Citizens of Newbury Township have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America in every war since the founding of the country. In World War I, many Covington-area servicemen joined Company A, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Ohio National Guard at the Armory in Covington. On September 15, 1917, that unit became the 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division, the “Buckeye” Division, of the U.S. Army. The regiment fought in major battles in France and Belgium and suffered heavy casualties. Two soldiers from Covington, First Sergeant Luther J. Langston and Major William L. Marlin, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 145th Infantry Regiment, were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the President of the United States for “Extraordinary Heroism in action” during the war. Both are buried in this cemetery.