Ackermann Residence

Historical marker location:

4513 220th Trail, Amana, Iowa

( Marker is on 220th Trail near 46th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

1856.

The first American casualty of World War I was a sailor from Iowa named Merle Hay. He was killed when the German submarine U-58 torpedoed the USS Jacob Jones on December 6, 1917.