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This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some states use other definitions.
Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
Frank Buckles (born February 1, 1901, near Bethany, Missouri, U.S.—died February 27, 2011, Charles Town, West Virginia, U.S.) was an American serviceman who was the last surviving American veteran of World War I. On August 14, 1917, Buckles, then a 16-year-old farm boy, went to Oklahoma City and enlisted in the army after lying about his age ...
The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green. She was a British woman who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died on 4 February 2012, aged 110. [1] The last veteran who served in combat was Claude Choules. He served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died 5 May 2011, aged 110. [2]
Print Page. Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known living American veteran of World War I, died on Sunday, February 27, three weeks after celebrating his 110th birthday. In recent years, the frail ...
He was 110 years old and the last surviving American veteran of World War I. Frank Woodruff Buckles was visiting the Kansas State Fair in Wichita one day in the summer of 1917 when, seeing a ...
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Though legendary American veterans may live forever in our hearts, no one truly lives forever. There will always be a last survivor, and of the estimated 4.7 million Americans who served in the First World War, West Virginia’s Frank Buckles was the last American witness to the horrors of the Western Front. Buckles died on February 27, 2011 ...
