Military personnel from the Westphalia area who sacrificed their lives for home and country included Franklin Fish, Henry Rocholl, Andrew Seckinger, Peter Sontag, and Ulrich Thoma in the Civil War; Edward W. Gruber and Leo J. Theis in World War I; Martin J. Rademacher, Theodore F. Schafer, and Ronald W. Spitzley in World War II; and Robert J. Thelen in the Vietnam War.