WATCH: President Trump Calls Parents of Heroic Fallen Soldier Who Will Be Awarded Medal of Honor

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Our president genuinely cares about our troops and their loved ones.

In a very touching moment, President Trump personally called the parents of a brave fallen soldier to inform them that their son will be post-humorously awarded with the military’s highest award.

At the age of 24, Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis lost his life shielding an ally in Afghanistan back in 2013.

Now, he’s being presented with a Medal of Honor for his heroism.

Watch the moment President Trump spoke on the phone with Ollis’ parents here:

NEW: The family of fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis receives a call from President Trump, telling them their son would posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.

Ollis was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 when he shielded a Polish army officer from a su*cide bomber.

Ollis saved… pic.twitter.com/O6CzCwyqzu

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 4, 2026

NEW: The family of fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis receives a call from President Trump, telling them their son would posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.

Ollis was killed in Afghanistan in 2013 when he shielded a Polish army officer from a su*cide bomber.

Ollis saved the life of Karol Cierpica, who became the father of a baby boy shortly after.

Cierpica named the boy ‘Michael’ in honor of Michael Ollis.

“Your son is gonna get the highest honor that you can have. There’s no higher honor than the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Trump said on the call.

Video: SSG Michael Ollis Freedom Foundation / fb.

Ollis was killed when he put himself between a Polish ally soldier and a suicide bomber.

The soldier he saved, Lt. Karol Cierpica, ended up naming his son after Michael to honor him.

Here’s a photo of the baby:

This photo…
The onions… pic.twitter.com/gV5NqxiRZ0

— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) February 4, 2026

At this time, there is no set date for the awards ceremony.

Michael’s dad Robert, who you saw in that clip above, called the phone call with President Trump “bittersweet.”

Military Times has more:

Robert Ollis, Michael’s father, confirmed to Military Times via phone that he and Michael’s mother Linda had received a call from President Donald Trump Tuesday night confirming Ollis was approved for the award. The infantryman from Staten Island had previously been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army’s second-highest combat honor, for his actions.

Robert Ollis said the call with the president was “bittersweet.”

“We wanted this for Michael, but being his father, I want my son back,” he said. Beyond that, though, he added, “This is the best.”

“Our prayers have been answered,” Ollis continued. “There is a God, and if you keep annoying him, He’ll come through.”

The White House did not respond to a query seeking confirmation of the award.

Robert Ollis said he’d heard from the Pentagon on Wednesday morning that the news had not been intended for announcement yet. No date has been confirmed for the award ceremony, Ollis said.

Ollis has become something of a symbol of the power of military alliances. In Camp Kościuszko in Poznan, Poland, a mess hall named after Ollis — the “SSG Michael H. Ollis Warrior Grill” — honors his memory and sacrifice, according to a 2024 Army news release.

In an even more meaningful tribute, the Polish soldier Ollis saved, Lt. Karol Cierpica, would name his son Michael in honor of the fallen soldier.

According to previous Military Times reporting, Ollis, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, had been posted at Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Aug. 28, 2013, when the base was breached by a car bomb. The breach allowed for 10 enemy fighters wearing suicide vests to make their way inside the outer wall. More insurgents pelted the base with mortars and grenades from outside.

According to Ollis’s medal citation, he accounted for his soldiers and checked for casualties before running toward the enemy assault. He linked up with Cierpica and they moved toward the attackers and began to engage them “without their personal protection equipment and armed only with their rifles.”

“While fighting along the perimeter of the forward operating base, an insurgent came around a corner and immediately engaged them with small arms fire,” Ollis’s citation reads. “With complete disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Ollis positioned himself between the insurgent and [Cierpica] who had been wounded in both legs and was unable to walk. Staff Sergeant Ollis fired on the insurgent and incapacitated him, but as he approached the insurgent, the insurgent’s suicide vest detonated, mortally wounding him.”

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