
In Afghanistan Air Force Lt. Col. Glade L. Felix helped treat sick and injured detainees. In Qatar, he was helping care for American casualties.
“They called him ‘the old man’ ” because he was so much older than the rest of them, said Jan Felix, his older brother.
Felix, 52, of Lake Park, Ga., died June 11 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, of heart complications. He was assigned to Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University at Provo and a master’s in physical therapy from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. He entered the Air Force in 1976 and served the past 31 years in both active and reserve duty.
He spent many...