Those from Clay County who gave their lives in war are honored here, including Stanley G. Wright in the Spanish American War; Bedford Sherman Bean, Ezra A. Brown, John S. Bean, John E. Cherry, Stone F. Cherry, Elmer C. Colson, Comer Cross, Ben Cunningham, Clyde F. Hestand, Willie B. Kendall, Clarence McBride, Harm Smith, Amos Spear, James A. Waddle, and Ruebin J. Watson in World War I; Bob Abney, Luke S. Anderson, R. J. Bean, Willis L. R. Brown, Willis S. Brown, Henry E. Browning, Cecil Bullock, Willis Collins, Clifton Craighead, Noble Larry Crawford, Millard W. Dace, Winfield Dale, J. B. Dennis, James R. Fitzgerald, Fred T. Garrett, Loy Cecil Hogan, Fred King, George S. King, James C. Lancaster, Hasker W. Reeder, Isaac A. Mansfield, Noel Ralph McLerran, Vernon Page, Gervous G. Painter, Robert E. Painter, Noel G. Pitcock, William F. Pennington, Felie Reecer, Edwin L. Short, Fred Short, Dumas L. Smith, Willis D. Smith, John C. Smith, Sherman C. Teeple, Edward C. Walker, Marshall C. Webb, Oscar Welch, and Ether Coell Wood in World War II; Noble Larry Crawford, Delton Ellis, and William Martin Welch in the Korean Conflict; Jerry I. Cherry, Larry Strong, and William Watson in the Vietnam War; Robert Wes Tucker in Iraq; and Dennis Ray Murray in Afghanistan.