Platteville in Grant County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Vietnam War Memorial

University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

1. Vietnam War Memorial

Inscription. In memory of all who attended
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville
and sacrificed their lives during the Vietnam War

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald R. Blohm, Army • Sergeant Edwin F. Brown, Army • Second Lieutenant Vasilios Demetris, Marine Corps • Lance Corporal Daniel F. Gallagher, Marine Corps • Specialist Four John C. Imrie, Army • Hospitalman Larry W. Knight, Navy • First Lieutenant Dean W. Krueger, Air Force • Specialist Four Paul E. Mattson, Army • Corporal Francis T. Mulvey, Army • Specialist Four Brian S. Perlewitz, Army • Hospitalman Richard E. Sutherland, Navy • Private First Class Louis L. Zittergruen, Army

Dedicated November 11, 2022

Erected 2022.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.

Location. 42° 44.035′ N, 90° 29.131′ W. Memorial is in Platteville, Wisconsin, in Grant County. It can be reached from West Pine Street just west of South Hickory Street. The memorial is located on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus, just east of Ullrich Hall. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 690 West Pine Street, Platteville WI 53818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Corn Belt,

in the Driftless Area — Bluff Country,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: Ullrich Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Lewis & Clark Expedition Member Alexander H. Willard Lived Here (approx. 0.2 miles away); C. C. Grindell House (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Frank Burg House (approx. 0.2 miles away); First State Normal School (approx. ¼ mile away); Platteville's First Church Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); Main Street Commercial Historic District Platteville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Platteville Carnegie Library (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Platteville.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

2. Vietnam War Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

3. Vietnam War Memorial

Looking east. West Pine Street in background.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.