Effort to name Alexandria VA clinic after Max Beilke advances

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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar said Friday that her bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Alexandria as the “Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic” was included in a Veterans Affairs Committee mark-up on January 28. The bill will next go to a full committee vote.

“Max Beilke was a decorated veteran and civil servant who fought for quality retirement services for veterans and dedicated his life to serving his country and the state of Minnesota,” said Klobuchar. “I am proud to announce that this bill has passed a key legislative hurdle and that we are one step closer to naming the Alexandria clinic in honor of Max’s service.”

Max J. Beilke, born and raised in Pipestone, Minnesota, was a victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. He was drafted during the Korean War, sent to Vietnam in 1972 and was officially the last American combat soldier to leave Saigon on March 29, 1973. After 22 years on active duty, Beilke served as the Deputy Chief of Retirement Services in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel in the Army.

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