A Hero Has Fallen: WWI Vet J. Russell Coffey Dies at Age 109
Posted by Duane Lester on Dec 21st, 2007 • 288 Clicks

Farewell and Godspeed:

NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — The last World War I veteran in Ohio, and one of only three known remaining U.S. veterans of the conflict, has died.

J. Russell Coffey was the last WWI vet in the state, according to the Veterans Affairs Department. He died Thursday at the age of 109, said the Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, about 35 miles south of Toledo.
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