Former Lance Cpl. Glenn Marshall
From: Mashpee, Mass.
The lie: As chairman of the Wampanoag Indian Tribe, Marshall led the charge to gain federal recognition for his tribe by stating publicly and testifying under oath during a 2004 House committee hearing that he was a survivor of the Battle of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War in 1968.
The reality: Corps manpower officials confirmed that Marshall, who exited the Corps as a lance corporal in 1970 after 23 months of service, was not yet a Marine when the 77-day battle for Khe Sanh began, and was still in the Corps? initial training pipeline when it ended. Though Marshall?s records do indicate at least one deployment to Vietnam as an infantryman, his record contains no awards such as the Combat Action Ribbon to suggest he ever heard a shot fired in anger.
The result: Within days of being exposed as a military faker by newspapers in Cape Cod, Mass., and New London, Conn., information surfaced about Marshall?s 1981 rape conviction, and the Wampanoag tribal council ousted him as its chairman. Though he didn?t mention the rape conviction, Marshall issued a public apology for lying about his military service.
?I am proud of my service in the Vietnam War and stand by the service I provided for my country during that horrific period of history,? he wrote. ?Like others who were part of the war, the years that followed my service are not something I?m proud of. I am proud of the rehabilitation and turnaround in my life following those years, and am proud of what the tribe has accomplished. I am sorry to have distorted my record and to allow it to stand uncorrected. Like a lot of veterans from that era, I realize I have my own demons that I need to deal with.?
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/09/marine_faker_list_070916/
