Herbert Otto Wunnenberg
Born: 16 September 1895
Died: 7 Oct 1918
Buried:
in Latty Church Cemetery, Des Moines County, Iowa
Father: Fred Chris Wunnenberg
Mother: Anna Mary Reiman
Notes for: Herbert Otto Wunnenberg
World War I draft registration card: Herbert Wunnenberg. Home address: R.R.2, Sperry, Iowa. Birth date 26 September 1895. Natural born citizen. Birth place: Sperry, Iowa. Occupation: farmer. Employer, Fred Wunnenberg, Sperry, Iowa. Marriage status: single. Requesting exemption: yes, needed on father's farm. Height: medium. Build: slender. Eyes: Gray. Hair: brown. Date of registration: 6-5-1917.
Herbert Otto Wunnenberg died in action in World War I.
From the newspaper:
Bring Home Body of H. Wunnenberg. Young Hero Who Was Shot Through Lung In France Will Be Burried Here. Fred C. Wunnenberg of Sperry, Ia., received a telegram announcing the arrival of his son's body in Hoboken and the remains will be brought to Burlington and laid to rest. Private Herbert O. Wunnenberg was killed in France. It was the drive when the Yanks were pushing forward close on the heels of the retreating Hun. Private Wunnenberg was among the first. A bullet pierced his lung and he fell to the ground. When the ambulance drove up Private Wunnenberg stood on his feet despite the fact that he was fatally wounded, according to letters received by his father from the soldiers who were on the battlefield at the time. The young man was taken back to the hospital where he passed away, after battling for life for six days. he made the supreme sacrifice and died a hero. Private Wunnenberg was a member of Company 3, 139th infantry. When the body arrives here a military funeral will be arranged, and he will be laid to rest with full military honors.