The dead of Charles County in World War II were honored as those who made the supreme sacrifice: Alvin Alvey, Robert L. Austin, Francis H. Barnes, Benjamin G. Baum, Sylvester C. Bell, Jr., Vernon E. Billingsley, Joseph T. Bolger, Rolla R. Bowen, Francis J. Bradburn, Edward Brooks, Joseph T. Burroughs, W. Woodrow Cary, Louis D.S. Cargill, Lew Leo Chambers, Robert V. Cooksey, Jr., Robert A. Cranford, Bernard Day, George Dean, Donald C. DeVault, Troy S. Duncan, James R. Farmer, Thomas R. Farr, Joseph V. Farrell, Lemuel E. Garner, Warren H. Greer, Philip S. Harrison, Jr., Harris W. Hawkin, Joseph O. Higdon, John A. Horn, Joseph D. Jameson, John M. Jenifer, Thomas W. Jenkins, Calvin W. Johnson, Leon T. Johnson, Walter M. Johnson, Jr., Clarence A. Lyles, Raymond W. Maddox, John F. Mara, Edward P. Markunas, Edward L. Martin, John D. McComas, Charles W. Middleton, James W. Milstead, Francis D. Moreland, Roger Moreland, Paul H. Morris, Bernard H. Olmstead, Earl Opell, Jr., William J. Peters, Daniel R. Pompei, William Q. Proctor, James C. Queen, Norman L. Rasmussen, Marvin C. L. Rye, Adolf P. Schramm, Jr., Roderick S. Scott, Thomas E. Swann, John W. Trotter, Carl H. Tomberlin, Herbert Washington, Arnold R. Welch, and Michael G. Zaletsky. Their memory was honored on November 11, 1953.