He attended Berkeley Training High School in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

[1] In 1954, he graduated from South Carolina State College with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and is a member of Omega Psi Phi.

He earned his Master of Arts in Counseling and Psychological Services from Georgia State University.

[3] On December 7, 2007, Henry Doctor died and was later buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

[4][5] On July 8, 2008, the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced that a five-mile stretch of Old U.S. Route 52 south of Moncks Corner which passes near his birthplace in Oakley would be named the "Lieutenant General Henry Doctor Jr. Memorial Highway".