World War II Honoree

Charles Sumner Neer II, M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Vinita, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SCHOOL. HIS RESIDENCY TRAINING WAS INTERRUPTED BY HIS WWII SERVICE AS AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED IN THREE THEATERS DURING THE WAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.