List of veterans of World War I who died in 2002

The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2002.

Contents 1 Veterans by country of service - 208 veterans 1.1 Australia (7 veterans) 1.2 Austria-Hungary (2 veterans) 1.3 Belgium (1 veteran) 1.4 Canada (4 veterans) 1.5 France (39 veterans) 1.6 Germany (8 veterans) 1.7 Italy (5 veterans) 1.8 Jamaica (1 veteran) 1.9 Philippines (1 veteran) 1.10 Poland (2 veterans) 1.11 Portugal (1 veteran) 1.12 Russia (2 veterans) 1.13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (69 veterans) 1.14 United States (68 veterans) 2 World War I-era veterans - 3 veterans 2.1 Estonia (1 veteran) 2.2 United States (2 veterans) 3 Totals - 211 veterans 4 See also 5 References

Veterans by country of service - 208 veterans

Australia (7 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Campbell, Alec William	Private, 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force	26 Feb 1899	16 May 2002 (103)	Last survivor of Gallipoli. Enlisted 1915 aged 16, served at ANZAC Cove loading supplies for six before falling ill. Evacuated and discharged when real age discovered. See entry.
Durston, Raymond George	Corporal, General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force	c.1899	19 May 2002 (102)	Non combat. Enlisted 1918. Travelled to Europe, but his ship docked in London the day war ended.[4][5]
Jessop-Smith, Kenneth Paul	Australian Merchant Navy	12 Jan 1902	14 Oct 2002 (100)	Born in Wales. Enlisted aged 15. Also a World War II veteran.[6]
Lockett, John Henry (Jack)	Sergeant, Australian Imperial Force	22 Jan 1891	25 May 2002 (111)	Enlisted 1916. Fought on the Western Front. See entry.
Munday, John	Private, 7th General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force	1899	5 Dec 2002 (103)	Non combat. Enlisted July 1918 and completed basic training, but did not leave Australia.[7]
Sykes, Leslie Robert	Ordnance Officer, Royal Australian Navy	3 Dec 1898	19 Jul 2002 (103)	Enlisted 1917. Served as a gunnery mechanic.[8]
Whitmore, Albert Ernest	Private, 9th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force	14 Aug 1899	26 Jul 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1917. Served in the Middle East. Also a World War II veteran.[9]

Austria-Hungary (2 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Selmair-Selwart, Antonio Franz Theus	9 Jun 1896	2 Nov 2002 (106)	Born in Germany, died USA. Served as a Lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry. Later a well-known actor. See entry.
Vietoris, Leopold	4 Jun 1891	9 Apr 2002 (110)	Born and died in Austria. Later a distinguished mathematician.[10] See entry.

Belgium (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Massaer, Elvire	22 Apr 1900	2002 (101)	A nurse in the Belgian Army.

Canada (4 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Harlow, Edward H.	Petty Officer, Royal Canadian Navy	15 Dec 1899	31 Aug 2002 (102)	Non combat. Served aboard HMS Niobe. Died in the USA. [11][12]
Peterson, Robert Alfred Talbot	Private, 202nd Infantry (Edmonton Sportsmen’s) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force	7 Jan 1899	1 Mar 2002 (103)	Fought at Vimy Ridge.[1][13]
Preet, Peter	Private, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force	1899	Dec 2002 (103)	Enlisted aged 16 and served on the Western Front as a runner. Gassed but survived.[14]
Smethurst, Alfred Gladstone	Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force	3 Feb 1900	21 Apr 2002 (102)	Enlisted underage and fought at Vimy Ridge.[1][15]

France (39 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Allaigre, Joannès	17 March 1899	9 Apr 2002 (103)	[2]
Alland, René	1 Nov 1898	7 Jan 2002 (103)	[2]
Baillif, Jacques	26 Dec 1896	19 Jun 2002 (105)	Conscripted 1915. Served with the 1eme Regiment de Zouaves, 39e and 75e RI, and 103e RA.[2]
Bazille, Etienne	20 Dec 1899	Jul 2002 (102)	Conscripted 1918. Also a World War II veteran.[2]
Bidaine, Gaston	2 May 1896	1 Feb 2002 (105)	Conscripted 1915. Fought on the Somme and at Verdun.[2]
Boméa, Albert	1 Sep 1900	16 Jul 2002 (101)	Served in the Navy 1918. Died in the USA.[2]
Bonvalot, André	13 Apr 1897	Sep 2002 (105)	[2]
Boué, Alexandre	16 Jun 1898	Mar 2002 (103)	[2]
Bourgoin, Raymond	6 Jul 1899	May 2002 (102)	[2]
Bourzat, Léon	28 Dec 1896	27 Oct 2002 (105)	[2]
Bouscarat, Jean	12 May 1897	17 Aug 2002 (105)	[2]
Brinster, Marcel	22 Dec 1899	16 May 2002 (102)	[2]
Collay, Joseph Marius	1 Dec 1899	26 Jun 2002 (102)	[2]
Conrié, Henri Marie	6 Apr 1899	8 March 2002 (102)	[2]
Contié, Jean	8 March 1897	31 Oct 2002 (105)	[2]
Coquin, Victor	20 Jun 1896	14 Oct 2002 (106)	[2]
Dayon, Théophile Julien	5 Jul 1894	9 Jan 2002 (107)	[2]
D'Harboulle, Hilaire François	26 Jan 1893	22 March 2002 (109)	Enlisted 1913. Wounded in 1914 on his first day at the Front. Later fought at Verdun and in Salonika.[2]
Dumonteil, Noël Jean Charles	8 Dec 1899	29 Dec 2002 (103)	[2]
Filipeau, Léandre	8 Oct 1898	11 Jan 2002 (103)	[2]
Gautier, Eugène	19 Oct 1898	4 Dec 2002 (104)	Conscripted 1917. Gassed at Vosges, later taken prisoner.[2]
Gayrard, Albert	8 Feb 1898	9 Feb 2002 (104)	[2]
Gravelle, René	31 Jan 1898	12 May 2002 (104)	[2]
Guerin, Lucien	14 Apr 1899	7 Apr 2002 (102)	[2]
Guertault, Louis	6 May 1895	21 Jan 2002 (106)	Fought on the Somme and at Picardie and Verdun with 129e RI du Havre. Ended the war as an air mechanic with 2e Groupe d’Aviation.[2]
Igier, Charles Basile	25 Sep 1895	15 Feb 2002 (106)	Enlisted 1914. Fought with the 25eme Battalion de Chasseurs on the Somme and Marne. Twice wounded.[2]
Latié, Jean	2 Sep 1894	13 Sep 2002 (108)	[2]
Le Meur, Louis	16 Sep 1899	May 2002 (102)	Later a well-known comedian. Died in Switzerland.[2]
Lindor, Valentin	17 Feb 1898	2002 (104)	[2]
Mabillot, Clotaire	16 March 1897	8 Mar 2002 (104)	Conscripted 1916.[2]
Ménétrier, Pierre	12 Mar 1899	24 Apr 2002 (103)	[2]
Moritz, Leon	20 Dec 1899	20 June 2002 (102)	[2]
Ohnet, Jacques	11 Jan 1899	1 Apr 2002 (103)	Conscripted 1918. Served on the Western Front with the 138e and 107e RAL.[2]
Pelika, Joseph	23 Dec 1897	2 Oct 2002 (104)	[2]
Pinier, Eugene	17 Dec 1897	2 Oct 2002 (104)	[2]
Platret, Louis Alexandre	31 Dec 1895	8 Jan 2002 (106)	[2]
Rimbert, Raphaël Evariste	26 Oct 1898	Mar 2002 (103)	[2]
Sauvet, Fernand	2 Jul 1899	Jan 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1917. Fought on the Somme with the 15e RA de Douai.[2]
Vandaele, Maurice	21 Dec 1898	2002 (103)	[2]

Germany (8 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Arkenberg, Frank	8 Sep 1893	22 Dec 2002 (109)	Died in the USA.
Bredtschneider, Georg	23 Mar 1892	7 Mar 2002 (109)	Oldest Living German man at his death.[3]
Feldmann, Ernst	14 May 1898	9 Jul 2002 (104)	[16][4]
Klein, Reinhard	12 Feb 1897	15 May 2002 (105)	[17]
Lueking, Joseph	4 Dec 1897	24 Feb 2002 (104)	Died in the USA.[18]
Moritz, Léon	20 Dec 1899	20 Jun 2002 (102)	Born in Alsace-Lorraine. Conscripted into the German army 1917. Wounded at Cambrai. Died France.[2]
Schinkel, Willy	23 Aug 1896	4 Jun 2002 (105)	Marine, fought in the 1916 Battle of Jutland/Skagerrak.[5]
Wissner, Heinrich	3 Dec 1895	25 Oct 2002 (106)	Served from May 1916 in France, Russia and Ukraine.

Italy (5 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Graziosi, Horace	23 May 1898	19 Jun 2002 (104)	Died in France.[19]
Lampone, Giuseppe	23 Feb 1896	29 Sep 2002 (106)	Died in USA.[20][21]
Todde, Antonio	22 Jan 1889	3 Jan 2002 (112)	The oldest man in the world at the time of his death. Wounded at Mont Grappa, Northern Italy, on the Austrian Front. See entry.
Ugolini, Arnaldo	10 Nov 1894	Nov 2002 (107)	[22]
Mattana, Cesare	7 May 1893	21 Jul 2002 (109)	[23]

Jamaica (1 veteran)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Clarke, Eugent	Private, British West Indies Regiment	1894	2002 (108)	Oldest Jamaican veteran.[6]WO372/4[24]

Philippines (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Barruga, Timoteo G.	24 Jan 1900	23 Aug 2002 (102)	Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[7]

Poland (2 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Kowalkowski, Feliks	16 Aug 1895	27 Nov 2002 (107)	[25]
Pióro, Franciszek	8 Jan 1897	11 Sep 2002 (105)	Served in the navy.[26]

Portugal (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Baptista, José Maria Hermano	1 May 1895	14 Dec 2002 (107)	Served on the Western Front 1917-1919.[8]

Russia (2 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Gabryel, Michał	8 Sep 1895	5 Feb 2002 (106)	Born in Belorussia. Conscripted in 1915. Twice saw Lenin. Died in Poland.[27][28]
Rabinovitch, Eliazar	24 Dec 1898	27 Jun 2002 (103)	Born in Latvia. Served as a book-keeper in the Imperial Russian Army, and as a medic in the Red Army during World War II. Died in the USA.[29][30]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (69 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Alexandre, Albert Eduoard	Private, 1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry & Royal Garrison Artillery	6 Oct 1901	14 Jan 2002 (100)	Last surviving Chelsea Pensioner to have served in World War I. Enlisted at 16. Fought at Passchendaele.
Andrews, James William	Army	25 May 1899	Apr 2002 (102)	[6]WO372/1[31][32]
Baird, John	Private, Manchester Regiment & Royal Army Medical Corps	26 Jul 1896	Jan 2002 (105)	Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Army Medical Corps.[6]WO372/1[33][34]
Beadman, Lionel Edward	Private, 51st (Graduated) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)	25 Apr 1900	Sep 2002 (102)	Still in training when the war ended.[9][35]
Beedon, John Edward	Driver, Royal Field Artillery	22 Jan 1897	Jul 2002 (105)	Served on the Western Front.[6]WO372/2[36][37]
Bell, George	Private, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	16 Nov 1898	30 Dec 2002 (104)	Saved when shrapnel from an exploding shell hit the bible he kept in his breast pocket. Died in the USA.[38][39]
Blower, Walter Arthur	Royal Sussex Regiment	17 Apr 1900	Jun 2002 (102)	[10][40]
Boulden, Archibald Carey	Private, Army	14 Feb 1897	Oct 2002 (105)	[6]WO372/2[41]
Bowie, Andrew	Private, 1st Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	3 Oct 1897	26 Aug 2002 (104)	Last known Great War veteran of the Cameron Highlanders. Enlisted aged 18. Fought at Passchendaele, gassed but survived. Died in Australia.[11]
Briggs, John Mortimer	Acting Captain, 1/2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers	16 Mar 1898	Jun 2002 (104)	Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. A student at Nottingham University. Enlisted 1916.[6]WO372/3[42][43]
Brown, Edward	Private, King’s (Liverpool Regiment)	12 Jul 1896	Apr 2002 (105)	Last known Great War veteran of the Liverpool Regiment.[10][44]
Brown, Leopold Wilfred T F	Private, Somerset Light Infantry	23 Sep 1898	Nov 2002 (103)	Last known Great War veteran of the Somerset Light Infantry.[6]WO372/3[45]
Bugg, Wilfred Marcus P	Private, East Lancashire Regiment & Lancashire Fusiliers	7 Aug 1898	Jun 2002 (103)	Last known Great War veteran of the East Lancashire Regiment.[6]WO372/3[46]
Bunday, Frederick Henry	Boy Telegraphist, Royal Navy	28 Nov 1900	28 Dec 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1915. Served on HMS Hannibal and HMS Grafton. Also a World War II veteran.[12]ADM 188/753[47][48]
Chater, Henry Wilby	Private, Northamptonshire Regiment	27 Jan 1896	Jun 2002 (106)	Last known combat veteran of the Northamptonshire Regiment.[10][49]
Colledge, Roland Thomas (Roly)	Merchant Navy	23 Dec 1900	Mar 2002 (101)	[50][51]
Cotgrove, William George (Bill)	Driver, Royal Field Artillery	26 Oct 1896	11 Feb 2002 (105)	Ammunition wagon driver. Served at Ypres. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery.[6]WO372/23[52][53]
Covey, Donald Frederick	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	28 Feb 1900	May 2002 (102)	[13]ADM 337/1-108[54]
Cowan, Norman	Corporal, 'A' Squadron, Northumberland Hussars	5 Oct 1898	Feb 2002 (103)	Captured by the Germans and ended the hostilities as a POW.[55][56]
Crossland, Gilbert	Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	30 Jan 1897	Nov 2002 (105)	Fought on the Somme and at Arras. Wounded in action. Trapped in mud he was rescued by Germans who sent him back to the British line.[6]WO372/5[57]
Davis, Herbert Wyndham C (Bert)	Driver, Royal Defence Corps	24 Dec 1896	Aug 2002 (105)	Non combat. Failed medical for active service 4 times but conscripted as an army lorry driver on Salisbury Plain.[58][59]
Deane, Frank Sydney	Private, Welsh Regiment & 1/6th Durham Light Infantry	18 Feb 1899	Oct 2002 (103)	Last known Great War combat veteran of the Durham Light Infantry.[60][61]
Dixon, Gerald	2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps	6 Sep 1899	Apr 2002 (102)	Last known British pilot of the Great War.[62][63]
East, Thomas Henry	Private, Army	14 Jul 1900	Dec 2002 (102)	Non-combat. In Dover about to embark to France at the Armistice.[14]
Ellis, Benjamin Frank	Private, Army	15 Feb 1896	Feb 2002 (105)	[6]WO372/6[64]
Fielding, Albert	Private, Royal Flying Corps	23 Jan 1900	Mar 2002 (102)	Served as an aircraft engine fitter in Egypt.[65][66]
Fraser, James Forest (Jim)	Private, 52nd (Lowland) Division	1 Dec 1898	7 Dec 2002 (104)	Last known Great War veteran of the Lowland Division. Born Scotland, died Canada. Served as a machine gunner on the Western Front.[67]
Godin, Frederick George	Royal Naval Air Service	22 May 1900	Sep 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1918.[12]ADM 188/646[68]
Gooderidge, Walter Norman	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	13 Aug 1898	Dec 2002 (104)	[13]ADM 337/1-108[69]
Gray, Wilfred Sydney	?	22 Jan 1895	3 Aug 2002 (107)	[70]
Hazlehurst, William (Bill)	Private, Royal Flying Corps	10 Sep 1899	Jun 2002 (102)	Enlisted aged 17.[71][72]
Henning, Reginald John	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	28 Jul 1899	Apr 2002 (102)	[13]ADM 337/1-108[73]
Heywood, Reuben	Private, 10th (1st Gwent) South Wales Borderers	2 Oct 1899	6 Nov 2002 (103)	Wounded at Bapaume 1918.[74][75]
Hilliard, Henry	Royal Naval Air Service	19 Jan 1900	Jan 2002 (101)	Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/635[76]
Hoar, Cyril Warden	Private, Devonshire Regiment & Cheshire Regiment	27 Sep 1898	Feb 2002 (103)	[6]WO372/9[77]
Hodges, Frederick James	Corporal, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers	18 Jul 1899	10 Feb 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1917. Battalion Gas NCO.[11][78]
Holman, Charles Victor	Private, 5th Norfolk Regiment & 1st Essex Regiment	26 Feb 1898	13 Jan 2002 (103)	Last known Great War veteran of the Norfolk Regiment. Enlisted 1915. Served as company runner. Awarded Military Medal for bravery at Cambrai.[79][80]
Holyoake, Frederick George	Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy	27 Aug 1900	Aug 2002 (101)	[10][81]
Humphrey, Ronald Rex	Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)	23 Dec 1899	Feb 2002 (102)	[10][82]
Hunt, Clifford Andrew	Private, Army Service Corps	16 Feb 1899	Jul 2002 (103)	[6]WO372/10[83]
Hutchinson, Alfred Ambrose	Royal Marine Light Infantry	9 Mar 1897	Jun 2002 (105)	[10][84]
Johnson, Percy Victor	Private, 21st (County of London) London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles)	1 Mar 1899	May 2002 (103)	Enlisted underage at 16.[85][86]
Jones, Arthur Edward	Private, 2nd Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	4 Dec 1898	Feb 2002 (103)	Conscripted 1917. Served as company runner. Wounded at Amiens.[87][88]
Kilsby, Robert Alfred	Private, London Regiment	2 Nov 1899	Aug 2002 (102)	[6]WO372/11[89]
Labbett, George Samuel	Royal Naval Air Service	2 Dec 1899	Feb 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/635[90]
Lippiatt, Marquis Graham	Royal Air Force	19 Jan 1901	Jun 2002 (101)	[10][91]
Lorriman, Percy Lazenby	Private, Machine Gun Corps	6 Dec 1898	13 Dec 2002 (104)	Served on the Somme as a Vickers gunner.[92][93]
Marlow, Albert Edward	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	22 Jan 1900	Mar 2002 (102)	[13]ADM 337/1-108[94]
Miller, Bernard Joseph	Army	4 May 1898	Jan 2002 (103)	[6]WO372/14[95]
Moore, Frederick William T	Corporal, Royal Engineers	21 Nov 1892	14 Apr 2002 (109)	Britain’s oldest man at his death.[6]WO372/14[96][97]
Odd, John Gordon	Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry	14 Sep 1899	Jan 2002 (102)	[15]ADM 159[98]
Parkes, William	Sergeant, South Wales Borderers	18 Jan 1896	7 Oct 2002 (106)	Born in the UK, died in the USA.[6]WO372/15[99][100]
Parsons, Frank Henry	Sergeant, Royal Engineers	15 Jun 1896	Feb 2002 (105)	Enlisted 1914. Wounded early in the war, served the remainder as a drill sergeant at Chattenden, Kent.[10][101]
Powdrill, Frank	Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)	4 Apr 1898	Feb 2002 (103)	[6]WO372/16[102]
Randall, Reginald James	Private, 5th (City of London) London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) & Army Signal Co, Royal Engineers	23 Aug 1899	Jan 2002 (102)	[10][103]
Ransford, Ernest Merrill	2nd Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment	16 May 1897	30 Jul 2002 (105)	Last known Great War veteran of the Worcestershire and Suffolk Regiments.[6]WO372/16[104]
Rawling, Douglas Oldfield	Army	20 Jan 1900	Mar 2002 (102)	Non combat.[105][106]
Roberts, Douglas Henry	Private, Sussex Yeomanry& 7th Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	14 Jan 1900	2 Dec 2002 (102)	Wounded on the Somme 1918.[107][108]
Rosenthal, Simeon	Private, Machine Gun Corps	3 Jun 1900	Feb 2002 (101)	Enlisted underage. Last known (British) Jewish veteran.[109][110]
Ruttledge, Robert Francis (Robin)	Lieutenant, 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse	11 Sep 1899	12 Jan 2002 (102)	Last known veteran born in the (now) Republic of Ireland and the last known Great War veteran of the Indian Army. Enlisted 1918 and awarded World War I campaign medals; later won the Military Cross. Also served in World War II.[16]
Shanks, John	Royal Flying Corps	27 Jun 1900	Jan 2002 (101)	[111][112]
Shaw, Thomas	Private, 16th (2nd County Down) Royal Irish Rifles	Jun 1899	2 Mar 2002 (102)	Last (now) Northern Irish veteran. Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Irish Rifles. Fought at Messines, Ypres and Passchendaele. [113]
Smithers, Herman Julian	Royal Engineers	24 Mar 1898	Jan 2002 (103)	[10][114]
Sowray, David Leonard	Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) & Labour Corps	23 Dec 1898	Jun 2002 (103)	Last known Great War veteran of the Labour Corps.[6]WO372/18[115]
Tozer, Arthur Edward	Royal Naval Air Service	22 Dec 1899	Feb 2002 (102)	Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/635[116]
West, Frank Thomas	Lieutenant, Cheshire Regiment	29 Apr 1899	Apr 2002 (102)	Last known Great War veteran of the Cheshire regiment.[6]WO372/21[117]
Wilkinson, Michael James	Acting Sergeant, Border Regiment	13 Aug 1896	Dec 2002 (106)	[6]WO372/21[118]
Williams, Hubert	Private, 6th (Glamorgan) Welsh Regiment, Gloucestershire Regiment & Royal Flying Corps	9 Nov 1895	1 Sep 2002 (106)	Last known Great War veteran of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Enlisted 1915. Served on the Western Front and in Salonika.[119][120]
Wolfe, Harry William John	Artificer, Royal Navy	4 Jul 1899	Sep 2002 (103)	Enlisted 1915.[12]ADM 188/1047[121]

Remark: a further 107 men old enough to have served in World War I died in England & Wales in 2002. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.

United States (68 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Agresta, Joseph A.	24 Feb 1900	11 May 2002 (102)	(Florida) Served in France in the Third Infantry Division, US Army.[17][122]
Alimpolo, Eracleo	22 Apr 1898	2 Oct 2002 (104)	(Washington) Born in the Philippines and last known Filipino born World War I veteran. Served as a steward in the US Navy 1916-1920.[123][124]
Anderson, Namon W.	4 Nov 1895	8 Feb 2002 (106)	(Alabama) US Army.[7]
Baker, Charlie	21 Jul 1899	4 Aug 2002 (103)	(Arkansas) Private, US Army.[7]
Blakney, Clarence Perry	21 Feb 1896	17 Apr 2002 (106)	(Kentucky) Served in France as an acting Mess Sergeant at a base hospital.[125]
Booker, Ed.	15 Oct 1894	7 Jun 2002 (107)	(Louisiana) Private, US Army.[7]
Burns, Charles M	27 Feb 1898	17 May 2002 (104)	(California) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[7]
Carpenter, Byron G	9 Oct 1898	8 Mar 2002 (103)	(Missouri) Private, US Army.[7]
Chambers, John Sterling	5 Jun 1900	2 May 2002 (101)	(Oklahoma) Private, US Army.[7]
Coffman, Elwyn M.	7 Dec 1897	24 Oct 2002 (104)	(Kentucky) Served in France with the Quartermaster Corps.[126]
Collison, Norman R.	3 Sep 1898	27 Mar 2002 (103)	(Nebraska) Served in France.[17][127]
Coutz, John	8 May 1899	17 Feb 2002 (102)	(Ohio) Served in France.[17][128]
Crandall, Irving Hawthorne	6 Aug 1899	11 Aug 2002 (103)	(New Hampshire) Private, US Army.[7]
Curry, Elijah	6 Mar 1899	8 Apr 2002 (103)	(New York) Served in France.[17][129]
Dorsey, Lawrence T.	2 Jul 1899	5 Dec 2002 (103)	(Oregon)[130][131]
Edwards, Harvel C.	1 Jul 1897	10 Nov 2002 (105)	(Tennessee) Served in France transporting ammunition to the Front. Last known veteran from Tennessee to have served overseas.[17][132]
Fisher, Homer Arthur	c.1899	Dec 2002 (103)	(California) Served in France.[17]
Fletcher, Claude L.	3 Oct 1897	3 Jul 2002 (104)	(Idaho) Last known veteran from Idaho to have served overseas.[17][133]
Gauerke, Arthur	6 Aug 1894	6 Apr 2002 (107)	(Wisconsin) Non-combat. Served with the US Army in a military post office in Illinois from March to December 1918.[134][135]
Gaupp, Charley	10 Apr 1897	17 Oct 2002 (105)	(Washington) Served in France.[17][136]
Gibbs, Glendon Bryan	26 Apr 1898	16 Jun 2002 (104)	(Oklahoma) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1917.[7]
Gillum, Alexander	15 Mar 1896	17 Feb 2002 (105)	(Virginia) US Army.[7]
Gulbronson, Henry R.	14 Sep 1892	4 Apr 2002 (109)	(Wisconsin) Served in France in an artillery unit alongside his two brothers.[17][137][138]
Hayden, Charles H.	3 Jun 1896	4 Aug 2002 (106)	(Kentucky) Sergeant, US Army.[7]
Herrmann, Leo B.	9 Jan 1898	22 Nov 2002 (104)	(Kansas)[139]
Hitchen, F. James	3 Aug 1900	18 Apr 2002 (101)	(New Jersey) US Navy.[7]
Hooker, Curtis McClenon	28 Mar 1897	19 Apr 2002 (105)	(Virginia) US Army.[7]
Hresko, John	4 Apr 1898	17 Jan 2002 (103)	(New Jersey) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[7]
Jackson, Earl Henry	1 Jan 1900	23 Apr 2002 (102)	(Maine) US Army.[7]
Johns, Emmett E.	18 May 1896	27 Jun 2002 (106)	(Iowa) Last known veteran from Iowa to have served overseas.[17][140]
Kabakow, Joseph	30 Dec 1894	14 Jan 2002 (107)	(New Jersey) Born in Russia, emigrated to the USA in 1913. Served in France.[17][141][142]
Kelliher, Daniel W.	6 Aug 1898	13 Oct 2002 (104)	Fought on the Western Front with 101st Infantry, 26th Yankee Division.[143]
Kuekan, Walling	19 March 1895	13 Jan 2002 (106)
Kulaga, Walter	26 Nov 1899	21 May 2002 (102)	(Massachusetts) Private, US Army.[7]
Mainard, Otto	28 Mar 1899	6 Nov 2002 (103)	(Oregon) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted 8 November 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[7]
Martin, James G.	30 May 1897	12 Apr 2002 (104)	(Maryland) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[7]
Martin, William	19 Apr 1895	9 May 2002 (107)	(Texas) Served in France.[17][144]
Martinsen, Bernard	4 Oct 1896	31 Jan 2002 (105)	(California) Served in France.[17][145]
Olson, Otto	20 Nov 1895	9 Mar 2002 (106)	(Texas) Served in France.[17][146]
Perry, Joseph C.	24 Feb 1896	13 May 2002 (106)	(Ohio) Served in France.[17][147]
Potts, John Thomas	14 Aug 1896	17 Aug 2002 (106)	(Florida) Also served in World War II and Korea with the US Air Force, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[7]
Purdy Sr., Harry E.	23 Nov 1893	19 Jul 2002 (108)	(Wisconsin) Served on the Western Front.[148]
Reed, Charles H.	30 Mar 1897	22 Jan 2002 (104)	(Missouri) Private, US Army.[7]
Reid, Charles W.	11 Apr 1898	6 Apr 2002 (103)	(Pennsylvania) US Army.[7]
Rice, Philip E.	16 Oct 1897	23 Jan 2002 (104)	(Connecticut) Served in the U.S. Navy as a signal flagman aboard the USS Agamemnon 1917-1919.[149][150]
Rogers, Charles W.	5 May 1900	21 Jan 2002 (101)	(Georgia) Served in France.[17][151]
Roth, Louis B.	25 Sep 1895	25 Apr 2002 (106)	(Louisiana) US Army.[7]
Rutkowsky, Ernest E.	11 Sep 1897	27 Apr 2002 (104)	(Connecticut) Private, US Army.[7]
Schlappig, William G.	4 Aug 1895	14 Jan 2002 (106)	(Pennsylvania) Sergeant, US Army.[152][153]
Shafer, Alonzo	8 Oct 1899	21 Jul 2002 (102)	(Missouri) Served in France.[17][154]
Shirley, George Ernest	8 Nov 1898	15 Apr 2002 (103)	(Missouri) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted May 1918.[7]
Sickerson, John F.	13 Feb 1902	2 Dec 2002 (100)	(New York) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[17][155]
Smith, Clyde B.	7 Jan 1899	19 Oct 2002 (103)	(Michigan) Last known veteran from Michigan to have served overseas.[17][156]
Spiro, David	8 Nov 1898	13 Aug 2002 (103)	(Mississippi) US Navy bugler 1917-1919. Served aboard USS Martha Washington and USS Kentucky.[157][158]
Stone, Elmer Edward	11 May 1897	2 Jul 2002 (105)	(Oregon) US Navy.[7]
Streeter, Gustav A.	29 Sep 1895	12 Jan 2002 (106)	(Indiana) Wounded on the Western Front.[17][159][160]
Swedenborg, Edward A.	26 Feb 1895	4 Feb 2002 (106)	(Wyoming)[161][162]
Swilley, Bryan	27 Dec 1896	14 Mar 2002 (105)	(Missouri) US Army.[7]
Talbott, Francis J. (Frank)	16 Jun 1896	24 Sep 2002 (106)	(Maryland) Served in France.[17][163]
Thomas, Albert J.	19 May 1896	20 Feb 2002 (105)	(Ohio) Served in France.[17][164]
Tobin, Robert	7 Jun 1897	30 Jan 2002 (104)	(Texas) Served in France.[17][165]
Townsend, Bertus J.	14 Oct 1900	12 Dec 2002 (102)	(Massachusetts) US Marine Corps[7]
Trinin, George	14 Jun 1898	3 Apr 2002 (103)	(New York) Sergeant, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended[7]
Van Sickle, George W.	10 Mar 1899	10 Apr 2002 (103)	(Missouri) Engineman 1st Class US Navy. Enlisted December 1917.[7]
Weisinger, Nathan	20 Oct 1894	30 Jun 2002 (107)	(Connecticut)[166][167]
White, Vinton E.	26 Jun 1899	11 Mar 2002 (102)	(Massachusetts) US Army.[7]
York, Eunis R.	5 Feb 1900	24 Oct 2002 (102)	(Tennessee) US Army.[7]
Zeitz, Jack	2 Feb 1899	17 Aug 2002 (103)	(New York) Private, US Army.[7]

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
Tilk, Voldemar Georg	23 Dec 1897	26 May 2002 (104)	Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Died in Canada.[168] et:Voldemar Tilk

United States (2 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Clayborne, Wesley	9 Apr 1900	15 Oct 2002 (102)	(Maryland) US Navy. Enlisted July 1919.[7]
Hoppes, Alice McGuire	14 Mar 1893	26 Nov 2002 (109)	(Kentucky) A nurse who served two tours with the US Navy in 1919.[169]

Totals - 211 veterans

• Verified veterans - 208
• World War I-Era veterans - 3

See also

• Surviving veterans of World War I

References

Lists of known World War I veterans' deaths by year Numbers in brackets indicate the number of veterans known to have died that year 1999 (762) · 2000 (500) · 2001 (319) · 2002 (208) · 2003 (168) · 2004 (166) · 2005 (95) · 2006 (52) · 2007 (37) · 2008 (17) · 2009–11 (5)(1)(2)