Marine Corps Wants to Award Purple Heart to Chattanooga Victims
The Marine Corps is prepping to award the Purple Heart to the four service members killed during last week’s shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The arrangements are being made even as the Marine Corps awaits word from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on whether the suspect, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, a 24-year-old Kuwaiti born citizen, had ties with foreign terrorist groups.
Determination of eligibility will have to wait until all the facts are gathered and the FBI investigation is complete,” Marine Corps public affairs officer Maj. Clark Carpenter told Marine Corps Times.
The service is also looking into existing requirements to see if a Purple Heart, the military’s highest honor, can be awarded to a recruiter who was injured in the attack.
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