Bracken County men who lost their lives during World War II included Tice C. Adams, Harry L. Bonar, George W. Booker, Louie T. Bruin, Emmit B. Collins, Lloyd B. Crowe, Benjamino O. Cummins, Paul Curtis, Lester F. Groves, Harmon A. French, Raymond Heaverin of the U.S. Marine Corps, Frank P. Heilman, William I. Hitt, Fred R. Hughes, Leming Hull, Alva H. Johnson, Joseph E. Jones, Charles K. Mains of the U.S. Marine Corps, Eddie W. Monson, Raleigh Marshall Owens, and Charles W. Quinlin, who were killed in action or died in Germany, France, the South Pacific, the Southwest Pacific, Belgium, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima between 1943 and 1945.