Luther Story and other veterans from Sumter County, along with named veterans from Dooly County, gave their lives in World War II or the Korean War; those named from Dooly County are Blue, John Augusta Brown, Bonny Bryant, Walter L. Culberth, George W. Dennard, Henry L. Ellison, E. Boyd Everett, James M. Folds, Charles W. Gazaway, Glenn G. George, Marcus Godfrey, Edgar R. Goodroe, Leonard B. Grantham, Audry Greene, Burwell Hambrick, William J. Hardegree, Thomas Horne, John H. Johnson, James Alvin Kent, Billy Frank Kidd, J.D. Kimsey, Melvin Lewis, Kirby R. Lockerman, Colon A. McDowell, Ralph Nutt, James Pollock, Paul Rogers, John L. Sangster, Robert H., Jr. Scarborough, John F. Shivers, William E. Shurley, Harold E. Speight, Amory C., Jr. Taggart, John L. Tharpe, James R. Thompson, Daniel E., Jr. Thompson, Curtis Tucker, Alfred Welch, William Albert Wesley, Bryant V. Wilkes, John R. Wilkes, Olin H. Woodward, Lamar F. Wright, Charles L. Colored Gyden, Derry, Jr. Lilly, Evans McKenzie Hubert McKenzie, and Lucious.