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Veterans of
America's wars lived for decades after the last shots were fired. Daniel F. Bakeman survived the American Revolution (1775–1783) and lived to the age of 109,
dying April 5, 1869. War of 1812 (1812–1815) veteran Hiram Cronk died May 13, 1905, aged 105. Fredrak W. Fraske survived the Indian Wars
(1817–1898) and died on June 18, 1973, aged 101. Mexican War
(1846–1848) veteran Owen Thomas Edgar died September 3, 1929, at the age of
98. Civil War (1861–1865) Union Army veteran Albert Woolson was aged 109 when he died August 2,
1956, outliving Confederate veteran Pleasant Crump, who died at age 104 on December 21, 1951.
Spanish-American War (1898–1902) veteran Nathan E. Cook died on September 10, 1992, age
106. World War I (1917–1918) veteran Frank W. Buckles died at age 110 on February 27, 2011.
While more than 16.1 million Americans served in World War II (1941–1945), fewer than 500,000 were alive in 2018. According to
the Census Bureau's recent report—Those Who Served: America's Veterans From World
War II to the War on Terror—the United States was home to approximately 18 million veterans
in 2018. Of that number, 6.4 million served during the Vietnam War era
(1964–1975) making up the largest veteran cohort in the United States.
Veterans of
America's wars lived for decades after the last shots were fired. Daniel F. Bakeman survived the American Revolution (1775–1783) and lived to the age of 109,
dying April 5, 1869. War of 1812 (1812–1815) veteran Hiram Cronk died May 13, 1905, aged 105. Fredrak W. Fraske survived the Indian Wars
(1817–1898) and died on June 18, 1973, aged 101.
World War I (1917–1918) veteran Frank W. Buckles died at age 110 on February 27, 2011.
While more than 16.1 million Americans served in World War II (1941–1945), fewer than 500,000 were alive in 2018.
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