Frank Levingston, Nation’s Oldest WWII Veteran, Dies at 110

Frank Livingston, the oldest living man in the United States and the oldest verified surviving American World War II veteran, has died.

He was 110.

He was born in North Carolina, one of seven children. Levingston enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942.

He served as a private during the war in the Allied invasion of Italy which lasted from September 1943 to January 1944.

After receiving an honorable discharge in 1945, he became a union worker specializing in cement finishing.

Levingston never married. On August 16, 2015, he became the oldest recognized living military veteran in United States, following the death of Emma Didlake.

He died Tuesday in Louisiana.

-klfy.com