During the Vietnam Conflict, men from DeKalb County who died in Vietnam included Francis A. Anderson, Dale C. Brewer, Eatterson Byrd, Jr., David Donnelly, Rodney G. Drake, Jimmy R. Harrison, Richard A. Henke, Richard L. Jossendal, George D. Kinnett, Jerome D. Kupperschmidt, Charles F. Landers, James P. Mason, Michael J. Moon, Donald J. Morris, Robert J. Neal, James R. Page, Jessie G. Poe, Arthur G. Richardson, and Steven G. Williams; James P. Mason was listed as MIA.