Soldiers from Deemston and the surrounding area who served in World War I included Percy Keys, Frank Latham, Vernon O. Crumrine, Ernest Santee, Clyde E. Teegarden, Herschel L. Sargent, Earl W. Jamison, Winfield Hendershot, Clarence Keys, John S. Roberts, Henry C. Croft, Clyde Martin, Grant McCarty, Lewis Santee, McKinley Keys, Cad B. Miller, Ray Smith, John M. Baker, Samuel R. Overholt, Blythe E. Barnard, Clark Rice, J. Walter Bair, Leroy Wilson, Frank Crumrine, Sheldon Zollars, Guy Buckingham, Frank R. Hill, and Alva Robison.