Captain Terry Cordell was the first American officer to fall in Vietnam, and 58,000 American servicemen followed him, to include 76 known Citadel alumni. Four of our alumni earned the Distinguished Service Cross and 1 earned the Navy Cross; all for “extraordinary heroism”. Most of the list below are graduates, all of whom died on or near the field of battle as a result of hostile action, wounds, or illness in the battle zone. Alumni are constantly being researched and listed as we discover their names. If you have additional information on those Citadel alumni who may have met the same fate as those listed below, please provide all information so their sacrifice is recognized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When visiting the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC, the panel and row (listed below) may be used to locate the name of that particular Citadel alumnus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Credits to Mike Stannard, ’65 for his research on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Captain Terry Cordell was the first American officer to fall in Vietnam, and 58,000 American servicemen followed him, to include 76 known Citadel alumni. Four of our alumni earned the Distinguished Service Cross and 1 earned the Navy Cross; all for “extraordinary heroism”. Most of the list below are graduates, all of whom died on or near the field […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nClass<\/th> Rank, Name, Unit<\/th> Battle<\/th> Death Date<\/th> Memorial in DC<\/th><\/tr> 1938<\/td> <\/a>BG Charles Jack Girard (USA)<\/td> Illness, Gia Dinh, RVN<\/td> January 17, 1970<\/td> Panel 14W, Row 40<\/td><\/tr> 1951<\/td> <\/a>LTC Rodolph Lee Nunn, Jr. (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, Quang Tri, RVN<\/td> June 6, 1968<\/td> Panel 59W, Row 10<\/td><\/tr> 1951<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Sam Michael Savas, Jr. (USA)<\/td> Stroke, RVN<\/td> October 12, 1965<\/td> Panel 02E, Row 120<\/td><\/tr> 1952<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Amos Oliver Fox (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, Ninh Thuan, RVN<\/td> April 23, 1968<\/td> Panel 51E, Row 38<\/td><\/tr> 1952<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Richard Herman Schmidt (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> May 17, 1966<\/td> Panel 07E, Row 76<\/td><\/tr> 1952<\/td> <\/a>LTC William Robert Spillers (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, Binh Duong, RVN<\/td> December 17, 1969<\/td> Panel 15W, Row 68<\/td><\/tr> 1956<\/td> <\/a>CPT Donald Bryant Button (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, Thailand<\/td> May 24, 1968<\/td> Panel 67E, Row 5<\/td><\/tr> 1956<\/td> <\/a>LTC Robert Henry Carter, Jr. (USA)<\/td> Ground, Kontum, RVN<\/td> May 27, 1969<\/td> Panel 24W, Row 115<\/td><\/tr> 1956<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Leo Michael Donker (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> April 3, 1966<\/td> Panel 06E, Row 79<\/td><\/tr> 1956<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Roger Lee Graham (USA)<\/td> Ground, Quang Nam, RVN<\/td> June 10, 1969<\/td> Panel 22W, Row 12<\/td><\/tr> 1957<\/td> <\/a>MAJ James Westley Ayers (USMC)<\/td> Ground, Quang Tri, RVN<\/td> May 26, 1967<\/td> Panel 20E, Row 110<\/td><\/tr> 1957<\/td> <\/a>CPT Terry Denver Cordell (USA)<\/td> Shot down, RVN<\/td> October 15, 1962<\/td> Panel 01E, Row 13<\/td><\/tr> 1957<\/td> <\/a>CPT Thomas Joseph Margle (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, Ninh Thuan, RVN<\/td> February 15, 1968<\/td> Panel 39E, Row 50<\/td><\/tr> 1958<\/td> <\/a>1LT Raymond Edgar Doyle, Jr. (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, Thailand<\/td> April 12, 1963<\/td> Panel 01E, Row 21<\/td><\/tr> 1959<\/td> <\/a>CPT Clarence Larry Moorer (USA)<\/td> Shot down, RVN<\/td> December 12, 1963<\/td> Panel 01E, Row 36<\/td><\/tr> 1959<\/td> <\/a>CPT Hugh Reavis Nelson (USA)<\/td> Shot down, RVN<\/td> June 5, 1966<\/td> Panel 08E, Row 12<\/td><\/tr> 1959<\/td> <\/a>CPT David John Wick Widder (USA)<\/td> Shot down, RVN<\/td> March 24, 1965<\/td> Panel 01E, Row 97<\/td><\/tr> 1959<\/td> <\/a>MAJ William Esley Wood, Jr. (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, Quang Tri, RVN<\/td> April 21, 1971<\/td> Panel 03W, Row 2<\/td><\/tr> 1960<\/td> <\/a>CPT John Werner Carlson (USAF)<\/td> MIA\/Shot down, Tay Ninh, RVN<\/td> December 7, 1966<\/td> Panel 13E, Row 18<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>LCDR Jere Alen Barton (USN)<\/td> Shot down, Kien Tuong, RVN<\/td> June 7, 1970<\/td> Panel 09W, Row 3<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Samuel Richard Bird (USA)<\/td> WIA Jan 27, ’67, Bong Son, RVN<\/td> October 18, 1984<\/td> Panel 14E, Row 90<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>MAJ James Terry Jackson (USAF)<\/td> MIA\/Shot down, Laos<\/td> March 23, 1972<\/td> Panel 02W, Row 118<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>CPT Benjamin Edward Kelly, Jr. (USA)<\/td> Ground, Bihn Dinh, RVN<\/td> August 30, 1967<\/td> Panel 25E, Row 69<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>CPT Thomas Curtis Metsker (USA)<\/td> Ground, Ia Drang Valley, RVN<\/td> November 14, 1965<\/td> Panel 03E, Row 49<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>CPT William David Howsare Ragin (USA)<\/td> Ground, Kien Hoa,RVN<\/td> August 20, 1964<\/td> Panel 01E, Row 62<\/td><\/tr> 1961<\/td> <\/a>MAJ David Bruce Tucker (USA)<\/td> Shot down, RVN<\/td> October 1, 1967<\/td> Panel 27E, Row 38<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>CPT William Forman Abernethy (USA)<\/td> Ground, Long Khanh, RVN<\/td> July 21, 1967<\/td> Panel 23E, Row 96<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>CPT Henry Albert Deutsch (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> May 11, 1965<\/td> Panel 01E, Row 113<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>CPT Thomas Simcock Hubbell (USMC)<\/td> Ground, Thua Thien, RVN<\/td> December 27, 1967<\/td> Panel 32E, Row 74<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>CPT Kurt Lloyd Kuhns, Sr. (USA)<\/td> Air loss, RVN<\/td> September 8, 1967<\/td> Panel 26E, Row 35<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>CPT Richard Edward Legate (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> March 25, 1967<\/td> Panel 17E, Row 45<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>CPT William Daniel Sands, III (USA)<\/td> Ground, Pleiku, RVN<\/td> March 22, 1967<\/td> Panel 17E, Row 24<\/td><\/tr> 1962<\/td> <\/a>Capt William A. Thomas (USAF)<\/td> Air Loss, RVN<\/td> April 21, 1972<\/td> Panel 04W Row 131<\/td><\/tr> 1963<\/td> <\/a>CPT Sam Festis Beach, Jr. (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, Quang Tri, RVN<\/td> January 17, 1968<\/td> Panel 34E, Row 61<\/td><\/tr> 1963<\/td> <\/a>2\/Lt. Davis J. Boardman (USA)<\/td> KIA, Ground Long An, RVN<\/td> February 1, 1968<\/td> Panel 36E, Row 48<\/td><\/tr> 1963<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Robert Gerald Hunter (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, over Ban-Ban,Laos<\/td> May 25, 1966<\/td> Panel 07E, Row 109<\/td><\/tr> 1963<\/td> <\/a>1LT Richard Mershon Milikin, III (USAF)<\/td> MIA\/Shot down, North Vietnam<\/td> August 20, 1967<\/td> Panel 10E, Row 23<\/td><\/tr> 1963<\/td> <\/a>Unk Viruch Tangnoi (RTA)<\/td> Royal Thai Army?, Unknown<\/td> June 25, 1968<\/td> Panel None, Row None<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>CPT Charles Edward Heine (USA)<\/td> Shot down, RVN<\/td> January 3, 1969<\/td> Panel 35W, Row 26<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>2LT Phillip Jacob Moog (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> August 10, 1966<\/td> Panel 09E, Row 124<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> 1\/Lt Alan Mullinax (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> December 1985<\/td> Agent Orange<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>CPT Anthony George Prior (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Binh Long, RVN<\/td> May 27, 1968<\/td> Panel 65W, Row 13<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>2LT Richard James Regan (USMC)<\/td> Ground, Quang Nam, RVN<\/td> August 11, 1965<\/td> Panel 02E, Row 50<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>1LT James Clinton Tarkenton, III (USA)<\/td> Ground, Binh Duong, RVN<\/td> March 19, 1967<\/td> Panel 16E, Row 116<\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>1LT William Judson Thomason (USA)<\/td> WIA Nov ’66, 0<\/td> January 15, 2006<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 1964<\/td> <\/a>1LT Hugh William Wellons (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> October 13, 1966<\/td> Panel 11E, Row 73<\/td><\/tr> 1965<\/td> <\/a>2LT Joseph Cyril Missar, Jr. (USMC)<\/td> Ground, Quang Nam, RVN<\/td> May 6, 1966<\/td> Panel 07E, Row 35<\/td><\/tr> 1965<\/td> <\/a>1LT Frank Monroe Murphy (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> December 7, 1966<\/td> Panel 13E, Row 19<\/td><\/tr> 1965<\/td> <\/a>MAJ Woodrow Wilson Parker, II (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, North Vietnam<\/td> April 24, 1968<\/td> Panel 51E, Row 48<\/td><\/tr> 1965<\/td> <\/a>1LT Arthur Clifton Retzlaff (USA)<\/td> Ground, Kontum RVN<\/td> July 10, 1967<\/td> Panel 23E, Row 45<\/td><\/tr> 1966<\/td> <\/a>1LT Stephen Winfield Davis (USA)<\/td> Ground, Quang Tin, RVN<\/td> August 18, 1967<\/td> Panel 25E, Row 11<\/td><\/tr> 1966<\/td> <\/a>CPT Thomas Walter Foy (USA)<\/td> Ground, Binh Dinh, RVN<\/td> May 15, 1968<\/td> Panel 60E, Row 22<\/td><\/tr> 1966<\/td> <\/a>2LT John Luther Fuller, Jr. (USMC)<\/td> Ground, Quang Nam, RVN<\/td> March 23, 1967<\/td> Panel 17E, Row 28<\/td><\/tr> 1966<\/td> <\/a>CPT Fred Orr Jackson, Jr. (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Binh Long, RVN<\/td> September 5, 1969<\/td> Panel 18W, Row 39<\/td><\/tr> 1966<\/td> <\/a>1LT Mark Mac Donald Serrem (USA)<\/td> Ground, Pleiku, RVN<\/td> January 31, 1968<\/td> Panel 36E, Row 35<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>1LT Fred Joshua Carter (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, Khanh Hoa, RVN<\/td> November 5, 1969<\/td> Panel 16W, Row 33<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>CPT Glenn Richard Cook (USAF)<\/td> MIA\/Shot down, Ninh Thuan, RVN<\/td> October 21, 1969<\/td> Panel 17W, Row 100<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>2LT Frederick Young Holjes (USA)<\/td> Ground, Thua Thien, RVN<\/td> March 22, 1968<\/td> Panel 45E, Row 57<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>HM2 William Livingston Mc Cormick (USN)<\/td> Ground, Quang Nam, RVN<\/td> March 7, 1969<\/td> Panel 30W, Row 67<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>CPT George Louis Miner (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Thua Thien, RVN<\/td> August 17, 1969<\/td> Panel 19W, Row 55<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>SGT Thomas Duckett O’Connor (USMC)<\/td> Ground, Quang Nam, RVN<\/td> January 3, 1968<\/td> Panel 33E, Row 30<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>1LT Richard William O’Keefe (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, Ninh Thuan, RVN<\/td> February 11, 1971<\/td> Panel 05W, Row 97<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>CPT George Thomas Taylor, Jr. (USA)<\/td> Ground, Quang Tri, RVN<\/td> May 21, 1971<\/td> Panel 03W, Row 49<\/td><\/tr> 1967<\/td> <\/a>1LT Bruce Richard Welge (USA)<\/td> Ground, RVN<\/td> January 26, 1969<\/td> Panel 34W, Row 90<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>CPT Barry Kenneth Allmond (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, Binh Long, RVN<\/td> May 11, 1972<\/td> Panel 01W, Row 23<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>CPT Ronald Anthony Ashe (USAF)<\/td> Air loss, U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand<\/td> July 30, 1972<\/td> Panel 01W, Row 60<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>1LT John Fredrick Bradman (USA)<\/td> Accident, Phuoc Long, RVN<\/td> February 18, 1970<\/td> Panel 13W, Row 26<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>1LT Carl Alfred Peterson (USA)<\/td> Ground, Thua Thien, RVN<\/td> August 10, 1969<\/td> Panel 20W, Row 125<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>1LT Kenneth Martin Schlie (USA)<\/td> Air loss, Quang Ngai, RVN<\/td> October 20, 1970<\/td> Panel 06W, Row 13<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>1LT Charles E. Suprenant, Jr. (USAF)<\/td> Shot down, Dak Seang, RVN<\/td> April 2, 1970<\/td> Panel 12W, Row 85<\/td><\/tr> 1968<\/td> <\/a>CPT Robert Francis Woodhouse, Jr. (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Thua Thien, RVN<\/td> July 7, 1970<\/td> Panel 09W, Row 129<\/td><\/tr> 1969<\/td> <\/a>1LT Christopher L. Clearwaters (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Phuoc Long, RVN<\/td> February 20, 1971<\/td> Panel 05w, Row 123<\/td><\/tr> 1969<\/td> <\/a>CPT Joe Wofford Eubanks (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Pleiku, RVN<\/td> June 2, 1972<\/td> Panel 01W, Row 34<\/td><\/tr> 1969<\/td> <\/a>CPT Carter Avery Howell (USAF)<\/td> MIA\/Shot down, Saravane, Laos<\/td> March 7, 1972<\/td> Panel 02W, Row 113<\/td><\/tr> 1969<\/td> <\/a>WO1 Ephriam Rutledge Liles, II (USA)<\/td> Shot down, Phuoc Long, RVN<\/td> July 4, 1969<\/td> Panel 21W, Row 61<\/td><\/tr> 1969<\/td> <\/a>1LT Richard Glenn Repole (USA)<\/td> Ground, Quang Ngai, RVN<\/td> July 8, 1970<\/td> Panel 09W, Row 132<\/td><\/tr> 1969<\/td> <\/a>SSG Robert Francis Scherdin (USA)<\/td> MIA\/Ground, Cambodia<\/td> December 29, 1968<\/td> Panel 35W, Row 6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"