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WANNABE ADMITS WEARING UNEARNED MEDAL

Has pleaded guilty to wearing Silver Star he never earned. Also claimed three Purple Hearts.

 

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Man Admits Wearing Unearned Medal

U.S. Attorney: Man Never Earned Silver Star

http://www.kcra.com/news/21891497/detail.html



SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man known as the unofficial caretaker of the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial pleaded guilty to wearing a Silver Star that was never awarded to him.

Kenneth Jerome Nelson, 60, claimed he was awarded the honor while he was a Marine in Vietnam, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Camil A. Skipper.

Nelson also claimed he earned three Purple Hearts, including one he claimed to have earned after stepping on a spike while carrying a wounded soldier for 26 miles.

He never served in any combat role, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, and didn't receive any decorations or medals.

Nelson is scheduled to be sentenced March 1, 2010, and faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

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