Daniel Greenwell – U.S. Navy SEAL, MARSOC Combat Corpsman, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Blog of Shame

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6 years ago

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BACKGROUND

Daniel Austin Greenwell comes to us from New Harmony, Indiana. Greenwell is 32 years old at the time of this writing – July 2020. Some resources list his middle initial as a “D” but in most cases, it is listed as “A.”

Before we introduce claims, we thought it was important to show photos of Greenwell so you get a mental snapshot. This will be significant in a moment.

As you can see, Greenwell has a Navy SEAL Trident displayed on his uniform in the middle photograph on the bottom row.

It also appears on the website for a church, presumably his church, which honors military members past and present.

First United Methodist Church – Military Veterans Past & Present

SOURCE: http://firstumcmv.com/fumc__military_veterans__past__present

In the following Facebook post, Greenwell claims he is stationed in Coronado, which is well-known as the base that Navy SEALs train and are based out of.

Daniel Greenwell – Facebook

In one of Greenwell’s Facebook profiles, he claims he was in the Navy from 2010 to present, but since it is an old account “present” can mean a few years back.

Daniel Greenwell – Facebook

SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.greenwell1

Although his LinkedIn profile is no longer available, here are a few screenshots from it.

Daniel Greenwell – LinkedIn

Greenwell has authored a book titled “Monsters” and in his biography, he lists many claims. However, the photo does not appear to be him – even when compared with the above younger photos of him in the Navy.

Daniel Greenwell – Smashwords Biography

SOURCE: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Dagreenwell

The claims in the biography range from:

- Greenwell is a combat veteran
- Served in “many different conflicts from Afghanistan to Iraq to other places he can never tell you about, he has been around the block”
- Greenwell was a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman serving with First Marine Reconnaissance to being at MARSOC as a “Raider”
- Awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart in 2015 for actions he took during the “Second Battle of Sangin” in 2014

You can buy the book to see if there are any more claims inside, but it has a price tag of $999.99. Apparently it is advertised as a work of fiction with the main character named Michael Daniels.

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ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARY PHONIES

After contacting the UDT/SEAL archives and checking the UDT/SEAL database we found that there is NO record of “Daniel Austin Greenwell” or any other variation of his name ever completing BUD/S Training or assigned to any SEAL teams during the time he was in the Navy.

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Daniel Greenwell’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

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FOIA RESULTS

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DoN)

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (SCRA)

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OTHER RESEARCH

Upon closer inspection, it appears that the photo in Greenwell’s biography on Smashword’s appear to be of a legitimate Navy Hospital Corpsman Silver Star recipient:

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/604346/face-of-defense-corpsman-awarded-silver-star-medal/

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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY

There is no record of Daniel Greenwell attending BUD/S-SEAL training and no record of him serving with a SEAL Team.

Greenwell’s official military records do not show that he was awarded a Combat Action Ribbon, or a Purple Heart, or a Bronze Star Medal.

There is no sea duty listed on his DD-214, nor is there a Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. These awards would be present if he deployed to a war zone overseas. In addition, Greenwell has a GWOT Service Medal vs. a GWOT Expeditionary Medal. The former (Service Medal) if he was on active duty during the Global War on Terror and the latter (Expeditionary Medal) if he was deployed while on duty during the Global War on Terror. This underscores the fact that he was not deployed.

Not sure what to make of his claims of being on active duty starting in 2010, it could represent a delayed entry claim.

If Greenwell has used these claims to gain anything of value – especially the combat and Purple Heart claims – to gain anything of value, he may be in violation of the Stolen Valor Act. State laws may also apply – Indiana has its own law on Stolen Valor.

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