The entire Citadel Class's of 1917 and 1918 eventually served in the armed forces with 5 graduates earning the Distinguished Service Cross and 3 more earning the Navy Cross-----all presented for "extraordinary heroism". Two of those graduates earned BOTH the DSC and Navy Cross. One Citadel alumnus was awarded the nations highest combat award for bravery, the Congressional Medal of Honor. An alumnus became the college's first air casualty and another had been nominated to become the nations first Air Service Chief ( forerunner to USAF Chief of Staff) but was killed before leaving for the assignment.

Nine Citadel Alumni (listed below) are known to have sacrificed their lives to hostile or accidental friendly fire on the battlefield. Additional information on Citadel alumni who sacrificed their lives in WW1 is welcome.

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Class	Rank, Name, Unit	Battle	Death Date
1908	Maj. Robert Henry Willis, Jr. (Aircorps)	Friendly fire, France	September 13, 1918
1909	1/Lt. W. A. Mulloy	Hostile fire, France	December 24, 1918
1912	Lt. William Montague Nicholls (British Artillery)	Hostile fire, Loos, France	August 26, 1915
1914	1/Lt. John Hodges David (18th Inf.)	Hostile fire, Ansuuile, France	April 1, 1918
1915	Cpt. James Hill Holmes (USA)	Hostile fire, Soissons, France	July 19, 1918
1916	Cpt. Julius Andrew Mood, Jr. (USA)	Hostile fire, Soissons, France.	July 21, 1918
1916	1/Lt. George Hampton Yarborough, Jr. (USMC)	Hostile fire, Belleau Wood, France	June 27, 1918
1917	1/Lt_ Robert James Cochran (8th Aero Sqdn.)	Shot down/Toul, Fr., France	October 10, 1918
1917	Lt. Arthur Thomas Elmore	Hostile fire, Belleau Wood, France	July 13, 1918