During the Vietnam War, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville lost students and attendees who sacrificed their lives in military service: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald R. Blohm of the Army, Sergeant Edwin F. Brown of the Army, Second Lieutenant Vasilios Demetris of the Marine Corps, Lance Corporal Daniel F. Gallagher of the Marine Corps, Specialist Four John C. Imrie of the Army, Hospitalman Larry W. Knight of the Navy, First Lieutenant Dean W. Krueger of the Air Force, Specialist Four Paul E. Mattson of the Army, Corporal Francis T. Mulvey of the Army, Specialist Four Brian S. Perlewitz of the Army, Hospitalman Richard E. Sutherland of the Navy, and Private First Class Louis L. Zittergruen of the Army.