Eleven sons of Monroe County are remembered in a poem of loss, sacrifice, and enduring memory: Dwight Ball, Phillip Brandon, Duane Greenlee, Dale Hood, Steven Janeda, William Lucas, Glenn McCammon, Jack Pittman, James Ravencraft, Richard Rucker, and Charles Schnegg. The poem reflects on years passing while grief remains, honoring young men described as casualties of war whose families and friends were left with lasting sorrow. It speaks of a mother losing her son, a man losing his best friend, a Beallsville boy becoming an army man, a faithful young man whose sacrifice left a hole in many hearts, a life of bravery that ended too soon, farm memories repeated by younger relatives, a sister who still misses her brother, a staff sergeant missing in action, another young man whose story and goals invite reflection, one who was never left alone despite terrible injuries, a staff sergeant who was also a father, husband, and son, and an only child whose parents were left grieving. The work closes by naming them as the Eleven Sons of Monroe County and preserving their births and deaths from nineteen thirty-three to nineteen seventy-one.