Those from Pottawatomie County who gave their lives during World War II included Orville F. Area, Charles A. Eckert, Gerald A. Heim, Bernard J. Brockish, Martin L. Cox, James Loy Johnson, Merle F. Draper, Harold E. Eisenbach, Milton D. Humbert, Raymond D. Allen, Carl D. Fairbanks, Jack S. Herrick, Henry U. O'Donnell, James E. Davies, Lawrence L. Beach, Harold L. Gard, Glen E. Flinn, Harold E. Fechter, Fred J. Kelley, Harold A. Gasser, Lem E. Gillett, Leighton E. Hale, William F. Youngkamp, Elmo F. Hartwich, Clyde J. Aubert, Edwin H. Peterson, Eugene M. Hill, Thomas A. Craig, Edwin S. Ingalsbe, Pete L. Fiegener, George R. Jones, Ronald E. Barnett, Elmer F. Kern, Jr., Edward M. Perry, Francis H. Dresser, Thomas F. Kropf, Charles M. Rezac, Charles W. Line, Delbert E. Vonning, Claire A. Mumaw, Harold W. Hetzler, Ray V. Stauffer, Francis E. Noonan, Lloyd E. Kilner, Roger N. Phillips, Elden L. Whitacre, Rollin M. Miser, Leroy L. Pollock, Roland A. Ehlers, Leroy D. Scott, Thomas Lee Leonard, Lyle G. Trimble, Edward E. Williams, Fred C. Howell, Joseph Dale Miller, and Fred C. Kurtz.