This Veterans Day, we are proud to pay tribute to all of the men and women who have served our great nation. We have a strong legacy of recruiting and retaining veterans to work at We Energies, and we are committed to giving back to a number of veteran and military-based groups and community efforts.
Earlier this year, We Energies fraternal benefit society, the Employes' Mutual Benefit Association (EMBA), paid the cost of a headstone for Staff Sgt. Walter Schaller, a Wisconsin Electric Power Co. employee who died while serving in World War II.
Although the U.S. government typically provides headstones for fallen service members and honorably discharged veterans, due to an oversight, Schaller’s grave did not receive one when his remains were returned to Milwaukee five years after his death.
After hearing about Schaller’s situation, members of We Energies’ EMBA unanimously agreed to step in.
"It was one of the more heart-warming things we’ve done," says Tim Smith, EMBA assistant secretary and manager — administrative services, who attended the headstone dedication ceremony in September. "It’s something that means a lot to our members."
Schaller is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery on Milwaukee’s west side. He was just 26 years old when he was killed in action.
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