J. Russell Coffey, one of last remaining WWI vets, dead at 109
He was one of only 3 remaining WWI vets still living. With the passing of J. Russell Coffey, there are now only 2. Coffey enlisted in the Army in 1918 but did not get deployed overseas before the end of the war. In his 109 years he was a soldier, semi-pro baseball player, a doctor in education, both a high school and college teacher, and a family man.
J. Russell Coffey, born 1 September 1898, died 20 December 2007.
(See also Veterans and the pass of history from living memory.)
