In honor of those of the village who answered the call of their country in the World War from 1917 to 1918, Merrick recognized Walter E. Angell, Albert J. Betts, Harold Bunker, John Lawrence Burns, John Cameron, H. Schuyler Cammann, Frank B. Carpenter, Willet C. Cheshire, Clayton E. Clark, Eugene Clement, Frank O. Colvin, Herbert A. Colvin, Philip Distafano, George B. Draper, Arthur F. Fish, George F. Giraud, Frederick T. Hall, Alexander D. Harvey, Frederick C. Hewlett, Alfred A. Heuerman, Charles Kupfer, Charles Lawrence, Brian Loman, Charles Mecking, Gustave B. Muller, Herbert A. Muller, George W. Mulcahy, James P. Mulcahy, Beverley W. Robinson, Charles R. Rowe, Francis Savona, Frederick Schebe, Herman C. Schwab, Charles F. Simes, Robert J. Spearman, Walter E. Spear, Calvin Valentine, Albert C. Verratti, and Harry T. Northridge; the citizens of Merrick, N.Y., dedicated this memorial on November 11, 1924.