During World War I, from 1917 to 1919, Bowmanstown soldiers included Horace Hongen, Edwin Bagenstose, Harvey Balliet, Raymond Balliet, Earl Beidleman, Francis Boyer, William Deppe, William Farber, William Fenstermaker, Charles Fenstermaker, Thomas Schaffer, John Seitz, Daniel Steigerwalt, Charles Yenser, Henry Yenser, Stinson Stemler, Rudy Wagner, Arthur Eckhart, and Lee Semmel.