Legal Opinion
Berry v. McCarthy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 31, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2017-2112Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LYNN BROWN, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-cv-2112 (CRC) CHRISTINE WORMUTH, Secretary of the Army, 1 et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION For the past six years, the family of the late Army Staff Sergeant Joshua Berry (“SSG Berry”) has been trying to convince the Army to posthumously award him the Purple Heart. SSG Berry was stationed at the Fort Hood Army base on November 5, 2009, when Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on fellow servicemembers and civilian law enforcement. SSG Berry leaped over a desk to take cover from multiple rounds fired…
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