Residents of Versailles who answered the call of their country in the World War included Clyde C. Bales, Nicholis Borris, Michael Bronich, Adam K. Campbell, Earle R. Carnahan, Clarence C. Cooper, Leyroy Cornell, John R. Cunningham, Adam Diehl, George Diehl, Michael Diehl, Herbert Frantz, Lee Frantz, William H. G. Gambridge, Michael Garso, John H. Graham, Joseph Griffiths, Samuel Griffiths, John M. Hamilton, Michael Haney, Thomas J. Harrigan, George Hettler, John J. Hettler, Robert A. Jack, Richard M. Johnson, August Kalkbrenner, Bernard Kessler, Carlton G. Ketchem, Francis B. Ketchem, George Ketchem, Kenneth Ketchem, Frederick S. Klug, John A. Klug, Archie Kneipkamp, Edward Kniss, Andy Kosuth, Clarence Ledgard, Walter Lenk, William Lynch, George A. Martin, Edwin H. Mathis, Leonard Morrison, Charles E. Mullen, Harry Osterman, Nick Pavolich, John G. Reegel, Michael J. Rieland, Paul P. Schwotzer, Charles Simeral, Raymond Simeral, Charles E. Staley, John A. Stanley, Arthur M. Starry, and George Zemyon. In Woodrow Wilson’s words from 1917 - 1919, “In a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind.”