The men of Nelson County who lost their lives in World War II between 1941 and 1945 were George David Akers, Richmond Oliver Allen, Harry Philmore Anderson, Samuel Harvey Anderson, Garland Golden Ashley, Cyrus Edison Banton, James Houston Bethel, Jr., Raymond Wilson Branch, Cecil Edward Brown, Ammon Russell Bryant, Benny Grayson Bryant, Hawsie Daniel Bryant, Clarence Harvey Campbell, Harry Wilson Campbell, Russell Sam Carey, James Wyart Carter, Raymond Delmore Carver, Henry Vernon Cash, Floyd Andrew Caul, Emmet Cabell Christian, Jr., Carlton Hubbard Cook, Oscar Wilson Cook, Charles Caroll Drumheller, Alvin Hall Evans, Thurman Albert Farris, Luther Irving Ferguson, Jack Lee Forbes, Thomas Welch Fortune, James Austin Glass, Charles Woodrow Goodwin, Millard Preston Hall, Stockdon Harris, Paul Merton Horsley, Herbert Higginbotham Hughes, Lucian Dennett Hughes, Jr., James Pershing Jordon, Thomas Wesley Kent, Jr., James Thomas Matthews, Robert Lemon Miller, Roy Goldman Moore, James Madison Perry, Eugene McLane Phillips, William Judson Phillips, Thomas Edward Powell, Elwood Chester Quick, George Elliott Quick, Thomas Henry Simpson, Fred Franklin Small, James Kenneth Spencer, Jesse Maury Sprouse, Jr., Harry Edward Thomas, Ralph McIntire Thompson, John Vaughan, Alfred Lewis Wallace, Claude Mason Ward, Robert Alonza Wills, Thomas Austin Withers, Jr., and John Courtland Lewis.