The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2003.
Veterans by country of service - 168 veterans[]
Australia (4 veterans)[]
| Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham, Eric Kingsley | Sapper, 5th Signals Co, Australian Imperial Force | 20 Apr 1898 | 20 Mar 2003 (104) | Enlisted 1915 aged 17. Served at Villers-Bretonneux, Morlancourt, Amiens and Peronne.[4] |
| Dunford, Robert Joseph (Bob) | Private, 1st Ammunition Column, Australian Imperial Force | 1898 | 8 May 2003 (104) | Non combat. Arrived in France just as Armistice signed. Spent a year cleaning up battlefields.[5] |
| Folland, Vivian Iceley | Private, 12th Brigade, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force | 1898 | 13 May 2003 (104) | Fought on the Western Front 1918. Also a World War II veteran.[6] |
| MacDonald, Frank | Private, 40th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | 26 Jun 1896 | 23 Aug 2003 (107) | Enlisted 1916. Fought at Morlancourt. Awarded the Military Medal. Also a World War II veteran.[7] |
Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia (2 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocásek, Alois | 13 Apr 1896 | 9 Aug 2003 (107) | Ethnic Czech and Czech Republic's oldest man at his death. Deserted the Austria-Hungarian army to fight for the Czech Legion for independence. Last survivor of the Battle of Zborov, Ukraine 1917.[8] |
| Novy, Ernst Elias | 16 Nov 1897 | 13 May 2003 (105) | Died in Germany |
Barbados (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackman, George | Private, 4th British West Indies Regt. | 1898 | Mar 2003 (105) | Enlisted 1914. Fought on the Western Front and in Italy where he loaded supplies.[1]WO372/2[9][10] |
Belgium (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vuylsteke-Spruyt, Marie-Marthe | 22 Dec 1895 | 18 Jun 2003 (107) | A nurse in the Belgian Army. Last Belgian female veteran. |
Canada (10 veterans)[]
| Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin, Iden Herbert | Lance Corporal, 28th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | Nov 1897 | 31 Jan 2003 (105) | Enlisted 1915. Fought at Vimy Ridge. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[11] |
| Botterell, Henry John Lawrence | Flight Lieutenant, 208 Squadron, Royal Air Force | 7 Nov 1896 | 3 Jan 2003 (106) | Last surviving RNAS pilot, having enlisted in that body in 1916. Flew patrols and dogfights over France. See entry. |
| Gard, John | 44th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | ? | 14 Jul 2003 | Born in England. Served in France.[2] [12] |
| Lewis, Harold | Private, 8th Field Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 1901 | Dec 2003 (102) | Enlisted aged 16. Fought at Ypres and Passchendaele where he was wounded, his real age discovered and discharged.[13] |
| Lewis, Gerald Myer (Jerry) | Private, Motor Transport Unit, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 2 Jul 1899 | 15 Oct 2003 (104) | Non combat. Served in England as an army lorry driver. Served in World War II as an aviation storekeeper for the US Navy. Died USA.[14] |
| Manson, Arthur Bennett | Gunner, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery | 5 Mar 1899 | 4 Jan 2003 (103) | Enlisted aged 17. Served behind the line on the Western Front tending the horses that pulled the artillery pieces.[15] |
| Martin, Cyril | Private, Canadian Field Railway, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 18 Feb 1900 | 2003 (102) | Born in England. Enlisted aged 15 as a boy bugler and served on the Western Front as a runner. Later a minister and served in World War II as an army chaplain.[16][17] |
| Radford, Harold Edwin | Private, Nova Scotia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 22 Jul 1897 | 7 Nov 2003 (106) | Non combat. Enlisted 1918 but still in training when war ended. Posted to Vladivostok as a peacekeeper in the Russian Civil War 1918-1919.[18] |
| Reaper, Charles | Private, 39th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 27 Jul 1899 | 1 Mar 2003 (103) | Born in Scotland, emigrated to Canada 1915, enlisted 1916. Fought at Passchendaele and believed to be the last survivor of Vimy Ridge: some information |
| Thompson, Archie (Clearstack) | Sapper, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 30 Nov 1895 | 2 Sep 2003 (107) | Born in Ireland. Non combat, served in England on secondment to the Royal Engineers.[19] |
France (38 veterans)[]
See also Joseph Gillman under Germany.
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audin, Gabriel | 31 May 1897 | 15 Feb 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Barthe, Louis | 11 Apr 1898 | 3 Jun 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Bois, Léon | 1 Jan 1897 | 7 Feb 2003 (106) | [3] |
| Bourgeois, Maurice | 27 Nov 1896 | 2 Jan 2003 (106) | Last surviving French army officer of World War I. Fought with the 46e RI Front d’Argonne at Verdun (wounded), Chemin des Dames and Aisne. Taken prisoner by the Germans. Remained in army and reached the rank of General.[3] |
| Cahé, Pierre | 26 Jun 1899 | 17 May 2003 (103) | [3] |
| Cahen, Roger | 2 Dec 1896 | 6 Jul 2003 (106) | [3] |
| Charnoudie, Jean-Paul | 1900 | 29 Jul 2003 (103) | [3] |
| Cornu, Henri | 30 Apr 1896 | 25 March 2003 (106) | [3] |
| Danno, François | 24 Oct 1898 | 26 Oct 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Dervout, Yves | 25 Sep 1896 | 17 Jan 2003 (106) | [3] |
| Douldat, Louis Alexis | 19 Aug 1896 | 18 Aug 2003 (106) | [3] |
| Douriaux, Maurice | 16 Dec 1898 | 20 Apr 2003 (104) | Conscripted 1917. Fought at the 2nd Battle of the Marne. Later a military doctor.[3] |
| Dumoussaud, Adrien | 15 Oct 1897 | 12 May 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Estratat, Marius | 27 Sep 1897 | 23 Dec 2003 (106) | [3] |
| Fischer, Paul | 14 Feb 1898 | 14 Sep 2003 (105) | Conscripted 1917. Wounded in Flanders 1918. Awarded the Croix de Guerre. Later a distinguished palaeontologist. Died Australia.[3] |
| Gérard, Jean Léopold | 16 Oct 1898 | 13 March 2003 (104) | Served with the 105e RI.[3] |
| Jambon, Henri Ulysse | 13 Jan 1898 | 3 March 2003 (105) | Served as a medical orderly until he was gassed and invalided out of the war.[3] |
| Jarrot, Pierre François Joseph | 30 Apr 1896 | 3 Jul 2003 (107) | [3] |
| Jones, André | 30 Aug 1899 | 16 Aug 2003 (103) | Conscripted 1918 and served with the 21e RI and 3e RI Coloniale.[3] |
| Lacombe, Germain | 9 Apr 1898 | 4 Sep 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Laurent, Henri | 28 May 1899 | 30 Jul 2003 (104) | [3] |
| Madet, Maurice Joanny | 28 Oct 1898 | 8 Jul 2003 (104) | Served with the 131e RI.[3] |
| Méoux, Omer | 31 Jan 1899 | 21 Feb 2003 (104) | Conscripted 1918. Served in briefly on the Western Front and as a peacekeeper in the Russian Civil War.[3] |
| Monbey, André | 14 Oct 1899 | 12 Feb 2003 (103) | [3] |
| Monnera, Henri | 15 Aug 1896 | 23 Apr 2003 (106) | Fought at Verdun.[3] |
| Ortega, Emile | 17 May 1898 | 2 Jun 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Pairon, Maurice | 29 Dec 1898 | 3 Dec 2003 (104) | Conscripted 1917, serving with the 149e RI d’Epinal.[3] |
| Parrot, Joseph | 13 Apr 1896 | 3 Jul 2003 (107) | [3] |
| Piry, Jean | 5 Jan 1896 | Mar 2003 (107) | Born Hong Kong of a French father and Chinese mother. Fought in the Russian Civil War. Died Canada.[20] |
| Porcherot, Emile | 17 Jan 1897 | 15 Feb 2003 (106) | Conscripted 1916. Served on the Somme with the 106e RI. Wounded twice. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[3] |
| Pras, André | 26 Dec 1898 | 23 Jan 2003 (104) | [3] |
| Puiservert, Jacques | 17 Dec 1898 | 17 Nov 2003 (104) | [3] |
| Renaud, Gabriel | 14 March 1898 | 19 Jun 2003 (105) | [3] |
| Rousseau, René | 17 March 1899 | 1 May 2003 (104) | [3] |
| Schmitz, Louis | 6 Sep 1898 | 18 Feb 2003 (104) | Conscripted 1918 and served as an engineer in the 1e and 9e Régiments de Génie.[3] |
| Seigneuray, André | 4 Sep 1898 | 3 Jan 2003 (104) | [3] |
| Tachy, Jean | 22 Sep 1898 | 16 May 2003 (104) | [3] |
| Vernay, Joseph | 3 Nov 1899 | Jan 2003 (103) | [3] |
Germany (10 veterans)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andersen, Kurt | 2 Oct 1898 | 9 Jan 2003 (104) | General in WWII, and holder of the Knight's Cross: Georg Heinrich Andersen |
| Baumgarten, Franz | 25 Jan 1895 | 23 Mar 2003 (108) | Held as a POW in France until 1920; also World War II Veteran.[4] |
| Gehling, Rudolf | 17 Oct 1896 | 21 Oct 2003 (107) | Enlisted 1917, fought at Verdun; also World War II Veteran.[5] |
| Gillmann, Joseph | 2 Feb 1895 | 23 Nov 2003 (108) | Born in Alsace-Lorraine. Conscripted into the German army. Died in France.[3] |
| Kling, Karl | 1 Dec 1897 | Mar 2003 (105) | Taken prisoner by the British. |
| Ost, Kurt | 26 Jan 1897 | 29 Mar 2003 (106) | Fought in France. |
| Reimann, Wilhelm | 15 Nov 1896 | 16 Dec 2003 (107) | [21] |
| Schlag, Otto | 6 Jan 1897 | 12 Sep 2003 (106) | Fought in France - amongst others Reims and Verdun.[3][22] |
| Siefert, Jakob | 8 Feb 1895 | 22 Jun 2003 (108) | [23] |
| von Hippel, Arthur Robert | 19 Nov 1898 | 31 Dec 2003 (105) | Later a renowned molecular engineer and co-developer of radar. Died USA.[24] |
Italy (5 veterans)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frau, Giovanni | 29 Dec 1890 | 19 Jun 2003 (112) | [25] |
| Gallo, Michele | 11 May 1896 | 29 December 2003 (107) | |
| Marcucci, Attilio (Leo) | 17 Feb 1899 | 17 Jul 2003 (104) | Served 1916-1919. Died USA.[26] |
| Strauss, Victor E. | 3 Jun 1898 | 11 Sep 2003 (105) | Born in Uruguay, died USA. A German POW for the last 15 months of the war.[27] |
| Laino, Giovanni | 26 Dec 1899 | May 2003 (103) | [28] |
New Zealand (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Bright Ernest | Private, New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade | 27 Feb 1897 | 13 Feb 2003 (105) | Last New Zealand veteran. Enlisted in 1916 and served as a messenger. Fought at Messines and Ypres where he was wounded.[29] |
Poland (2 veterans)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salecki, Jozef Marek | 1902 | January 26, 2003 (100) | [30] |
| Wadas, Jan | 1899 | February 5, 2003 (103) | Last veteran of the Silesian Uprisings |
Portugal (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladeira, José Luis | 6 Oct 1895 | 5 May 2003 (107) | Last Portuguese veteran.[6] |
Puerto Rico (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castro-Roldan, Reyes | 16 Jan 1896 | 15 Dec 2003 (107) | Private, US Army.[7] |
Russia (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leniec, Ludwik | 25 Aug 1896 | 2003 (106) | Ethnic Pole conscripted into the Russian army: [31] [32] [33] |
Thailand (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangrungruang, Yod | 1897 | 9 Oct 2003 (106) | Last of the 1,284 members of the Royal Siam Expeditionary Force who fought in World War I. Served for 15 months in France as an air mechanic.[34][35] |
Turkey (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zorlu, Huseyin | 1899 | 24 Sep 2003 (104) | Enlisted 1918. Also fought in the Turkish war of independence.[36][37] |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (34 veterans)[]
| Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, Harold | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 12 Aug 1900 | Jul 2003 (102) | [8]ADM 337/1-108[38] |
| Bailey, Henry Thomas Edwin | Private, Royal Marine Artillery | 29 Sep 1900 | Jul 2003 (102) | Non combat. Enlisted 1st Nov 1918 and still in training.[9]ADM 159[39] |
| Bishop, Roderick John | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 1 Sep 1900 | Mar 2003 (102) | [8]ADM 337/1-108[40] |
| Brown, Walter James | Private, Army | 1 Apr 1901 | Apr 2003 (102) | Non-combat. Enlisted underage and based in London loading horses and mules for shipping to the Western Front.[10][41] |
| Clifford, Arthur Richard Pele | Private, 11th (Lambeth) Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) | 9 Feb 1899 | Feb 2003 (103) | Served in France as an infantryman, and then as an actor in concert parties.[1]WO372/4[42] |
| Cockell, Charles William | 9 Dec 1901 | Jan 2003 (101) | Non combat.[43][44] | |
| Collins, John Walter J | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 17 Oct 1898 | Jan 2003 (104) | Enlisted underage. Fought on the Somme and at Arras, survived being gassed.[1]WO372/4[45] |
| Cranfield, Margaret Jane | Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps | 21 Jan 1897 | Sep 2003 (106) | [11][46] |
| Davies, William Bernard | Private, South Wales Borderers & King’s Shropshire Light Infantry | 23 Mar 1900 | Apr 2003 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the South Wales Borderers & King’s Shropshire Light Infantry regiments.[11][47] |
| Davis, John Edward (Jack) | Private, 6th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | 1 Mar 1895 | 20 Jul 2003 (108) | Enlisted in 1914. Fought at Ypres.[48][49] |
| Eldridge, George Frederick | Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry | 22 Jul 1899 | Sep 2003 (104) | Served aboard HMS Campania, a supply ship carrying spotter planes in the North Sea.[11][50] |
| Gibbs, Alexander Henry | Steward, Royal Navy | 16 Aug 1898 | Oct 2003 (105) | Enlisted 1915.[12]ADM 188/1001[51] |
| Golder, Richard | Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) | 26 Mar 1899 | Jan 2003 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal West Kent Regiment. Enlisted in 1916. Fought at Lens and Lille. Wounded in action.[1]WO372/8[52] |
| Gutteridge, Richard | Private, Army | 21 Feb 1900 | Apr 2003 (103) | [1]WO372/8[53] |
| Haynes, Frank Charles | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 26 Sep 1899 | Oct 2003 (104) | Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/800[54] |
| Humphrys, Walter | Private, 1/15th (County of London) London Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) | 5 Sep 1897 | 16 Apr 2003 (105) | Last Welsh veteran. Served as a stretcher bearer at Messines and as a Lewis gunner. A POW for the last 8 months of the war.[1]WO372/10[55][56] |
| Ivers, Frank William | Boy 2nd Class, Royal Navy | 21 Mar 1902 | Apr 2003 (101) | Served in the Mediterranean and off northern Russia. Survived the sinking of his ship.[11][57] |
| Leach, Walter John | Private, 52nd (Graduated) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 16 Jun 1900 | 1 Dec 2003 (103) | Non combat. Enlisted in December 1917 but never posted overseas.[58][59] |
| Leonard, George Conrad | 2nd Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment | 10 Oct 1898 | 19 Apr 2003 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Middlesex Regiment. Later a well-known pianist and composer. See entry.[60] |
| Malivoire, Albert George | Private, North Staffordshire Regiment & Royal Guernsey Light Infantry | 23 Jul 1898 | 15 Jan 2003 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the North Staffordshire Regiment and Royal Guernsey Light Infantry. Conscripted in 1917. Fought at Ypres and Passchendaele.[11][61][62] |
| Morgan, Walter Thomas James | Stoker, Royal Navy | 5 Oct 1900 | 10 Feb 2003 (102) | Non combat. Enlisted 1918 and served at HMS President research facility. Later a renowned biochemist.[12]ADM 188/646[63] |
| Morley, Robert Francis | Royal Naval Air Service | 3 Nov 1900 | Jul 2003 (102) | Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/636[64] |
| Nind, Frederick | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 29 Jul 1900 | Oct 2003 (103) | Last known surviving veteran of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[8]ADM 337/1-108[65] |
| Nobbs, William Henry | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 5 Oct 1897 | Sep 2003 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Machine Gun Corps. Conscripted in 1917. Fought on the Somme and at Passchendaele. Invalided home in 1918.[1]WO372/14[66] |
| Polkinghorn, Henry | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery | 4 Dec 1898 | Apr 2003 (104) | [1]WO372/16[67] |
| Porteous, Norman Walker | 2nd Lieutenant, 13th Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) | 9 Sep 1898 | 3 Sep 2003 (104) | Last surviving British army officer to see combat. Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Scots. Later an eminent Old Testament scholar. See entry. |
| Sharpe, Harold Borman | Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 30 Mar 1900 | Jan 2003 (102) | Last known Great War combat veteran of the Sherwood Foresters. Served as a medical orderly on the Western Front.[68][69] |
| Thomson, Douglas Charles "Tommy" | Private, 2nd Honourable Artillery Company & Royal Sussex Regiment | 25 Jun 1898 | 11 Aug 2003 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Honourable Artillery Company. Remained in the army and reached the rank of Lt Colonel. Also served in World War II.[70][71] |
| Warner, John Patrick (Jack) | Merchant Navy | 29 Mar 1900 | 28 Jan 2003 (102) | Also a World War II veteran.[72][73] |
| Weatherston, Jose Rafael Martin Douglas (Douglas) | Sergeant, British Latin American Volunteers | 11 Nov 1897 | 14 Nov 2003 (106) | Last known Great War veteran of the BLAV. Born Mexico, died USA. Non-combat, served in Canada 1918. In training as an RAF pilot when war ended.[74] |
| Winfield, Frank | Boy Bandsman, Lincolnshire Regiment | 10 Oct 1901 | Nov 2003 (102) | Last known Great War veteran of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Joined up as a drummer aged 14. Served as a stretcher bearer on the Western Front.[75][76] |
| Wood, Robert Buller | Private, Army | 12 Jul 1900 | May 2003 (102) | Non-combat. Served in Ireland.[10][77] |
| Woolis, Benjamin | Able Seaman, Royal Navy | 13 Jun 1898 | 16 Dec 2003 (105) | Served on HMS Royal Oak.[12]ADM 339/1[78][79] |
| Young, Sidney Francis | Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps | 4 Sep 1899 | Aug 2003 (103) | [1]WO372/16[80] |
Remark: a further 45 men old enough to have served in World War I died in England & Wales in 2003. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.
United States (58 veterans)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abram, Henry | 5 Jan 1896 | 7 Dec 2003 (107) | (Alabama) Served in France.[81] |
| Anthony, Floyd | 17 Oct 1895 | 9 Mar 2003 (107) | (Indiana) Corporal, US Army.[7] |
| Balan, Leoncio | 15 Feb 1899 | 10 Apr 2003 (104) | (Hawaii)[82][83] |
| Bennett, Jasper (Jack) | 3 Jan 1893 | 7 May 2003 (110) | (Georgia) Seaman 1st Class, US Navy, 1917-1919. Stationed in Ireland, he repaired US Air Corps aircraft.[84] |
| Bertholf, Lloyd M. | 15 Dec 1899 | 20 Jan 2003 (103) | (Illinois) Non combat. Served with the coastal artillery at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Later a renowned biologist.[85][86] |
| Boyd, Dewey | 17 Feb 1899 | 24 Mar 2003 (104) | (Wisconsin) Also served in World War II.[87][88] |
| Brown, William Daniel | 23 Aug 1894 | 12 Oct 2003 (109) | (Nevada) Seconded to a French infantry unit with other black soldiers as US army still segregated. Repaired barbed wire defences on the front line of the Western Front 1918.[89] |
| Burau, Harry T. | 3 Dec 1899 | 14 Jun 2003 (103) | (Minnesota) Non combat. Still in training when war ended.[90] |
| Carr, Leroy | 28 Nov 1899 | 18 Apr 2003 (103) | (Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted April 1918.[7] |
| Cohen, Irving M. | 11 Nov 1899 | 13 Dec 2003 (104) | (Colorado) Private, US Army. Enlisted March 1918.[7] |
| Cole, Willie | 23 Sep 1897 | 2 Mar 2003 (105) | (New Jersey) Served in France.[13][91] |
| Colon Francisco | 20 Jan 1895 | 21 May 2003 (108) | (New York) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1918.[7] |
| Cook, Charley Newton | 28 May 1896 | 20 Dec 2003 (107) | (Alabama) Served in the US Navy on a cruiser escorting troop ships to France.[92] |
| Coolbaugh, Stanley W. | 11 Aug 1898 | 21 Jan 2003 (104) | (Virginia) Last known veteran from Virginia to have served overseas.[13][93] |
| Crain, Donald Frank | 6 March 1898 | 16 Feb 2003 (104) | Served as an air mechanic with the Army Signal Corps in England.[94] |
| Crooks, William R. | 4 Aug 1893 | 15 Feb 2003 (109) | (Ohio) Non combat. Still in training as an air force pilot at the Armistice.[95] |
| Crowther, Albert B. | 10 Sep 1898 | 16 Apr 2003 (104) | (Texas) Served in France.[13][96] |
| Dabney, Virgil C. | 2 Dec 1899 | 28 Sep 2003 (103) | (Texas) Non combat. Conscripted into the US Army from the Corps of Cadets, September 1918.[97][98] |
| Dandos, Peter N. | 7 Jan 1896 | 14 Mar 2003 (107) | (Wisconsin) Born Petros Dandulakos in Crete. Served in France. Last known Greek-born World War I veteran.[13][99] |
| Davis, Leon P. | 6 Jul 1896 | 11 Apr 2003 (106) | (Vermont) Last known veteran from Vermont to have served overseas.[13][100] |
| Del Vecchia, Vincent J. | 6 Feb 1900 | 19 Mar 2003 (103) | (New York) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[7] |
| Deming, Floyd | 5 May 1894 | 31 Oct 2003 (109) | (Illinois) Non combat. Enlisted June 1918 and served Stateside with 214th Infantry, K Company, US Army.[101] |
| Edmisten, Jesse N. | 16 Jan 1894 | 17 Jan 2003 (109) | (Nebraska) Won the Legion of Merit by wiping out a machine gun nest at Château Thierry in 1918 and diving on an exploding shell.[102][103] |
| Farmer, Charles A. | 21 Jan 1896 | 8 Mar 2003 (107) | (Missouri) Served in France.[13][104] |
| Gamble, Edward Beeler | 30 Nov 1899 | 1 Aug 2003 (103) | (Arizona) Enlisted in US Navy 1918 and trained as a wireless operator. Also served in World War II, reaching the rank of Commander.[105][106] |
| Garrison, Will J. | 10 May 1898 | 17 Apr 2003 (104) | (Colorado) Last known veteran from Colorado to have served overseas.[13][107] |
| Goodman, Louis | 18 Jan 1897 | 16 Sep 2003 (106) | Born Ukraine, emigrated to the USA as a child. Served as a medical orderly in France.[108] |
| Goss, Frank Alden | 13 Apr 1898 | 11 Aug 2003 (105) | (Oklahoma) US Army.[7] |
| Grimes, George D. | 19 Jan 1897 | 28 Mar 2003 (106) | (Pennsylvania) Last known veteran from Pennsylvania to have served overseas.[13][109] |
| Gunnes, Harold | 6 Feb 1899 | 11 Mar 2003 (104) | (Oregon) US Navy, USS Olympia (C-6), attached 339th Division, US Army. Last known veteran of the North Russian Expeditionary Force, Aug 1918 to Jun 1919.[110][111] |
| Hansen, Lawrence L. | 2 Dec 1896 | 22 Mar 2003 (106) | (Illinois) Private, US Army.[7] |
| Hayden, Basil E. | 19 May 1899 | 9 Jan 2003 (103) | (Kentucky) Non combat. Served Stateside only.[112] |
| Hodges, Robert | 18 Jun 1897 | 10 Nov 2003 (106) | (North Carolina) Non combat. Enlisted 1917. Served with A Co., 702nd Stevedore Battalion unloading supplies for American troops in France after the Armistice. [113][114] |
| Hoodenpyle, Henry Earl (Early) | 26 Feb 1894 | 24 Jul 2003 (109) | (Tennessee) Served Stateside as a wagon master.[115] |
| Huber, Elmer | 6 Sep 1897 | 14 Aug 2003 (105) | (Ohio) In France from September 1918 planning and building a base hospital. Last known veteran from Ohio to have served overseas.[13][116][117] |
| Hurley, Thomas | 28 Apr 1899 | 2 Jun 2003 (104) | (Missouri) Served in France.[13][118] |
| Imburgia, Basilio | 18 Jan 1895 | 8 Feb 2003 (108) | (New Jersey) Born in Italy. Fought and wounded in the Argonne offensive.[13][119][120] |
| Kennedy, Daniel O' Madigan | 5 Mar 1900 | 7 Mar 2003 (103) | (Missouri) Served in France. Also a World War I1 veteran.[13][121][122] |
| Kogut, Andrew T. | 26 Nov 1901 | 3 Dec 2003 (102) | Non combat. Enlisted aged 16 and spent the war patrolling the Texas border.[123] |
| Kuchera, Victor Milo | 5 Jun 1900 | 1 Jan 2003 (102) | (Minnesota) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[7] |
| Leroy, Wade Hubert | 14 Mar 1899 | 24 Apr 2003 (104) | (Washington) Served in France with Battery E, 65th Artillery Coast Artillery Corps from August 1917.[13][124][125] |
| Liddell, Willie C. | 1 Nov 1897 | 24 Nov 2003 (106) | (Oklahoma) Chased Poncho Villa along the Mexican border as a National Guardsman. Later served in France and is the known veteran from Oklahoma to have served overseas.[13][126][127] |
| Perkins, Lucius J. | 11 Mar 1897 | 27 Jul 2003 (106) | (California) Served in France.[13][128] |
| Pogue, Lloyd Welch | 21 Oct 1899 | 10 May 2003 (103) | (Washington DC) Last known Washington DC veteran. Non-combat, enlisted in US Student Army Training Corps. [129][130] |
| Rembert, John | 14 Jun 1894 | 6 Dec 2003 (109) | (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[7] |
| Ross, Albert | 11 Oct 1901 | 30 Apr 2003 (101) | |
| Schalla, John | 3 Mar 1897 | 8 May 2003 (106) | (Wisconsin)[131] |
| Schulze, Raymond C. R. | 8 Aug 1900 | 17 Nov 2003 (103) | (New Jersey) US Army.[7] |
| Sherman, John S. | 26 Aug 1900 | 1 Dec 2003 (103) | (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[13][132] |
| Small, Andrew | 26 Dec 1891 | 31 Jan 2003 (111) | (Wisconsin) Non-combat. Served Stateside.[133][134] |
| Smithson, Lawrence L. | 16 Oct 1896 | 25 Jan 2003 (106) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[7] |
| Stocker, William | 18 Mar 1896 | 29 Jan 2003 (106) | (New Jersey) Served in France.[13][135] |
| Sunderman, Frederick William | 23 Oct 1898 | 9 Mar 2003 (104) | (Pennsylvania) Non-combat. Later a renowned pathologist and musician.[136] |
| Thomas, Joseph Edgar | 10 Feb 1898 | 30 Dec 2003 (105) | (Florida) US Navy.[7] |
| Vanmeter, Jerome R. | 15 Aug 1900 | 23 Apr 2003 (102) | (West Virginia) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.[137] |
| Werry, Ellwood Roberts | 13 Jul 1899 | 15 Aug 2003 (104) | (Idaho) Non-combat. Assigned to the US Army Specialized Training Command.[138] |
| Woolsey, Emory J. | 7 Aug 1900 | 7 Nov 2003 (103) | (New Jersey) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[7] |
| Yattaw, Walter M. | 4 Apr 1898 | 8 Feb 2003 (104) | (Vermont) |
World War I-era veterans - 3 veterans[]
Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the Armistice date, but before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered World War I-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.
Estonia (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilves, Eduard-Aleksander | 29 Jan 1899 | 29 Apr 2003 (104) | Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920.[139][140][141] |
Puerto Rico (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerena-Rivera, Francisco | 9 Sep 1898 | 16 Dec 2003 (105) | Private, US Army. Enlisted November 1919.[7] |
United States (1 veteran)[]
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler, Gary James | 5 Nov 1899 | 26 Dec 2003 (104) | (California) US Navy. Enlisted March 1919. Also served in World War II in the rank of Lieutenant.[7] |
Totals - 171 veterans[]
- Verified veterans - 168
- World War I-Era veterans - 3
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War".
- ↑ "Awards to Canadians". 19 December 1998.[1]
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 Mathieu, Frédéric. "Ders Des Ders".[2]
- ↑ "Stormarner Tageblatt", January 25, 2002
- ↑ "Münchner Merkur", October 18, 2002
- ↑ http://www.geneall.net/P/forum_msg.php?id=60687&fview=c#reply (Portuguese)
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 "National Gravesite Locator".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Admiralty: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Rating's Service Records 1903-1919".
- ↑ "Admiralty: Royal Marines Registers of Service".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Last Veterans of the Great War". 2002-11-21.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Evans, Michael; Arthur, Max (1998-11-07). "80 Years On: The Day of a Lifetime; 1914-1918: The Last Survivors".
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services 1908 - 1923".
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 "Legion of Honor Recipients".[3]
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