The Last Yank

[Guest Biplane pilot]

From a "Last" web site.

The last soldier killed in World War I was Pvt. Henry Gunther of Baltimore, MD. The official end of the shooting was supposed to coincide with the signing of the armistice at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918. Pvt. Gunther was with Company A, 313th Infantry, 79th Division of the US Army as it advanced upon Metz near the German border. Gunther's platoon ran into an ambush. Enraged by the enemy machine-gun fire, Gunther charged the German position with fixed bayonet. At the very moment that a messenger arrived with word that the war was ending at 11:00 a.m., Gunther was shot through the left temple and left side, at 11:01. General Pershing's order of the day named him as the last American killed in the war. Posthumously, he received the Distinguished Service Cross.

[gord97138]

To add to your Post-I found this also:

gordon

Last known Allies to die in combat in WWI were:

Pvt. Henry Gunther, Baltimore, MD, killed at 11:01

Pvt. G.E. Ellison, 5th Royal Irish Lancers, killed at 11:00

Pvt. G.I. Prince, Canada, killed at 10:58

Also from the CWGC:

Casualty Details

Name: ELLISON, GEORGE EDWIN

Initials: G E

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Date of Death: 11/11/1918

Service No: L/12643

Additional information: Husband of Hannah Maria Ellison of 49 Edmund Street, Bank, Leeds. Believed to be the last battle casualty of the war.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 23.

Cemetery: ST. SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY

[Bob Coulson]

Visited the graves of Ellison and Price a couple of weeks ago - beautiful spot.

Bob.

[andigger]

No doubt his name would be listed at the Maryland War memorial, have you seen it?

http://www.wfa-usa.org/new/slshows/mdmilmem/sld001.htm