Gold Star Veterans : Wisconsin Medal of Honor

14 Total Results

★ indicates a related state match, for example, born in or lived in or attended school in Wisconsin

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	★ Leslie Allen Bellrichard	CA	05-20-1967	Vietnam	Army
2	Richard Ira Bong	WI	08-06-1945	WW II	Army AF
3	Elmer J Burr	WI	12-25-1942	WW II	Army
4	Gerald Leon Endl	WI	07-11-1944	WW II	Army
5	Kenneth E Gruennert	WI	12-24-1942	WW II	Army
6	John Louis Jerstad	WI	08-01-1943	WW II	Army AF
7	Andrew Miller	WI	11-29-1944	WW II	Army
8	Charles E Mower	WI	11-03-1944	WW II	Army
9	Truman O Olson	WI	01-31-1944	WW II	Army
10	Oscar Verner Peterson	WI	05-13-1942	WW II	Navy
11	Mitchell Red Cloud Jr	WI	11-05-1950	Korea	Army
12	Benjamin Lewis Salomon	WI	07-07-1944	WW II	Army
13	Lance Peter Sijan	WI	01-22-1968	Vietnam	Air Force
14	★ Franklin Van Valkenburgh	CA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy

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