Washington D.C., Mar 12, 2019 / 12:38 pm
President Donald Trump will award the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Travis W. Atkins, who was killed on June 1, 2007, after tackling a suicide bomber in Al Yusufiyah, Iraq.
The White House announced March 12 that the Medal of Honor would be posthumously awarded to Atkins, a Catholic, on March 27, 2019. Atkins' son, Trevor Oliver, and other members of his family, will be present at the White House for the ceremony.