Dodge County, WI

They say everyone dies twice in their life. When a person takes their last breath and the last time their name is spoken. Please help us remember our local veterans and honor their service. 

Before you start recording locations, download the Survey123 via your app store, scan the QR code or follow this link: Survey123

Step 1: To be connected with the Dodge County Patriot Project Map: Click Here when the app is downloaded to your device. You do not have to sign in.

Step 2: Click the "Collect" option (blue circle with +)

Step 3: Select the Cemetery you are currently at in the drop down menu. (See Picture Below for 3-6)

Step 4: Start marking the locations of the Veterans. Fill in Name, Branch of Service, War Period (if applicable). Date of Death, and any notes you would like to add (no veteran flag holder, marker almost buried)

Step 5: Grave location. While standing next to the grave, select, the circle with lines. This will plot the exact location of the grave.

Step 6: Take Picture of the Marker. Try to take a picture of the military marker or make sure the name and dates are easily read. 

Ready to Submit! Click the check mark in the bottom left corner of the screen and select "Send Now"

After submitting locations, these can be viewed under the main page (this is the one with the blue + sign/ Collect option). To see locations you have previously sent, click "Sent" (Grey Circle with an Arrow). To see these locations on the map, click MAP on bottom of screen. 

Please remain respectful while visiting cemeteries. 

 Here are some helpful items to remember:

• Be quiet and considerate
• Respect the gravesites (walking on top of graves, leaning on stones)
• Do not disturb others - please be mindful of ongoing funerals, funeral processions and those grieving their loved ones. 
• Check for specific cemetery rules

National Park Service Cemetery Etiquette

Coins on a Veteran's Headstone? Please leave it. This is a tradition that dates back to the Roman Empire, but in the U.S. this practice became more common after the Vietnam War. A coin left on a headstone is to let the family know that someone stopped to pay their respect. This is typically done at a veteran cemetery, but may be encountered at any cemetery. Each coin has a specific meaning. 

A penny means you visited.

A nickel means you and the deceased veteran trained at boot camp together. 

A dime means you and the deceased veteran served together. 

A quarter means you were there when the veteran died - typically while actively serving. 

Dodge County Veterans Services would like to say thank you to Washington County Veteran Service Office with their assistance in creating this project based off of their own Veteran Grave Geo-Cache Project. 

 We would also like to thank Dodge County GIS Land and Information Department for building the survey and map. Without their support, this project would not exist. 

Thank you to the volunteers that did the physical leg work of plotting while the program was being built.