President Trump announced during the State of the Union address he would bestow the Purple Heart to National Guardsmen Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe after they were ambushed by an Afghan national in Washington, D.C. last year. President Trump announced during the State of the Union address he would bestow the Purple Heart to National Guardsmen Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe after they were ambushed by an Afghan national in Washington, D.C. last year.