A combat medical technician, author and educator, administrator, Chalmers Archer, Jr. was born on April 21, 1928, in Holmes County, Tchula, Mississippi, to Chalmers Archer, Sr. and Eva Rutherford Archer. His mother was a teacher/librarian and his father a World War I veteran and longtime farmer. While yet a child, his father and uncles rented a hilltop of more than four hundred acres known as the "Place," where they farmed, cultivated orchards, raised livestock and built smokehouses. The land was sold when Archer Dr. Archer was twelve years old and his family moved to Lexington, Mississippi.
After graduating from Ambrose Vocational High School, he attended Tuskegee University for one year before volunteering for the United States Army Air Corps.
Dr. Archer was in the United States Army Air Corps for one year and then transferred to the Army. he served on a medical crew as a Master Sergeant Technician during the Korean War, where his unit's job was to retrieve wounded soldiers. In 1952, Archer began training at Fort Bragg's Psychological Warfare Center as part of the newly formed United States Army's Special Forces. His unit was one of the first to enter Vietnam, where he training original Special forces teams of the South Vietnamese Army. On October 21, 1957, Dr. Archer's unit was ambushed and he witnessed the first American combat deaths in Vietnam, as well as saving the lives of American and Vietnamese soldiers. He did not see action in Vietnam again, however, he did see action in Cambodia and Laos. Archer went on to serve in the Philippines, Hawaii, Korea, Taiwan and Panama, as well as in Southeast Asia. He ended his army service in 1967 and went back to school, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Tuskegee Institute in 1972.
Dr. Archer earned his Masters of Arts in Education in 1974, and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychology from Auburn University in 1979. he then completed a twelve-month post-graduate study at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
In 1983, he became a professor of counseling and psychology at Northern Virginia Community College. He later served as assistant to the president at Saint Junior College in Lexington, Mississippi, and assistant to the Vice President at the Tuskegee Institute.
Dr. Archer wrote two memoirs, "Growing Up Black in Rural Mississippi," published in 1991 and "Green Berets in the Vanguard," published in 2001. He received the Afro-Achievement Award in 1994 for distinguished lifetime achievement in education from the Dale City Afro-Achievement Committee. Dr. Archer also served as president of the Jennie Dean Project.
His remaining siblings are Francis (Louise) Archer, Sr., Washington, DC and Vernon (Madeline) Archer, Sr., Ph.D., Jackson, Mississippi, beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
After graduating from Ambrose Vocational High School, he attended Tuskegee University for one year before volunteering for the United States Army Air Corps.
Dr. Archer was in the United States Army Air Corps for one year and then transferred to the Army. he served on a medical crew as a Master Sergeant Technician during the Korean War, where his unit's job was to retrieve wounded soldiers. In 1952, Archer began training at Fort Bragg's Psychological Warfare Center as part of the newly formed United States Army's Special Forces. His unit was one of the first to enter Vietnam, where he training original Special forces teams of the South Vietnamese Army. On October 21, 1957, Dr. Archer's unit was ambushed and he witnessed the first American combat deaths in Vietnam, as well as saving the lives of American and Vietnamese soldiers. He did not see action in Vietnam again, however, he did see action in Cambodia and Laos. Archer went on to serve in the Philippines, Hawaii, Korea, Taiwan and Panama, as well as in Southeast Asia. He ended his army service in 1967 and went back to school, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Tuskegee Institute in 1972.
Dr. Archer earned his Masters of Arts in Education in 1974, and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychology from Auburn University in 1979. he then completed a twelve-month post-graduate study at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
In 1983, he became a professor of counseling and psychology at Northern Virginia Community College. He later served as assistant to the president at Saint Junior College in Lexington, Mississippi, and assistant to the Vice President at the Tuskegee Institute.
Dr. Archer wrote two memoirs, "Growing Up Black in Rural Mississippi," published in 1991 and "Green Berets in the Vanguard," published in 2001. He received the Afro-Achievement Award in 1994 for distinguished lifetime achievement in education from the Dale City Afro-Achievement Committee. Dr. Archer also served as president of the Jennie Dean Project.
His remaining siblings are Francis (Louise) Archer, Sr., Washington, DC and Vernon (Madeline) Archer, Sr., Ph.D., Jackson, Mississippi, beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
A combat medical technician, author and educator, administrator, Chalmers Archer, Jr. was born on April 21, 1928, in Holmes County, Tchula, Mississippi, to Chalmers Archer, Sr. and Eva Rutherford Archer. His mother was a teacher/librarian and his father a World War I veteran and longtime farmer. While yet a child, his father and uncles rented a hilltop of more than four hundred acres known as the "Place," where they farmed, cultivated orchards, raised livestock and built smokehouses. The land was sold when Archer Dr. Archer was twelve years old and his family moved to Lexington, Mississippi.
After graduating from Ambrose Vocational High School, he attended Tuskegee University for one year before volunteering for the United States Army Air Corps.
Dr. Archer was in the United States Army Air Corps for one year and then transferred to the Army. he served on a medical crew as a Master Sergeant Technician during the Korean War, where his unit's job was to retrieve wounded soldiers. In 1952, Archer began training at Fort Bragg's Psychological Warfare Center as part of the newly formed United States Army's Special Forces. His unit was one of the first to enter Vietnam, where he training original Special forces teams of the South Vietnamese Army. On October 21, 1957, Dr. Archer's unit was ambushed and he witnessed the first American combat deaths in Vietnam, as well as saving the lives of American and Vietnamese soldiers. He did not see action in Vietnam again, however, he did see action in Cambodia and Laos. Archer went on to serve in the Philippines, Hawaii, Korea, Taiwan and Panama, as well as in Southeast Asia. He ended his army service in 1967 and went back to school, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Tuskegee Institute in 1972.
Dr. Archer earned his Masters of Arts in Education in 1974, and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychology from Auburn University in 1979. he then completed a twelve-month post-graduate study at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
In 1983, he became a professor of counseling and psychology at Northern Virginia Community College. He later served as assistant to the president at Saint Junior College in Lexington, Mississippi, and assistant to the Vice President at the Tuskegee Institute.
Dr. Archer wrote two memoirs, "Growing Up Black in Rural Mississippi," published in 1991 and "Green Berets in the Vanguard," published in 2001. He received the Afro-Achievement Award in 1994 for distinguished lifetime achievement in education from the Dale City Afro-Achievement Committee. Dr. Archer also served as president of the Jennie Dean Project.
His remaining siblings are Francis (Louise) Archer, Sr., Washington, DC and Vernon (Madeline) Archer, Sr., Ph.D., Jackson, Mississippi, beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
After graduating from Ambrose Vocational High School, he attended Tuskegee University for one year before volunteering for the United States Army Air Corps.
Dr. Archer was in the United States Army Air Corps for one year and then transferred to the Army. he served on a medical crew as a Master Sergeant Technician during the Korean War, where his unit's job was to retrieve wounded soldiers. In 1952, Archer began training at Fort Bragg's Psychological Warfare Center as part of the newly formed United States Army's Special Forces. His unit was one of the first to enter Vietnam, where he training original Special forces teams of the South Vietnamese Army. On October 21, 1957, Dr. Archer's unit was ambushed and he witnessed the first American combat deaths in Vietnam, as well as saving the lives of American and Vietnamese soldiers. He did not see action in Vietnam again, however, he did see action in Cambodia and Laos. Archer went on to serve in the Philippines, Hawaii, Korea, Taiwan and Panama, as well as in Southeast Asia. He ended his army service in 1967 and went back to school, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the Tuskegee Institute in 1972.
Dr. Archer earned his Masters of Arts in Education in 1974, and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling and Psychology from Auburn University in 1979. he then completed a twelve-month post-graduate study at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
In 1983, he became a professor of counseling and psychology at Northern Virginia Community College. He later served as assistant to the president at Saint Junior College in Lexington, Mississippi, and assistant to the Vice President at the Tuskegee Institute.
Dr. Archer wrote two memoirs, "Growing Up Black in Rural Mississippi," published in 1991 and "Green Berets in the Vanguard," published in 2001. He received the Afro-Achievement Award in 1994 for distinguished lifetime achievement in education from the Dale City Afro-Achievement Committee. Dr. Archer also served as president of the Jennie Dean Project.
His remaining siblings are Francis (Louise) Archer, Sr., Washington, DC and Vernon (Madeline) Archer, Sr., Ph.D., Jackson, Mississippi, beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
Bio by: Mac O'Neal
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Sergeant 1st Class U.S. Army
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Interred April 16, 2014
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