My aunt married this guy in 1976 they were together for 6 years and had 2 children. She divorced him because he wouldn't work and provided no financial support whatsoever for his family. She had to work two jobs as a nurse to support them, when she divorced him, she got custody of the kids and never recieved 1 penny child support. The boys were 3 and 1 at the time. Now he shows up 24 yrs later & is trying to convince his kids that he was disabled vet and she threw him out because of his disablities and refused his child support payments. He claims that he has been drawing veteran's disability since his discharge. He claims to have served from the beginning of war til his discharge 3 mos before he met her. But according to our calculations he would have been only been 16 when he joined. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
2006-07-24 11:37:46 · 14 answers · asked by Redneck Mom 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I commend you for verifying this guys claims - they sound highly improbable according to the brief statement I read of yours. But here's how you can check this guy out.
Go to: www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs
This site is pretty friendly and they'll explain things each step of the way so you can obtain copies of this data (his records). I'm a veteran and recently had to retrieve my own records and this is the on-line site I used to get my records. I wish you and your Aunt well.
2006-07-24 12:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ask to see his DD-214 (discharge papers). If he can't find them, ask to see a promotion warrant, an award citation (you'll want to see the write up not the medal, you can buy medals), if he was there that long he's gotta have pictures, if he claims he was disabled than there is definitely some paper work on him at the VA so ask to see it. If he can produce any of these things have someone who was in the military look them over, preferably someone who was in around the same time as he was. A lot of these documents change and it is likely someone like myself who was in until recently wouldn't know if it was genuine or not, and if you have never served it is unlikely you'll have any clue at all. If he can't produce any of the above than he is a total liar. Good Luck
2006-07-24 11:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by joeybagofdonnuts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the others said, ask for his DD 214... not all vets filed a copy at the courthouse, and most of us withdrew them because of identity theft issues. But he should still have a copy. Also, contact Human Resources Command in St. Louis, MO, with his social security number, and see if they can verify his military service for you (not sure how far freedom of information act vs privacy act goes on this issue, explain the situation and they might help out)
2006-07-24 12:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by sweets 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he has been drawing disability he should have a VA card he should also have a DD form 214 and a certificate of discharge if you know when he was injured google his name and home of record a lot of times home town newspapers would run a list of people injured or killed in action a lot of vets have reunions for there units ask what unit he was in and then google that unit vets remember vets
2006-07-24 12:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by mikel m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know where he lived when he was discharged you should be able to find a record of his discharge papers on file at the courthouse. They will tell what day he joined and when he was discharged and for what reason.
2006-07-24 11:45:06 · answer #5 · answered by Eagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply ask to see a copy of his DD 214 (Certificate of Discharge). Any and all info pertaining to his military service will be on it.
2006-07-24 16:58:25 · answer #6 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres plenty of veterans living on military bases
2006-07-24 12:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by carlos y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the vietnam veterans database here
http://www.militaryusa.com/databases.html
2006-07-24 11:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it IS possible that he joined when he was 16.
ask him to call up some of his buddies. he SHOULD have friends who served with him. around our area, these war veterans always hang out at mcdonald's and just catch up every saturday morning.
o nvm. these other people know more than me.
2006-07-24 11:42:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy public records on websites like www.Intelius.com to see what type of military service he had. Hope this helps.
2006-07-24 11:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by TakingStock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋