During World War I from 1917 to 1919, boys of Dickson County served their country with patriotism, valor, and fidelity, and some made the supreme sacrifice and laid down their lives so that liberty and justice should prevail in the world. Those named were White Boys Ashworth, Richard Berry, Lucien Breeden, Lawrence Browning, William Luther Buckner, Clyde I. Buttry, Daucey Carter, James L. Carter, William C. Carter, Jeff T. Clifton, Samuel J. Dunnagan, Sam R. Donaldson, Rawley England, Zuma Field, Thomas C. Goodwin, Sam Virgil Herbison, Ellie T. Hooper, Pearlis Hudgins, Walter J. James, Hugh S. Knott, Charles I. Lyle, Justin McCollom, Geo. K. Manley, Walter C. Martin, Roy Martin, William Edgar Moore, Elijah Nesbitt, Arthie H. Oakley, Frank C. Oakley, James B. Outlaw, Gromer B. Pack, Phillip Peeler, Willam Edward Shawl, Dudley Sheley, John C. Stuart, Olin D. Taylor, Aretus Tidwell, George L. Welch, Mark Woodward, Selkirk, and Colored Boys Adams, McKinley Hutton, John Brady Spicer, and Ulysus.