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List of veterans of World War I who died in 2007
This is the list of World War I veterans who died in the year 2007.

==Veterans by country of service - 37 veterans==
===Canada (2 veterans)===
{{wikinewshas|articles on these two veterans|
*[[wikinews:One of Canada's last WWI veterans dies at age 107|One of Canada's last WWI veterans dies at age 107]]
*[[wikinews:Only one World War I veteran left in Canada|Only one World War I veteran left in Canada]] }}
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!colspan=1 width="20%" |Name
!colspan=1 width="12.5%" |Born
!colspan=1 width="12.5%" |Died
!colspan=1 width="30%" |Notes
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|[[Peterson, Orin Manfred]]||27 Feb 1900||24 Aug 2007 (107)||Signed up for US cavalry but did not serve overseas. Enlisted in 1919 according to a letter from his nephew, but his World War I Draft Registration Card from 1918 states he enlisted in the third and final draft, 12 September 1918
,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/default.aspx?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=6482&iid=MT-1684110-1710&fn=Orin+Manford&ln=Peterson&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1140206|title=Orin Peterson's Draft Card (membership required)|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=2007-08-20}}</ref>, roll 1684110. It is still disputed whether he may have been considered a World War I veteran instead of an era veteran.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dersdesders.free.fr/usa.html|title=Ders des Ders|accessdate=2007-08-20}}</ref>  It is possible that the family wanted to prevent media coverage. Lived in Spokane, Washington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=&gsln=&=&f9=27&f8=Feb&f10=1900&f6=24&f5=Aug&f7=2007&f1=&f15=&f14=&f13=&f12=&f20=&f0=&prox=1&db=ssdi&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3|title=Orin Peterson's Death Notice (membership required)|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of military people]]
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