four men and one woman. truman sweet, orville sweet, george sweet w elmer sweet and claire sweet were all killed in world war ii. claire sweet served in the women s army corps. the first was jonathan sweet. the last sweet was elmer sweet in the vietnam war. in total, 14 members of the sweet family of williams town gave their lives in war, and so the name sweet maintains a sad and heroic dominance in the war memorial in williams town. anyone who believes that the highest honor you can achieve is to see your name on as many hotels as possible can t possibly comprehend true honor or service or sacrifice. one memorial day weekend a year will never be enough to honor the names on our war memorials. never.
where some names keep coming up on that wall war after war after war. the smedley family lost four men in the revolutionary war. jedediah smedley, john smedley, joshua smedley, levi smedley. the smedleys lost another man in the war of 1812 and two more in the civil war. sherwood smedley is the last member of the family to appear on the wall. he was killed in world war i. williams downtown suffered many more casualties in world war ii than in any other war, and in one family lost even more in world war ii than the smedley family lost in the revolutionary war. the sweet family lost five in world war ii. four men and one woman. trueman swreet orville sweet,