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Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and possibly the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. [1] [2] [3] He was killed at 10:59 a.m., about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m. [2] [4]
Henry Gunther died at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, less than one minute before the end of the Great War. But it was only one year earlier that Gunther had been demoted after...
Nov 9, 2018 · Henry Gunther was a 23-year-old private who volunteered for dangerous assignments to restore his reputation after being demoted and dumped by his fiancée. He died at 10:59 a.m. on November 11, 1918, minutes before the armistice ended World War I.
He was the last American killed on the battlefields of World War I, felled by a German bullet just one minute before the armistice. But almost a century later, the circumstances...
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Nov 9, 2018 · Henry Gunther was shot and killed by a German machine-gun two minutes before the Armistice ended World War I in 1918. Learn about his service, his family, and the records at the National Archives that document his story.
Nov 7, 2018 · The National Archives holds the military records of World War I soldiers including Henry N. Gunther, who was killed in battle minutes before the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. This...
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Nov 9, 2018 · Henry Gunther was a 23-year-old private who was demoted for criticizing the war in a letter. He was killed by German machine gun fire one minute before the armistice, despite his unit's knowledge of the ceasefire.
