Lloyd Brown, 105, Navy Veteran and a Last Survivor of World War I, Dies

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Source: New York Times

CHARLOTTE HALL, Md., April 2 — Lloyd Brown, the last known surviving World War I Navy veteran, died on Thursday in Charlotte Hall. He was 105.

His death, at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, was confirmed by his family and the United States Naval District in Washington. It came days after the death of the last known surviving American woman to serve in World War I, Charlotte L. Winters, 109.

Their deaths leave three known survivors who served in the Army, and a fourth who lives in Washington State but served in the Canadian Army, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The fourth of nine children, Mr. Brown was born Oct. 7, 1901, in Lutie, Mo., a small farming town in the Ozarks. His family later moved to Chadwick, Mo.

In 1918, when he was 16, Mr. Brown lied about his age to join the Navy and was soon on the gun crew on the battleship New Hampshire.

Mr. Brown finished his tour of duty in 1919, took a break for a couple of years, then re-enlisted. He learned to play the cello at the armed forces’ musicians school in Norfolk, Va., and was assigned to an admiral’s 10-piece chamber orchestra aboard the armored cruiser Seattle.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03brown.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. reminds me of the poem

Last Leaf.

I still remember when the last Civil War soldier died in the '50s.

[Up2Late]

2. Not LBN, This story is several days old! Plus it's a Dupe, here's the link...

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2791471>

[BOSSHOG]

3. Thanks for posting this

As a retired Sailor, half Mr Brown's age its big news to me. May he now rest in peace and greet me at the waterhole when my time comes so we can catch up on Sea Stories.

[Leopolds Ghost]

4. Bump

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