This memorial honors the World War One veterans of Smithsburg and the surrounding community: Paul Anders, Jacob Brenner, Donald Bushey, Lee Cunningham, Robert Dagenhart, Jacob DeLauter, Edward Dull, Jack Fishack, Jessie Fishack, Harry Frey, Glenn Harne, Raymond Herbst, Ernest Hoover, Arthur Jacques, Dan Kendall, Henry Kendall, Robert Kendall, Bernard Kretsinger, Lewis Leathers, Gaither Lewis, Guy Lewis, Lloyd Lewis, Chester Murray, Charles Neal, Commodore Pryor, Edward Pryor, Robert Ridenour, Wilbur Robinson, Lloyd Sensenbaugh, Earl Zab Smith, Omar Smith, Paul Smith, Robert Smith, Talbert Smith, Elmer Socks, Wilbur Stottlemyer, Herman Toms, Paul Warrenfeltz, and John Welty.