Shelby County veterans who died while serving their country included Joseph Backman, George Baker, Joseph Beckman, Peter Bradford, William Conway, John Johnston, Franklin M. Kemper, James M. Slagle, John W. Slagle, Henry Tholmier, and James Wolf in the Civil War; William N. Flinn, George Gartley, and Ephriam Owen in the War of 1812; George W. Ewing, Francis A. Guillozet, Edward E. Hughes, and Delbert Monnier in World War II; and Charles G. Huston and James E. Pleiman in the Vietnam War.