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BaltimoreTerp
02-28-2011, 12:44 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi.veteran.death/index.html


Washington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last living U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.

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Buckles, who served as a U.S. Army ambulance driver in Europe during what became known as the "Great War," rose to the rank of corporal before the war ended. He came to prominence in recent years, in part because of the work of DeJonge, a Michigan portrait photographer who had undertaken a project to document the last surviving veterans of that war.

As the years continued, all but Buckles had passed away, leaving him the "last man standing" among U.S. troops who were called "The Doughboys."

gallden
02-28-2011, 12:50 AM
Wonder how many are left in the world?

BaltimoreTerp
02-28-2011, 12:55 AM
Wonder how many are left in the world?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I

Officially, two in the UK. One who saw combat.

Birds of B'more
02-28-2011, 03:20 AM
Wonder how many are left in the world?

Since record-keeping of military service in some countries may not be up to the standard that it is here in the US, I imagine it could be difficult to verify in some cases whether a still-living person actually served during the war.

sangar
02-28-2011, 03:37 AM
True Heros. Every last one of them.

Don Quixote
02-28-2011, 11:59 AM
Mr. Buckles was a great example of service that we still don't have enough of. I hope he is honored appropriately.

cindyluvsbrady
02-28-2011, 12:16 PM
I was sad to hear this:(

Nigel Tufnel
02-28-2011, 01:07 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022800165.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2011022801892


Because Mr. Buckles served just one hitch in the Army and returned from France with no wounds or medals for bravery, he was eligible under Arlington National Cemetery protocols only for inurnment in a vault for cremated remains. In March 2008, however, the Bush administration ordered a rare exception for an old corporal of the so-called war to end all wars, and for the passing of living memory.

Mr. Buckles wanted a grave site at Arlington and a traditional white marble headstone. And he will get his wish.