Departure September 9, 1918
Service Number 4006868
Unit Camp Gordon, Georgia - Automatic Replacement Draft Company, 5th Infantry
Departure March 10, 1919 at Saint Nazaire, France on the U.S.S. Susquehanna (ID 3016)
Arrival March 25, 1919 at Hoboken, New Jersey
Unit 60th Infantry, St. Nazaire Casual Company, #189 Iowa
Rank Private

Manning Soldier Had Close Call
Special to Times-Republican
Manning, April 17, 1919
Otto Hagedorn one of Carroll County's soldiers in the World War, has just reached home. Hagedorn saw most active service and a close call from death in some of the severe fighting. A squad of nine men, in which Hagedorn was included, came near being wiped out when a shell exploded directly over them. Five of the nine were killed outright, three others were wounded, leaving but one to escape. Hagedorn was among the wounded, receiving several splinters from the shell in the arm and shoulders. The young man will take up his old work here, in the employ of the Manning Telephone Company.
Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa April 17, 1919

Born October 14, 1890, near Manning, Iowa
Entered Into Rest March 24, 1970 Veterans Administration Hospital Des Moines, Iowa
Age 79 years, 5 months, 10 days
Services Held At Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, Iowa Saturday, March 27, 1970, 11 A.M.
Clergyman Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris Manning Methodist Church
Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers Emil Kuhl, Eugene .B. Zerwas, Chris Schmidt, Francis J. Zerwas, Herb Frahm, Francis W. Brennan
MILITARY HONORS American Legion Post No. 22 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No 3517
All friends and relatives are invited to the Methodist Church basement for dinner and fellowship, following the committal services.

Military funeral rites will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Ohde Funeral Home here, with burial in Manning Cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris, pastor of the United Methodist Church. Viewing will start at Ohde Funeral Home at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Hagedorn was born near Manning October 14, 1890, a son of Chris and Mary (Klunder) Hagedorn.

He attended rural schools and served in France in World War I. Returning from service, he was a truck driver and then was employed for many years by the Manning Telephone Company.

He retired 16 years ago and has made his home in Manning with a niece, Edna Halbur. He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts at Manning.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lena Bloom of Manning and Mrs. Rose Barnes, Jefferson, and several nieces and nephews.

Another sister, Mrs. Emma Halbur, and a brother, Lou Hagedorn, preceded him in death.