During World War II, the men of Milan who gave their lives were James C. Armstrong, Nelson Bird, Edward Buganies, Robert Check, Oran E. Copeland, Jack Cribley, Jr., Alex Czinski, Max R. Denton, Clinton E. Faust, Virgil Laverne Gray, Edward L. Gruezke, James O. Hayden, Marlie C. Heath, John Kohut, Richard Lynn Mack, Leonard G. Magnus, Gerald A. Myers, Richard Pickens, and Edward J. Smetka.