Overview
- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society will present the 2026 Young Hero Honoree to Greenawalt on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
- The recognition cites his action during the Aug. 27, 2025 attack at Annunciation Church and Catholic School, when he shielded classmate Weston Halsnes and was shot in the back.
- The Young Hero Honoree is one of six annual Citizen Honor Awards selected by a society composed of living Medal of Honor recipients.
- Events will include a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery prior to the awards ceremony.
- Authorities reported the shooting killed two children and injured about 30 people as the attacker fired more than 100 rounds from a rifle, shotgun and pistol before dying by suicide, with police later recovering three shotgun shells, 116 rifle rounds and a live handgun round.