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WWI Veteran
4:05 pm
Tue March 1, 2011

Flags lowered in Mo. for WWI veteran

Frank Woodruff Buckles, age 16, U.S. Regular Army, First Ft. Riley Casual Detachment of 102 men. Flags will be lowered in select locations of Mo. until March 8, 2011 to honor Buckles, who died Sunday. (via Wikimedia Commons/ U.S. Library of Congress)
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Flags are being lowered in Missouri for the last surviving American to serve in World War I.

Missouri native Frank Buckles died Sunday at the age of 110 at his farm in West Virginia. He was born in the Harrison County town of Bethany and also lived as a child in Vernon County.

Buckles lied about his age to enlist in the Army and served during the war in England and France.

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WWI Veteran
4:58 pm
Mon February 28, 2011

Last U.S. Veteran Of World War I, Mo. Native, Dies At Age 110

Credit (Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Library of Congress)
Frank Buckles at 106 years old wearing his French military decoration, the Légion d'honneur, for an interview with the U.S. Library of Congress in 2007.
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