During World War II, men and women from Litchfield and its vicinity who gave their lives included Harold L. Bingley of the U.S. Navy in the Java Sea on Feb. 28, 1942; Edwin E. Colon of the U.S. Army in the Philippines on July 1, 1943; Donald L. Weese of the U.S. Navy in the U.S.A. on May 2, 1944; Richard S. McKee of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean on June 9, 1944; Frederick L. Waite of the U.S. Army in France on July 8, 1944; Donald M. King of the U.S. Army in Italy on Oct. 27, 1944; Clarice E. Brazee of the U.S. Army Air Corp in the U.S.A. on Nov. 4, 1944; Arthur B. Freese of the U.S. Army in Germany on Nov. 22, 1944; Milton J. Spooner of the U.S. Army in Luzon on Feb. 12, 1945; and Carl F. Nelligan of the U.S. Army in Germany on Mar. 10, 1945.