Service members from the Columbus area who were killed in action included Walter Frye and Chester Haugerud in World War I, Delmar Souther, Lyal Fenster, Arthur Horntvedt, Kenneth Johnston, Oliver Hovland, Marvin Sorlie, Arvid Dahl, Arnold Dollarhide, Harold Haugstad, William Schoener, and Evald Brothen in World War II, and W. Craig Brenno in Vietnam.