In World War II, Douglas M. Campbell, Roy V. Daniell, Henry A. Huff, Charles H. Hanson, James O. Hardigree Jr., John E. Jackson, Erskine O. Marshall, Raymond O. Marshall, James W. McDaniel, William H. Mobley, Arthur C. Bowden, Lee G. Nelms, Lemuel H. Verner, John W. Parker, Thomas L. Powell, William D. Walls, Frederick C. Sherrer, Walter L. Wood, Jewell Worley, Herschel H. Burger, Milton C. Newman, and Robert E. Branch III were killed in action while serving their country, a sacrifice honored in President Harry S. Truman's words that America will never forget their service.