People from the Monroe area served their country in the armed forces during the Vietnam crisis, including James L. Akison, Jerry Bake, John Blose, Ralph M. Carpenter, Chas. Chapman, Lee Coppess, William Conley, Charles DeBord, Paul Doebler, Jr., Fred Follmer, Douglas Gorman, Thomas C. Gray, Clifford M. Green, Jr., Roger Griffin, William G. Groth, John D. Holman, Tim Lamphier, Tim Litch, Robert W. Line, Kenneth Mahon, Kendall Mays, Terry McFeeters, Darrel Montgomery, Robert Miller, Pete Neu, Chs. M. Neu, Ron Neal, Mike Ratliff, Thomas L. Runnells, Keith Reed, Frank J. Sandker, Karl J. Schultheiss, Robert Stallsmith, James Williams, Mike Buck, Lynn A. McKinley, John Conley, David White, James Anderson, Wm Schmidt, Terry Theiss, Paul Hannah, and Jerry McFeeters.