[3] After high school, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, but left after two years in 1943 to join the United States Army and the war effort, serving from 1943 to 1946.

[3] Panner was then stationed in Los Angeles, California, where he worked on the docks coordinating shipments and where he met his first wife Agnes.

[3] The family was transferred to New York City, where Panner coordinated shipments to Europe after the end of World War II.

[3] Due to his work for the tribe, he was offered, but declined, the position of Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs under President John F.

Panner's order said activities of The Church of the Holy Light of the Queen are legal and protected under freedom of religion.

The Oregon State Bar's litigation section presents an annual award for professionalism in honor of Panner.