Charles M. Oman

Charles Malden Oman (1878–1948) was a rear admiral and surgeon in the United States Navy Medical Corps, serving during the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, and both World Wars. During World War I, he commanded the Naval Base Hospital No.1 in Brest, France, and received the Navy Cross. He later led several naval hospitals and served four years in Peking, China. During World War II was the first commanding officer of the US Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.

Biography

Oman was born in Lightstreet, Pennsylvania, 23 October, 1878, the son of Henry Freas Oman and Mary Jane Shannon. After graduating from University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1901, he was commissioned Lieutenant Junior Grade and Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy Medical Corps. and subsequently was awarded the Navy Cross. After 1920–1924 duty at the Naval Medical School and Hospital in Washington, they moved to China where he served Medical Officer of the Peking American Legation 1924–1927. and for lay readers, a history of the US Naval Medical Corps. He later commanded Naval Convalescent Hospital at Harrison NY until fully retiring in 1945. Oman died November 1, 1948, in Beacon, NY.

His older brother Joseph Wallace Oman also became a US Navy rear admiral, won the Navy Cross for World War 1 service, and served as military governor of the United States Virgin Islands 1919–1921.