{"id":22176,"date":"2015-12-16T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/12\/16\/chattanooga-shooting-victims-will-receive-purple-heart\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:56:09","slug":"chattanooga-shooting-victims-will-receive-purple-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2015\/12\/16\/chattanooga-shooting-victims-will-receive-purple-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Chattanooga shooting victims will receive Purple Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=791cf818-8393-4dca-badc-0e54faac3f0d\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An August memorial for the Chattanooga shooting victims included a moving unit roll call.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Department of the Navy will posthumously award <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the <\/span>Purple Heart medals to four Marines and a sailor killed by a lone terrorist at the Navy Operational Support Center Chattanooga in July, according to a statement from Navy Secretary <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">of the Navy <\/span>Ray Mabus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Marine <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">who was <\/span>wounded in the shooting <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">at the <\/span>will also be awarded the Purple Heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Following an extensive investigation, the FBI and NCIS have determined that this attack was inspired by a foreign terrorist group, the final criteria required for the awarding of the Purple Heart to this sailor and these Marines,&#8221; Mabus said in a statement. &#8220;This determination allows the Department of the Navy to move forward immediately with the award of the Purple Heart to the families of the five heroes who were victims of this terrorist attack, as well as to the surviving hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">just <\/span>hours after a news conference where the FBI director labeled <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the ederal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey told reporters <\/span>the shootings <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">were <\/span>an act of terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve investigated Chattanooga as a terror attack from the beginning,&#8221; Director James Comey said, according to a report from Fox News. &#8220;The Chattanooga killer was inspired by a foreign terror organization. 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Two service members, including two service members &#8212; a Marine and the NOSC commanding officer &#8212; who returned fire on the shooter,\u00a0Muhammad\u00a0Abdulazeez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines who were at the scene told Military Times\u00a0in August that the actions of Lt. Cmdr. Timothy White, who waylaid the shooter by firing his personal weapon, gave the Marines inside the NOSC a chance to get more people to safety, saving lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subject of valor awards for troops&#8217; actions during terror attacks has come up repeatedly since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. 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