Men of Sumter County who gave their lives in Vietnam included Terry Lynn Anton, Robert Cain, Jr., Herbert Hugo Cato, III, Charles Clark, Wyman Byrd Coleman, John Hughie Geddings, Charles Jack Girard, David Nathaniel Green, Jr., Adherene Louis Haines, Leland Emanuel Hammond, Jimmie Lee Harvin, William James Henry, Robert Lee Howell, Wallace Gourley Hynds, Jr., Helmut Gustave Lakaxzus, Marvin Lindsey, Elec McCoy, Carl McFadden, Jr., James Nickens, Clarence E. Nunnery, Jr., James Willard F. Schellin, Terry Sidney Smalls, Harold McRae Smith, Robert Henry Stewart, Robert A. Stubberfield, Preston Taylor, Jr., Miles D. Touchberry, Jr., Ben White, and Frank Norman Williams. The inscription also includes the words, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,” from John 15:13.