Frank Buckles
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 13 years ago |
Date of birth | February 1,1901 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Bethany |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 27,2011 |
Died | Charles Town |
West Virginia | |
United States | |
Battles and wars | World War I |
Raid at Los Baños | |
World War II | |
Years of service | August 1917 – November 1919 |
Buried | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Children | Susannah Buckles Flanagan |
Spous | Audrey Mayo |
Buri | Arlington National Cemetery |
Unit | Fort Riley |
Servic number | 15577 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1254283 |
Frank Buckles Life story
Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 at the age of 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.