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Frank Buckles

1901 - 2011

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Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) 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 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe. During World War II, then aged 40, he was captured by Japanese forces while working in the shipping business, and spent three years in the Philippines as a civilian prisoner. After the war, Buckles married in San Francisco and moved to Gap View Farm near Charles Town, West Virginia. A widower at age 98, he worked on his farm until the age of 105. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Buckles is the 1,925th most popular military personnel (down from 1,903rd in 2019), the 10,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,968th in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frank Buckles ranks 1,925 out of 2,058. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno, Arseny Golovko, Franciszek Gągor, Constand Viljoen, Oleksii Arestovych, and Thomas Picton. After him are Don Carlos Buell, Eugene Bullard, Lloyd Fredendall, Frederick E. Morgan, William Rosecrans, and William Hood Simpson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Frank Buckles ranks 323. Before him are Francis Chichester, Helen Ferguson, Shirley Mason, Richard Brauer, Brian Donlevy, and Whittaker Chambers. After him are Paul Fix, Modesto Denis, Anna Aloys Henga, Katri Vala, Miguel Brito, and Frankie Genaro. Among people deceased in 2011, Frank Buckles ranks 406. Before him are Sun Axelsson, Carlos Torres, Chris Lawrence, Jaime Salazar, Yoshiko Tanaka, and Gordon Tootoosis. After him are Jack Layton, Alfons Van Brandt, Gary Speed, Annalisa Ericson, Flemming Jørgensen, and François Nourissier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Buckles ranks 10,141 out of 20,380. Before him are Ann Richards (1933), Ted Stevens (1923), Ellen S. Baker (1953), W. S. Merwin (1927), Gary Fisher (1950), and Jerry Jones (1942). After him are Minta Durfee (1889), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), Chuck McKinley (1941), Al Unser (1939), Janis Ian (1951), and Colton Ford (1962).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Frank Buckles ranks 156. Before him are John Bell Hood (1831), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), John Abizaid (1951), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Christy Mathewson (1880), and Raymond T. Odierno (1954). After him are Don Carlos Buell (1818), Eugene Bullard (1895), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), William Rosecrans (1819), William Hood Simpson (1888), and Anthony Wayne (1745).

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