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Nation's oldest war veteran dies at 109
Walter Pieate, the United States oldest military veteran, died at 109 from bronchial pneumonia at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lebanon Pennsylvania. He enlisted Feb 24 1908 and served in the Philippines and the Boxer Rebellion. He spent years in VA hospitals and will be buried at Fort Indiantown Gap.
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