Remembering an American Small Town's Contribution to the War

It is located at a highway rest stop in Menomonie, Wisconsin, Seat of Dunn County, on Interstate 94. Menomonie is located in northwestern Wisconsin, closer to Minnesota than the Great Lakes. Its present-day population is nearly 17,000. Most notably, in 2012, Menomonie was ranked #15 in Smithsonian's "The 20 Best Small Towns in America"
The town's main involvement in the war was in providing manpower (and lives) for the AEF. I would assume there were the ususal civilian expressions of support for the boys over there, but I haven't come across any articles about this online. 556 men served in the various military branches and 23 paid the ultimate sacrifice. Although these are small numbers compared to the state or the nation, they do seem to show a significantly higher per-capita participation in the war and—probably as an extension of that trend—a higher rate of losses among the town's young men.

It looks like citizenship stepped up and fought valiantly against what could have been their brethren Brother Dale. I used to listen to some guy from Wisconsin on the radio. I can't remember his name. Real funny guy. I'm sure somebody out there knows who I'm talking about.