List of last living war veterans

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This page lists the last surviving veterans of numerous military conflicts, where known.

Contents 1 War of 1812 2 American Civil War 3 American Revolutionary War 4 Second Boer War 5 Finnish Civil War 6 Franco-Prussian War 7 Irish War of Independence 8 Mexican-American War 9 Polish-Soviet War 10 Spanish-American War 11 Turkish War of Independence 12 World War I 13 See also 14 References

[edit] War of 1812

• USA: Hiram Cronk, died May 13, 1905

[edit] American Civil War

• Union: Albert Woolson, died August 2, 1956
• Confederate: Pleasant Crump, died December 31, 1951

[edit] American Revolutionary War

• Colonies: Daniel F. Bakeman, died April 5, 1869

[edit] Second Boer War

• UK: George Frederick Ives, died April 12, 1993

[edit] Finnish Civil War

• Red Guards: Aarne Arvonen, still alive
• White Guards: Lennart Rönnback, died November 4, 2007

[edit] Franco-Prussian War

• France: Thomas Guillaume Troubat, died March 9, 1954

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• Germany: Karl Glöckner, died October 3, 1953

[edit] Irish War of Independence

• IRA: Dan Keating, died October 2, 2007

[edit] Mexican-American War

• USA: Owen Thomas Edgar, died September 3, 1929

[edit] Polish-Soviet War

• Poland: Josef Kowalski, still alive

[edit] Spanish-American War

• USA: Jones Morgan, died August 29, 1993 or Nathan E. Cook, died September 10, 1992

[edit] Turkish War of Independence

• Turkey: Yakup Satar, died April 2, 2008^[2]

[edit] World War I

• Last surviving World War I veteran by country

[edit] See also

• List of first occurrences
• Last surviving United States war veterans
• List of last occurrences

[edit] References