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A Marine sergeant major was demoted to sergeant after he
was convicted of wearing nine medals that he never earned, including a Purple
Heart and Combat Action Ribbon, and making false statements, service officials
said Friday.
Former Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank Sept. 13 by a judge as
part of an agreement with service prosecutors to plead guilty to all three
counts brought against him for unauthorized wearing of insignia and decorations,
for violating “good order and discipline” by wearing unearned decorations, and
for making false statements, said Maj. Hector Infante, a Marine spokesman.
Clawson, who is administratively assigned to Marine
Training and Education Command at Quantico, Va., is scheduled to leave the
Corps in December, service documents show. Charging
documents accused Clawson of wearing the unearned decorations since at least
January 2019 and lying to the Marine Corps about obtaining a doctoral degree
and transcript from Liberty University that same year.
The nine decorations that Clawson admitted to wearing without earning them
were the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Joint Meritorious Unit
Award, the NATO Service Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal, the Global War on
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Award Ribbon denoting
seven awards, the Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon and the Navy
and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia, according to court documents.
Clawson enlisted in the Marines in 1996 as a motor vehicle operator and
steadily climbed the enlisted ranks. His service
records show he served at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in
Alexandria, Va., Camp Pendleton, Calif., in Okinawa, Japan, and as a recruiter
in Maryland. He was once the senior enlisted leader for the 1st Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton and later for the Corps’ Manpower
Management Division at Quantico.
While Clawson did earn two Sea Service Deployment
Ribbons, his records and earned awards do not indicate he saw combat or served
in combat zones, such as Afghanistan or Iraq.
