Medal Of Honor Faker Gets 34 Months

A former soldier was sentenced Nov. 1 to almost three years in federal prison for felony bank fraud and one misdemeanor count of falsely claiming that he had earned the Medal Of Honor. Richard David McClanahan was sentenced during a 15 minute hearing in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, by federal district Judge Mary Lou Robinson. McClanahan, 29 , dressed in a black pinstriped suit and black and blue tie, was sentenced to 24 months for felony bank fraud and 10 months for the misdemeanor, according to the U.Ss. attorney's office in Amarillo and Brooks Barfield, McClanahans attorney. The sentences will run consecutively, resulting in a 34 month prison sentence. McClanahan pleaded guilty Aug. 9 to two of three charges against him and admitted that he committed bank fraud and falsely claimed a Medal Of Honor, Christy Drake, the assistant U.S. attorney in Amarillo has said. As part of the plea agreement the prosecution dropped the other charge against McClanahan, in which he accused of falsely claiming he had three Silver Stars, three Purple Hearts and the Legion of Merit.