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Medal of Honor Staff Sergeant Travis Atkins


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STAFF SERGEANT TRAVIS ATKINS

Staff Sergeant Travis Atkins Bio Image

BORN

Dec. 9, 1975

HOMETOWN

Bozeman, Montana

ENLISTMENT DATE

Nov. 9, 2000

MILITARY OCCUPATION

Infantryman (11b)

UNIT

2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

CAMPAIGNS

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Then-Pvt. Travis Atkins graduates from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga., 2001. (Photo courtesy of the Atkins family)

Travis W. Atkins was born on Dec. 9, 1975, in Great Falls, Montana. He moved with his parents, Jack and Elaine, to Bozeman, Montana, in 1981. Growing up, Atkins was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to hunt, fish, snowmobile and camp.

 

Prior to enlisting, Atkins worked for concrete and painting contractors, and as a small-engine mechanic, but his athletic nature and desire to serve ultimately led him to the U.S. Army.

 

Atkins enlisted on Nov. 9, 2000, and attended basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and deployed with the 101st to Kuwait in early March 2003. Atkins participated in the invasion of Iraq later that month as an infantry fire team leader.

 

Atkins was honorably discharged from the Army in December 2003.

 

Back home, Atkins attended the University of Montana in Missoula and worked as a painting and concrete contractor. Two years later, Atkins once again answered the call to serve.

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