During World War I, from Jul. 28, 1914 to Nov. 11, 1918, men from the Melrose area entered the Armed Forces and served their country, including Joseph H. Acosta, Harry W. Birt, Bazzle Chestnut, Charles Daniel, John Danielson, Frederic H. Ford, Edmund B. Granger, Harry W. Huffman, Albert Jackson, Samuel P. Kelly, Green Leggins, Willie Leggins, Sidney K. Mack, Clarence L. Mann, Johnson N. McCartney, Verse Murphy, Alex Nobles, Walter Nobles, Alexander C. Richardson, Henry Thomas, and Jessie Ware.