Members of the Straw Pump Community served in World War II, including Lewis Beck, Charles Brahs, C. Melvin Buzzard, Carl Caldwell, Charles Caldwell, Wayne Caldwell, William Caldwell, Harry Clohessy, Daniel Evans, George Fohner, Wayne Gongaware, Lysle Hadly, Scott Hadly, George Hebraink, W. Scott Luke, William Myers, Leo Peitz, Charles Peitz, David Raygor, Nathaniel Raygor, Paul Raygor, Raymond Raygor, Filippo Rivosecchi, William Rivosecchi, Bernard Roth, Albert Schneider, Dorothy Shrum, Robert Shrum, Peter Sinclair, Cora Mae Stokes, Lee Roy Tallant, Clair Thompson, Beryl Van Dyke, John Wallace, Murry Walthour, Charles Wolf, and Jermiah Wolf.