Last American Veteran of World War I Buried
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - The last American veteran of World War I has been laid to rest. Frank Buckles - who was born in Missouri in 1901 and raised in Oklahoma - was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery, just 50 yards from the gravesite of Gen. John Pershing, under whose command he served. Buckles' flag-draped casket was carried to the gravesite on a caisson led by seven horses. After the service, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli handed the flag to Buckles' daughter, Susannah Flanagan. Before the burial, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden paid their respects to Buckles and offered condolences to his daughter. Buckles lied about his age to enlist at age 16 and outlived the approximately 4.7 million Americans who served in WWI.