Hi All: Here is a Wikipedia list of surviving WWI veterans from several countries, verified and (seperately) unverified. Note that Canada has two, and the last one to die is promised a State funeral. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I Yours, John Wilson > 1. Fw: VA Searching for Last World War I Vets (Delilah) > 2. Last Navy WW1 Veteran Dies (Delilah) > 3. living WW1 Veterans (Delilah) > Subject: VA Searching for Last World War I Vets > > Recent VA News Releases > > To view and download VA news release, please visit the following > Internet address: > http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel > > VA Searching for Last Doughboys of World War I > Only Four Believed Still Alive > WASHINGTON (April 4, 2007) -- With the number of known living American > veterans of World War I now standing at four, the Department of Veterans > Affairs (VA) is seeking public assistance in determining whether others > are still alive. > > "These veterans have earned the gratitude and respect of the nation," > said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson. "We are coming to the > end of a generation that helped bring the United States to the center of > the international arena." > > Nicholson noted that VA usually knows about the identity and location of > veterans only after they come to the Department for benefits. None of > the four known surviving World War I veterans has been on the VA > benefits rolls. > > The Secretary asks members of the general public who know of a surviving > World War I veteran to contact VA. To qualify as a World War I veteran, > someone must have been on active duty between April 6, 1917 and Nov. 11, > 1918. VA is also looking for surviving Americans who served in the > armed forces of allied nations. > > Information about survivors can be e-mailed to ww1@va.gov; faxed to > 202-273-6702, or mailed to the Office of Public Affairs, Department of > Veterans Affairs (80), > 810 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20420. > > About 4.7 million men and women served in the U.S. armed forces during > World War I. About 53,000 died in combat, with another 204,000 wounded. > > The four known surviving World War I veterans are John Babcock, 102, > from Puget Sound, Wash.; Frank Buckles, 106, Charles Town, W.Va.; > Russell Coffey, 108, North Baltimore, Ohio; and Harry Landis, 107, Sun > City Center, Fla. > > Babcock is an American who served in the Canadian Army. The other three > survivors were in the U.S. Army. > > > Article published Apr 2, 2007 > Last known WW?I Navy veteran dies at age 105 > > Charlotte Hall, Md. | Lloyd Brown, the last known surviving World War I Navy > veteran, has died. He was 105. > Brown died Thursday at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in St. Mary's > County, Md., according to family and the U.S. Naval District in Washington. > His death comes days after the death of the last known surviving American > female World War I veteran, Charlotte L. Winters, 109. > The deaths leave three known survivors who served in the Army, and a fourth > who lives in Washington state but served in the Canadian army, according to > the Department of Veterans Affairs. > Brown was born Oct. 7, 1901, in Lutie, Mo., a small farming town in the > Ozarks. His family later moved to Chadwick, Mo. In 1918, 16-year-old Brown > lied about his age to join the Navy and was soon on the gun crew on the > battleship USS New Hampshire. > "All the young men were going in the service. They were making the > headlines, the boys that enlisted," Brown told The (Baltimore) Sun in a 2005 > interview. "And all the girls liked someone in uniform." > Brown finished his tour of duty in 1919, took a break for a couple of years, > then re-enlisted. He learned to play the cello at a musicians school in > Norfolk, Va., and was assigned to an admiral's 10-piece chamber orchestra > aboard the USS Seattle. > When Brown ended his military career in 1925, he joined the Washington Fire > Department's Engine Company 16, which served the White House and embassies. > He had married twice, and had a son and daughter from one marriage and two > daughters from the other. > Even after reaching 100, Brown remained independent, living alone in his > Charlotte Hall bungalow and driving a golf cart around his neighborhood > > If there are any living WWI Veterans or anyone knows of any, must of been on > active duty between April 6, 1917 and Nov 11, 1918, please send me the info > and I will send to the VA. > > Also looking for surviving Americans who served in the armed forces of > allied nations, I would imagine this also is WW1. > > You can e-mail me the info or if you prefer to snail mail it, write me > off-list for the address. > delilah evans >