During World War I, the Town of Cheektowaga, New York, honored its heroic dead of 1917 and 1918: John Andres, William Benzel, John R. Duly, Harvey H. Geier, Jacob J. Hoerner, John W. Holtz, John C. Klaffka, Wendelin Latzer, Frank Ostrowski, Stanley Racinowski, Matthew Szydlowski, and Frank Walczak.