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His resume read like a military awards manual.
The Purple Heart is given to soldiers wounded or killed in battle. Richard David McClanahan claimed to have three of them.
Then there were the Silver Stars. He boasted to have three of those too, more than military legend Audie Murphy.

But it was all a lie.

Now, McClanahan will have to spend 34 months in federal prison.

McClanahan, 29, of Fort Worth, is one in a small-but-growing list of fake military heroes prosecuted nationally under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005.

The measure seeks to penalize people who either distribute phony medals or fraudulently claim to be decorated veterans.

McClanahan faced a maximum of up to 31 years in prison and $1.1 million in fines.