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I have read in several places that the ORDERLY who worked for Dr. Louis Letson, and signed Kerry's grenade/shrapnel report, was named Jesus C. "Jess" Carreon, or J.C. Carreon for short.

I have also heard it reported that JC Carreon died around 1992....

...or did he???

Could it be that the swiftboatvets merely lost track of Jesus Carreon?
Could it be that after Vietnam, Jesus Carreon went on to get a doctorate in education?
Could it be that Dr. Jesus Carreon introduced George W. Bush in Minneapolis in 2004?

I could find no JC Carreon close to Kerry's age, that died around 1992, and that includes Social Security Death records, as well as obituary records.
There was just this one JC Carreon, who would have been 36 in 1969.
I realize this 'could' be the same guy, but I suspect he was a little too old to be an 'orderly' in Vietnam...
JESUS C CARREON
born: 15 Oct 1933 - Guam or American Somoa or Philippine Islands
died: 30 May 1992 - 91902 (Bonita, San Diego, CA) 586-60-2122

I also WONDER if the swiftvets merely THINK their JC Carreon died in 1992 because someone saw the OTHER JC Carreon's death record...

This from "I love Jet Noise"...

Louis Letson 1, DNC Lawyers 0

“I am the doctor [who treated Kerry],” he said. “Let me explain that. My critics are pointing to the [signature on the medical record], J.C. Carreon. If they look it carefully a scribble after the words, saying, “HM1.” HM1 is a hospital man first class. [Note: the DNC letter sent to TV stations states "Further, the "doctor" who appears in the ad (Louis Letson) was not a crewmate of Senator Kerry's and was not the doctor who actually signed Senator Kerry's sick call sheet. In fact, another physician signed Senator Kerry's sick call sheet. "] Jesus C. Carreon was one of my medics at that naval base. He was a top-notch fella. Real prince of a fella.”

“Unfortunately, my friend Carreon died about 1992. He’s not around to back this up,” he said.

“Kerry might have thought my name was J.C. Carreon. I was the only medical officer at that base. September 68 to Sept. 1969. I can verify that with commanding officer.”

And then there's THIS Dr. Jesus Carreon in 2004, who looks about the right age, AND is also from southern California...

President George W. Bush is introduced by Jesus Carreon before giving remarks to the American Associations of Community Colleges annual convention in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday, April 26, 2004. "Jess told me coming in here that -- I asked him where he was raised. He said, Southern California," commented the President before his remarks. "He said he didn't speak English when he came to America at age five. His dad had big dreams for him. And here he is, years later, introducing the President of the United States in perfect English."

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't an HM1 an ENTRY LEVEL Hospital Medic? (so I suspect that would be a very young man).

If nothing else, I think this man, introducing George Bush this April, could be the SON of the deceased orderly who signed Kerry's paperwork on behalf of Doctor Letson.

Even THAT could make for an interesting story...

Hmm, perhaps you should drop the swift boat vets an email with what you've found?

It appears that this particular Dr. Jesus "Jess" Carreon is a PhD who has spent his entire life in the education field. He is chancellor of the Dallas County Community College, and has been in academics all of his professional life. See bio here. Of course that doesn't preclude him from being RELATED in some way to the mystery man Jesus "Jess" Carreon.