Ray County veterans served and fought in World War II and the Korean War, and the dead honored from World War II were John S. Allred, Hershel Amos, D.B. Ballew, Jr., Ralph E. Barber, Joseph D. Billard, Howard L. Blizzard, Clifford W. Boggess, Fred Briant, Jr., Vivian F. Brookshier, Alvin L. Bush, Leland F. Bush, Estill A. Clevenger, Alfred Cox, Carl Cox, Sr., Troy V. Crowley, William H. Davidson, Homer M. DeMint, Johnnie O. Duncan, Willie G. Duffett, Raymond F. Fields, Fred E. Frazier, Edward W. Freeman, Edwin H. Gaines, Rosco Gaines, John W. Glasscock, Richard W. Glenn, Bartley H. Graham, Jewel H. Graham, Ruby B. Hankins, Edward J. Hardie, John W. Humbard, Ern F. Harrington, John H. Jackson, Jr., Marvin L. Jenkins, Harold L. Johnson, Howard A. Johnson, Vernon B. Johnson, Floyd C. Judd, Lewis V. Kimball, Warren D. King, Marvin Kugler, Charles C. Mansur, Eugene McKee, Ralph E. Melte, Marvin D. Middleton, Harold E. Moyer, Herbert C. Moyer, Harold D. Nelson, Claude A. Newton, John G. Peet, Paul E. Petree, Ernest F. Pohl, Vernon A. Roberts, Harold B. Sadler, Lee F. Scherlinger, Jewell E. Schooley, Robert E. Schooling, Charles J. Skiles, Jr., Eugene Skiles, Garold L. Skiles, Payton L. Vanderpool, George A. White, Jr., William E. Woodson, Earl D. Yoakum, Jack T. Zimmerman, Noah E. Love, Jewell W. Riggs, Ralph C. Harris, and Russell M. Turley; the dead honored from Korea was Earl W. Foley; these men gave the supreme sacrifice in defense of the nation to preserve freedom and ideals as a free country.