Veterans of World War I who died in 2005

Veterans of World War I who died in 2005

The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 191411 November 1918) who died in 2005.

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Veterans by country of service - 96 veterans

Australia (4 veterans)

France (8 veterans)

Poland (2 veterans)

United States (26 veterans)

World War I-era veterans - 2 veterans

Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the Armistice date, but before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered WWI-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.

United States (2 veterans)

Total

* 96 known veterans of the First World War, and 2 known veterans of the World War I era died in 2005.

ee also

* Surviving veterans of World War I

References

External links

* [http://www.rsa.org.nz/about/nws2005nov/last_WWI_Vet_dies.html Death of last World War I veteran living in New Zealand]
* [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3492256.html Death of oldest Texas World War I veteran]
* [http://www.campsussex.org/campnews.html Death of last World War I veteran from New York]
* [http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/02/03/local/doc4202217210077285171361.txt Death of last World War I veteran from Illinois]
* [http://www.tarnow.pl/media/radio_maks/aktualnosci_full.php?fn=200502071702 Death of Polish World War I veteran]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm Life and death of another Polish World War I veteran (part 1)]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516616.stm Life and death of another Polish World War I veteran (part 2)]
* [http://www.passagesmb.com/obituary_details.cfm?ObitID=103335 Death of Ukrainian World War I Veteran in Canada]


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