From 1941 to 1945, the people of De Soto paid homage to the memory of these valiant men who gave the last full measure of devotion to their country: Lawrence W. Cauldwell, Wm. G. Land, Earl H. Turner, G. Eugene Jordan, Lester W. Cotner, Merle G. Couch, Carl Odom, Leonard L. Oshel, Chas. R. Tripkos, Ford Middleston, Leonard Grazier, H. M. "Bill" Linden, Alfred Gordon, V. Eugene Diehl, Robert Kramsch, and Berle O. Baker.