At the very beginning of life's alluring promises to them, members of the community's youth laid down their lives in their country's defense, giving the last full measure of devotion. In World War I, from 1914 to 1919, they were Gus L. Adams, Benjamin Anderson, Tom Anderson, Fred Blesi, Allen Bunton, William Eads, Otto J. Harms, John A. Harrison, Jesse L. Henson, Charles Saucier, George F. Schmitt, Harold Q. Shults, George Strauser, Louis E. Taylor, Benton Webb, and Hercy E. Wilson. In World War II, from 1941 to 1945, they were James Bishop, Charles W. Bristow, Robert Bristow, Lowell Busch, Floyd C. Cibulka, Paul Cook, Warren Danson, Raymond Dunkle, Floyd Gilcrease, Fred E. Hamm, George Hassing, Pryor Hesse, Joseph Hirzy, Lloyd W. Immekus, Lee King, Ray F. Lemmons, Virgil Lockhart, Theodore P. McEuen, Dean Murphy, Edwin Nethington, Edward J. Record, Floyd J. Record, Virgil Rohrer, Russel Schmitt, Roy Schneider, Wm. D. Starling, Norman Walker, and John J. Yarbrough. They stand in the unbroken line of patriots who have died that freedom might live, grow, and increase its blessings.