Korean War
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Korean War
In June 1950, President Harry S. Truman ordered American ground forces into Korea. Some Columbia students volunteered for service in the conflict; others were called up in the draft. At least fifteen Columbians are known to have perished in the conflict in Korea.
Midshipmen in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps program pass in review just south of College Walk.
Alumni who perished in this war
CC - Columbia College
GR - Graduate Faculties
PS - Physicians & Surgeons
UNC - Unconfirmed
| Name | School | Class Year | Date of Death |
| Allen, Brad | CC | 1953 | April 3, 1943 |
| Amyth, David | UNC | ||
| Baetz, Robert C. | CC | 1948 | January 3, 1951 |
| Buchmann, Robert E. | CC | 1950 | May 29, 1951 |
| Conserva, Philip J. | CC | 1950 | February 6, 1953 |
| Couch, James Brewer Crane | PS | 1949 | April 5, 1951 |
| Cutting, Jr., Victor Willard | CC | 1953 | October 17, 1952 |
| Dinger, Henry C. | CC | June 15, 1954 | |
| Feldman, Robert L. | CC, GR | 1951, 1952 | December 10, 1952 |
| Fields, John Herbert | CC | 1940 | May 18, 1951 |
| Fow, Jr., Benjamin F. | CC | 1953 | March 25, 1955 |
| Lichtman, Robert Benjamin | CC | ||
| McCaslin, Hugh T. | PS | 1952 | August 31, 1953 |
| McVeigh, Thomas Lyons | CC | 1950 | September 11, 1951 |
| Molinari, William J. | CC | 1942 | February 23, 1952 |
| Shaknov, Irving | CC | 1952 | May 15, 1953 |
| Simonson, Marshall Edwin | CC | 1948 | January 2, 1951 |
| Smyth, David Wilson | CC | 1951 | |
| Swan, William Kenneth | CC | ||
| Trevisano, Donald | CC | 1953 |