Retired US Navy Vice Admiral John Mateczun died on November 7, 2022.
Mateczun was in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, when it was attacked by terrorists. A psychiatrist, he started to assist the injured.
His son, Adam, Mateczun, told Rick Nathanson of the Albuquerque Journal, “We didn’t know if he was dead or alive and it wasn’t until a few hours after the plane had crashed that he finally was able to get in touch with the family to let us know he was still alive.”
Mateczun was also a Vietnam veteran with a long and distinguished career.
Military burial at Arlington National Cemetery will take place at a date to be announced.
