What is Frank Buckles?
{{Infobox Military Person | name = Frank W. Buckles | born = {{birth date|1902|02|01}} - February 27 2011 (aged 110) | image = Gates-Buckles.jpg | image_size = 270px | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = 1 February 1901 | placeofbirth = [[Bethany, Missouri|Bethany]], [[Missouri]], [[United States]] | placeofdeath = [[Charles Town, West Virginia|Charles Town]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date|2011|2|27|df=yes}} (aged {{age in years and days|1901|2|1|2011|2|27}}) | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = [[United States Army|US Army]] | serviceyears = 1917 – 1920 | rank = [[Corporal#United States|Corporal]] | unit = 1st [[Fort Riley]] Casualty Detachment | commands = | battles = [[World War I]] | awards = [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]<br />[[Army of Occupation of Germany Medal]]<br /> [[Légion d'honneur|French Legion of Honor]]}} '''Frank Woodruff Buckles''' (born '''Wood Buckles''''; 1 February 1901 – 27 February 2011<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-buckles-20110228,0,405865.story |title=Frank Buckles obituary: Frank Buckles, last American World War I veteran, dies at 110 - latimes.com |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles, CA|Los Angeles]] |issn=0458-3035 |accessdate=5 March 2011}}</ref>) was the last living [[United States|American]] [[wikt:veteran|veteran]] who fought in [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361349/Americas-surviving-WW1-veteran-Frank-Buckles-dies-aged-110-years-old.html?ito=feeds-newsxml |title=America's last surviving veteran of World War I dies aged 110 years old|newspaper=[[Daily Mail]]|date=2011-02-28}}</ref> == Early life and career == Buckles was born in [[Bethany, Missouri]]. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at the beginning of America's involvement in [[World War I]] in April 1917. Only 16 years old at the time, Buckles was asked by his recruit