During the Korean War, men from Nash County served in various branches of the service, and David Avent, Mark B. Bulluck, Willie G. Bunn, Jack H. Collins, Morton C. Davis, Roger W. Dickerson, Willie G. Evans, James H. Jefferys, William H. Jones, James E. Mann, Harold B. Murray, Joseph F. Phillips, John B. Randolph, McDonald Sanders, Leonard E. Tant, and Fletcher R. Thompson gave their lives so that others might enjoy the blessings of liberty.