Living U.S. WW1 Vets?

[82Rigger]

Anyone know how many U.S. WW1 vets are still alive?

Or how to find out? :cd:

[Keith_Hixson]

There were none alive. The last died several years ago at over 100 years of age. You would have had to been born before 1900 to have served in WW I. My Father was born in 1900 and was too young to serve in WW I. He would have been 106 this year. I'm sure they are all gone.

If I remember correctly this was the last survivor.

November 25, 2005
(AP) KEWAUNEE Arthur Fiala, Wisconsin's last surviving World War I veteran, has died at the age of 106.

Fiala died Wednesday at the Kewaunee Care Center, as reported Friday in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

According to state records, Fiala had been the only surviving state veteran of World War I since the death of Ben Moldenhauer of Fort Atkinson in August 2004 at the age of 107.

Fiala, a Kewaunee native, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1918 and was sent to France.

He was in the French Alps cutting logs and railroad ties for fortifications at the front when he broke his arm and was reassigned as a cook's helper. He spent time near the Spanish border and then Bordeaux, his last stop before going home.

"I never regretted going over there," Fiala told the Press-Gazette in 1999, the year he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his service. "That war was a good experience."

After the war, he farmed, owned a tavern and also worked in nearby Two Rivers before he retired at the age of 65.

In an interview last year with the Lakeshore Chronicle, Fiala said peanuts and brandy contributed to his longevity.

He said he got heart benefits of vitamin E from eating peanuts, and "every night I get my swig of brandy, without fail."

Fiala was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Adeline.


Keith

[82Rigger]

Found this info on surviving WW1 vets.

This is reported to be correct as of April 9, 2006:



Living in Australia - 4 veterans
2 Living in Austria - 1 veteran
3 Living in Brazil - 1 veteran
4 Living in Canada - 2 veterans
5 Living in France - 9 veterans
6 Living in Germany - 13 veterans
7 Living in Italy - 14 veterans
8 Living in Poland - 3 veterans
9 Living in the United Kingdom - 9 veterans
10 Living in the USA - 21 veterans
11 World Totals - 77 veterans


U.S.A. Living World War I Veterans

(Name, DOB, Service, Current Residence)

Anderson, Homer 1897 24 December American USA-Balloon Corps Resides in Florida

Babcock, John F. 1900 23 July Canadian Canadian Resides in Spokane, Washington

Brown, Lloyd 1901 7 October American USA-Navy Resides in Maryland

Buchanan, Russell 1900 24 January American USA-Navy Resides in New York

Buckles, Frank Woodroff 1901 February 1 American USA-Army Resides in West Virginia

Bustos, Felix 1902 1 July American USA Resides in Colorado

Coffey, J. Russell 1898 1 September American USA-Army Resides in Ohio

Gardner, Harold 1898 3 December American USA-Army Resides in Pennsylvania

Hardy, Moses 1893 6 January American USA Resides in Mississippi

Johnson, George 1894 1 May American USA Resides in California

Little, David Samuel (Tex) 1902 26 December American USA-Army Resides in Wyoming

Mercado del Toro, Emiliano 1891 21 August Puerto Rican USA Resides in Puerto Rico

Munger, Stillman Hiram 1902 25 November American USA-Navy Resides in Massachusetts

Pierro, Anthony 1896 22 February American USA Born in Italy, a USA national, resides in Massachusetts

Poor, Justin 1899 4 August American USA-Navy Resides in Florida

Pusey, Ernest Charles 1895 5 May American USA-Navy Resides in Florida

Ramsey, Howard Verne 1898 2 April American USA-Army Resides in Oregon

Rex, Robley 1901 4 May American USA Resides in Kentucky

Starkey, Maurice 1901 3 December American USA-Navy submariner Resides in Pennsylvania

Wagner, Albert F. (Jud) 1899 5 September American USA-Marines Resides in Kansas

Winters, Charlotte 1897 10 November American USA-Navy Resides in Maryland

*Emiliano Mercado del Toro (in red above) is also officially on the books as the oldest living American.

[Keith_Hixson]

The youngest is 105. Its amazing that many folks over 100 are still around.

Keith