Law Former Marine sues the Navy for denying him Purple Heart

[Rhood]

A former Marine sergeant is suing the Navy for denying him a Purple Heart after he was discharged following a fight with a former Naval officer who is a convicted sex offender, according to court documents.

According to the complaint, Muller is requesting that his records be corrected to reflect that he is entitled to a Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat in March 2012 while deployed to Afghanistan.

Muller had charges years later, referred to general court-martial following a "physical altercation with a retired Naval officer who is a convicted, and registered, sex offender who had recently been released from prison" on May 12, 2015. The person is not identified in the complaint, and no details are provided about what prompted the altercation.

He was convicted in April 2016 on two specifications of Article 128, which is related to assault, and one specification of Article 134, good order and discipline in the armed forces, of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Muller was discharged from the Marine Corps on November 11, 2017, according to the complaint. The following year, he petitioned the Marine Corps for the Purple Heart he was not awarded through an unnamed state senator.

The Marine Corps Forces Central Command responded to the state senator in December 2018 that Muller's Purple Heart could not be processed because he had received a bad conduct discharge.

Muller is asking the court to order the Navy to award him a Purple Heart and grant relief to "redress past injury and to restrain further harm" as well as any relief that the Court "deems just and proper."
https://www.newsweek.com/navy-denies-marine-purple-heart-fight-sex-offender-lawsuit-1818752

 

[nonoob]

Surprising, most seek no acknowledgement for doing what they did as marines.

 

[oldshadow]

He got a BCD he is not entitled anything. Unless he can get that overturned, which I doubt.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

- I don't know how this work. But suing for nothing getting a medal sees to much for me.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Surprising, most seek no acknowledgement for doing what they did as marines.

If you get a Purple Heart you’re entitled to certain benefits for life, which is probably his motivation. If he really was wounded in combat, they should have awarded it to him regardless of him beating someone up 4 years later. After all who knows, ptsd and/or cte could be the cause of his behavior

 

[syct23]

Should give the man a Gold Star instead..

 

[ShadowRun]

He should declare he's Trans and he will get it

 

[AWilder]

i feel like i dont understand enough of what happened to have much of an opinion on this. usually a bad conduct discharge is pretty damning.