The Story:
Disrupting the holiest day of the Shiite religious calendar, eight suicide bombers struck in Iraq in quick succession, killing numerous people on Feb. 19, 2005. Iraqi forces in Baghdad were struggling to handle the large bundle of attacks, and asked for Coalition assistance. As Trahan’s team was responding to the Iraq forces’ call for help, he was killed by an IED. Trahan was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 3d Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, out of Crowley, La.
Trahan had received 11 medals during his military enlistment; the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart were awarded posthumously.