Cape Girardeau County honored those who gave their lives in defense of liberty in World War I, from 1916 to 1918, including Benjamin H. Thompson, Clarence Altenthal, Cleveland Baker, Charles A. Crass, Jesse Fitzgerald, Clark A. Joernes, Arthur F. Graden, Randall Mattingly, William B. Snider, Ben. Z. Wunderlich, Birdie A. Walker, Louis Friedhoff, Wilton Davidson, Julien Dearmont, Ralph G. Medley, Frank Spradling, Clyde Underwood, John R. Pearson, Roy W. King, John Neal, Florence Baker, Ellis Caldwell, Richard Tucker, Arthur Winters, Joseph F. Koch, Charles H. Poe, Fred Guy Smith, Harry J. Jones, Louis K. Juden, Ben. F. Eggers, Arthur Knight, Henry Stedham, Cephus Estes, Louise Wasem, Charles Reed, E.S. Taylor, Harry Crumb, Ezra Taylor, Fred Howard, and George Lacy. An addendum in 2018 added Paul E. Rasico, James M. Coleman, Ruel C. Meador, Dephonia Jones, Henry Hovis, George Alt, and Charles E. Enderle.