Talk:Robert Bales

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Sergeant Robert Bales article

There was an article named Sergeant Robert Bales. It has been deleted by now, but you can still take a look at it via Google Cache. See here. I haven't read it, but thought I'd drop a note, just in case it contains some valuable information that is not included in this article, yet. (Lord Gøn (talk) 23:29, 22 March 2012 (UTC))[reply]

There is no need to use Google Cache. The information from the Sergeant Robert Bales article were copied and pasted from the Alleged perpetrator section of the Kandahar massacre article, where it still could be accessed.--Potorochin (talk) 04:31, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Charge date

The article says Bales was charged on March 22. The news stories I saw said he would be charged on March 23. See:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jALBPqqvg4zf_EEzxaAXr0gZqFuQ?docId=8d9eadebbf724854a7fb077990020c48

Sca (talk) 12:37, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No purple heart?

If he suffered injuries to his foot and a traumatic brain injury while deployed, why is the purple heart not listed among his medals? Was he never awarded it or is its omission from the medal list an error? -Mike Payne (T • C) 23:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]