"TO HONOR THE DEAD-BY SERVING THE LIVING"



Dedicated on November 11, 1957,
to forever honor the men and women
who served in the United States Armed Forces
to protect and preserve our freedom,
especially those who gave their lives.
 
 

Milwaukee County
Veteran of the year....2008

Col. Kenneth Lee MD
Zablocki VA Spinal Cord Injury Unit Director
Iraqi Freedom Veteran-2007
Purple Heart Recipient-Wounded by an IED


Meeting Date's 2008
WAR MEMORIAL CENTER
Meetings start at 7pm
Room 413
May 19-3rd Monday-Memorial Hall
June 30
July 28
August 25
September 22
October 27
November 24
January 26-2009

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW



Board Letter to Governor Doyle

VETERANS INFORMATION & LINKS
BOARD MEMBERS
AMERICAN LEGION
Bob Jacobs
(Alt)Lisa Phillips

AMVETS
William Stys
(Alt)Edward Milane
ARMY/NAVY UNION
Warner Schwanke Sr.

(Alt)Naomi Horwitz
CHINA/BURMA/INDIA VETS
Lou Goodstein

(Alt)Robert Meinecke
CATHOLIC WAR VETS
Ann Fritsch
(Alt)Don Schambureck
DISABLED AMERICAN VETS
Stan Kogutkiewicz (Alt)
FLEET RESERVE
Daniel Zarnik
(Alt)Tom Schuller
JEWISH WAR VETERANS
Ron Laux

MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
Paul Bialk-

(Alt)Clayton Chipman
MILITARY ORDER PURPLE HEART
Greg Jacobs

(Alt)Patrick Jim Hoyt
Military Officers Assn.of America
Charles Neidhoefer
Alt. Louis Fuller
 Fleet Reserve Association
L.Zalewski

MILITARY ORDER WORLD WARS
Leonard Erdman 
(Alt)Col.Phillip Freund
MULTIPLE SCIEROSIS VETS
Raymond Cardenas
NAB VETS
Charles Allen

(Alt)William L. Sims
NCO COUNCIL
Jim Anderson

POLISH LEGION VETS
Robert Bulgrin
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Robert Bolz-(Alt)

VVA CHAPTER 324
Joe Campbell

Alt.Joe Herbert
WAVES NATIONAL
(Alt)Nancy Sheridan
WISCONSIN VIETNAM VETS CHAPTER 1
Jeff "Doc" Dentice

Alt-
Milwaukee County Service Officers
Jim Duff

Alt-Domingo Leguizamon

Veterans Board Website
Jeff Doc Dentice
LINKS  TO  OTHER SITES
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fallen Warrior Statue
Burial and Memorial Benefits Site
Arlington National Cemetery
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS
Wisconsin Dept of Veterans Affairs
Bulletin Board
Armed Forces Week 
May2008

 Milwaukee Stand Down
Milwaukee Veterans Stand Down
February 23, 2008
MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 26, 2008
PARADE AT 2PM

FITCH PLAZA
WAR MEMORIAL CENTER
AFTER PARADE
Wreath Presentation
Brick Ceremony
Pow-Mia Ceremony


"See History Unfold"
Reclaiming Our Heritage
May 31 & June 1, 2008
Milwaukee Soldiers Home District
Clement J. Zablocki 
VA Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 Soldiers Home Website
3rd of July 2008
For more Info visit
WAR MEMORIAL CENTER
Reserve your table
LAKEFRONT FIREWORKS NITE
BEER-SODA-FOOD
Tickets on Sale
May 19,2008
414-273-5533
Americanism Awards Breakfast
HOSTED BY THE VETERANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VETERANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-5533
Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:15 A.M.
War Memorial Center, Memorial Hall


 

DISCHARGE DOCUMENTS (DD-214) 
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the following website for veterans or their next of kin to gain access to their DD-214 online: http://vetrecs.archives.gov/


 Wisconsin GI Bill 
Tuition Remission Program

 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Troops

 Montgomery GI Bill- Reserves

 FIND A VA FACILITY

 CENTER FOR WOMEN VETERANS

 CENTER FOR MINIORITY VETERANS
 


Free trip to the WWII Memorial
in Wash. D.C. for WWII Vets
CLICK ON THE IWO TRIBUTE


World War II Registry

To search the electronic World War II Registry of Americans

              who contributed to the war effort, or add the name of a loved one,
Click here

 


WWII MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.

"A Tradition of Heroes"
CLICK ON THE BARS BELOW

 

Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
If you would like to purchase a personalized brick, call the War Memorial Center at 
(414) 273-5533


2008 OFFICERS
Chairman
GREG JACOBS

VICE-CHAIR
JIM ANDERSON

SECRETARY
Stan Kogutkiewicz

SANDY JENKINS

TREASURER
Robert Bolz

CHAPLAIN
Ann Fritsch

COMMITTEE'S

Executive
Greg Jacobs (Chair)

Awards
Paul Bialk

Patrick Jim Hoyt
Jerry Van Den Berg
Naomi Horwitz
Audit
Jim Anderson(Chair)

Warner Schwanke
Budget-Finance
Bob Bolz(Chair)

Paul Bialk

Joe Campbell

Constitution-Bylaws
Lou Goodstein(Chair)

Robert Schroeder
Public Relations-Publicity
 Lisa Phillips(Chair)

Bob Jacobs
Jeff Doc Dentice-WebSite

Gwen Sheppard
Membership-Admission
Robert Bolz (Chair)

Legislative
Leonard Erdman(Chair)
Ann Fritcsh
Emery Muenier
Dan Zarnik
Memorial Day Parade
Bill Stys 414-281-7789
Americanism Awards Breakfast
Ron Laux-

Veterans Day Banquet 2008
Marine Corps League
Paul Bialk

Veterans Day Program
Marine Corps League
Paul Bialk

3rd of July Fundraiser
Robert Bulgrin(Chair)
Jim Anderson

Patrick Jim Hoyt
Ron Laux-

Ex-Officio
Jim Duff
Robert Schroeder
Al Actkinson
Member Emeritus:

Our Hero Handbook
A Guide for Families of 
Wounded Service Members

WOUNDED 
WARRIOR & 
FAMILY HOTLINE
1-800-984-8523 
http:// www.defenselink.mil/


(L)Joe Campbell
(C)Jeff Doc Dentice
(R)Sylvester Watson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photo by Nancy Aycock 

Wisconsin Veterans Medical Facilities

Military Families-
Directory of Services and Resources

Wisconsin Veterans Home-King

Wisconsin Veterans Home
Union Grove

Northern Wisconsin 
Vets Memorial Cemetery

Central Wisconsin 
Vets Memorial Cemetery

Southern Wisconsin 
Vets Memorial Cemetery

WISCONSIN COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES LOCATIONS
 


"Visit the site for all the info"

VA's Suicide Hot Line Begins Operations
"Help a Phone Call Away"
The toll-free hot line number is
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
 
 

Click on the Logo below
Watch the video
Say Thanks to our MilitaryMen/Women
and dont Forget our Veterans
Its Easy-Everyone can do it -Anywhere-Anytime

 


 
 

CLICK ON PHAMPLETS FOR INFO

2008

 


 

Doc's Vets Calendar
Veterans-Military Reunions & Events
Send additions to the calendar to:
E-mail: Doc Dentice
if you want an event posted
All National & State Events

WISCONSIN'S FALLEN HERO'S

Iraq War Veterans Association
 

Wisconsin Women Veterans' Clinics
The following VA medical centers serving Wisconsin Veterans have women Veterans' clinics.
Ask for the Women's Health Clinic when you call.
Madison [Middleton VA Hospital] ….. (608) 256-1901
Milwaukee [Zablocki VA Medical Center] ….. (414) 384-2000
Tomah [Great Lakes Health Care System] ….. (608) 372-3971
Minneapolis, MN [Minneapolis VA Medical Center] …..(612) 725-2000
Iron Mt., MI [Iron Mountain VA Medical Center] ….. (906) 774-3300
 
 

eVetRecs
Request Copies of Military Personnel Records
Welcome to our online military personnel records request system.

Use our system to create a customized order form to request information from your,
or your relative's, military personnel records. You may use this system if you are:

A military veteran, or
Next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military
The next of kin can be any of the following: surviving spouse that has
not remarried, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother.
 
 


POW-MIA Balloon Launch Site

WISCONSIN LAUNCH 2007 PICTURES

 Wisconsin POW-MIA Launch Video
 Launch Video-Missing man Table Ceremony
 


BATTLE OF THE BULDGE
 

CONTACT INFORMATION
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA)
1-800-827-1000
www.va.gov
WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs (WDVA)
1-800-WIS-VETS (947-8387)
www.dva.state.wi.us
WDVA Claims Assistance Office
(Milwaukee)
(414) 902-5757
www.dva.state.wi.us/claims
Milwaukee Veterans Service Center
(414) 382-1727
Veterans Benefits Booklets
www.dva.state.wi.us/BenefitsBooklets
VA Health Care Benefits
1-877-222-VETS (8387)
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
(608) 267-1799
www.museum.dva.state.wi.us
Wisconsin Veterans Homes (WVH)
WVH King
1-888-458-5586
WVH Union Grove
1-866-669-8387
Northern WI Vets Mem. Cemetery
(Spooner) (715) 635-5360
Southern WI Vets Mem. Cemetery
(Union Grove) (262) 878-5660
Central WI Vets Mem. Cemetery
(King) (715) 258-5586 x2203
WDVA Military Funeral Honors Program
1-877-944-6667
Wisconsin CVSO Association
www.wicvso.org
WI Veterans Employment Services
1-888-258-9966
www.wisconsinjobcenter.org/wjc


 

THE WARS
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Key Events & Causes: War of 1812
The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
American Civil War 1861-1865
Spanish-American War 1898
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
Korean War Project
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
WARS of the United States of America
 
 

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Region 4 UAW Veterans Doughnut Dollies
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Wisconsin POW-MIA Balloon Launch Milwaukee Vets Stand Down
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Wisconsin's 37 Pow-Mia Christmas With The Vets-2008
Milwaukee Veterans Board  Col.Maggie (Martha Raye)
Doc's Vet Site Awards WinterFest Veterans Reunion 2009
Medics & Corpsmen Gulf War Veterans
CMOH Gary G. Wetzel Doc's Vets Connections
Docs Pearl Harbor Tribute Docs Vets Events Calendar
Iraqi/Enduring Freedom Vets Fishing With The Vets
Wisconsin Veterans Hospitals Docs POW-MIA Tribute Site