Another Veteran (Phony) Is Caught In Lie About His Military Service

He is hoping to prove that his illnesses are linked to the time he spent in the first Gulf War. He also served in combat zones in the Falklands and Grenada.

Kauffman left the Army five months and eight days before his 20th anniversary, he will tell you, and he blames that on the Clinton administration’s downsizing. While he served the remainder of his time with an Army Reserve unit, that move left him unable to collect his pension until he is 62.

Kauffman, 50, said doctors have told him he won’t live that long.

That has left him feeling 100 percent behind the military but, he said, “bitter at those idiots in Washington.”

Yeah, all of you Falklands veterans raise your hands. Well, the author of the first article did some digging;

This week, I was able to view Kauffman’s Veterans Administration records, as well as a couple of yearbooks he produced. What I saw was a man who was in the Army Reserve in early 1982, then went on Army active duty, eventually leaving with the rank E4. He served in the Army Reserve until October 2003, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant.

The records said he was a decorated sharpshooter and had earned a good conduct medal and an overseas service medal.

I saw orders he received while stationed in Germany, sending him to participate in exercises in Norway and Turkey. I saw his certificate of achievement from the 7th Engineer Brigade for service in Heidelberg.

So, when folks found out he was lying, they shut down the donation site for him and returned all of the money, about 8 grand, to the donors. Ya know what? If he’d been truthful about his service in the beginning, people probably would have given that money anyway – there’s just that much goodwill about veterans. You don’t have to be a hero, you just have to be willing to step up and do the job that 99% of the country won’t. But Americans don’t like liars.

The young organizer, who lives in the River Plaza Apartments where Kauffman also lives, said he talked to police and was reassured he wouldn’t face any consequences if the page was taken down and the money returned.

So the young man, who had called Kauffman “my hero,” shut down the page and is working to return the money.

All of this upset Kauffman to the point that his friends and neighbors feared for his health. His laundry list of illnesses leaves him vulnerable to strokes, heart attacks and more.

Dude, don’t lie. Be proud of what you’ve actually done instead of making up bullshit stories that make you look like a flimflam man. This is too stupid for me to even put it on our Stolen Valor page.