This memorial forest planting honors Harry August Backus, John William Burns, Chester L. Coplin, Hamon Gray, John E. Hawn, William L. Hubner, John E. Hunt, Chester Stewart Kiff, George Luebker, John C. Naill, Louis Edward New, Roy E. Newell, Norman Lay Roberts, Albert Emanuel Swanson, and Hugh S. Woodard, LaPorte men who died for their country during the World War from 1917 to 1919.