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This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some ...
Maj. Gen. Henry C. Hodges Jr. - 18th Division ("Cactus Division") 31 July 1918 No Combat Brig. Gen. George H. Estes Brig. Gen. Frederick B. Shaw - Insignia Never Selected 19th Division: 31 July 1918 No Combat Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Simmons Maj. Gen. Charles C. Ballou - 20th Division: 31 July 1918 No Combat Brig. Gen. E. Leroy Sweetser Maj. Gen ...
Location of Plot E highlighted in red. The official ABMC guide pamphlet (from which this map is derived) does not show Plot E. The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Plot E is the fifth plot at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, an American military cemetery in northern France that comprises four main burial plots (i.e., A, B, C and D) containing the remains of 6,012 service personnel ...
Society of the Fifth Division, United States Army, veterans of the World War, and Kenyon Stevenson. The Official History of the Fifth Division, U.S.A., During the Period of Its Organization and of Its Operations in the European World War, 1917–1919. The Red Diamond (Meuse) Division. Washington, D.C.: The Society of the Fifth division, 1919.
The former Franklin County Veterans Memorial in 2005. The current museum occupies the same location. The site along the west side of the Scioto River near the Discovery Bridge on Broad Street was originally home to the Franklin County Veterans Memorial, [2] which originally opened in 1955 [3] and was demolished to make way for the museum in early 2015, [4] by S.G. Loewendick & Sons. [5]
The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
This list is drawn from alumni of the Military Academy who are veterans of World War I. This includes Tasker H. Bliss (class of 1875), Hunter Liggett (class of 1879), John J. Pershing (class of 1886), Douglas MacArthur (class of 1903), "Hap" Arnold (class of 1907), George S. Patton (class of 1909), and Thomas B. Larkin (class of 1915).
Veterans Memorial Plaza, with its obelisk, forms the third block. The plaza's focal point, the Indiana World War Memorial, is located on the fourth block. Modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, it houses a military museum and auditorium. [4] The fifth and southernmost block is University Park, home to statues and a fountain. [5]