Frank Woodruff Buckles (February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011)
was one of the last three surviving World War I veterans and the last living American veteran of the war. Although not in the military at the time, Buckles spent the majority of World War II as a prisoner of war. After the world wars, Buckles married in San Francisco in 1946 and moved to Gap View Farm in Charles Town, West Virginia.
In Loving Memory
Frank Woodruff Buckles
02/01/1901 - 02/27/2011
Buckles died of natural causes at his home he was 110 years old. On February 28, 2011, President Barack Obama issued a presidential order that the United States flag would be flown at half-staff on all government buildings, embassies, and at the White House on March 15 when he was buried. In the days leading up to Buckles' funeral, the governors of 16 states would follow suit in calling for the lowering of their state's flags to half-staff on March 15
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