Gary Eugene Rader | |
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![]() Rader, wearing his Green Beret uniform, burned his draft card on April 15, 1967, at Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York City | |
Born | January 14, 1944 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Died | November 1973 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 29)
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army Reserve |
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Gary Eugene Rader (January 14, 1944 – November 1973)[1] was an American Army Reservist known for burning his draft card in protest of the Vietnam War, while wearing his U.S. Army Special Forces uniform.[2][3] Afterward, he engaged in anti-war activism.
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