"The Legend", "Devil of Ramadi", "Tex", "American Sniper"
Born
(1974-04-08)April 8, 1974 Odessa, Texas, U.S.
Died
February 2, 2013(2013-02-02) (aged 38) Erath County, Texas, U.S.
Buried
Texas State Cemetery[2]
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1999–2009
Rank
Chief Petty Officer[3] (Rating: Special Warfare Operator, formerly Intelligence Specialist)
Unit
United States Navy SEALs
SEAL Team 3
Battles/wars
Iraq War
2003 invasion of Iraq
Battle of Al Faw
Battle of Nasiriyah
Second Battle of Fallujah
Second Battle of Ramadi
Iraq spring fighting of 2008
Siege of Sadr City
Awards
Silver Star
Bronze Star Medal (3)
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal[4]
Spouse(s)
Taya Studebaker
(m. 2002)
Children
2[5]
Other work
American Sniper (2012)
American Gun (2013)[6]
Signature
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 several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He had 160 confirmed kills and was awarded a Silver Star, three Bronze Star Medals with "V" devices for valor, 2x Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with "V" device, as well as numerous other unit and personal awards.[4][7]
Kyle was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009, and published his bestselling autobiography, American Sniper, in 2012. A film adaptation of Kyle's book, directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle, was released two years later. In 2013, Kyle was murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range near Chalk Mountain, Texas.[8] Routh, a former Marine, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.[9]
^Bernstein, Adam (February 4, 2013). "Chris Kyle, Navy Seal and author of 'American Sniper', dies". The Washington Post. Christopher Scott Kyle was born in 1974
^Jamie Stengle; Paul J. Weber; Angela K. Brown (February 12, 2013). "Procession escorts ex-Navy SEAL Kyle to burial". Army Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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^ abLarter, David (July 8, 2016). "Navy: SEAL Chris Kyle never earned a 2nd Silver Star". Navy Times. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
^"'American Sniper' Widow Recalls Heartbreaking Moment Kids Learned Navy SEAL Dad Chris Kyle Had Been Killed". Christian Post. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
^Kyle, Chris; Doyle, William (June 2013). American Gun. HarperCollins. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^Brook, Tom Vanden (July 8, 2016). "Navy lowers medal count for SEAL Chris Kyle". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
^Lamothe, Dan (February 13, 2015). "The fatal intersection of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and the Marine veteran who killed him". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
^Madeline Boardman (February 25, 2015). "Eddie Ray Routh Found Guilty of Murder in Shooting Death of American Sniper's Chris Kyle". Us Weekly. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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