Did a piece of shit Beretta cost this USAF Captain his life?

This is straight from Air Force Times.  Emphasis mine.

Captain posthumously awarded Silver Star

Scott Fontaine - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Oct 1, 2011 9:07:32 EDT

An officer who traded gunfire with a rampaging Afghan pilot earlier this year and was killed during the shootout was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
Miriam Nylander accepted the honor on behalf of her husband, Capt. Nathan Nylander, who was killed during an attack that claimed the lives of eight other Americans. Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presented the medal Sept. 24 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., where Nylander served as a meteorologist with the 25th Operational Weather Squadron.
Nylander was deployed as an adviser with the NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan on April 27, when an Afghan Air Force pilot entered the air command and control center at Kabul International Airport and opened fire. Seven airmen and one American contractor were hit. Nylander was one of 12 people in an adjoining conference room; when he heard the gunshots, he moved to the door connecting the two rooms and helped evacuate everyone inside.
The officer had an opportunity to run to safety but chose to help his fellow airmen. He and another officer took up a firing position and shot at the gunman when he exited the air command and control center. The Afghan pilot was shot once and possibly twice, according to the narration that accompanied the Silver Star presentation.
Nylander stayed behind as the other airman left. Nylander and the gunman exchanged fire; the American was shot in the left thigh and received a grazing wound to his right thigh. He began bleeding heavily but continued to fire at the gunman.

Nylander’s 9mm pistol jammed. He managed to clear two rounds in his weapon, and the pistol’s final round was found jammed in the chamber. He tried to flee the building but was fatally shot.

“Of his own volition, Capt. Nylander chose to return to an extremely dangerous and unknown tactical situation and engage an attacker who had taken the lives of eight fellow Americans,” the narration reads. “After an initial exchange of gunfire, Capt. Nylander again chose to stay, with the likely intent of aiding the fallen. Capt. Nylander’s brave actions degraded the gunman’s capability and likely prevented further loss of life, including that of other U.S. personnel who remained in the AAF Headquarters.”

Just plain wow.

I never liked the Beretta's...just personal preference I guess.  But isn't it time to start buying new handguns?  Or how about we finally get on the ball and start issuing PDW's to all non-grunts instead of pistols.