List of veterans of World War I who died in 2004

The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2004.

Veterans by country of service - 167 veterans

Australia (2 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Caux, Marcel Jacques	20th (New South Wales) Battalion. 2nd Division, Australian Imperial Force	1 Mar 1899	22 Aug 2004 (105)	Enlisted 1915. Last survivor of the Battle of Pozières. Also fought on the Somme and at Amiens. Wounded three times. See entry.
Smout, Edward David 'Ted'	Sergeant, Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force	4 Jan 1898	22 Jun 2004 (106)	Enlisted 1916. Served at Armentières, Messines, Ypres and Amiens.

Belgium (2 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Barbary, Cyrillus-Camillus (Cyriel)	2nd regiment	4 Aug 1899	16 Sep 2004 (105)	Last Belgian veteran. Enlisted 1918. Served on the Western Front for the last few months of the war: two months in combat and six months behind the frontline. Died in Michigan as a citizen of the USA.
Brichard, Emile	4th Medical Corps	20 Dec 1899	8 Jul 2004 (104)	Enlisted 1915. Served on the Western Front as a medical orderly.

Canada (2 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Holliday, Clifford	Private, 43rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, Canadian Expeditionary Force	27 Sep 1898	4 May 2004 (105)	Enlisted 1914 as a boy bugler, but fought on the Western Front. Wounded twice. Died in the USA.
Métivier, Paul Antonio	Private, 4th Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Expeditionary Force	6 Jul 1900	22 Dec 2004 (104)	Enlisted aged 16. Transported shells to artillery batteries on mules. Discharged when his real age was discovered.

France (27 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Anténor, Adrien Joseph	4 Mar 1897	27 Jun 2004 (107)	[1]
Boisard, Emile	1 Aug 1898	4 Feb 2004 (105)	[1]
Cabrol, Louis	14 May 1899	5 Nov 2004 (105)	Enlisted in 1917. Served with the 9e and 271e RAC.[1]
Chappot de la Chanonie, Henri	9 Dec 1899	19 Jan 2004 (104)	[1]
Chevance, Ernest	7 Nov 1897	3 Nov 2004 (106)	[1]
Durieux, Charles	29 Mar 1899	5 Feb 2004 (104)	[1]
Delhay, Emile	29 Nov 1899	10 Jul 2004 (104)	Conscripted 1918. Served as an engineer.[1]
Falière, Théophile André	9 Dec 1899	19 Jan 2004 (104)	Served as a stretcher bearer.[1]
Fournet, Lucien	24 Jul 1900	13 Sep 2004 (104)	Enlisted 1918. Served with the 8e Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval d'Orléans.[1]
Geraud, Pierre	31 Mar 1898	4 Jan 2004 (105)	[1]
Guillot, Gérard Louis	20 Jan 1899	4 May 2004 (105)	Conscripted 1918.[1]
Guilloteau, Joseph Maurice André	20 Sep 1897	25 Nov 2004 (107)	Fought with the 77e RI de Cholet at Vosges, Mirecourt, Argonne, the Marne and Verdun. Invalided out of the war after being gassed.[1]
Lécaille, René	14 Mar 1899	4 Dec 2004 (105)	Conscripted 1918. Served with the 62e RI.[1]
Lenoir, Georges	28 Jul 1898	9 Apr 2004 (105)	[1]
Meserey, Marcel-Lucien	24 Oct 1899	11 Feb 2004 (104)	Conscripted 1917. Served at Chemin des Dames.[1]
Mommessin, Henri	16 Feb 1899	12 May 2004 (105)	Officer cadet with the 84e RA de Lyon.[1]
Mondoloni, Joseph	12 Jan 1897	14 Oct 2004 (107)	Last Corsican veteran. Fought with an alpine regiment at Verdun and Chemin des Dames.[1]
Pancher, Maurice Gabriel	10 Jun 1898	15 Mar 2004 (105)	Conscripted 1917. Fought with the 154e RI on the Somme. A German prisoner for the last three weeks of the war.[1]
Pannetier, Louis	2 Aug 1899	14 Mar 2004 (104)	Conscripted 1917. Served with the 30e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins.[1]
Rault, Joseph	3 Sep 1901	2004 (102)	[1]
Rosan, Ramire	14 Apr 1895	24 May 2004 (109)	Last veteran from Guadeloupe. Conscripted 1915. Fought on the Somme with the 23e RIC where he was gassed.[1]
Ruby, Adrien Auge Théophile	29 Sep 1896	6 Sep 2004 (107)	Conscripted 1915. Fought on the Western Front with the 9ème Régiment des Tirailleurs d'Algérie.[1]
Savonnet, Marcel	22 Mar 1898	1 Nov 2004 (106)	Fought with the 4e RA at Verdun and Villers-Cotterêts. Also served in Syria.[1]
Thibaut, Albert Félix Antoine	29 May 1897	31 May 2004 (107)	Fought with the 53e and 267e RI at Chemin des Dames and Bois des Caures where he lost a leg.[1]
Tissier, Marcel	3 Apr 1899	1 Mar 2004 (104)	Enlisted 1918.[1]
Ulmann, Georges	23 Nov 1896	3 Jan 2004 (107)	[1]
Valognes, Henri	8 Dec 1899	24 Jan 2004 (104)	Conscripted 1918. Served with the 106e and 154e RI.[1]

Germany (8 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Buresch, Josef	4 Dec 1899	16 Oct 2004 (104)	Served as a cadet. Taken prisoner by the Italians.
Gmerek, Andrzej	23 Nov 1900	7 Apr 2004 (103)	Ethnic Pole conscripted into the German army, but discharged after contracting diphtheria. Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.
Klaczyński, Czesław	1901	10 May 2004 (103)	Ethnic Pole who served in the German army.
Göbl, Anton	26 May 1898	5 Dec 2004 (106)	Fought at Ypres. Also a World War II veteran. Infantry.[1]
Grochowina, Sylwester	31 Dec 1901	7 Jan 2004 (102)	Ethnic Pole who served in the German army.
Siemon, Konrad	7 May 1897	24 Oct 2004 (107)	[1]
Wagner, Arno	4 Jun 1894	22 Dec 2004 (110)	Served as a funker, or artillery observer, high above the Battle of Verdun in a balloon.
Wiederanders, Rudolf	15 Dec 1898	12 Dec 2004 (105)	Infantry.

Italy (44 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Amadei, Domenico	15 Jan 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Bacciu, Giuseppe	16 Oct 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Barbero, Luigi	12 Apr 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Barghini, Anchise	7 Jun 1895	6 Jan 2004 (108)
Bonaccini, Orazio	11 Aug 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Borroni, Delfino	23 Sep 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Bourlot, Luigi	27 Feb 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Buttignoni, Giovanni	28 Jun 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Caponi, Florio	28 Jul 1899	5 Dec 2004 (105)
Casarola, Cataldo	10 May 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Celli, Tosello	13 Jan 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Crocetti, Ascanio	20 Jan 1900	2004 (103-104)	[2]
Del Bianco, Vincenzo	28 May 1900	2004 (103-104)	[2]
Digiannantonio, Andrea	25 Sep 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Dimasi, Salvatore	2 Feb 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Di Rocco, Giuseppe	7 Feb 1899	2 Jul 2004 (105)	Fought for Italy, died in the USA.
Disastri, Luigi	14 Jun 1900	7 Dec 2004 (104)	Served as a military labourer.
Donna, Giuseppe	12 Nov 1897	9 June 2004 (106)	[2][3]
Fantasia, Angelo	15 Mar 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Ferragamo, Alfonso	25 Aug 1898	5 May 2004 (105)	Fought for Italy, died in the USA.
Frasconi, Pasquale	12 Nov 1893	16 Mar 2004 (110)
Gazzillo, Sergio	19 Apr 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Granata, Antonio	13 Jul 1896	16 March 2004 (107)	[2]
Latilla, Domenico	4 Jul 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Lucci, Michele	5 Mar 1896	9 Mar 2004 (108)	Fought in an Alpine Regiment.[2]
Mele, Giovanni	7 Sep 1900	19 Dec 2004 (104)
Molinaro, Paolo Rosario	3 Oct 1898	2004 (105-106)	Fought in an Alpine Regiment.[2]
Mortola, Francesco	11 Mar 1900	2004 (103-104)	[2]
Orlando, Giacomo	1 Oct 1897	2004 (106-107)	[2]
Paggi, Giulio	30 April 1896	31 March 2004 (107)
Pagliuso, Pompilio	4 Jan 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Pratesi, Michele	7 Aug 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Ranzini, Louis	31 Jul 1899	20 Mar 2004 (104)	Died in the USA.
Raugei, Urbano	15 Mar 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Rossetti, Giovanni	30 Aug 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Roveda, Emilio	20 Aug 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Sangermano, Antonio	11 Aug 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Sangiorgio, Guglielmo	26 Sep 1897	Jan 2004 (106)
Saravalle, Ido Georgetto	16 Nov 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Scola, Francesco	11 Mar 1899	2004 (104-105)	[2]
Scordamaglia, Raffaele	27 Oct 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Terrando, Giacomo	7 Aug 1894	25 Jun 2004 (109)	Fought for Italy, died in the USA.
Vasti, Vito	22 Sep 1898	2004 (105-106)	[2]
Vitulli, Sebastiano	27 Jul 1897	Jan 2004 (106)	[2]

Poland (5 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Filipowski, Andrzej	1899	4 August 2004 (104-105)	Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War and World War II.
Kowalkowski, Władysław	12 June 1898	2004 (105-106)	Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.
Srzednicki, Zdzisław	1902	23 June 2004 (101-102)	Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.
Tworkowski, Czesław	1899	2004 (104-105)	Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.
Widajewicz, Mieczysław	1903	15 March 2004 (100-101)	Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War and World War II.

Russia (3 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Florysiak, Walenty	26 Jan 1898	1 Jan 2004 (105)	Ethnic Pole conscripted into the Russian army in 1916. Served with the 2nd Polish Corps in Belarus and on the Romanian Front.
Klovsky, Boris	22 Jan 1896	1 Jun 2004 (108)	Believed to be the penultimate Russian-born veteran of the Russian armed forces. Also a World War II veteran. Emigrated to the USA from Ukraine aged 100.
Soliński, Stanisław	11 Feb 1900	6 Dec 2004 (104)	Ethnic Pole conscripted into the Russian army.[1]

Serbia (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Radovanović, Aleksa	2 Aug 1899	22 Jun 2004 (104)	Believed to be the last surviving Serbian veteran from World War I[4]

Turkey (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Akbulut, Hamza	c.1898	21 Oct 2004 (106)	Also fought in the Turkish war of independence.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (28 veterans)

Name	Rank/Regiment/Corps	Born	Died	Notes
Bacon, Bessie	Royal Flying Corps	20 Jun 1899	Feb 2004 (104)	Non combat. Based at RAF Uxbridge, Middlesex.[5]
Barraclough, Arthur	Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)	4 Jan 1898	30 Aug 2004 (106)	Fought at Ypres, Arras and Cambrai, and wounded three times.
Burnett, William (Bill)	Private, Welsh Regiment & Sapper, Royal Engineers	17 Jan 1897	Jul 2004 (107)	Last known Great War veteran of the Welsh Regiment. Born Aberdeen, Scotland, died Australia. Australia’s oldest man at his death.
Charles, George Ogilvie	Private, 7th Durham Light Infantry	2 Oct 1899	10 Dec 2004 (105)	Served in France 1918.
Dye, Albert Edward	Driver, 52nd Army Service Corps & Royal Field Artillery	1 Oct 1896	7 Sep 2004 (107)	Enlisted in 1915. Served in Egypt and the last survivor of the Middle East campaigns.
Fancourt, Henry Lockhart St John	Midshipman, Royal Navy	1 Apr 1900	8 Jan 2004 (103)	Served on HMS Princess Royal. Won the DSO in World War II. See entry.
Guilbert, William Thomas	Boy Apprentice, Royal Flying Corps	9 Oct 1903	Apr 2004 (100)	Non combat. Boy apprentice based at Netheravon.
Halestrap, Arthur	Sapper, Royal Engineers	8 Sep 1898	1 Apr 2004 (105)	Last known Great War combat veteran of the Royal Engineers. Walked the decks of ‘The Titanic’ before she sailed. Also survived the Spanish flu. See entry.
Hamm, Edward Percy	Private, Royal Marines Light Infantry	26 Feb 1899	Feb 2004 (104)	Last surviving Royal Marine. Also a World War II veteran.
Hankinson, Jasper Cecil Fullarton	Private, Worcestershire Yeomanry & 14th (County of London) London Regiment (London Scottish)	16 Jun 1896	5 Jan 2004 (107)	Last known Great War combat veteran of the London Regiment. Served on the Western Front, Greece and Palestine. Present at the British Army's last-ever cavalry charge in 1917.
Hart, John Charles (Jonas)	Private, Essex Regiment	10 Nov 1900	22 Oct 2004 (103)	Last known Great War veteran of the Essex Regiment. Born Southend, Essex, died Australia. Enlisted underage, served on the Western Front.
Isaac, Ernest Edward	Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy	26 Oct 1900	Jan 2004 (103)	Enlisted 1918. Served on HMS Iron Duke.[6]ADM 188/814
Kirk, Thomas Hobson	Sub Lieutenant (Surgeon Probationer), Royal Navy	13 Jan 1899	9 Nov 2004 (105)	Served as medical officer aboard HMS Lydiard.
Lovell, James 'Jim'	Lance Corporal, 8th Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)	10 Feb 1899	27 Jan 2004 (104)	Holder of the Military Medal; the last known British veteran decorated for bravery. Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
McEwan, Alfred John	Private, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	30 Sep 1898	29 Jul 2004 (105)	Last known Great War veteran of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Served on the Western Front.
Naylor, Arthur Percival B.	Private, Army	19 Oct 1899	5 Nov 2004 (105)
Oborne, John Richard Henry (Jack)	Private, 4th Devonshire Regiment	11 May 1900	23 Oct 2004 (104)	Last known Great War veteran of the Devonshire Regiment. Enlisted underage and served in France.
Poppitt, John Sydney	Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force	21 Oct 1900	17 Oct 2004 (103)	Born Shropshire, died Australia. Non combat, still in training when war ended.
Pritchard, James Malcolm	14th (County of London) London Regiment (London Scottish)	12 Jul 1898	30 Oct 2004 (106)
Rayns, Edward (Ted)	Acting Sergeant, Army Service Corps	9 Feb 1899	30 Dec 2004 (105)	Last known Great War veteran of the Army Service Corps. Enlisted underage. Served as a dispatch rider and present at the three Battles of the Somme.
Robinson, Norman Leonard	Private, South Nottinghamshire Hussars	14 Dec 1900	13 Jun 2004 (103)	Non combat, still in training when war ended.
Sorrell, Ernest William	Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	2 May 1898	Aug 2004 (106)	Last known Great War veteran of the East Kent Regiment.[7]WO372/18
Strike, Alice	Private, Royal Flying Corps	31 Aug 1896	22 Dec 2004 (108)	Born Godalming, Surrey, died Canada. Served as a pay clerk.
Tomkins, Arthur Bellamy	Private, Army	24 Jun 1900	7 Jul 2004 (104)	Born London, died Republic of Ireland. Non combat, still in training when war ended.
Walker, Henry Francis	Private, Devonshire Regiment	7 Apr 1900	Jun 2004 (104)	Non combat.
Ward, Harry Edward	Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	13 Mar 1900	Jan 2004 (103)	Non combat. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19.
Williams, Albert	Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	3 Sep 1898	Mar 2004 (105)	Enlisted aged 17. Served as a signaller. Fought in the 3rd battle of Ypres.
Wilson, Percy	Private, Border Regiment & 21st (6th City) Manchester Regiment	14 Aug 1899	15 Oct 2004 (105)	Last known Great War veteran of the Border Regiment. Served as a Lewis gunner on the Somme.

Remark: a further 24 men old enough to have served in World War I died in England & Wales in 2004. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.

United States (44 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Alexander, Thomas	16 Feb 1895	18 Jul 2004 (109)	(Louisiana)
Amble, George Alvin	21 Dec 1895	15 Oct 2004 (108)	(Oregon) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1918.[8]
Beckman, Arnold O.	10 Mar 1900	18 May 2004 (104)	(California) Non combat. Served in Marine Corps 1918-1919. Later a chemist, inventor and President of Beckman Instruments Inc.
Beatty, Samuel	13 Nov 1900	13 Jun 2004 (103)	(Florida) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[8]
Benton, Robert Hugh	30 Nov 1895	30 Sep 2004 (108)	(Washington) Enlisted 1917. Served in France, gassed, but survived.
Britton, Birl	2 Jan 1896	11 Jan 2004 (108)	(California) Served in France.[9]
De Meis, Frank	9 Sep 1897	18 Feb 2004 (106)	(Florida) Born in Italy. Wounded on the Western Front.[9]
Declet, Aniceto	12 Mar 1898	6 May 2004 (106)	(New York) Enlisted July 1916 and served on the Mexican border.[8]
Doan Jr., Joseph (Joe) E.	14 Jan 1895	6 Nov 2004 (109)	(Pennsylvania) Sergeant, US Army.
Faight, Forrest W.	27 Oct 1897	11 Nov 2004 (107)	(California) Served with Battery C, 143rd Artillery, 40th Armored Division in France 1918. Stationed near Bordeaux, he maintained artillery equipment.
Flowler, Nathan Henry	19 Mar 1900	14 Jul 2004 (104)	(Wyoming) US Marine Corps.[8]
Fusselman, Perry D.	9 Sep 1898	6 Oct 2004 (106)	(Michigan) Non combat. Awaiting a posting to Europe when the Armistice was declared.
Gable, Addison	21 Dec 1900	27 Oct 2004 (103)	(West Virginia) Non combat. Enlisted aged 16, but discharged after ten months service when his parents intervened.
Genter, Carl G.	17 May 1900	27 Feb 2004 (103)	(Louisiana)
Geuss, Richard Alexander	21 Sep 1899	14 Apr 2004 (104)	(Illinois) US Army, 5th Division.
Harrison, Jim	1896	21 Nov 2004 (108)
Hausold, Julius B.	31 Dec 1895	20 Feb 2004 (108)	(New Jersey) Fought with the 308th Field Artillery in France where he was wounded.
Hollar, Frank E.	24 Mar 1899	28 Oct 2004 (105)	(New Mexico) A cannoneer with Battery D, 244th Field Artillery on the Western Front from July 1918, later a dispatch rider. Remained in the army reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[9]
Ingram, Philip G.	25 Jan 1900	27 Jul 2004 (104)	(Indiana) US Navy.[8]
Johnson, Dickerson	1 May 1897	5 May 2004 (107)	(Georgia) US Army.[8]
Johnson, Marie Odee	23 Jul 1897	25 Sep 2004 (107)	(Texas) Non combat. Served as a Yeoman 2nd class in the US Navy, working in a clerical role in Washington DC. See entry.
King, James Wesley	10 Dec 1900	9 Mar 2004 (103)	(Missouri) Private, US Army.[8]
Lake, William J.	30 Oct 1895	19 Jun 2004 (108)	(Washington) Machine Gun Company, 362nd Infantry, 91st Division. Fought on the Western Front in 1918, seeing action in the Argonne Forest offensive and Belgium.
Lee, Eugene W. (Gene)	24 Mar 1899	25 Mar 2004 (105)	(New York) Enlisted 1917. Fought with 5th Marine Regiment in France. Wounded and decorated for bravery.
Lese, Walter	18 Sep 1899	27 Jan 2004 (104)	(New York) Non combat. Enlisted 1917, but illness prevented his deployment to France. Served Stateside reaching the rank of sergeant.
Long, Paul E.	12 Oct 1899	23 Nov 2004 (105)	(Pennsylvania) Served in the US Army.
Moffitt, Jesse Laurence	6 Mar 1897	8 Feb 2004 (106)	(Massachusetts) Fought as an infantryman on the Western Front with the 102nd ifantry of the26th Yankee Division.
Moldenhauer, Ben	14 Jun 1897	16 Aug 2004 (107)	(Wisconsin)
Moyer, Dale	20 Jun 1895	17 Jul 2004 (109)	(Ohio) Twin brother of Glen Moyer (see Veterans of World War I who died in 2001).
Pugh, Alfred R.	17 Jan 1895	7 Jan 2004 (108)	(Maine) Enlisted 1917. Fought on the Western Front with the 77th Infantry Division 1918. Badly gassed.
Prutzman, Charles	28 Nov 1897	2 Sep 2004 (106)	(New York) Non-combat. Served in the US Army Officer Training Corps.
Richardson, Ruth Stevens	7 Oct 1897	29 Dec 2004 (107)	(Virginia) Non combat. Enlisted in US Navy just before the end of the war.
Risser, Clay Kenneth	3 Aug 1899	4 Dec 2004 (105)	(Iowa) Non combat. Served for 57 days in the Student’s Army Training Corps.
Robb, Jacob H.	25 Jan 1899	29 Feb 2004 (105)	(Missouri) Fought with the US Army on the Western Front 1918. Brother of Fred Robb (see Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005).
Roberts, Daniel Tipton (Tip)	27 Nov 1895	17 Nov 2004 (108)
Roseberry, Samuel	7 Jul 1898	21 Dec 2004 (106)	(Indiana). Served on the Western Front.
Scannell, Edward G.	20 Mar 1900	5 Aug 2004 (104)	(New York)
Scow, Roy	18 Jul 1896	11 Apr 2004 (107)	(Montana) Enlisted 1917. Fought on the Western Front. Lost most of his hearing after an exploding artillery shell narrowly missed him.
Sunderland, Paul	24 Apr 1896	9 Jan 2004 (107)	(Kansas) Served in the US Navy on USS Charleston carrying supplies across the Atlantic.
Tucker, Henry Roy	9 May 1897	12 Jun 2004 (107)	(Georgia) Served in France.[9]
Tyler, William	11 Jan 1899	7 Jan 2004 (105)	(Maine) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[8]
Walsh, Joseph	1 Jan 1895	26 Jan 2004 (109)	(Pennsylvania) Non combat. Served in the US Air Corps. Born in Russia.[10]
Weatherly, Robert S.	24 Sep 1899	5 Mar 2004 (104)	(Alabama) Served in the US Army.
Wright, Joe	9 Jan 1895	Feb 2004 (109)	(Pennsylvania)

World War I-era veterans - 5 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 (4 veterans)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Elango, Aleksander	21 Feb 1902	17 Mar 2004 (102)	Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. et:Aleksander Elango
Pärna, Aarno	7 Oct 1899	15 Dec 2004 (105)	Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Died in the USA. et:Aarno Pärna
Pruuel, August	5 Apr 1900	21 Jan 2004 (103)	Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. et:August Pruuel
Tark, Johannes	24 Mar 1900	26 Dec 2004(104)	Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Joined up in January 1919, wounded on the Lativan Front.

Russia (1 veteran)

Name	Born	Died	Notes
Livshits, Shlema Haimovich	13 Feb 1899	26 Jul 2004 (105)	Served in the Russian Civil War 1918-1922. Also a decorated World War II veteran. Became a US citizen aged 104, died in Tennessee.

Totals - 172 veterans

• Verified veterans - 167
• World War I-Era veterans - 5

See also

• List of last surviving World War I veterans by country

References

External links

• Death of the last known living wounded American WWI veteran
• Proof of John 'Jack' Oborne's exact birth & death date
• Proof of Norman Robinson's exact birth & death date

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)