The last Civil War Veteran passed in 1959. The last Spanish-American War Veteran passed sometime in my lifetime...now the last World War I vet passes. Time marches on.
Washington (CNN) -- Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.
Buckles "died peacefully in his home of natural causes" early Sunday morning, the family said in a statement sent to CNN late Sunday by spokesman David DeJonge.
Buckles marked his 110th birthday on February 1, but his family had earlier told CNN he had slowed considerably since last fall, according his daughter Susannah Buckles Flanagan, who lives at the family home near Charles Town, West Virginia.
Buckles, who served as a U.S. Army ambulance driver in Europe during what became known as the "Great War," rose to the rank of corporal before the war ended. He came to prominence in recent years, in part because of the work of DeJonge, a Michigan portrait photographer who had undertaken a project to document the last surviving veterans of that war.
As the years continued, all but Buckles had passed away, leaving him the "last man standing" among U.S. troops who were called "The Doughboys."...
If you haven't done so yet go to the National World War Museum in New Orleans LA. The displays are awesome but the fact is it's manned by vets...you get to hear the story from the men who lived it...as CPL Buckles shows us this can't last forever.
Rest in Peace CPL Frank Buckles...
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