The math did not make sense on his age and the Marine withdrawal from Vietnam.
ETA: He has claimed two tours of duty as well which would have made him 13 yrs and 10 months old in his first tour
Many are on it now. Check this out. Nathan actually links what happened Friday to his service in Vietnam.
"Here’s the exchange:
CNN: Let me ask you about what happened to you. These boys in the middle of this group and you find yourself surrounded. How did that happen and what did that feel like as a person standing there face to face with a young man who seems to be staring at you or glaring at you? How would you describe that moment?
Phillips: When I was there and I was standing there and I seen that group of people in front of me and I seen the angry faces and all of that, I realized I had put myself in a really dangerous situation. Here’s a group of people who were angry at somebody else and I put myself in front of that, and all of a sudden, I’m the one whose all that anger and all that wanting to have the freedom to just rip me apart, that was scary.
*********************And I’m a Vietnam veteran and I know that mentality of “There’s enough of us. We can do this.”**************************************
As Smith notes, Phillips “actually linked his supposed service in the Vietnam War to what happened on Friday”:
TRANSCRIPT: Nathan Phillips claimed to be a Vietnam veteran in CNN interview