Near Symco in Waupaca County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription. ✞
Dedicated to Our
Veterans Who so
Honorably Served
God and Country

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

Location. 44° 31.867′ N, 88° 49.551′ W. Memorial is near Symco, Wisconsin, in Waupaca County. It can be reached from State Highway 22 0.3 miles west of County Highway T, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: W8010 State Highway 22, Bear Creek WI 54922, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Melvin O. Handrich (approx. 6.4 miles away); Clintonville High School (approx. 6.9 miles away); Wāpahkoh (approx. 6.9 miles away); Clintonville Veterans Memorial (approx. 7 miles away); Four–Wheel Drive (approx. 7.1 miles away); Portion of Wall of China (approx. 7.1 miles away); Birthplace of an Airline (approx. 7.6 miles away); Stone Puller (approx. 9.9 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chief Waupaca (was approx. 6.9 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this memorial. Nicholson was a thriving community before

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the turn of the century, with saw mills, a post office, grocery store, cheese factory and other commercial enterprises. Today, nothing is left but farms, the church and memories of the people who are buried at the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Nicholson.

Herman J Roehl image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014

2. Herman J Roehl

1915 · 1943
Private First Class Herman J. Roehl was killed in action
on December 26, 1943.

Wilbert O Winter image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014

3. Wilbert O Winter

1915 · 1943
Private First Class Wilbert O. Winter was killed in action
on November 24, 1943.

Gerald Vollbrecht image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014

4. Gerald Vollbrecht

1918 · 1943
Corporal Gerald V. Vollbrecht was killed in action
on August 20, 1943.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014

5. Veterans Memorial

Trinity Lutheran Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014

6. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery

Est 1857
(also known as Nicholson Cemetery)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 552 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 15, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.