#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #gijc  ,,an ,,act  ,to designate the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs      
community-based outpatient clinic       
located in ,canton1 ,michigan1 as the   
,major ,general ,oliver ,w4 ,dillard    
,,va ,clinic4  #a4 ,findings ,congress  
finds the following3 7#a7 ,oliver ,w4   
,dillard was born on ,september #bh1    
#aibf1 in ,margaret1 ,alabama4  7#b7 ,in
 #aide1 following basic training he was 
drafted and was assigned to the #cdith  
,field ,artillery ,group in ,germany as 
part of the ,world ,war ,,ii army of    
occupation4 ,he was selected to serve as
 company clerk and began to work his way
 through the ranks1 attaining ,technical
 ,sergeant4  7#c7 ,dillard successfully 
completed the ,officer ,candidate       
,school 7,,ocs7 selection process and   
was approved for attendance at the      
,infantry ,,ocs at ,fort ,benning in    
,january #aidg4 ,he received a          
commission as a ,second ,lieutenant of  
,infantry after graduating from         

,infantry ,,ocs in ,july #aidg and was  
the honor graduate of his ,infantry     
officers basic course4  7#d7 ,he served 
in command and intelligence positions in
 ,korea1 ,germany1 and ,vietnam4  7#e7  
,during his service1 ,dillard graduated 
from the ,army ,command and ,general    
,staff ,college 7,,cgsc7 in #aieh1 where
 he was one of only three ,black        
officers in his class4 ,after ,,cgsc1 he
 completed his bachelor's degree at the 
,university of ,omaha leveraging his    
earlier studies at ,tuskegee ,institute4
  7#f7 ,in #aife1 ,mr4 ,dillard         
graduated from the ,national ,war       
,college1 becoming the first ,black     
officer to do so4 ,he graduated at the  
top of his class4  7#g7 ,,mg ,dillard's 
military awards include the             
,distinguished ,service ,medal with one 
,oak ,leaf ,cluster1 the ,silver ,star1 
the ,legion of ,merit with two ,oak     
,leaf ,clusters1 the ,bronze ,star with 
one ,oak ,leaf ,cluster and ,v ,device1 
the ,purple ,heart1 the ,air ,medal1 the

 ,combat ,infantryman's ,badge with     
,star 7two awards71 the ,army ,staff    
,identification ,badge1 and the ,vietnam
 ,distinguished ,service ,order 7#ast   
and #b;d ,class74 ,dillard also received
 two civilian awards from the ,republic 
of ,vietnam1 the ,vietnam ,rural        
,revolutionary ,development ,medal and  
the ,vietnam ,ethnic ,development       
,service ,medal 7#ast ,class74  7#h7    
,dillard was inducted into the ,united  
,states ,army's ,military ,intelligence 
,hall of ,fame in #bjab1 the ,officer   
,candidate ,school ,hall of ,fame in    
#bjab1 and the ,alabama ,military ,hall 
of ,honor in #bjac4  7#i7 ,he died in   
,canton1 ,michigan1 in #bjae1 and is    
buried in ,arlington ,national          
,cemetery4  #b4 ,designation of         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
community-based outpatient clinic       
located in ,canton1 ,michigan  7a7      
,designation ,the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs community-based      
outpatient clinic located in ,canton1   

,michigan1 shall after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act be known and     
designated as the ,major ,general       
,oliver ,w4 ,dillard ,,va ,clinic4  7b7 
,references ,any reference in a law1    
map1 regulation1 document1 paper1 or    
other record of the ,united ,states to  
the facility referred to in subsection  
7a7 shall be deemed to be a reference to
 the ,major ,general ,oliver ,w4        
,dillard ,,va ,clinic4  ,passed the     
,house of ,representatives ,november    
#ad1 #bjbb4;,clerk4