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  • Man who inflated his military service sentenced in Roanoke

    04/08/2010 6:14:25 PM PDT · by csvset · 28 replies · 654+ views
    Virginian Pilot ^ | Mike Gangloff
    By Mike Gangloff ROANOKE A man who falsely claimed a chestful of military medals was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and was ordered to repay $11,098 in veterans benefits he shouldn't have received. Thomas Barnhart, 59, had 21 years of legitimate Navy and Coast Guard service, including offshore duty in Vietnam. But starting in 1979, he began inflating his experience in claims for promotions and benefits, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jake Jacobsen told U.S. District Judge James Turk today in Roanoke. Among Barnhart's lies, according to the prosecutor: he was a Navy SEAL, he received elite low-altitude...