From 1914 to 1918, the citizens of the town of Plainville served in the World War. Those named are Harold L. Anderson, Coren Arakelian, Clair L. Bent, Roderick O. Bell, Samuel H. Bell, Fred Berger, Howard P. Bigelow, Lawrence F. Blackwell, Owen B. Brunner, Lee W. Burton, Wesley H. Burton, Charles R. Chace, Frank E. Culhane, Everett C. Davis, Frederick H. Dietz, Harold A. Dietz, Llewllyn H. Esau, George W.H. Fisler, Elliot S. Grinnell, Kenneth L. Hewes, Alfred T. Holsman, Jarvis E. Kenyon, Arthur H. King, Robert J. MacNeill, Howard B. Marble, Frederick L. Martin, Charles E. McGregor, Joseph E. McQuade, Thomas E. McQuade, Harlan R. Morgan, Winthrop T. Morgan, George E. Mitchell, Ernest E. Munroe, Merritt S. Northup, William P. Owen, Emil J. Poirier, George U. Proal, Edgar H. Redding, Earle A. Rose, Stephen J. Rubyck, Emil C. Rudolph, Herman G. Rudolph, Charles E. Russell, Harold C. Sargent, Wesley F. Simmons, Raymond N. Smith, Guy M. Stevens, Edward H. Stolworthy, Archie L. Walden, William C. Ward, Frank E. Ware, Bernard H. Zilch, Francis N. Zilch, and Victor J. Zilch. Remembered in memoriam are Fred E. Bolton, Clifton S. Grinnell, John E. McNeill, and Elmer O. Walden.