List of veterans of World War I who died in 2003

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 - 172 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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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

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 (11 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.
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	2 Nov 1894	14 Jul 2003 (108)	Born in England. Enlisted 1916, served in France.[2] [3]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Powell, Francis Clement		24 Nov 1897	3 Jan 2003 (105)	Enlisted April 1918.[4][5]
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.
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.

France (38 veterans)

See also Joseph Gillman under Germany.

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Audin, Gabriel	31 May 1897	15 Feb 2003 (105)	[6]
Barthe, Louis	11 Apr 1898	3 Jun 2003 (105)	[6]
Bois, Léon	1 Jan 1897	7 Feb 2003 (106)	[6]
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.[6]
Cahé, Pierre	26 Jun 1899	17 May 2003 (103)	[6]
Cahen, Roger	2 Dec 1896	6 Jul 2003 (106)	[6]
Charnoudie, Jean-Paul	1900	29 Jul 2003 (103)	[6]
Cornu, Henri	30 Apr 1896	25 March 2003 (106)	[6]
Danno, François	24 Oct 1898	26 Oct 2003 (105)	[6]
Dervout, Yves	25 Sep 1896	17 Jan 2003 (106)	[6]
Douldat, Louis Alexis	19 Aug 1896	18 Aug 2003 (106)	[6]
Douriaux, Maurice	16 Dec 1898	20 Apr 2003 (104)	Conscripted 1917. Fought at the 2nd Battle of the Marne. Later a military doctor.[6]
Dumoussaud, Adrien	15 Oct 1897	12 May 2003 (105)	[6]
Estratat, Marius	27 Sep 1897	23 Dec 2003 (106)	[6]
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.[6]
Gérard, Jean Léopold	16 Oct 1898	13 March 2003 (104)	Served with the 105e RI.[6]
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.[6]
Jarrot, Pierre François Joseph	30 Apr 1896	3 Jul 2003 (107)	[6]
Jones, André	30 Aug 1899	16 Aug 2003 (103)	Conscripted 1918 and served with the 21e RI and 3e RI Coloniale.[6]
Lacombe, Germain	9 Apr 1898	4 Sep 2003 (105)	[6]
Laurent, Henri	28 May 1899	30 Jul 2003 (104)	[6]
Madet, Maurice Joanny	28 Oct 1898	8 Jul 2003 (104)	Served with the 131e RI.[6]
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.[6]
Monbey, André	14 Oct 1899	12 Feb 2003 (103)	[6]
Monnera, Henri	15 Aug 1896	23 Apr 2003 (106)	Fought at Verdun.[6]
Ortega, Emile	17 May 1898	2 Jun 2003 (105)	[6]
Pairon, Maurice	29 Dec 1898	3 Dec 2003 (104)	Conscripted 1917, serving with the 149e RI d’Epinal.[6]
Parrot, Joseph	13 Apr 1896	3 Jul 2003 (107)	[6]
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.
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.[6]
Pras, André	26 Dec 1898	23 Jan 2003 (104)	[6]
Puiservert, Jacques	17 Dec 1898	17 Nov 2003 (104)	[6]
Renaud, Gabriel	14 March 1898	19 Jun 2003 (105)	[6]
Rousseau, René	17 March 1899	1 May 2003 (104)	[6]
Schmitz, Louis	6 Sep 1898	18 Feb 2003 (104)	Conscripted 1918 and served as an engineer in the 1e and 9e Régiments de Génie.[6]
Seigneuray, André	4 Sep 1898	3 Jan 2003 (104)	[6]
Tachy, Jean	22 Sep 1898	16 May 2003 (104)	[6]
Vernay, Joseph	3 Nov 1899	Jan 2003 (103)	[6]

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.[7]
Gehling, Rudolf	17 Oct 1896	21 Oct 2003 (107)	Enlisted 1917, fought at Verdun; also World War II Veteran.[8]
Gillmann, Joseph	2 Feb 1895	23 Nov 2003 (108)	Born in Alsace-Lorraine. Conscripted into the German army. Died in France.[6]
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)
Schlag, Otto	6 Jan 1897	12 Sep 2003 (106)	Fought in France - amongst others Reims and Verdun.[6]
Siefert, Jakob	8 Feb 1895	22 Jun 2003 (108)
von Hippel, Arthur Robert	19 Nov 1898	31 Dec 2003 (105)	Later a renowned molecular engineer and co-developer of radar. Died USA.

Italy (5 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Frau, Giovanni	29 Dec 1890	19 Jun 2003 (112)
Gallo, Michele	11 May 1896	29 December 2003 (107)
Marcucci, Attilio (Leo)	17 Feb 1899	17 Jul 2003 (104)	Served 1916-1919. Died USA.
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.
Laino, Giovanni	26 Dec 1899	May 2003 (103)
Pagano, Giuseppe	2 Sept 1898	July 2003 (105)	Italian Navy from Isla Ponza, 1917 transferred to Marines - Knight of Vittorio Venito.

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.

Poland (2 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Salecki, Jozef Marek	1902	January 26, 2003 (100)
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.[9]

Puerto Rico (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Castro-Roldan, Reyes	16 Jan 1896	15 Dec 2003 (107)	Private, US Army.[10]

Russia (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Leniec, Ludwik	25 Aug 1896	2003 (106)	Ethnic Pole conscripted into the Russian army:

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.

Turkey (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Zorlu, Huseyin	1899	24 Sep 2003 (104)	Enlisted 1918. Also fought in the Turkish war of independence.

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)	[11]ADM 337/1-108
Bailey, Henry Thomas Edwin	Private, Royal Marine Artillery	29 Sep 1900	Jul 2003 (102)	Non combat. Enlisted 1st Nov 1918 and still in training.[12]ADM 159
Bishop, Roderick John	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	1 Sep 1900	Mar 2003 (102)	[11]ADM 337/1-108
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.[13]
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
Cockell, Charles William		9 Dec 1901	Jan 2003 (101)	Non combat.
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
Cranfield, Margaret Jane	Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps	21 Jan 1897	Sep 2003 (106)	[14]
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.[14]
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.
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.[14]
Gibbs, Alexander Henry	Steward, Royal Navy	16 Aug 1898	Oct 2003 (105)	Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/1001
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
Gutteridge, Richard	Private, Army	21 Feb 1900	Apr 2003 (103)	[1]WO372/8
Haynes, Frank Charles	Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy	26 Sep 1899	Oct 2003 (104)	Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/800
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
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.[14]
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.
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.
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.[14]
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.[15]ADM 188/646
Morley, Robert Francis	Royal Naval Air Service	3 Nov 1900	Jul 2003 (102)	Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/636
Nind, Frederick	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	29 Jul 1900	Oct 2003 (103)	Last known surviving veteran of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[11]ADM 337/1-108
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
Polkinghorn, Henry	Gunner, Royal Field Artillery	4 Dec 1898	Apr 2003 (104)	[1]WO372/16
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.
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.
Warner, John Patrick (Jack)	Merchant Navy	29 Mar 1900	28 Jan 2003 (102)	Also a World War II veteran.
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.
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.
Wood, Robert Buller	Private, Army	12 Jul 1900	May 2003 (102)	Non-combat. Served in Ireland.[13]
Woolis, Benjamin	Able Seaman, Royal Navy	13 Jun 1898	16 Dec 2003 (105)	Served on HMS Royal Oak.[15]ADM 339/1
Young, Sidney Francis	Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps	4 Sep 1899	Aug 2003 (103)	[1]WO372/16

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.
Anthony, Floyd	17 Oct 1895	9 Mar 2003 (107)	(Indiana) Corporal, US Army.[10]
Balan, Leoncio	15 Feb 1899	10 Apr 2003 (104)	(Hawaii)
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.
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.
Boyd, Dewey	17 Feb 1899	24 Mar 2003 (104)	(Wisconsin) Also served in World War II.
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.
Burau, Harry T.	3 Dec 1899	14 Jun 2003 (103)	(Minnesota) Non combat. Still in training when war ended.
Carr, Leroy	28 Nov 1899	18 Apr 2003 (103)	(Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted April 1918.[10]
Cohen, Irving M.	11 Nov 1899	13 Dec 2003 (104)	(Colorado) Private, US Army. Enlisted March 1918.[10]
Cole, Willie	23 Sep 1897	2 Mar 2003 (105)	(New Jersey) Served in France.[16]
Colon Francisco	20 Jan 1895	21 May 2003 (108)	(New York) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1918.[10]
Cook, Charley Newton	28 May 1896	20 Dec 2003 (107)	(Alabama) Served in the US Navy on a cruiser escorting troop ships to France.
Coolbaugh, Stanley W.	11 Aug 1898	21 Jan 2003 (104)	(Virginia) Last known veteran from Virginia to have served overseas.[16]
Crain, Donald Frank	6 March 1898	16 Feb 2003 (104)	Served as an air mechanic with the Army Signal Corps in England.
Crooks, William R.	4 Aug 1893	15 Feb 2003 (109)	(Ohio) Non combat. Still in training as an air force pilot at the Armistice.
Crowther, Albert B.	10 Sep 1898	16 Apr 2003 (104)	(Texas) Served in France.[16]
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.
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.[16]
Davis, Leon P.	6 Jul 1896	11 Apr 2003 (106)	(Vermont) Last known veteran from Vermont to have served overseas.[16]
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.[10]
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.
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.
Farmer, Charles A.	21 Jan 1896	8 Mar 2003 (107)	(Missouri) Served in France.[16]
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.
Garrison, Will J.	10 May 1898	17 Apr 2003 (104)	(Colorado) Last known veteran from Colorado to have served overseas.[16]
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.
Goss, Frank Alden	13 Apr 1898	11 Aug 2003 (105)	(Oklahoma) US Army.[10]
Grimes, George D.	19 Jan 1897	28 Mar 2003 (106)	(Pennsylvania) Last known veteran from Pennsylvania to have served overseas.[16]
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.
Hansen, Lawrence L.	2 Dec 1896	22 Mar 2003 (106)	(Illinois) Private, US Army.[10]
Hayden, Basil E.	19 May 1899	9 Jan 2003 (103)	(Kentucky) Non combat. Served Stateside only.
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.
Hoodenpyle, Henry Earl (Early)	26 Feb 1894	24 Jul 2003 (109)	(Tennessee) Served Stateside as a wagon master.
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.[16]
Hurley, Thomas	28 Apr 1899	2 Jun 2003 (104)	(Missouri) Served in France.[16]
Imburgia, Basilio	18 Jan 1895	8 Feb 2003 (108)	(New Jersey) Born in Italy. Fought and wounded in the Argonne offensive.[16]
Kennedy, Daniel O' Madigan	5 Mar 1900	7 Mar 2003 (103)	(Missouri) Served in France. Also a World War I1 veteran.[16]
Kogut, Andrew T.	26 Nov 1901	3 Dec 2003 (102)	Non combat. Enlisted aged 16 and spent the war patrolling the Texas border.
Kuchera, Victor Milo	5 Jun 1900	1 Jan 2003 (102)	(Minnesota) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[10]
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.[16]
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.[16]
Perkins, Lucius J.	11 Mar 1897	27 Jul 2003 (106)	(California) Served in France.[16]
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.
Rembert, John	14 Jun 1894	6 Dec 2003 (109)	(California) Private, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[10]
Ross, Albert	11 Oct 1901	30 Apr 2003 (101)
Schalla, John	3 Mar 1897	8 May 2003 (106)	(Wisconsin)
Schulze, Raymond C. R.	8 Aug 1900	17 Nov 2003 (103)	(New Jersey) US Army.[10]
Sherman, John S.	26 Aug 1900	1 Dec 2003 (103)	(Pennsylvania) Served in France.[16]
Small, Andrew	26 Dec 1891	31 Jan 2003 (111)	(Wisconsin) Non-combat. Served Stateside.
Smithson, Lawrence L.	16 Oct 1896	25 Jan 2003 (106)	(Missouri) Private, US Army.[10]
Stocker, William	18 Mar 1896	29 Jan 2003 (106)	(New Jersey) Served in France.[16]
Sunderman, Frederick William	23 Oct 1898	9 Mar 2003 (104)	(Pennsylvania) Non-combat. Later a renowned pathologist and musician.
Thomas, Joseph Edgar	10 Feb 1898	30 Dec 2003 (105)	(Florida) US Navy.[10]
Vanmeter, Jerome R.	15 Aug 1900	23 Apr 2003 (102)	(West Virginia) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.
Werry, Ellwood Roberts	13 Jul 1899	15 Aug 2003 (104)	(Idaho) Non-combat. Assigned to the US Army Specialized Training Command.
Woolsey, Emory J.	7 Aug 1900	7 Nov 2003 (103)	(New Jersey) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[10]
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.

Puerto Rico (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Gerena-Rivera, Francisco	9 Sep 1898	16 Dec 2003 (105)	Private, US Army. Enlisted November 1919.[10]

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.[10]

Totals - 175 veterans

• Verified veterans - 172
• World War I-Era veterans - 3

See also

• List of last surviving World War I veterans by country

References

External links

• Death of last World War I veteran of New Zealand nationality

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 (778) 2000 (512) 2001 (329) 2002 (217) 2003 (172) 2004 (167) 2005 (96) 2006 (53) 2007 (37) 2008 (17) 2009–12 (5)(1)(2)(1)