In memory of
Frank Buckles

Frank Buckles

1 February 1901 — 27 February 2011
Bethany · Charles Town
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Frank Woodruff Buckles was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 at age 16 and served with the 1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment in Europe, where he worked as an ambulance driver and later helped escort prisoners of war.

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