Supposed Army General, POW Exposed

Supposed Army General, POW Exposed
by Andrew Meola (email) 12/21/11

Sources have called into question the integrity of Fermijon Marrero, seen here at the New Rochelle Veterans Day services in November.

Photo Credit: Andrew Meola


NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – A man who took part in the New Rochelle Veterans Day ceremonies claiming to be a retired Army general and POW lied about his military service, according to a number of sources.

Veterans groups are accusing Fermijon Marrero, who was honored by the City of New Rochelle and United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Association during Veterans Day services last month, of lying about his rank and status as a prisoner of war.

An officer at the U.S. Army Cadet Corps headquarters sent The Daily New Rochelle a document -- called a DD 214 -- given to military personnel upon his or her retirement showing that Fermin Ernesto Marrero served in the Army Reserve from Dec. 23, 1975 to Feb. 8, 1976 and on active duty from Feb. 9, 1976, to Nov. 22, 1976 He left the service as a private.

Marrero told The Daily New Rochelle in November that he served on active duty from May 23, 1964, to Nov. 22, 1987, and in the Army Reserve from December 1987 until May 22, 2011. He also claimed that he was a prisoner of war from Dec. 15, 1966, until May 1968 and that he escaped to Laos and met up with the 12th Cavalry.

Pentagon officials with the Department of Defense confirmed that no one with the last name Marrero was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, nor was the 12th Cavalry ever in Laos during that conflict. A Department of Defense website, which lists all those missing in action or taken prisoner in the Vietnam War, does not show anyone with the last name Marrero.
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