This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is based on the weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946).

The 48 POW Camps in Wisconsin during World War II included:

McCoy (Camp Robert Bruce), Sparta, Monroe County, WI (base camp)
Antigo, Langlade County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Appleton, Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Barron, Barron County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL) (see Rice Lake)
Bayfield, Bayfield County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, WI (branch camp under Grant, IL)
Cambria, Columbia County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Chilton, Calumet County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Cobb, Iowa County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Columbia, Clark County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Columbus, Columbia and Dodge Counties, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Eau Claire, Altoona, Eau Claire County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Fairgrounds, West Allis, Milwaukee County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Fish Creek, Door County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, WI (branch camp under Grant, IL)
Fox Lake, Dodge County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Fredonia, Ozaukee County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL, see Little Kohler)
Friedlund's Orchards, Ellison Bay, Door County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Galesville, Trempealeau County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Genesee Depot, Waukesha County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Goldman's Orchards, near Little Harbor, Door County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Green Lake, Green Lake County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Hartford, Dodge and Washington Counties, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Hortonville, Outagamie County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Janesville, Rock County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI (branch camp under Grant, IL)
Lake Keesus, Waukesha County, WI (see Merton)
Little Harbor, Door County, WI
Little Kohler, Ozaukee County, WI (see Fredonia)
Lodi, Columbia County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Markesan, Green Lake County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Marshfield, Marathon and Wood Counties, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
McCoy (Camp Robert Bruce), Sparta, Monroe County, WI (base camp)
Merton, Waukesha County, WI (branch camp under Grant, IL) (see Lake Keesus)
Miller's Orchard, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Milltown, Polk County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Mitchell (Billy) Field, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL), now General Mitchell International Airport
Oakfield, Fond du Lac County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Plymouth, Sheboygan County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Racine, Racine County, WI (branch camp under Grant, IL) (see Sturtevant)
Reedsburg, Sauk County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Reynold's Orchards, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Rhinelander, Oneida County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Rice Lake, Barron County, WI (branch camp under Grant, IL) (see Barron)
Ripon, Fond du Lac County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, sometimes Grant, IL)
Rockfield, Washington County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Sturtevant, Racine County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL) (see Racine)
Waterloo, Jefferson County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Waupun, Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, WI (branch camp under Sheridan, IL)

Enemy alien internment camp:
McCoy (Camp), Sparta, Monroe County, WI (German, Italian, and Japanese)

Cemeteries:
Camp McCoy Post Cemetery, Camp McCoy, WI (burials transferred to Camp Butler National Cemetery. in IL in June 1947). However, the Japanese POW cremations remain at this active military installation.

There were 1 base camp, 47 branch camps, 1 internment location, and 1 cemetery in WI. More information in my book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America and is available in Kindle format on Amazon.

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