ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, April 17, 1996 TAG: 9604170059
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: HONOLULU
Two Marines who refused to give blood samples for a DNA registry were found guilty Tuesday of disobeying a lawful order but were spared the stockade and a bad-conduct discharge.
Cpl. John C. Mayfield III of Dallas and Cpl. Joseph Vlacovsky of Canton, Ohio, were both sentenced to a seven-day restriction that keeps them from leaving the Kaneohe Marine Base.
The ruling means they will be allowed to leave the service with honorable discharges. Mayfield's enlistment ends this week, and Vlacovsky's next month. Both said they planned to return to their hometowns and enroll in college under the GI Bill.
``Regardless of the punishment, we kept our DNA,'' Mayfield said.
- Associated Press
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