Frank Buckles
✓ Source-basedstableUnited States Army soldier and centenarian
United StatesLived 1901 to 2011 · aged 110Fame52.2
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Frank Woodruff Buckles was a corporal in the United States Army and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
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Michał Rola-ŻymierskiAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Holland SmithAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IVAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Émile FayolleAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Józef HallerAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Lucjan ŻeligowskiAlso won Inter-Allied Victory MedalsAbout this person
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Lived 1901 to 2011 · aged 110
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