The plaque on the monument reads:
In memory of those from Cape Girardeau County who gave their lives in defense of liberty in The World War.
1916-1918
Benjamin H. Thompson
Clarence Altenthal
Cleveland Baker
Charles A. Grass
Jesse Fitzgerald
Clark A. Joernes
Arthur F. Graden
Randall Mattingly
William B. Snider
Ben Z. Wunderlich
Birdie A. Walker
Louis Friedhoff
Wilton Davidson
Julien Dearmont
Ralph G. Medley
Frank Spradling
Clyde Underwood
John R. Pearson
Roy W. King
John Neal
Florence Baker
Ellis Caldwell
Richard Tucker
Arthur Winters
Joseph F. Koch
Charles H. Poe
Fred Guy Smith
Harry J. Jones
Louis K. Juden
Ben F. Eggers
Arthur Knight
Henry Stedham
Cephus Estes
Louise Wasem
Charles Reed
E.S. Taylor
Harry Crumb
Ezra Taylor
Fred Howard
George Lacy
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