On Sept. 22, 1944, the War Department General Order Number 76 officially redesignated Fort Lewis General Hospital as Madigan General Hospital, after Colonel Patrick S. Madigan who died suddenly on May 8, 1944.

Madigan General Hospital was formally dedicated in August 1945, and named in honor of Doctor Madigan, a Medical Corps Officer who is known as the Father of Army Neuropsychiatry.

Today, ocated on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Madigan Army Medical Center comprises a network of Army medical facilities located in Washington and California that serve more than 100,000 active duty service members, their families and retirees.