National Archives - NPRC Response to FOIA Request: David Lewis Anderson

I received a response today from the National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center regarding the service record of David Lewis Anderson.

(I submitted the request in January). The letter states:  "We have been unsuccessful in identifying a military service record for the above-named individual."

The response concurs with a previous request to the Department of Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) which yielded no result.

I plan to contact NPRC per the response letter to confirm the required info from the January 2022 FOIA request. 

This comes as a surprise as I had expected to receive his record including a duty assignment on Guam and his resignation from his commission (retirement).  But in my experience, this type of response is indicative of a false claim of military service.

Should Mr. Anderson be inclined to dispute this, I encourage him to contact me and/or publish documentation publicly as evidence of his military service.

In previous investigations, I have always given the person the benefit of the doubt.  And I have not accused Anderson of falsely claiming to be a USAF Officer.  However, my investigation has shown the following:

- Anderson lied about being a scientist in the USAF

- Anderson lied to his brother-in-law about his military service.

- Anderson lied about his military training and job description.

- Anderson lied about his duty assignments

- Anderson lied about his education

- Anderson lied about the conditions under which he resigned his commission.

- Anderson lied about operating research laboratories.

- Anderson was fired from an executive job position for failing a background check.

If he would lie about everything else. it is entirely logical he would also lie about serving as a USAF Officer for 4 years.

I contacted the NPRC Archives Technician who processed my FOIA request and they confirmed that Anderson's information I submitted was sufficient to conduct a search for his record.  

They commented to me that a Social Security Number (or Service Number) is not required and that many who make false claims of service also lie about full legal names and their date and place of birth.

More to follow...