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| Fake Marine Sentenced to Tend Graves |
| 2007-07-31 |
| TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A man who posed as a decorated Marine Corps captain for two years will tend graves at a military cemetery as part his sentence to serve 500 hours of community service, a federal judge ruled. Reggie L. Buddle, 59, of Puyallup pleaded guilty in April to unlawful wearing of U.S. military medals and decorations. He told U.S. Magistrate Judge Kelly J. Arnold at his sentencing Monday that he was ashamed of his conduct. Buddle never served in the Marines. He bought the uniform at a military surplus store, and the medals belonged to his brother, a Marine who died in Vietnam. Buddle posed as a Marine Corps captain in 2005 and 2006, wearing a uniform with medals intended as awards for extraordinary contribution to national defense and heroism in combat. He even gave the opening prayer for the Washington state Senate in 2006 and posed as a chaplain and reverend, including officiating at weddings and funerals of servicemen. Buddle wasn't ordained, however Friedman has said the marriages he presided over would still be lawfully recognized. The judge said Monday that Buddle would serve his community service tending graves at the Tahoma Military Cemetery in Kent. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #2 Pointless numbskullery, they should have given him 500 hrs as a nurses aid in a VA hospital. No, actually he isn't even fit to wipe their asses. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-07-31 11:01 |
| #1 what a dickhead |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-07-31 10:48 |