During his 10 years of military service and four deployments, Kyle earned one Silver Star and three Bronze Stars with Valor, a record confirmed by Navy officials. “All told,” Kyle wrote in his book, “I would end my career as a SEAL with two Silver Stars and five Bronze, all for valor.”īut Kyle, who was murdered by a fellow military veteran several years after leaving the Navy, embellished his military record, according to internal Navy documents obtained by The Intercept.
The movie adaptation became the highest-grossing war film in American history. His bestselling autobiography, American Sniper - a story of honor, glory, and quiet heroism - has sold more than a million copies.
No American has been more associated with the Navy SEAL mystique than Chris Kyle, known as the deadliest sniper in U.S.
