From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles C. Pixley
Charles C. Pixley
Charles Calvin Pixley (8 August 1923), was the 34th Sur- ginia, and remained there until July 1963 when he moved
geon General of the United States Army, serving in that to the Office of The Surgeon General to become the chief
capacity from October 1, 1977 to September 20, 1981. of the Medical Corps Branch, Directorate of Personnel
and Training.
Early life
He was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He earned his M.D.
Promotions
degree from the University of Oregon and completed an From August 1965 to July 1966, he studied at the Air War
M.S. degree in surgery at Baylor University. He received College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, before going
a commission as a First Lieutenant in the United States to Vietnam in July 1966 to command the 68th Medical
Army Reserve on 20 January 1947 and was integrated into Group for a year. He was promoted to Colonel in Septem-
the Regular Army in that grade on September 4, 1948. ber 1966. He returned from Asia in June 1967 to become
for three years the commanding officer of the Army Med-
Residency ical Training Center at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. He left
there in April 1970 for assignment to Ft. George G. Meade,
He completed his residency in surgery at Robert Packer Maryland where he served as First Army Surgeon. While
Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, from November 1948 to there, he was promoted to brigadier general on 1 Novem-
September 1949 after which he completed a special ber 1972. He moved back to The Surgeon General’s Of-
course in orthopedic surgery at Columbia College of fice in February 1973 where he spent a month in its Sup-
Physicians and Surgeons until November 1949 when he ply and Operations Branch before becoming Director of
was promoted to Captain. He was then assigned to Health Care Operations until August 1975. He next served
Brooke Army Medical Center for a one-year residency in as commanding general of William Beaumont Army Med-
general surgery as off 1 January 1950. In March 1950, he ical Center, El Paso, Texas where he was promoted to ma-
was ordered to the Ryukyus Command in Okinawa on a jor general on 1 September 1976. General Pixley left El Pa-
special 90-day temporary duty assignment to help relieve so in December for Ft. Sam Houston, Texas where he be-
the shortage of medical officers in the Far East Command. came the superintendent of the Army Academy of Health
In May the TDY was extended to 150 days. He returned to Sciences, serving there for a year prior to his appoint-
Brooke AMC in November 1950 and resumed his residen- ment as the Surgeon General.
cy in surgery on 1 January 1951. He remained at Brooke
for the next 3 years, first as senior resident in general
surgery until 31 December 1952 and then as chief resi-
Awards
dent in general surgery until 31 December 1953. Pixley’s military awards include three Legion of Merits
and three Army Commendation Medals. He also earned
Further training the Parachutist and Senior Flight Surgeon Badges.
In February 1954, Pixley was transferred to Fort Benning,
Georgia, and assigned to the U.S. Army Hospital. While at
References
Fort Benning, he was promoted to Major in April 1954. This article incorporates public domain material from the
He was then assigned to the Office of The Surgeon Gen- United States Government document "[1]".
eral from November 1954 until July 1958 when he moved Persondata
to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to attend the Officers’ Ad-
Name Pixley
vanced Course at the Medical Field Service School. Then
he completed the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Alternative names
Medicine and the Army Aviation Medical Orientation Short description
Course at the U.S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Date of birth 1923
Alabama, before serving at year in Korea. He then attend-
Place of birth
ed the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from July 1960 to July 1961. He Date of death
was promoted to Lt. Colonel in May 1961. In July 1961, Place of death
he was assigned to the U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Lee, Vir-
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