State of Wisconsin
Military Index


{Please read}
"All roster lists and muster roll information are transcribed from the government's lists and if those lists are wrong, sorry, but we cannot change the original source information.   So we're REALLY sorry if your ancestor is listed as deserting his unit, but we didn't make up the original data, we just transcribed it"



  
  Wisconsin People In Military Actions

  Civil War
  Spanish-American War   World War I   World War II
  Korean War   Vietnam War      Afghanistan/Iraq





Wisconsin Service Members on Active Duty
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, Sunday, May 30, 2004
Source: Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, May 2004

Wisconsin residents who served on active duty
 during declared wars and officially designated periods of hostilities:

Military Action
Dates of U. S.
involvement
Number
served
Number
killed
Civil War
1861-1865
91,379
12,216
Spanish-American War
1898
5,469
134
World War I
1917-18
122,215
3,932
World War II
1941-45
332,200
8,390
Korean War
1950-53
132,000
729
Vietnam War
1964-73
165,400
1,239
Lebanon/Grenada
1982-84, 1983
400
1
Operation Just Cause, Panama
1989-90
520
1
Operation Desert Shield & Desert Storm
1990-91
10,400
11
Somalia
1992-94
426
2
Bosnia/Kosovo
1995-2003
678
NA
Operation Enduring Freedom
2001-present
(May 30, 2004)
NA
1
Operation Iraqi Freedom
2003-present
(
May 30, 2004)
NA
18

Note: What struck me was that Wisconsin lost 12,216 men in the Civil War,
240 less than in the next 3 wars - Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.






Civil War

 
Civil War Regiments and Soldiers

Wisconsin Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients

Civil War Burials in Clark County





Spanish-American War

Wisconsin War with Spain Medal of Honor Recipients





World War I

  WWI Roll of Honor from the book, "The 32nd Division In The World War 1917-1919"
completed





World War II

  Wisconsin World War II Honor Roll 1941-1945

World War II Army Enlistments
County
All
Years
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
Limited
Service
Reserve Corps
Conscientious
Objectors














Clark
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Columbia
none 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 none Reserve Corps none
Dane
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Jefferson
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Ozaukee












Rock
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
St. Croix
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Vilas













  National World War II Data at Genealogy Trails which includes links to other states data
  Military Record of James W. Gropp, Sauk County





Korean War

Wisconsin Korean War Casualties





Vietnam War

Wisconsin Vietnam War Casualties

  National Vietnam Data at Genealogy Trails





coming soon






Afghanistan/Iraq

   OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
Wisconsin Military Deaths from October 7, 2001 - February 28, 2009


   OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Wisconsin Military Deaths March 19, 2003 - February 28, 2009






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