During World War I, from 1917 to 1918, men from Marion who gave their lives included Fernie E. Brown, Ernest M. Grainger, Stephen Holden, William F. Lane, Walter W. Martin, Hayes Sloan, David E. Smith, Leon L. Turner, George H. Yarborough, Marion H. Crawford, George H. Hucks, Melvin C. Rogers, David E. Monroe, Jesse Anderson, Henry L. Brown, Clarence D. Edwards, William H. Elliott, Quince E. Harrell, Gee Johnson, Bert Jolly, Richard T. Love, John T. Monroe, Berry T. Rogers, Elly G. Shelley, Hugh Strickland, Perry J. Williamson, and Charlie W. Williamson; those listed separately as Colored were Major Boatwright, Richard L. Crawford, Robert Elliott, Daniel M. Floyd, John Franklin, Sylvester Godbold, Willie Godfrey, Will Gordon, Gordon Hayes, Samuel Livingston, Dave Marcus, Edward Mayham, Ornie Nichols, and Joseph L. Woodberry.