 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wrangel akaberekerwa muStettin zvino Szczecin, Poland muPomerania mumhuri yaWrangel. Kutaura zvazviri, aiva hama yababamunini yomufundisi akakurumbira pasi pose Ferdinand von Wrangel. Akapinda muuto revadzvinyiriri muna 1796 uye akava lieutenant wechipiri muna 1798. Akarwa somukuru mukuru wehondo munguva yehondo dzaNapoleon, achizvisarudzira zvikurukuru paHeilsbergmuna 1807 uye kugamuchira murayiro Pour le Mérite. Mukugadziriswazve kweuto, Wrangel akava lieutenant wokutanga uye ipapo kaputeni; akakunda musiyano uye kukwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant-colonel muHondo yeRusununguko muna 1813; akakunda Iron Cross pa, pedyo neLeipzig; uye akava colonel muna 1815. 