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Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins grew up in Bozeman and served in Kuwait and Iraq following 9/11. In 2007, he was killed while shielding fellow soldiers from a suicide bomber in Iraq.
A recipient of the Purple Heart and numerous other awards and decorations, Sgt. Atkins was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2019. The Travis Atkins Memorial Park was dedicated in 2007 and is located on the east side of Bozeman Public Library.