The following is a list of members and associate members of the Korean War Veterans Association who have been threatened with removal, have been removed, or are in the process of being removed from the organization's membership roster. The removals are taking place under the auspices of the Louis Dechert Administration. The common thread for each candidate whose head has been on the chopping block (or whose head is scheduled for it) is that he or she is a vocal opponent of Louis Dechert and his administration. The exceptions to this are Harley Coon and Ken Cook, who were involved in a missing quartermaster inventory scandal, and Sheila Kronenberger, wife of anti-Dechert activist John Kronenberger. Sheila told the KWE, "I was not a vocal opponent of Louis Dechert and his administration. I am only married to John. That is why I was thrown out. They didn't want me to help John try to get at Dechert by mailing letters and helping John with his computer."
Victims List:
(Most recent victim-Buckley-added 10/30/07)
- Harley Coon (expelled from KWVA membership)
- Ken Cook (expelled from KWVA membership)
- Nick Pappas (expelled from KWVA membership "for cause" immediately after being elected national 2nd Vice President; vacancy filled by Dechert appointment of the opponent who lost to Pappas--a Dechert supporter)
- Byron Dickerson (placed on probation "for cause") He was told either take probation, expulsion, or resignation. He chose probation.
- Charles Smith (charge = "just cause" - pending)
- John Kronenberger (expelled from KWVA membership "for cause")
- Sheila Kronenberger (expelled from associate KWVA membership "for cause")
- Sam Naomi (charge = "just cause" - pending) (In July 2007, months before Naomi's removal trial is to take place, KWVA Director Warren Wiedhahn declared Naomi, "no longer a member in good standing with KWVA." It is unquestionable that Naomi has already been convicted without an actual trial. The Washington DC office of the KWVA is in Wiedhahn's office.)
- Robert Fuoco (charge = "just cause" - pending) Fuoco received a 22-page indictment from the Ethics & Grievance Committee.
- Lynnita Brown (charge = "just cause" - pending) Brown received a 3-page indictment from the Ethics & Grievance Committee.
- Nancy Monson (non-member who came under investigation)
- Jack Edwards (charge = "for cause"; resigned during investigation; subsequently declared "not a member in good standing"; replaced by Dechert appointing a losing candidate for director--a Dechert supporter)
- Don Ellwood (charge = "just cause" - pending)
- Ken Buckley (charge = "just cause" - pending)
