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John P. Pryor, 42, surgeon and soldier

John P. Pryor, 42, of Moorestown, the dedicated leader of the University of Pennsylvania's trauma team and a decorated major in the Army Reserve who wrote eloquently about the painful parallels between battlefield deaths and urban homicides, was killed on Christmas by enemy fire in Iraq while serving as a combat surgeon.

Dr. John Pryor (center), a surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania Trauma Center, is flanked by colleagues from the 334th Combat Support Hospital. (From 2006)
Dr. John Pryor (center), a surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania Trauma Center, is flanked by colleagues from the 334th Combat Support Hospital. (From 2006)Read more
    by Michael Matza, Inquirer Staff Writer
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