Over 1,500 Citadel graduates were on duty when the Korean War broke out. Of these, 32 graduates gave their lives, and another estimated 50 alumni did the same.
| Class | Rank, Name, Unit | Battle | Death Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | LTC Julius Elliot O'Neal (USAF) | Shot down at sea, Inchon, ROK | October 23, 1951 |
| 1941 | LCDR Noble Raymond Kean (USN) | Air crash, Narragansett Bay, RI | November 26, 1952 |
| 1942 | PFC Gordon Ackly Littlefield (USMC) | KIA, South Korea | March 17, 1951 |
| 1943 | CPT Molten Ancrum Shuler, Jr. (USA) | WIA, 6/16/52, Chorwon, North Korea | August 24, 1952 |
| 1944 | Richard Nicholas D'Errico | ???, Unknown location | January 1952 |
| 1944 | CPT William Kennedy Mauldin (USAF) | Shot down, South Korea | February 21, 1952 |
| 1945 | 1LT William Wayne Graham (USAF) | Air crash, South Korea | August 13, 1954 |
| 1945 | Paul Morgan Hall | ???, Unknown location | June 11, 1953 |
| 1946 | 1LT John Eugene Pound (USAF) | Air crash, Tsu Bu, South Korea | February 22, 1952 |
| 1947 | Solomon Lee Van Meter, III | ???, Unknown location | July 9, 1953 |
| 1948 | 1LT Wesley Hartwell Johnson (USA) | KIA, Hadong, South Korea | July 27, 1950 |
| 1949 | 2LT Frank Elwood Bloomenshine (USA) | KIA, South Korea | August 25, 1950 |
| 1949 | 1LT James Futrell Exley (USA) | KIA, North Korea | April 5, 1951 |
| 1949 | 1LT William Calvin Hall (USA) | KIA, Uijonbu, South Korea | April 25, 1951 |
| 1949 | 2LT John William Hill, Jr. (USMC) | Air crash, Pohang, South Korea | September 10, 1952 |
| 1949 | 2LT Edmund Jones Lilly, III (USA) | KIA, South Korea | September 3, 1950 |
| 1949 | 2LT Edward Rutledge Ravenel, III (USA) | KIA, Waegwan, South Korea | September 5, 1950 |
| 1950 | 1LT Herman Louis Falk, Jr. (USA) | Died while POW (2/12/51), South Korea | May 31, 1951 |
| 1950 | Francis Lamar Gasque | July 30, 1953 | |
| 1950 | 2LT William Henry McLellan (USA) | KIA, North Korea | September 19, 1951 |
| 1950 | 1LT William Kendrick Mordecai (USA) | KIA, North Korea | November 15, 1950 |
| 1950 | 1LT Clyde P. Padgett, Jr. (USA) | KIA, South Korea | January 3, 1951 |
| 1950 | 1LT Richard Tarlton Smock (USA) | KIA, North Korea | June 6, 1951 |
| 1951 | 2LT Bob Pearce Cannon (USAF) | Air crash, Suwon AF, South Korea | December 4, 1952 |
| 1951 | PVT Charles Long Casey (USA) | KIA, North Korea | January 29, 1952 |
| 1951 | 1LT James Franklin Davis (USAF) | MIA-Presumed dead, South Korea | May 11, 1954 |
| 1951 | PVT William Clyde Fowler (USA) | KIA, South Korea | May 10, 1953 |
| 1951 | Willis Herbert Gregory | Mid-air crash, Craig AFB, Selma, AL | November 4, 1952 |
| 1951 | 1LT Myrth Jimmie Killingsworth (USA) | KIA, North Korea | October 14, 1952 |
| 1951 | Andrew James Morgan, Jr. | December 14, 1952 | |
| 1951 | 2LT Thomas Preston Pearce (USA) | KIA, North Korea | August 12, 1952 |
| 1951 | PFC Desmond Roy Wilkerson (USAF) | KIA, Sinanjo AF, North Korea | November 28, 1950 |
