This is the list of World War I veterans who died in the year 2006.
Veterans by country of service - 52 veterans
Austria-Hungary (3 veterans)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Bischof, August |
18 August 1900 |
4 March 2006 (105) |
Last Austrian veteran living in Austria. |
| Molnár, Gergely András |
16 November 1897 |
22 March 2006 (108) |
Last Hungarian born veteran, also World War II-veteran and oldest Hungarian man at his death.[1] |
| Parniak, Paweł |
27 February 1890? |
27 March 2006 (116?) |
Born in Ukraine, died in Poland. Served in the Austria-Hungarian army 1914-1918. His age claim was not verified at the time of his death. See entry. |
France (5 veterans)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Floquet, Maurice Noël |
25 December 1894 |
10 November 2006 (111) |
Thrice-wounded combat veteran of the Marne, the Somme, Beausejour and Chemin des Dames. See entry. |
| Gilson, Ferdinand |
10 October 1898 |
25 February 2006 (107) |
Conscripted 1917 into the 31e RI de Mamers. Fought as a Warrant Officer in Flanders with the 31eme RA. In the resistance in World War II. |
| Jaffré, François |
28 May 1901 |
22 September 2006 (105) |
Enlisted in the navy 1916. Served as a wireless operator on the destroyer ‘Armorique’ escorting troop ships across the Atlantic.[2] |
| Lagarnaudie, Louis |
17 June 1899 |
26 October 2006 (107) |
Drafted April 1918. Due to bad memories of the war, refused to take part in later veteran ceremonies. Excluded from French government lists as it only counts those with more than three months of combat service.
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| Weil, Léon Roger |
16 July 1896 |
6 June 2006 (109) |
Conscripted 1916 into the 5e Alpine regiment. Fought in the Battle of Chemin des Dames. A resistance fighter in World War II. See entry. |
Germany (10 veterans)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Appel, Otto |
16 October 1900 |
12 July 2006 (105) |
Enlisted 1917, was in Russia; also World War II-Veteran. |
| Brandmeier, Franz Xaver |
16 July 1899 |
8 September 2006 (107) |
Enlisted in the navy 1917.[5] |
| Biehler, August |
28 August 1899 |
15 April 2006 (106) |
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| Binner, Erwin |
16 January 1899 |
26 March 2006 (107) |
Army veteran. |
| Eis, Eduard |
22 March 1899 |
24 April 2006 (107) |
Served on the Western Front as an army lorry driver. |
| Fuchs, Konrad |
15 October 1897 |
13 November 2006 (109) |
Conscripted into the army in 1916. Fought at the Battle of Chemin des Dames. Later a Catholic priest. See entry. |
| Klöpper, Hans |
10 August 1900 |
10 September 2006 (106) |
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| Neumann, Georg |
28 July 1899 |
21 June 2006 (106) |
Fought on horseback with a Hussars regiment on the Eastern Front. |
| Solveen, Hermann |
20 February 1899 |
28 February 2006 (107) |
Enlisted 1916 and seriously wounded. Served in both World Wars. |
| Velten, Wilhelm |
2 September 1899 |
26 December 2006 (107) |
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Italy (10 veterans)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Boeddu, Luca |
18 March 1898 |
7 February 2006 (107) |
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| Camillo, Angelo Michele |
18 November 1899 |
17 July 2006 (106) |
Enlisted 1917. Fought with the 209th Infantry (Bisagno Brigade) at Asiago. |
| Dal Maso, Evaristo |
9 August 1899 |
21 June 2006 (106) |
Died in Brazil. |
| De Bettin Casanova, Antonia |
17 December 1900 |
15 October 2006 (105) |
Last female Italian veteran. |
| De Cristofaro, Domenico |
21 November 1899 |
21 September 2006 (106) |
Enlisted 1917. Fought with the 4th Infantry regiment at Asiago and Piave. Wounded at the Battle of the Solstice 1918. |
| Furoni, Mario |
23 November 1899 |
13 January 2006 (106) |
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| Gavagnin, Dante Guido |
17 September 1897 |
2 June 2006 (108) |
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| Saravalle, Ido Giorgetto |
16 November 1899 |
Feb 2006 (106) |
Fought in an Alpine regiment. |
| Sepe, Giuseppe |
13 March 1900 |
4 February 2006 (105) |
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| Zema, Carmelo |
17 September 1899 |
11 January 2006 (106) |
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Turkey/Ottoman Empire (1 veteran)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Hoyuk, Omer |
1899? |
13 January 2006 (106) |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (7 veterans)
| Name |
Rank/Regiment/Corps |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Baker, Alice |
Leading Aircraftwoman, Royal Flying Corps |
28 July 1898 |
27 February 2006 (107) |
Non combat. Served as a 'doper' waterproofing aircraft wings. |
| Cummins, Kenneth Alfred Hugo |
Midshipman, Royal Navy |
3 March 1900 |
11 December 2006 (106) |
Last surviving British naval officer. Also a World War II veteran. See entry. |
| Newcombe, Harry John |
Private, 8th Royal Sussex Regiment (Pioneers) |
5 August 1900 |
18 March 2006 (105) |
Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19. See entry. |
| Newman, John James |
Private, 16th (County of London) London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) |
15 January 1901 |
2006 (105) |
Last known Great War veteran of the London Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19.Instagram icon |
| Rigby, Andrew |
Private, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers |
2 November 1900 |
9 June 2006 (105) |
Last known Great War veteran of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted aged 14 and served for 3 months before real age discovered. Later a monk. |
| Roberts, William (Bill) |
Corporal, Royal Flying Corps |
29 September 1900 |
30 April 2006 (105) |
Non combat. Served as an aircraft rigger at Farnborough. |
| Swarbrick, Nicholas Joseph |
Telegraphist, Merchant Navy |
14 November 1898 |
2 February 2006 (107) |
Last surviving British merchant seaman. See entry. |
United States (16 veterans)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Anderegg, Albert |
29 August 1900 |
8 August 2006 (105) |
(Minnesota) Non combat. In training with the Student Army Training Corps Oct-Nov 1918. See entry. |
| Anderson, Homer |
24 December 1897 |
23 September 2006 (108) |
(Florida) Non combat. Trained as an observer in the US Army Balloon Corps. |
| Buchanan, Russell A. |
14 January 1900 |
6 December 2006 (106) |
(Massachusetts) Non combat. Served Stateside in the US Navy 1918. See entry. |
| Cotton, William F. "Bill" |
23 October 1897 |
23 April 2006 (108) |
(Louisiana) Enlisted in the US Navy 1917. Served as a Chief Commissary Steward aboard USS Oklahoma. See entry. |
| Files, H. Loyd |
23 January 1899 |
8 August 2006 (107) |
(Colorado) |
| Gardner, Harold Ford |
3 December 1898 |
16 October 2006 (107) |
(Pennsylvania) Served in the US Army for less than one day. See entry. |
| Goldberg, Samuel Benedict |
19 March 1900 |
10 December 2006 (106) |
(Rhode Island) Non combat. Enlisted 1917, but remained Stateside as a drill instructor. See entry. |
| Hardy, Moses |
6 January 1893 (or 1894) |
7 December 2006 (113 or 112) |
(Mississippi) Served on the Western Front with the 805th Pioneer Infantry. See entry. |
| Johnson, George |
1 May 1894 |
30 August 2006 (112) |
(California) Non combat. Drafted into the US Army 1917, but served Stateside with 14th Co, 154th Battalion. See entry. |
| Johnson, Lowell N. |
17 June 1899 |
10 March 2006 (106) |
(Illinois) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended. |
| Lutz, William B. |
22 June 1899 |
26 March 2006 (106) |
(Massachusetts) Non combat. Served in US Marine Corps. |
| Poor, Justin W. |
4 August 1899 |
3 April 2006 (106) |
(Florida) |
| Pusey, Ernest Charles |
5 May 1895 |
19 November 2006 (111) |
Enlisted in the US Navy 1917. Served aboard the USS Wyoming patrolling the waters around the British Isles. See entry. |
| Steer, Frank |
12 January 1901 |
7 March 2006 (105) |
(Hawaii) Enlisted aged 17. Fought on the Western Front in the Meuse Argonne offensive. Also a World War II veteran. See entry. |
| Warmington, Arthur |
18 September 1895 |
11 January 2006 (110) |
(New Jersey) |
| Zell, Carley |
1 September 1899 |
26 February 2006 (106) |
(Georgia) Non combat. Served as an apprentice seaman in the US Navy. |
World War I-era veterans - 4 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 World War I-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.
Estonia (1 veteran)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Ilus, Ants |
20 September 1901 |
3 February 2006 (105) |
Last known survivor of the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Moblilised 1919.[6] [7] [8] |
Russia (1 veteran)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Gudz, Boris |
Aug 1902 |
27 December 2006 (104) |
Fought with the Red Guards in the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.[9][10] |
United States (2 veterans)
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
| Little, David Samuel (Tex) |
26 December 1902 |
12 March 2006 (103) |
Non combat. Enlisted 1919, aged 16, but served Stateside. See entry. |
| Starkey, Maurice E. |
3 December 1901 |
27 November 2006 (104) |
(Pennsylvania) Enlisted in the US Navy July 1919. |
