2021 VETERAN'S DAY COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY
Friday, November 11, 2022
San Antonio National Cemetery
517 Paso Hondo
Time: 1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Guest Speaker: TBA

Brigadier General Shan K. Bagby, Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Central and the 28th Chief of the Army Dental Corps. He’s the Army’s first African-American dental officer promoted to brigadier general.
Brigadier General Bagby earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Rutgers University on an ROTC scholarship. Following that, he earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Baylor University, and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College. He completed Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency training at Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, and fellowship training in OMS trauma surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
His previous career assignments include: Commanding General, Brooke Army Medical Center, Deputy Commanding General (Support), U.S. Army Medical Command 28th Chief, Army Dental Corps, Deputy Chief of Staff for Support, G-1/4/6 Deputy Chief of Staff/Troop Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command Commander, U.S. Army Dental Health Activity, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington Chief, Dental Corps Branch, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky Chairman and Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas Commander, 561st Medical Company (Dental Services), Grafenwoehr, Germany Assistant Residency Director, U.S. Army Dental Health Activity, Fort Sam Houston and Instructor, Oral Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
He is a graduate of the Army Medical Department Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Airborne Course, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and U.S. Army War College.
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (three Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (one Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (two bronze service stars), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (two awards) and the Army Parachutist Badge. He holds the Army Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3). He is a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.