Patrick Shannon Tanish

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Patrick Shannon Tanish, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Troop E, 2d Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. On 11 February 2004, Sergeant Tanish was on patrol in western Baghdad, Iraq, when a roadside bomb struck his Humvee. Wounded in the explosion, Sergeant Tanish fired more than 400 rounds at insurgents to allow eight wounded soldiers to be evacuated before he succumbed to his wounds.