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,