Waconia in Carver County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
1. World War II Memorial
World War II
1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945
GM2c Vincent W. Uecker · 11 Sep 1943
Pvt Donald A. Johnson · 6 May 1944
Sgt Frank Vojtisek · 27 Feb 1945
T Sgt Jerome L. Gorres · 13 Jun 1945
S1c George Wm. Greengo · 27 Sep 1945
(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)
Korean War
25 June 1950 — 27 July 1953
this page online
the Dead, the Missing, the Captured,
the Wounded
Freedom Is Not Free"
(Military Service Emblems)
Vietnam
28 February 1959
7 May 1975
In Honor of
and Appreciation
to Waconia Area
Vietnam Veterans
U.S. Casualties
K.I.A. 58, 156
W.I.A. 303,704
M.I.A. 2,338
(Military Service Emblems)
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.
Location. 44° 50.991′ N, 93° 47.026′ W. Memorial is in Waconia, Minnesota, in Carver County. It can be reached from East Main Street west of South Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is in City Square Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 East Main Street, Waconia MN 55387, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Minnesota River Valley and in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
2. World War II Memorial
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Oh Shocks! (approx. 0.7 miles away); "Golden Buckle of the Dairy Belt" (approx. 4 miles away); Commemorating Wendelin Grimm (approx. 4.1 miles away); Grimm Farm Historic Site (approx. 4.1 miles away); Clearing the Land, Making a Home (approx. 4.1 miles away); St. Bonifacius: A Cold War Battlefront (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waconia.
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
3. Korean War Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
4. Korean War Memorial
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5. Vietnam Memorial
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6. Vietnam Memorial
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7. Waconia Veterans Memorial
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8. Waconia Veterans Memorial
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9. Nearby World War II Sherman Tank
555 West First Street
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 25, 2013
10. Sherman Tank, WW II
Sherman tanks are medium weight tanks used in World War II, starting in 1942. The United States developed Sherman tanks to fight Germany. The Sherman was smaller but quicker and less expensive to produce than Germany's tanks.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 971 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on March 13, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
