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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)===

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|[[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.[http://www.ttc.org/cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+32639]
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|[[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.<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t64988.html|title=1914-1918 Invision Forum|publisher=|accessdate=30 May 2007  |last=|first=|date=5 December 2006}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|[[Léon Weil|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dersdesders.free.fr/bio_veterans/weil.html |title=Léon Weil, biographie, avant-dernier poilu parisien, 14-18 |date=6 June 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007 |language=French |publisher=Ders de Ders}}</ref>
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|[[Harry Newcombe|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/RSLHG_Association.htm |title=Mr. Harry Newcombe |publisher=The Royal Sussex Regiment |date=29 March 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007
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|[[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.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/17/nvets117.xml Instagram icon]
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|[[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worthingtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=474&ArticleID=688301 |title=Happy 103rd! |publisher=Lancing News |date=7 November 2003 |accessdate=22 January 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worthingtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=474&ArticleID=1241765 |title=Happy birthday Andrew! |publisher=Lancing News |date=3 November 2005 |accessdate=22 January 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54527   |title=Andrew Rigby, An obituary |author=Sue Light |publisher=Great War Forum |date=22 June 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713052719/http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54527 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[William Roberts (veteran)|Roberts, William (Bill)]]||Corporal, Royal Flying Corps||29 September 1900||30 April 2006 (105)||Non combat. Served as an aircraft rigger at Farnborough.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/05/05/db0502.xml |title= Leading Aircraftman William Roberts (obituary) |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=5 May 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007 }}</ref><(contracted; show full)
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|Files, H. Loyd||23 January 1899||8 August 2006 (107)||(Colorado)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4909762,00.html |title=Junction patriarch Files dies at age 107 |publisher=Rocky Mountain News.com |author=Ellen Miller |date=11 August 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007
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|[[Harold Gardner|Gardner, Harold Ford]]||3 December 1898||16 October 2006 (107)||(Pennsylvania) Served in the US Army for less than one day. See entry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_476055.html |title=Doughboy for a day |publisher=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |author=Allison M. Heinrichs |date=21 October 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|[[Samuel Goldberg|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.
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|[[Moses Hardy|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006612090365 |title=Miss. man thought to be nation's 2nd oldest dies at 113 |publisher=The Clarion Ledger |author=Ron Harrist |date=9 December 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007}}</ref>
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|[[George Johnson (supercentenarian)|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.
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|[[Johnson, Lowell N]].||17 June 1899||10 March 2006 (106)||(Illinois) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4617499&nav=1sW7 |title=Old veteran dead at (106)  |publisher=WQAD.com |accessdate=22 January 2007 |date=11 March 2006 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222729/http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4617499&nav=1sW7 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://esterdahlmortuary.com/obit-display.jhtml?DB=update/obits/dbase&DO=display&ID=1142087199_12897 |title=Lowell N. Johnson (obituary) |publisher=Esterdahl Mortuary |date=10 March 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928102857/http://esterdahlmortuary.com/obit-display.jhtml?DB=update%2Fobits%2Fdbase&DO=display&ID=1142087199_12897 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Lutz, William B]].||22 June 1899||26 March 2006 (106)||(Massachusetts) Non combat. Served in US Marine Corps.<ref>http://www.marinechat.com/forums/showthread.php?t%3D12745</ref>
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|[[Poor, Justin W]].||4 August 1899||3 April 2006 (106)||(Florida)
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|[[Ernest Pusey|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,228722,00.html |title=Gov. Jeb Bush Awards 111-Year-Old WWI Veteran Medal |publisher=Fox News |date=10 November 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061111/NEWS/611110467/1134 |title=Last World War I Veteran in Florida Receives Victory Medal for His Service |publisher=The Ledger |author=Mitch Stacy |date=11 November 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16014038.htm |title=Pusey becomes world's third-oldest man |publisher=Bradenton Herald |date=15 November 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007 |author=Richard Dymond |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607052628/http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16014038.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16071846.htm |title=Ernest Pusey: Veteran, neighbor made history |publisher=Bradenton Herald |date=22 November 2006 |accessdate=22 January 2007   |author=Jessica Klipa |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607052637/http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16071846.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Frank Steer|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.
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|[[Ilus, Ants]]||20 September 1901||3 February 2006 (105)||Last known survivor of the [[Estonian War of Independence]] Nov 1918 – Feb 1920.  Moblilised 1919.[http://www.president.ee/et/vabariik/teenetem2rgid.php?gid=89301]
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===Russia (1 veteran)===

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|[[Gudz, Boris]]||Aug 1902||27 December 2006 (104)||Fought with the Red Guards in the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/07/russia.artsandhumanities][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1295606.ece]
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===United States (2 veterans)===

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|[[David "Tex" Little|Little, David Samuel (Tex)]]||26 December 1902||12 March 2006 (103)||Non combat. Enlisted 1919, aged 16, but served Stateside. See entry.
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|[[Maurice Starkey|Starkey, Maurice E.]]||3 December 1901||27 November 2006 (104)||(Pennsylvania) Enlisted in the US Navy July 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15688571&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6  |title=For Centenarian, Haircut is Old Hat|accessdate=22 January 2007|publisher=The Mercury|date=4 December 2005}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pottsmerc.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=17534870&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=8 |title=MAURICE STARKEY Death Notices|accessdate=9 February 2007|publisher=The Mercury|date=1 December 2006}}</ref>
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== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of military people]]
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