Detrick, who was a teaching surgeon on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, served in France during World War I, and was a member of the Maryland National Guard when he died of a heart attack in 1931.

He graduated from the Rockefeller Institute and completed his medical internship at Bellevue Hospital, both in New York City.

His first brief assignment was to the installation hospital at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, followed by a tour of duty with the 28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group in France.

Detrick returned to Baltimore and opened a private practice on Linden Avenue, eventually earning a teaching position on the staff and faculty of Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Reckord also issued orders posthumously promoting Captain Detrick to the rank of Major.