Residents of Old Bethany served in the armed forces of the United States from World War II to the present, including Mason R. Bashioum, J.R. Begonia, Robert E. Begonia, James Bowser, Angelo Castline, John Castline, Michael DePalma, Buddy Fontanaza, Kyle Fox, Edgar Hixson, William F. Hodgkiss, David Kelly, Richard Hoyle, James L. King, G. Robert King, Waide E. Miller, William Minster, Emery Pattock, Angelo Pilato, Jack Pilato, James Pilato, Johnny L. Pilato, Tony Pilato, Gerald Poole, Wilbur I. Roadman, Daniel Rosell, Frank E. Rozell, William P. Rozell, Boyd I. Shields, Alvin G. Smith, Charles Smith, William A. Smith, George Stefano, Mat J. Tabita, Paul V. Tabita, John M. Tabita, John Vance, Charles Wilkins, Raymond Becker, Philip Conty, Jr., Douglas Cook, James Gettemy, Joseph F. Gettemy, Shirlie M. (King) Hillman, Charles L. Hodgkiss, Ray E. Hodgkiss, Robert Houser, Richard Hoyle, Wayne G. King, James H. Keyser, Gerald K. Lauffer, William Lemley, Joseph S. Leshko, Sr., Joseph S. Leshko, Jr., Richard M. Leshko, Ivan C. Lowstetter, William Lytle, Ronald M. Myers, Gerald Newill, Charles Overly, Jason Potoka, George Prinkey, Clarence R. Pritts, Jeffery A. Ritz, Jerald A. Ritz, John T. Ritz, Sr., John T. Ritz, Jr., Nicholas Ritz, Jr., Ronald Rozell, James A. Stefano, Ronald P. Stefano, Richard Potoka, and Richard Semarge; William P. Rozell was a prisoner of war, George Stefano and Charles Wilkins were killed in action, the original dedication took place on August 15, 1943, and a rededication took place on November 18, 2012.