From 1941 to 1947, people from Litchfield served in World War II. Four hundred eighty names were recorded, and stars beside certain names indicated those who gave their lives: Albert M. Baldi, Douglas Banker, Charles J. Bigenwalt, Frank G. Chase, Stephen B. Curtis, Alexis Doster, Jr., Roger S. Downs, Joseph R. Harnicar, Charles A. Flament, James G. Theophilos, Thomas E. Tyler, Louis J. Salcito, Walter A. Seward, Ludwig Kubish, Joseph P. Macejka, Bruce McCaskill, William R. Taylor, and John W. Zurich.