The men of Red Oak and the surrounding vicinity who gave their lives in World War II were Wayne Agnew, E. Dean Anderson, Lawrence E. Ash, Edwin C. Bailey, Delmar E. Baker, Everett E. Baker, John C. Baker, Leroy Black, Charles Booten, Clyde E. Braden, William C. Braden, Adam Branning Jr., Orval P. Briggs, Russell W. Bruce, Robert D. Bryson, Lester O. Bull, Robert A. Carlson, Ronald L. Carlson, George K. Comley, Manford L. Cooney, Lyle W. Crook, Willard H. Davis, Harlan A. Delaney, Lysle Darrin, Harry J. Dodson, Clair Q. Dogcett, Arthur L. Dreyer, Reuben P. Dumler, Finley J. Dutton, Stanley D. Focht, Charles H. Foster, Arthur T. Frazer, John H. Fuller, Barney W. Gregg, Dean W. Halbert, Donald M. Hale, Edward Hatch, Robert A. Hayes, William Isaac, Bryon E. Jackson, Thomas Jentoft, Einar Johnson Jr., Frank Johnson, Myron P. E. Johnson, Russell J. Johnson, Robert Kasal, Hugh Kennedy, Howard O. Koeneman, Darwin N. Larson, Kenneth C. Lavars, Hershel D. Lawson, Harold J. Lewin, Gerald E. Lindner, George A. Lowman, James R. Martin, Dale T. McCormick, Orville F. McCrew, Dudley V. McCue, Harold Meng, Wesley R. Miller, Eugene Montgomery, Robert Nelson, Melvin Orstad, Lawrence C. Pearce, Harlan H. Peterson, Fred B. Phillips, Donald H. Platt, Donald W. Reifschneider, F. Vincent Roach, William T. Ross, Wayne R. Schrimpton, Harold E. Simpson, Robert F. Spicer, Richard C. Stout, Clarence Storm Jr., Clark C. Sunberg, Lelean C. Swift, Loren C. Taylor, Robert O. Thompson, Chester O. Thorne, Darl M. Tinkham, George D. Venderhoff, John M. Vickory, James M. Wagaman, Kenneth B. Wenstrand, Glen V. Westenburg, Russell F. Wiseman, and Duane L. Woods.