Service Number -2156165

Enlistment Date: 25 Feb 1918
Discharged Date: 26 May 1919

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 22 Feb 1918. Listed as Private. Transferred to 132nd INF per SO#108 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 20 Apr 1918. Assigned to Co L, 132nd INF per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO) 23 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Personnel Report 16 October 1918: GSW Right Hand; To Hospital 13 October. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Dropped Nov 3rd. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private.

Fourth Platoon

Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Otto Von Ahnen
Departure Date: 9 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 17 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 1318 West Sixth Street
Residence Place: Davenport, Iowa
Mother: Minnie Von Ahnen
Ship: Mt Vernon
Military Unit: CO. L 132 INF.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2, 156, 165
Notes: COMPANY "L" 132ND. INFANTRY 33RD DIVISION

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart October 1918 Personnel Report

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Otto Rudolph Von-Ahnen
Event Type: Military Service
Private, Casual Detachment 550, 163rd Depot Brigade*
S/N 2156165
Enlisted: 22 February 1918
Event Date: 25 May 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: 1318 W. 6th Street, Davenport, Iowa
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1895
*DEPOT BRIGADES:
Note: The role of depot brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.

WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab. 

Post War Occupations / Bio:

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Otto R Vonahnen
Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 34
Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Street Address: West Seventh St
Ward of City: Second
House Number: 1411
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 5000
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 30
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Language Spoken: German
Immigration Year: 1904
Naturalization: Naturalized
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Oatmeal Factory
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members Age Relationship
Otto R Vonahnen 34 Head
Mellissa Vonahnen 23 Wife
Georgia Vonahnen 3 Daughter
Katherine Vonahnen 2 Daughter

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Otto Vonahnen
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Bettendorf, Scott, Iowa
Street: Glenn Street
House Number: 2440
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Bettendorf, Scott, Iowa
Residence in 1935: Bettendorf
Citizenship: Naturalized
Occupation: Grinder
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 4000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: 8U
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1300
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members Age Relationship
Otto Vonahsen 44 Head
Melissa Vonahsen 33 Wife
Georgia Vonahsen 13 Daughter
Kathryn Vonahsen 12 Daughter
Colette Vonahsen 8 Daughter
Dwight Vonahsen 2 Son

WWII Draft Registration:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations
Name: Otto Rudolph Vonahnen
Age: 91
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1895
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: 8 Jun 1987
Death Place: Bettendorf, Scott

Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Otto Vonahnen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1895
Death Date: 8 Jun 1987
SSN: -0238
Enlistment Date: 25 Feb 1918
Release Date: 26 May 1919

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