U.S. Army Reserve Command
4710 Knox Street, Fort Bragg, NC 28310
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release 1506-013
June 4, 2015
Reserve Soldier Donates Kidney to Active Duty Soldier Injured in Iraq
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – 1st. Lt. Shauna Dool, a full-time graduate student at the University of North Carolina and an officer in the Army Reserve, is donating a kidney to Sgt. Maj. Miguel Filpo, an Active Duty Soldier injured in Iraq, on 16 June 2015. Although she barely knew him, Dool feels she is helping a fellow Soldier and her country.
Dool recently received a letter of recognition from Senator Ron Wyden applauding her sacrifice.
Before volunteering for the donation, Dool had only met Filpo once at a dinner with his sister. However, five months later when she heard he needed a new kidney to live, she immediately went in for testing to see if she was a match.
A husband and father of three, Filpo didn’t recognize the name when he was told the hospital identified a donor. He had no idea who she was. He called Dool to ask why she offered to help.
She told him, “I heard your story. I heard had you were injured in combat. It doesn’t matter what you think, I’m going to do this for you.”
“She is an angel,” Filpo said. “She just wants to do good for someone.”
The transplant is scheduled before the end of the month at the University of North Carolina Hospital at Chapel Hill.
For interview opportunities, please contact Capt. Eric Connor, Deputy Chief of Media Relations, at (910) 570-8330 or eric.w.connor.mil@mail.mil, or Lt. Col. Tad Fichtel, Chief of Media Relations, at 910-570-8337 or tad.t.fichtel.mil@mail.mil.
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Reserve Soldier Donates Kidney to Active Duty Soldier Injured in Iraq