
TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey doctor -who was a well-known trauma surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — has been killed in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.
In a statement issued Friday night, the DoD said 42-year-old Maj. John P. Pryor of Moorestown died Christmas Day when a mortar round hit near his living quarters. He was serving with a forward surgical team with the Army’s 1st Medical Detachment, based in Fort Totten, N.Y.
Pryor’s colleagues said they were devastated by the loss of the married father of three young children.
“John was a man who truly believed that service to others...