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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Frank Buckles, believed to be the last extant U.S. stager of World War One, has died at geezerhood 110, according to media reports Monday.

The pedagogue Post, quoting his daughter, said Buckles died Sunday at his farm in West Virginia.

Buckles, who celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1, lied most his geezerhood to tie the grey at geezerhood 16. The Missouri autochthonous was among nearly 5 meg Americans who served in World War One in 1917 and 1918.

"I knew there'd be exclusive one (survivor) someday. I didn't conceive it would be me," he was quoted as locution in recent years.

Buckles crowd an ambulance during the war. In 1941, patch working as a noncombatant in Manila, he was captured by the offensive Japanese and held captive for 38 months during World War Two.

The Post said that with Buckles' death, exclusive a 109-year-old inhabitant man and a 110-year-old nation blackamoor were believed to endure from the estimated 65 meg grouping who served in the 1914-1918 war.

(Writing by saint Cooney; redaction by Tim Pearce)

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