45.62 Burial places compiled. (1) The department may compile a record of veteran’s burial places located within the state that may, so far as practicable, indicate all of the following information: (a) The deceased veteran’s name. (b) The service in which the deceased veteran was engaged. (c) The appropriate designation of the deceased veteran’s armed forces unit. (d) The deceased veteran’s rank and period of service.
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(e) The name and location of the cemetery or other place in which the deceased veteran’s body is interred. (f) The location of the deceased veteran’s grave in the cemetery or other place of interment. (g) A description of the headstone or other marker, if any, at the deceased veteran’s grave. (2) The department may prepare blank forms for the transmission to the department of the information required for the record under sub. (1). The department may distribute the forms to county veterans service officers. A county veterans service officer within whose county any cemetery or other burial place is located in which deceased veteran’s bodies are interred shall submit the facts required for the record under sub. (1) to the department on the forms provided by the department, if so requested by the department. History: 2005 a. 22; 2025 a. 138.
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Veterans memorials.
(1b) ESTABLISHMENT AND (a) The board may approve, recommend, and veto any proposed plans, modifications, and changes or policies with respect to established state memorials and any future veterans state memorials, and may recommend the creation and establishment of future veterans state memorials. (b) The board may act under par. (a) only if the department estimates that the cost of implementing the proposal for an established or future state memorial will exceed $25,000. (2) CAMP RANDALL MEMORIAL. (b) No structures, other than memorials approved by the board, and no walks, roads, or subterranean footings may be placed or erected upon Camp Randall Memorial Park, Madison, Wisconsin, as described in par. (c), unless authorized by the legislature; nor shall the park be used for any purpose other than a memorial park. (c) Camp Randall Memorial Park, Madison, Wisconsin, is established and described as follows: beginning on the west line of Randall Avenue 96.6 feet north of the center line of Dayton Street extended; thence west at right angles to Randall Avenue 370 feet; thence south parallel to Randall Avenue 722 feet; thence west at right angles to Randall Avenue 235 feet; thence south parallel to Randall Avenue 205 feet to the north line of Monroe Street; thence north 50 degrees 14 minutes east along the north line of Monroe Street approximately 780 feet to the west line of Randall Avenue; thence north along the west line of Randall Avenue 429 feet to the place of beginning. MODIFICATIONS OF MEMORIALS.
History: 2005 a. 22; 2013 a. 20; 2017 a. 59.