VIETNAM WAR
From Knob Knowledge
There were 68 Citadel graduates killed in Vietnam. The last Citadel man to give his life was Samuel R. Bird, Citadel Class of 1961, who died of his wounds on October 18, 1984. For detailed information about the attitudes of cadets toward the war and other issues of the 1960s see: Alex Macauley, "'An Oasis of Order' - The Citadel, the 1960s, and the Vietnam Antiwar Movement," Southern Cultures 11, no. 3 (2005): 35-61. (DH)
