During 1917–1918, people from Charles County, Maryland, enlisted for service in World War I, and a grateful community honored those who made the supreme sacrifice: Capt. Joseph Dent Hungerford, Sergt. Franklin Vernon Jameson, Pvt. John Addison Millard, Lieut. Harry White Wilmer, Sergt. Guy Earl Willett, Pvt. Samuel Posey, Lieut. Frank Browne Turner, Corp. James Arthur Oliver, and Pvt. Harris Sewell.