A St. Cloud veteran is hopeful a potential kidney donor will come forward before he has to begin dialysis.

Retired Army Master Sergeant Owen McCurty served from 1983 to 2003.

An Army brat born in Germany with a father also in the Army, McCurty joined up after graduating high school.

He would go on to serve in various roles as an ammunitions specialist, notably serving a tour in Operation Desert Storm in Iraq as well as two overseas tours in Korea and Germany.

After retiring from military service, McCurty went on to become a veterans employment representative in Washington state, helping fellow veterans land jobs and translate their skills to a corporate setting.

“When service members were transitioning out of the Army, I would help them with their resume, and I would go out and build

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