Concordia University Names Veterans Resource Center in Honor of Fallen Alum

(Source: Orange County Register)

Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson, of Irvine, died last August in Afghanistan, when a roadside bomb detonated near his patrol.

On Memorial Day, the 28-year-old Green Beret in the Army Special Forces was remembered and honored by the city of Irvine and his alma mater, Concordia University Irvine, which renamed its Veterans Resource Center the U.S. Staff Sgt. Matthew Thompson Veterans Resource Center.

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