During 1917-1918, the sons of Marion County who gave their lives for democracy and the freedom of the world were Mack Burnett, Jr., Vince Riley Choate, Claude D. Crumbliss, Winslow Edw. Cowan, Robert A. Dykes, Joe Dennis, Dallas Polk Ewton, Robert A. Gamble, Archie Gilbreath, Grover Goins, James Harrison, John T. Kilgore, Walter G. Layne, Lawrence D. Lewis, Eastly Maxwell, Andrew Reynolds, Bertrice Roberts, Ransom Sampley, William Alex. Sharp, Luther Lee Smith, Lacy Oscar Smith, and A. Westmoreland.