leroy Foley.  Foley is currently a Clyde Texas police officer and is running for Sheriff of Callahan County.  The election is March 3, 2020.

Well, a DD-214 has surfaced and had multiple postings on Facebook.  A copy of this DD-214 was also sent to admins at Military Phony.  We straightened it out for readability / aesthetic purposes and redacted information that should not be released to the public.

Although it looks official, having a partial stamp at the bottom with a seal from the County of Williamson, it should be pointed out that this DD-214 does not have a clean chain of custody as it has passed through many hands.  Therefore, we cannot speak to its authenticity.

Oddly enough, some have presented this document as “proof” that Foley’s claim of Airborne Ranger, Sniper, and having been awarded both the Silver Star and Purple Heart are true.  Others have presented it as proof that he is not being truthful.

Whatever its origins, and whatever people believe in terms of helping/hurting this case – we can tell you with certainty that this DD-214 is a fake and forgery.  The commenters at TAH have combed over it and pointed out some things that help to draw the conclusion it is a fake.  We will list them below with credit to the person making the comment.

Also, we would like to post a marked up one for convenience and quick reference.  This input was consolidated in order to make it easier for civilians in Clyde Texas, Callahan Texas and the media to focus on what to look for.

We would encourage everybody concerned with the facts of this case to order Foley’s official military records in order to have the results sent to you directly and compare it with military claims and this document that has been floated around.

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COMMENTS – BLOCK BY BLOCK

OVERALL:

TOP RIGHT: “Areas render form void” the word Void is misspelled “VIOD.” (martinjumper)

BLOCKS: My Army DD214 has light tan blocks for some of the sections. (e.g. name, SSAN, and etc. Other blocks are white, e.g. Primary Speciality, Decorations and etc. You would think that the copy of Leroy Folly’s DD 214 would at least have a darker shade, even after running through a copy machine, the tan blocks. (Mustang Major)

SCHOOLS: My DD 214 lists my schools by the name of the course, e.g BASIC ABN; not Airborne Certification. The names come right off of the Officer or Enlisted record briefs. I am sure the course names are standardized. (Mustang Major)

WHITE SPACE: Blocks 13, 14, and 18 of my DD 214 are filled from the left edge to the right edge and single spaced. My blocks 13 & 14 are completely used up and the last entry in block 18 is the issue date//NOTHING FOLLOWS. This is done to avoid typing in bogus info after the DD 214 is issued. Blocks 13, 14, 18 of Leroy Foley’s DD 214 have plenty of space. (All of the Army types reading this, take a look at their DD 214 and see how the format on yours compares to Leroy Foley’s DD 214.) (Mustang Major)

FONT:

• Proportional vs. Mono-Spaced Font.  Mixed case and lower case vs. CAPS for entries. (Daisy Cutter)
• Fonts and Font Sizes on the DD214 are INCONSISTANT. (ninja)
• Should be ONE Font with ONE Font size. (ninja)

BLOCK 1:  Typo on Defense Department form vs entry area – Name “(Last, Frist, Middle)” (Mason)

BLOCK 6: Reserve obligation term date has a 1997 year but the form was purportedly filled out in 1999 so that should be blank. (martinjumper)

BLOCK 7b: “City and state” should be “City and state, or complete address if known” (Compton)

BLOCK 8a: His DD214 has “FORCOM” followed by “RC.”  The correct wording is “FORSCOM” and “FC” should be after that, not “RC” unless times have changed.  Is he is thinking RC for the 75th RANGER Regiment (Reserve Component)? If so, that’s wrong. (ninja)

BLOCK 8b: “Place where separated” – “SEPARATED” is spelled as “SEPERATED” Same misspelling as in 12b. (martinjumper)

BLOCK 9:

• Says “ARPERCEN ‘stLouis'” and it should be “ST Louis” (ninja)
• USAR Control Group and ARPERCEN should be on one line. (ninja)
• If this DD214 was dated 1999, Block 9 should have read Army Reserve Personnel Command (AR-PERSCOM) as opposed to ARPECEN. (ninja)
• AR-PERSCOM was officially activated on Oct. 1, 1998, replacing ARPERCEN. (ninja)

BLOCK 11:

• Claims to be airborne ranger, MOS should be 11B2V if he was a buck sergeant (E5.) 11B – Infantryman 2 – skill level for an E-5 Sergeant V – Ranger Parachutist. If not Ranger qualified but airborne qualified it would be 11B2P. (martinjumper)
• In Block 11, the DD-214 claims “United Nations Service Medal” but that medal was awarded for the 1950-1953 Korean Conflict. (ninja)

BLOCK 12: “Years(s)” should be “Year(s)” (Compton)

BLOCK 12a-h: Zeros (0) are typed as the capital letter “O.” Notice in 12c where it says “10” for Years(s) (also misspelled with an extra “s”). That “10” is correctly typed with a zero, but the rest of the numbers throughout Block 12 had the captital letter “O.” (Dave Hardin, Compton)

BLOCK 12a-h:

• In block 12a, he entered service 890612. In block 12b, his EAS was 990511. In block 12c, total active service is 10y/00m/00d. His math is off. Should be 09y/11m/00d. This isn’t a typical mistake personnel would make. (NHSparky)
• Just did the math in Block 12: 89 06 12 | 99 05 11| is 9 yrs 10 months and 29 days. NOT 10 years (An Old Arty Sgt)

BLOCK 12b: “Seperation” is misspelled on the form vs. data entry. (Daisy Cutter)

BLOCK 12b: “Seperation” is misspelled on the form vs. data entry. (martinjumper, Daisy Cutter)

BLOCK 12f: Out of 10 years, he was OVERSEAS for 7 Years? Well, where are his Overseas Service Ribbons on his DD214? (ninja)

BLOCK 13:

• That’s not how awards are written on a DD-214. They all run together and fill up the white space. (martinjumper)
• He is claiming 7 ARCOMs and 14 AAMs in 10 Years – unlikely. (ninja)
• There’s no such thing as a “sniper badge” or an “airborne badge.” (martinjumper)
• Section 13 also shows the award of the “Sniper Badge.” No such badge exists. (T1B)
• The correct term for airborne wings is “Parachutist Badge.”  (martinjumper)
• The Ranger award is called a “Ranger Tab” not a badge (martinjumper, rgr1480) but I don’t have one so I may be wrong on that. (martinjumper)
• There’s no such thing as a “Saudi Arabian Liberation Medal”. (martinjumper)
• Navy Commendation Medal? Although not unheard of, highly unlikely. (ninja)
• Soldiers Medal? Although not unheard of, highly unlikely. (ninja)
• Block 13 on his DD-214 says “National Defense Medal.” Should be “National Defense Service Medal.” (ArmyATC)

BLOCK 14:

• This DD-214 claims that ranger training was fifteen (15) weeks. The longest Ranger school has ever lasted is nine weeks back when they had that desert phase. RIP was only three weeks, so where does he get 15 weeks? (rgr769)
• Is that supposed to be “Combat Diver” or “Combat Drive?” (ninja)
• Advanced Non-Commissioned Officers Course (ANOC)?  I thought he got out as a SGT/E5!! And in 10 Years? (ninja)

BLOCK 15a: In regards to the Post-Vietnam VEAP, the form uses a spelling of “VIETAM” (martinjumper)

BLOCK 15b: The military writes “high school” as two words, not one. (martinjumper)

BLOCK 16: “Leave Paid” should be DAYS ACCRUED LEAVE PAID (Compton)

BLOCK 17: Again the word “Separation” is spelled “Seperation” (martinjumper)

BLOCK 18: “remarks” should be ALL CAPS (Compton)

BLOCK 19a: This time “SEPARATION” is spelled correctly vs. rest of the form. (Daisy Cutter)

BLOCK 20: “DEPT. OF VET AFFAIRS” should be “DIR. OF VET AFFAIRS” and should be “Yes No” (Compton)

BLOCK 22: The name “JOHMSON” is most likely misspelled. Nobody has been found with that name. (ninja)

BLOCK 23: This time “SEPARATION” is spelled correctly vs. rest of the form. (Daisy Cutter)

BLOCK 25: This time “SEPARATION” is spelled correctly vs. rest of the form. (Daisy Cutter)

BLOCK 28: This time “SEPARATION” is spelled correctly vs. rest of the form. (Daisy Cutter)

And finally…

BLOCKS 1-30:  They contain a large collection of nonsensical, grabasstic asshattery.  We do not leave blank spaces at the end of lines by left justifying them because clowns like Foley may use them to insert claims of nonexistent valor.  (DAVE HARDIN)

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