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Chris Kyle

Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and a Combat Action Ribbon. Despite Kyle’s claims of receiving two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars, the Navy later stated that his retirement paperwork was inaccurate and clarified that he had been awarded one Silver Star and three Bronze Star Medals with "V" devices for valor.

Kyle was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009, and published his bestselling autobiography, ''American Sniper'', in 2012. His autobiography contains many incidents that are unverifiable or that appear to have been fabricated, and he was sued by Jesse Ventura for defamation. In 2013, Kyle was murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas. Routh, a former Marine, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. A film adaptation of Kyle's book, directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle, was posthumously released in 2014. Provided by Wikipedia