At some point in the future the Veterans Administration community based outpatient clinic in Junction City will bear the name of the late Lt. General Richard Seitz.

Senator Jerry Moran noted that will occur when the VA determines their new location in for the clinic. “When they find that new site we’re going to be there to help cut a ribbon and name that clinic for General Seitz.”

Seitz passed away in June of 2013.

He was an American Army officer and paratrooper who during a 35-year career commanded the 2nd Battalion, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the XVII Airborne Corps.

Moran provided the information on the naming of the clinic during a recent Listening Tour stop in Junction City.