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| U.
S. Civil War (1861 - 1865) Edward Scofield |
Spanish
- American War
(1898) Please click on image for a full view  Lorenz Borgwardt age 18  3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Battalion awaits orders to charge the Spanish On August 12, the 3rd Wisconsin moved into position to aid in the assault at the next point of opposition on its march - Aibonito. As the forces were forming for this assault the following morning, word arrived of that an armistice had been declared and the fighting had ended. The 3rd Wisconsin returned home on September 18th, 1898. The Spanish American War ended on December 10, 1898 with the Treaty of Paris. STATISTICS: Total
Strength of regiment -------1353 ENGAGEMENTS Coamo,
Puerto Rico-----------------Aug. 9,
1898
Arbonith Pass, Puerto Rico----------Aug. 12, 1898 |
Korean War
(1950 - 1953) Vincent LibassiJoseph James FonferekValentine T Warrichaiet |
| Peacetime Service |
War
of 1812 (1812 - 1814) (Veterans who moved to Oconto County, which was established 1851) |
Philippine
- American War (1899 - 1902) |
Vietnam
War (1959 - 1975) David CrossGuy Erb JrGerald L. Gerndt |
Persian Gulf War (1990 - 1991) |
War
in Afghanistan (2001 - 2021) Iraq War (2003 - 2011) |