(1895-06-06)June 6, 1895 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
November 11, 1918(1918-11-11) (aged 23) Chaumont-devant-Damvillers, Meuse, France
Buried
Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Baltimore
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
U.S. Army
Years of service
1917–1918
Rank
Sergeant (up to July 1918 or later) Demoted to private Posthumously restored to Sergeant
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division
Known for
The soldier who died one minute before the end of World War I
Battles/wars
World War I
Meuse-Argonne Offensive †
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross
Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and possibly the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I.[1][2][3] He was killed at 10:59 a.m., about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m.[2][4]
Gunther had recently been demoted, and was seeking to regain his rank just before the war ended.[3]
^Hayes-Fisher, John (October 29, 2008). "The last soldiers to die in World War I". BBC News. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
^ abMeyer, Eugene (November 1, 2008). "The Unknown Soldier". Maryland Life. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^ abRodricks, Dan (November 11, 2008). "The sad, senseless end of Henry Gunther". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
^Persico, Joseph E. (2004). Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918: World War I and Its Violent Climax. New York: Random House. p. 351. ISBN 0-375-50825-2.
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Global Information
Distinguished Service Cross