Alumni of WashU have served and sacrificed for more than 100 years. Here are the stories of graduates who gave all for their country.
CPT Keith Lucas
Captain Keith Lucas was a graduate of the University’s ROTC program, part of the Gateway Battalion. He earned his commission upon graduating in 1979 and began his military career as a Military Intelligence Officer. Lucas went on to pilot UH‑60 Black Hawks, completing the Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He was […]
MAJ Stuart Adam Wolfer
An Olin School graduate and devoted ROTC cadet, Stuart Wolfer was commissioned in May 1993 as a 2nd Lieutenant and later transferred to the Army Reserve while attending Loyola Law School. Major Wolfer served as a logistics officer with the 11ⁿᵗʰ Battalion, 104ᵗʰ Division, and deployed to Iraq in December 2007 as part of the […]
Alexander R. Skinker
Born and raised in St. Louis, Alexander Rives Skinker earned his Bachelor’s degree from WashU in 1905 and initially served in the Missouri National Guard’s Light Artillery Battery A (1903–1908). He re-entered military service in 1916 as an Army officer and was assigned to Company I of the 138ᵗʰ Infantry, 35ᵗʰ Division. On September 26, 1918, during the […]
Charles H. Duncker, Jr.
Born in 1893 and educated at St. Louis’s Central High School, Charles Duncker entered WashU in 1910 on scholarship and quickly became deeply involved—serving as editor-in-chief of the Hatchet yearbook, Student Life, and earning election to Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Xi; he graduated in 1914. With America’s entry into World War […]