Shaler Heights residents who served in the war for democracy included Charles M. Bezdek, Cyril M. Bezdek, Albert L. Brown, Daniel Bauman, John Bauman, Richard Bauman, Norman T. Byerley, Walter C. Byerley, Walter L. Enders, J. Park Franz, R. Nelson Franz, Walter L. Grob, William McK. Grob, George T. Harford, John R. Karcher, William W. Rigby Jr., B. Frank Reese, Ralph G. Schneider, William C. H. Smith, Newell P. Thompson, George F. Wagner, Peter G. Wagner, Henry J. Will, and Elmer J. Zeh. Ambrose C. Karcher and Harry M. Schaffer died in action in France in 1918.