American Legion Post 9

Leon J. Wetzel Post 9, Winona, Minnesota

The Post received its charter shortly after the ending of World War I. The first Post Commander was Joseph Burke in 1920. It was a tradition to name the Legion Post after the town’s FIRST Fallen Comrade of the World War (WWI).

Leon J. Wetzel 1891 – 1917

“In Whose Memory This Post Was Named”