Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial (HM1DDY)

Location: Waconia, MN 55387 Carver County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 50.991', W 93° 47.026'

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World War II
Poland - Battle of the Atlantic - Pearl Harbor - Bataan - Corregidor - Coral Sea - Midway - Guadalcanal - North Africa -Bismarck Sea - Salerno - Tarawa -Kwajalein - Normandy - Southern France - The Rhine - Marianas - Leyte Gulf - Philippines - Iwo Jima - Okinawa - Japan
(Military Service Emblems)

(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)
World War II
1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945
Dedicated to those men and women of the Waconia community who were called and served their country during this World War.
...We were young. We have died. Remember us.
GM2c Vincent W. Uecker · 11 Sep 1943
Pvt Donald A. Johnson · 6 May 1944
Sgt Frank Vojtisek · 27 Feb 1945
T Sgt Jerome L. Gorres · 13 Jun 1945
S1c George Wm. Greengo · 27 Sep 1945

(Veterans of Foreign Wars Emblem)
Korean War
25 June 1950 — 27 July 1953
This Korean War Veteran's Memorial honors those men and women of the Waconia community who answered the call to "defend a country they never knew and a people they never met" and through their actions demonstrated that freedom must be vigilantly guarded.
"Lest We Forget...
the Dead, the Missing, the Captured,
the Wounded
Freedom Is Not Free"
(Military Service Emblems)

Vietnam
28 February 1959
7 May 1975
In Honor of
and Appreciation
to Waconia Area
Vietnam Veterans
U.S. Casualties
K.I.A. 58, 156
W.I.A. 303,704
M.I.A. 2,338
(Military Service Emblems)
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HM NumberHM1DDY
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 7:45pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 438066 N 4966569
Decimal Degrees44.84985000, -93.78376667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 50.991', W 93° 47.026'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 50' 59.46" N, 93° 47' 1.56" W
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Area Code(s)952, 612, 218
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 71 S Pine St, Waconia MN 55387, US
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