The 6 Best Memorial Day Country Songs Honoring Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. and was inspired to write "More Than a Name on a Wall." Although it was the last Statler Brothers song to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard country charts in 1989, it was one of their very best.

This song has a great Memorial Day message and is one of America’s favorite patriotic songs. Lee Greenwood wrote the song, and in 1985 "God Bless the U.S.A." won a Country Music Award for Song of the Year.

This is the official video of Trace Adkins's "Arlington" from the album "Songs About Me." Adkins sings it from the viewpoint of a soldier who was killed in battle and buried at Arlington National Cemetery. United States Marine Corps Corporal Patrick Nixon, who died in battle in 2003 inspired the song.

Written by Jamie O'Hara, and recorded by the late George Jones, "50,000 Names" was included on his album "The Rock: Stone Cold Country." The Possum gives us the haunting description of visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

On Nov. 8, 1965, Niles Harris and the 173rd Airborne Brigade were ambushed in Vietnam. Sadly, 48 American soldiers lost their lives that day. Medic Lawrence Joel was honored for saving several lives during that battle. Big & Rich wrote this song for him.

Radney Foster wrote the song "Angel Flight" about those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and the air crew who flies them home. The military call those flights "Angel Flights" -- hence the name of the song.