Sergeant Luther Kaltenbach (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/losangeles.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company F, 12th Iowa Infantry, for actions at Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Kaltenbach was born in Germany but immigrated to the United States at the age of one or two. Most of his childhood was taken up by helping work on his family's farm. He joined the 12th Iowa Infantry near the start of the Civil War in 1861.

On April 6, 1862, during the Battle of Shiloh, Kaltenbach was shot in the right hand. The injury gave him two crooked fingers that would continue to pain him throughout his life. Kaltenbach was captured by Confederate forces the same day he was injured. However, he returned to active service with his unit after being paroled by his Confederate captors.  Kaltenbach died in 1922.  https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2283.
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