Veterans of the armed forces from Wellsboro and the surrounding area served their country in World War II from 1939 to the war's end in 1945, and their sacrifices are remembered as the foundation of the freedom enjoyed today. Those honored among the dead are Richard A. Bailey, Donald C. Basney, Clifford D. Blackwell, Elwin G. Butler, Glenn W. Butler, Albert Campbell, John E. Campbell, L. Frederick Campbell, George D. Catlin, Earl L. Clark, Clifford C. Cole, Martin P. Collins, William L. Collins, Stanley Cramer, John G. Davis, William F. Dutcher, Morgan M. Eberenz, R. Edward English, Richard Gee, George Hall, G. Harland Hatherill, Dewey R. Heichel, Willis F. Houser, Elwyn L. Howell, Basil J. Lewis, Ernest C. Luther, William C. Mast, George E. Maynard, Jack Meckes, William I. Nichols, Bernard P. Olmstead, Adelbert A. Perry, Royce R. Reinwald, Edward O. Robinson, Thomas L. Rockwell, Robert Scase, Lavern Sherman, Ellsworth L. Smith, John W. Smith, Leonard F. Smith, Ellsworth E. Spenser, Robert H. Stopher, Lorenzo A. Taylor, James Teed, Robert W. Van Horn, Frank L. Watkins, Clayton West, Irving F. Whipple, William F. Whitney, and George D. Wilson.