Brandon Adam biography: 13 things about US Army veteran from Sandpoint, Idaho

Brandon D. Adam is an American retired soldier born in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, United States. He graduated from Sandpoint High School in Sandpoint.

Adam is 2 years younger than his wife Shannon Mary Duncanson Adam. They lived in Silverthorne, Colorado, USA with their two children.

Aside from Silverthorne, Brandon has lived in other parts of Colorado including Woodland Park, Colorado Springs and Telluride. He previously lived in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

As an athlete, Brandon is a two-time silver medalist in the Winter X Games in Mono Skier X and a three-time national champion in sled hockey with the Colorado Avalanche, which is based in Denver, Colorado. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is 1 year younger than her sister Patricia Elizabeth “Trish” Adam Small.
2. After being moved by al-Qaeda’s attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. As a combat engineer, he was stationed with the 2nd Infantry in Fort Carson, Colorado.
3. In 2010, he and Shannon got married.
4. In 2011, he earned a silver medal in the Winter X Games.
5. From 2003 to 2006, he served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant.
6. On May 5, 2007, while in Baghdad, Iraq as a U.S. Army combat engineer, he lost both legs above the knee after encountering an improvised explosive device. 
7. On November 8, 2007, 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush greeted him at a physical therapy lab for wounded soldiers at the Center for the Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
8. In 2008, he retired from the military.
9. In 2015, he earned a silver medal in the Winter X Games.
10. On February 15, 2020, he and his family moved into a mortgage-free house built for him by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Located near the 13th hole of the Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks in Silverthorne, it is accessible to him and his needs as a wounded veteran. 
11. On August 25, 2022, he visited the Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks. On September 5, 2022, a charity golf tournament in his name was held there to raise money for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
12. In February 2023, he went to Minnesota, USA to help raise money for Ethan Glynn, a football player who became a quadriplegic.
13. He was 39 years old when the Tunnel to Towers Foundation released a video on October 23, 2023 featuring him and Shannon.