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Not quite. Stolen valor can only be charged when it's provable that the person in question benefited in some way, usually financially, from the lie.
Don't get me wrong, it's a dickish and incredibly disrespectful thing to do, but it isn't illegal in and of itself.
Edit: IANAL, but I've read a good bit about this particular subject.
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Not quite. Stolen valor can only be charged when it's provable that the person in question benefited in some way, usually financially, from the lie.
Don't get me wrong, it's a dickish and incredibly disrespectful thing to do, but it isn't illegal in and of itself.
Edit: IANAL, but I've read a good bit about this particular subject.