Alma in Buffalo County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Veterans Memorial. . This site and memorial is forever dedicated to the memories, valor, courage and ideals of those Buffalo County residents that have given their all and rest in burial sites at home, abroad and at sea. It is also dedicated to those that have endured all so that all mankind may enjoy peace and freedom. , (Military Service Emblems) , Total Cost of U.S. Lives for Freedom , , Revolutionary War · 4,435 , War of 18 12 · 2,260 , Mexican War · 1,733 , Civil War · 364,511 , Spanish American War · 2,466 , World War I · 116,516 , World War II · 405,399 , Korean War · 54,246 , Vietnam War · 58,219 , , Total Loss of U.S. Lives · 1,009,785 , Total Loss of Buffalo , County Lives in All Wars · 144 , , 1861 · Civil War · 1865 , The Question is Settled · One Nation Undivided , (Statistics) , Buffalo County Battle and Prison Deaths , Becker, Moritz . Biesecker, Ruben . Christian, John . Diegel, Martin . Duerkop, Henry . Fuchs, John . Hall, Lucius . Hoyt, Henry . Kelly, Dennis . Kelley, Vincent . Kessinger, Charles . Koffler, Joseph . Martin, (Marty) Nickolas . Molitor, Paul . Moy, John . Odell, Casius . Dertli, Gottfried . Parr, John . Schneider, Nickolas . Shirenbroken, Ernst . Taylor, Samuel . Weber, Peter . White, George . Austin, Isaac . Bradshaw, Joseph . McDonald, James , Civil War Deaths by Other Causes While in the Service of Their Country , Adams, Orlando . Angst, David . Bringholf, John . Cutting, Chapin . Damm, Gerhard . Davis, James . Doughty, John W. . Eager, Nathaniel . Fiedler, Valentine . Fitzgerald, John T. . Ganz, Arnold . Graham, Horace . Gray, Wilson . Haag, Jacob . Hafner, John . Huber, Henry . Ide, George . Jewett, Henry . Joiner, Judson . Katiepolt, Casper . Kennedy, Joseph . Kessinger, Joseph . Kingsley, Lavern . Kumli, Urs . Lautenbach, David . Lautenbach, Gottlieb . Liesch, Nickolas . Lindahl, Peter . McGlothlin, Walker . Miller, Simon . Morgan, James . Morse, Henry . Moy, Frederick . Nelson, Samuel . Pauline, Ernst . Probst, Urst . Richtman, Phillip . Scott, Aaron . Stevens, Coit. . Sutton, Aaron . Thomas, W. P. . Thompson, Ira . Tritten, Stephen . Warner, George . Webb, Orlando . Williams, William . Wilson, Robert , Missing In Action , Brown, Nathaniel . Glasspoole, Richard . Thompson, John , 1914 · World War I · 1918 , The War to End All Wars , (Statistics) , Buffalo County Deaths , Berg, Peter . Borst, Loren . Briggs, Simon . Cooke, Rodney . Dabelstein, Ed . Dillon, Harry . Engen, Jergen . Forrest, Eileen L. . Gallus, John . Glodowski, Frank . Gobar, Ralph . Herbert, Charles J. . Huettle, William . Johnson, Jacob B. . Koenig, Edward J. . Miller, Arthur . Moy, Ortie . Mueller, Benjamin . Ness, Eric . Sawer, Edward . Schlag, Henry . Schreiber, Orma . Spies, Louis . Steen, Albert . Uhlig, Arno . Veraguth, Herman F. , 1939 · World War II · 1945 , The World Is Saved from Tyranny , (Military Casualties) , Buffalo County Deaths , Adams, Charles K. . Amdahl, James T. . Anzur, Frank J. . Beck, Helmer . Bohlinger, Clemens W. . Britton, Neil R. . Bursaw, Howard L. . Campion, Kenneth O. . Christopherson, A. I. . Dahl, Elmo O. . Eide, Leo . Giversen, John A. . Gueltzow, Russel E. . Gunderson, Dewey J. . Hanseman, Chris J. . Heiler, Willard L. . Johnson, Melvin . Kessler, Laverne C. . Knospe, Fverell C. . Kondow, Howard N. . Konter, Ambrose . Leibold, Robert R. . Loomis, Halden R. . Meyer, Wilbert C. . Moe, Leland Morton . Murr, Willis F. . Nichols, Edverne . Peterson, Clinton F. . Risen, Allard W. . Rud, Duane . Ruben, Andrew O. . Schaffner, James E. . Sherman, Willard E. . Smith, Harry A. . Suhr, Allyn A. . Synstad, Alden G. . Tickfer, Morris . Tillman, Leonard L. , 1950 · Korean War · 1953 , The Forgotten War , In honor and respect to our sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met. , (Statistics) , Buffalo County Deaths , Peterson, Dean . Smaglik, James W. . Klevgard, Laverne . Ziegweide, Eugene , 2001 · Global War on Terrorism , Operation Iraqi Freedom , America Defends Its Homeland Security , Bossert, Andrew , 1964 · Vietnam War · 1975 , Communist Expansion Is Challenged , The war to stop the expansion of Communism was fought in the jungles, mountains and rice paddies of South East Asia against an enemy that appeared friendly during the day only to be hostile at night. This memorial honors those American men and women that courageously fought for this just cause. It forever remembers those that lost their lives and those that are missing and may never return. , (Statistics) , Buffalo County Battle Deaths , Zeichert, Henry J. Jr. , 1945 · The Cold War · 1991 , The United States Stands Against Communism World Wide , Lest We Forget , Let us not forget that the Cold War was a real war that stopped the Soviet Union and China and the spread of communism throughout the world with the loss of veteran's lives while on duty to their country, some in far away places with little recognition of their service. This memorial is dedicated to the honor of those Buffalo County veterans that lost their lives in this country's Cold War against communism. , Alitz, Laverne . Hoveland, Merville E. . Jaquish, John . Johnson, Jerome R. . Leroy E. Reidt . Rud, James I. . Schlosstein, Kent . Shull, Vernon P. . Stoll, Harvey J.

This site and memorial is forever dedicated to the memories, valor, courage and ideals of those Buffalo County residents that have given their all and rest in burial sites at home, abroad and at sea. It is also dedicated to those that have endured all so that all mankind may enjoy peace and freedom.

(Military Service Emblems)

Total Cost of U.S. Lives for Freedom

Revolutionary War · 4,435
War of 1812 · 2,260
Mexican War · 1,733
Civil War · 364,511
Spanish American War · 2,466
World War I · 116,516
World War II · 405,399
Korean War · 54,246
Vietnam War · 58,219

Total Loss of U.S. Lives · 1,009,785
Total Loss of Buffalo
County Lives in All Wars · 144

1861 · Civil War · 1865
The Question is Settled · One Nation Undivided
(Statistics)
Buffalo County Battle and Prison Deaths
Becker, Moritz • Biesecker, Ruben • Christian, John • Diegel, Martin • Duerkop, Henry • Fuchs, John • Hall, Lucius • Hoyt, Henry • Kelly, Dennis • Kelley, Vincent • Kessinger, Charles • Koffler, Joseph • Martin, (Marty) Nickolas • Molitor, Paul • Moy, John • Odell, Casius • Dertli, Gottfried • Parr, John • Schneider, Nickolas • Shirenbroken, Ernst • Taylor, Samuel • Weber, Peter

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• White, George • Austin, Isaac • Bradshaw, Joseph • McDonald, James

Civil War Deaths by Other Causes While in the Service of Their Country
Adams, Orlando • Angst, David • Bringholf, John • Cutting, Chapin • Damm, Gerhard • Davis, James • Doughty, John W. • Eager, Nathaniel • Fiedler, Valentine • Fitzgerald, John T. • Ganz, Arnold • Graham, Horace • Gray, Wilson • Haag, Jacob • Hafner, John • Huber, Henry • Ide, George • Jewett, Henry • Joiner, Judson • Katiepolt, Casper • Kennedy, Joseph • Kessinger, Joseph • Kingsley, Lavern • Kumli, Urs • Lautenbach, David • Lautenbach, Gottlieb • Liesch, Nickolas • Lindahl, Peter • McGlothlin, Walker • Miller, Simon • Morgan, James • Morse, Henry • Moy, Frederick • Nelson, Samuel • Pauline, Ernst • Probst, Urst • Richtman, Phillip • Scott, Aaron • Stevens, Coit. • Sutton, Aaron • Thomas, W. P. • Thompson, Ira • Tritten, Stephen • Warner, George • Webb, Orlando • Williams, William • Wilson, Robert

Missing In Action
Brown, Nathaniel • Glasspoole, Richard • Thompson, John

1914 · World War I · 1918
The War to End All Wars
(Statistics)
Buffalo County Deaths
Berg, Peter • Borst, Loren • Briggs, Simon • Cooke, Rodney • Dabelstein, Ed • Dillon,

Buffalo County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

2. Buffalo County Veterans Memorial

Harry • Engen, Jergen • Forrest, Eileen L. • Gallus, John • Glodowski, Frank • Gobar, Ralph • Herbert, Charles J. • Huettle, William • Johnson, Jacob B. • Koenig, Edward J. • Miller, Arthur • Moy, Ortie • Mueller, Benjamin • Ness, Eric • Sawer, Edward • Schlag, Henry • Schreiber, Orma • Spies, Louis • Steen, Albert • Uhlig, Arno • Veraguth, Herman F.

1939 · World War II · 1945
The World Is Saved from Tyranny
(Military Casualties)
Buffalo County Deaths
Adams, Charles K. • Amdahl, James T. • Anzur, Frank J. • Beck, Helmer • Bohlinger, Clemens W. • Britton, Neil R. • Bursaw, Howard L. • Campion, Kenneth O. • Christopherson, A. I. • Dahl, Elmo O. • Eide, Leo • Giversen, John A. • Gueltzow, Russel E. • Gunderson, Dewey J. • Hanseman, Chris J. • Heiler, Willard L. • Johnson, Melvin • Kessler, Laverne C. • Knospe, Fverell C. • Kondow, Howard N. • Konter, Ambrose • Leibold, Robert R. • Loomis, Halden R. • Meyer, Wilbert C. • Moe, Leland Morton • Murr, Willis F. • Nichols, Edverne • Peterson, Clinton F. • Risen, Allard W. • Rud, Duane • Ruben, Andrew O. • Schaffner, James E. • Sherman, Willard E. • Smith, Harry A. • Suhr, Allyn A. • Synstad, Alden G. • Tickfer, Morris • Tillman, Leonard L.

1950 · Korean War
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

3. Western Panels
1861 · Civil War · 1865
· 1953
The Forgotten War
In honor and respect to our sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.
(Statistics)
Buffalo County Deaths
Peterson, Dean • Smaglik, James W. • Klevgard, Laverne • Ziegweide, Eugene

2001 · Global War on Terrorism
Operation Iraqi Freedom
America Defends Its Homeland Security
Bossert, Andrew

1964 · Vietnam War · 1975
Communist Expansion Is Challenged
The war to stop the expansion of Communism was fought in the jungles, mountains and rice paddies of South East Asia against an enemy that appeared friendly during the day only to be hostile at night. This memorial honors those American men and women that courageously fought for this just cause. It forever remembers those that lost their lives and those that are missing and may never return.
(Statistics)
Buffalo County Battle Deaths
Zeichert, Henry J. Jr.

1945 · The Cold War · 1991
The United States Stands Against Communism World Wide
Lest We Forget
Let us not forget that the Cold War was a real war that stopped the Soviet Union and China and the spread of communism throughout the world with the loss of veteran's lives while on duty to their country, some in far away places

Southern Panels image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

4. Southern Panels

1914 · World War I · 1918
1939 · World War II · 1945

with little recognition of their service. This memorial is dedicated to the honor of those Buffalo County veterans that lost their lives in this country's Cold War against communism.
Alitz, Laverne • Hoveland, Merville E. • Jaquish, John • Johnson, Jerome R. • Leroy E. Reidt • Rud, James I. • Schlosstein, Kent • Shull, Vernon P. • Stoll, Harvey J.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 44° 19.19′ N, 91° 54.811′ W. Memorial is in Alma, Wisconsin, in Buffalo County. It is on South Second Street north of North Street (County Highway E), on the right when traveling north. Memorial is at the Buffalo County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 407 South Second Street, Alma WI 54610, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Wisconsin. It is also 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 are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lock & Dam No. 4 (approx. half a mile away); Beef Slough (approx. 3.1 miles away); Minnesota Territory 1849-1858 / Wabasha County Takes Shape (approx. 7.1 miles away in Minnesota); Grace Memorial Episcopal Church (approx. 7.2 miles away in Minnesota); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away in Minnesota); Wapahasha I / Wapahasha II / Wapahasha III

Northern Panels image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

5. Northern Panels

1950 · Korean War · 1953
2001 · Global War on Terrorism ·
1964 · Vietnam War · 1975
1945 · The Cold War · 1991

(approx. 7.3 miles away in Minnesota); The Bridge (approx. 7½ miles away in Minnesota); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alma.

Buffalo County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

6. Buffalo County Courthouse

The Veterans Memorial is in the distance near the flagpole. A Pioneer Monument is in the foreground.

Pioneer Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

7. Pioneer Monument

Dedicated to the Memory of the Pioneer Men and Women of Buffalo County 1839—1857 · Erected by the Twin Cities Buffalo County Association · 1922

Nearby Mississippi River image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

8. Nearby Mississippi River

Mississippi River Lock and Dam Number 4

Lock and Dam image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

9. Lock and Dam

Cargo barges can be seen in the lock.

Pedestrian Bridge to Lock and Dam image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, June 19, 2013

10. Pedestrian Bridge to Lock and Dam

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,168 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on April 29, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.