{"id":19481,"date":"2024-03-29T14:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=wullenwaber-luke-charles"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T03:18:10","slug":"wullenwaber-luke-charles","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=wullenwaber-luke-charles","title":{"rendered":"Wullenwaber, Luke Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 11\/16\/2004<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: 1st Lieutenant<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branch<\/strong>: U.S. Army<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation<\/strong>: Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"595\" data-id=\"25722\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CPT-Luke-C-Wullenwaber.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CPT-Luke-C-Wullenwaber.png 502w, https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CPT-Luke-C-Wullenwaber-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CPT Luke Wullenwaber, XO of Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, was KIA on 11\/16\/2004, in Iraq, 4 weeks shy of turning 25. Luke had volunteered that day for a security mission to serve alongside \u201chis\u201d men. An explosion from a VBIED killed Luke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Described by some men as the toughest guy they ever knew, Luke was intelligent, kind, of the highest integrity, capable of great intensity &amp; exceedingly funny. He was devoted to his family &amp; friends. He exuded strength. His high school coach said he epitomized what a man should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke was president of his high school\u2019s National Honor Society Chapter. In 12th grade Luke was the varsity\u2019s Defensive Lineman of the Year, &amp; All North Idaho; &amp; his home town\u2019s local TV stations\u2019 Prep Athlete of the Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke attended VMI. While there, Luke was the first undergraduate in VMI\u2019s history to complete the Special Forces Underwater Combat Diver course at Key West; he represented VMI at the Thai Royal Military Academy; &amp; the Army featured Luke\u2019s photograph in a national ad. Luke graduated with academic honors &amp; was a Distinguished Military Graduate. In Iraq, Luke was awarded the Purple Heart; the Bronze Star; &amp; the Meritorious Service Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke\u2019s family is permanently rent by his absence, but because of the promise of the resurrection of God\u2019s people through the Lord Jesus Christ they are not lost in despair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"casualty-operation":[100],"casualty-tag":[106],"class_list":["post-19481","casualty","type-casualty","status-publish","hentry","casualty-operation-operation-iraqi-freedom","casualty-tag-idaho-casualty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/19481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/casualty"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/19481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25724,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/19481\/revisions\/25724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"casualty-operation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-operation&post=19481"},{"taxonomy":"casualty-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-tag&post=19481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}