The Duke Alumni Association has been collecting the names of alumni who have died in active duty while serving their country since World War II, in order to add names to the existing memorial on campus. All included individuals are Duke Alumni, having attended two or more consecutive semesters in a degree-granting program at Duke, and died in active duty according to the military's classification. DAA worked with military authorities, particularly the National Personnel Records Center and Department of Defense, to verify alumni for the memorial. We have dedicated a plaque inscribed with the names of alumni who died in battle during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War. The names of alumni who died in active duty since World War II are included.
To read stories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, check out Duke Magazine's We Were Soldiers Once and Young.
Honorable Eric K. Shinseki
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
On Friday, October 23, 2009, Duke University and the Duke Alumni Association paid tribute to alumni who lost their lives in service to their country. Plaques inscribed with the names of alumni who died in active duty since World War II were presented during a special ceremony. The event was held in Duke Chapel Memorial Quad, the area between Duke Chapel and the Divinity School, where the current World War II memorial resides.
Dedication ceremonies began at ten in the morning and featured remarks by the Honorable Eric K. Shinseki A.M. '76, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and President Richard H. Brodhead. A reception followed.
For more about the project and ceremony as covered by local media, click here.
To view a video of the ceremony or to read the full text of President Brodhead and Secretary Shinseki's remarks, click here.
With questions regarding the project or ceremony, contact angela.karl@daa.duke.edu at the Duke Alumni Association.
Names of the fallen to be inscribed:
Lee E. Brinson '55
John Spencer Carson '49
Albert William Fletcher '37
Thomas Salkald Hodgson '51
Lawrence Ellerbe Hunt '50
Roger Beeson Kirchofer '51
John Lyle Loehr '51
Vietnam War
Drew James Barrett '67
Harry L. Blackburn Jr. B.S.C.E. '58
Theodore H. Burton '68
William Clifton Clay III '63
John Hunter Crews III '64
John Dudley Dalhouse '64
Thomas Jay Hayes IV '65
Robert Alan Holt '65
Charles Jerome Huneycutt Jr. '65
Marion Lee Kempner '64
Benjamin G. Lang '68
Charles Gilbert Mason '64
Richard Crawford Nelson '63
Kenneth Earl Norris '67
John J. Parker '65
Cornelius Herbert Ram G'70
James E. Torrence III A.M. '67
David Hugh Wyrick '60
Iraq War
Matthew Devin Lynch '01
James John Regan '02
Karl Vernon Albert '55
Thomas Patrick Anderson '64
Edwin Ray Barnes B.S.C.E. '63
Charles L. Bick '80
Richard Green Brantley Jr. B.S.E. '87
Jacob Dixon III '78
Steve A. Fris B.S.E. '76
James Fuller Glass Jr. '54
Michael J. Griffin B.S.E. '79
Billy Marius Hansen '55
David Dillon Holt '61
Stephen Starr King '77
Thomas P. Lawton '70
Jason S. Manse '97
Hugh Dean McQuillan, Jr. '67
Richard Carl Oliver '55
Benjamin Russell Partin '62
Parham Thomas Price '54
Rosemarie Hope Reid '88
William Chadwick Scott '52
John C. Scull B.S.M.E. '69
Charles Ernest Seager '55
Alan Otis Shealy '82
Carrie D. Shoemaker B.S.E. '00
Donald Edward Spofford '53
John Richard Stacey '61
Howard E. Wagoner III '72
