Did Paul Mallory die in Iraq?

Answer 1

There is no record of him, no military record, no record of a Paul Mallory receiving a Silver Star and in the list of military deaths for the USA there is no Paul Mallory. Snopes.com searches even further and looks at silver start recipients who have no siblings and all recipients have a sibling. You can read their article here. Snopes.com goes on to state that there are several factors that are iffy in this story: That a shelter would hold a dog indefinitely, that the dog owner never told the shelter the dogs real name and that Tanks new owner didn't read the letter from Paul Mallory straight away.