IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY
Wisconsin contributed significantly to the military activities of the United States since it became a state in 1848. During the Civil War, for instance, Wisconsin made a major contribution to support the Union. About 50% of Wisconsin's adult male population served in the Civil War a percentage exceeded only by the service of state citizens Suring World War II, when more than 80% of Wisconsin's adult male population served in the military. Moreover, the mobilization of Wisconsin's domestic economy during 1941-1945 added tens of thousands of women and teenagers to the numbers of state citizens who assisted in the American war effort
Military Action |
Wisconsin
Residents in Service |
Deaths |
Civil War (1861-1865) |
91,379 |
12,216 |
Spanish -American -War (1898-1899) |
5,469 |
134 |
Mexican Border Service (1916) |
4,168 |
0 |
World War 1 (1917-1918) |
122,215 |
3,932 |
World War 11 (1941-1945) |
332,200 |
7,980 |
Korean War (1950-1953) |
132,000 |
801 |
Vietnam War (1958-1975) |
165,400 |
1,238 |
Lebanon and Grenada (1982-1983) |
400 |
4 |
Panama (1989-1990) |
520 |
1 |
Persian Gulf (1990-1992) |
10,400 |
12 |
Erected 1992
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94TH COMBAT INFANTRY DIVISION
NORTHERN FRANCE
RHINELAND
ARDENNES CENTRAL EUROPE
THIS MONUMENT IS A TRIBUTE
TO THE MEN OF THE 94TH INFANTRY
DIVISION WWII
IN RECOGNITION OF IRE OUTSTANDING FEAR RECORD THE 94TH THE STATE OF WISCONSIN DESIGNATED IRIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED FOR AN 194 TRAVELERS TO VIEW:
MOST WORTHY VICTORY AT IMPOSSIBLE TRIER TRIANGLE
A 'PRESIDENTIAL CITATION" WAS EARNED
IN 209 COMBAT DAYS, HAD 10,937 WOUNDED 1,087 DEATHS &. TOOK 26,638 PRISONERS
ACTIVATED SEPT 15. 1942 AT FORT CUSTER. MI
FIRST US ARMY DIVISION TO ACHIEVE
EXPERT INFANTRY RECOGNITION
AFTER UTAH PEACH LANDING IN 1944
FOUGHT IN. BRITTANY. FRANCE
REASSIGNED TO GENERAL PATTON S TRIES ARMY IN TILE SAAR-MOSELLE TRIANGLE
CROSSED THE SAAR RIVER TO
FIGHT IN THE RATTLE. OF THE PULSE
THIRD ARMY WAS THE FIRST TO REACH THE RHIN: |
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