Francesco Chiarello, one of the last World War I veterans, died June 27th at his home in Italy at the age of 109.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...nico_Chiarello
The happy news is that Fernand Goux, age 108, has come forward for France, stating that he fought in World War I for the French (meaning that Lazare Ponticelli was not in fact the last French veteran of the Great War).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Goux