Doctor was born on August 23, 1932, in Oakley, South Carolina, to the late Henry Doctor and Annie Aikens Doctor. He attended Berkeley Training High School in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.[1]
During 1967, then Major Doctor was S3 for the 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th and 4th Infantry Divisions. He took temporary command of the Battalion when the Battalion commander, LTC Kimmel's C&C chopper was shot down on November 14, 1967.
Doctor was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by his alma mater South Carolina State and an honorary Doctor of Military Science degree by The Citadel.[3]
On July 8, 2008, the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced that a five-mile stretch of Old U.S. Route 52 south of Moncks Corner which passes near his birthplace in Oakley would be named the "Lieutenant General Henry Doctor Jr. Memorial Highway".[1][3]
