Austin, TX – Nation’s oldest World War II vet dies in Texas at age 112

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    Richard Overton (C), who is believed to be the oldest living World War II veteran is being acknowledge by President Obama (not pictured), during a ceremony to honor veterans at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 11 November 2013.  EPA/OLIVIER DOULIERY / POOLAuston, TX – A family member says the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be oldest living man in the U.S. has died in Texas.

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    Richard Overton was 112. Shirley Overton, whose husband was Richard’s cousin, says the Army veteran died Thursday evening at a rehab facility in Austin.

    Overton had been recently hospitalized with pneumonia.

    Overton was in his 30s when he volunteered for the Army and was at Pearl Harbor just after the Japanese attack in 1941. He once said that one secret to his long life was smoking cigars and drinking whiskey, which he often was found doing on the porch of his Austin home.

    In 2013, he was honored by former President Barack Obama at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.


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