Yancey County honors those who served in defense of the country in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, naming service members on the memorial’s east, north, and south faces, including Don Anglin, Travis W Robinson, Iss D Renfro, Kevin, Christian, Joseph Cecil Beaver, John Blankenship, Edison Buchanan, Weldon Burleson, Arnold A Effler, Walter Gibbs, J Lawrence Gouge, Ward F Hilemon, O Lin O'Chrishawn, Guy Robinson, Jack W Robinson, J Loyd Shuford, Arthur Taylor, Guy Thoma, Gene Arnold Laws, Bob D Autery, John Hilemon, Jack Renfro Jr, JS Silvers, Hurley Wilson, Howard Blevins, Howard Calvin, Gary Dean McCray, Johnny Wayne Ogle, James Leonard Way, Jerry A Robinson, Samuel T Carroll Jr, W Talmage Austin, Linzie J Buchanan, Warren C Fox, George W Hall, Warren J Hensley, Ned W Higgins, Joseph G Holloway, Bill Marsh, Homer Peterson, Alvin C Rathbone, Fred Robinson, Isaac W Tipton, Ralph Wilson, Zack Wilson, Smith J Young, and Edward E Ballew.