This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Cottonwood County Courthouse 1904 — — Map (db m157788) HM
All Gave Some
Some Gave All
All veterans are honored and remembered by the
Windom Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3844
Granite monument:
La Grange Post No. 79.
61 G.A.R. 65
Women's Relief Corps
61 No. 36. . . . — — Map (db m234289) WM
Windom High School Graduate • 1935 University of Minnesota • 1935-1939 Green Bay Packers • 1939-1941 Voted: Minnesota’s MVP • 1938 All American Athlete • 1939 Green Bay Hall of Fame • 1942 — — Map (db m157782) HM
Mortally wounded Nov. 13, 1942 during the naval battle of Guadalcanal while serving on the cruiser USS San Francisco. Awarded Navy Cross for Distinguished Service in this battle.
Buried at Sea, Nov. 14, 1942
"On the early morning of . . . — — Map (db m231727) HM