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Tag: Spc. 5 Edgar Lee McWethy Jr.

BAMC honors Medal of Honor recipient with run, ceremony
June 27, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s quarterly cohesion run held a special meaning June 23 as service members and civilians ran to the McWethy Troop Medical Clinic at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to honor the 50th anniversary of the heroic actions of the clinic’s namesake... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Commander Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson shakes hands with Jim Case and Christy McWethy-Case at a ceremony June 23 honoring her brother, Spc. 5 Edgar Lee McWethy Jr. at the McWethy Troop Medical Clinic on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. McWethy received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions June 21, 1967 during the Vietnam War.