caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
photo of gunther which appears on his grave . 1917 -- 1918 united states army 11 november 1918 chaumont-devant-damvillers , meuse , france baltimore , united states united states 313th infantry regiment , 79th division world war i battle of saint-mihiel 6 june 1895 most holy redeemer cemetery , baltimore sergeant demoted to private posthumously restored to sergeant -lrb- up to july 1918 or later -rrb- file : photo of henry nicholas gunther.jpg henry gunther
 henry nicholas gunther
henry gunther

henry nicholas john gunther -lrb- june 6 , 1895 -- november 11 , 1918 -rrb- was an american soldier and the last soldier killed during world war i .
he was killed one minute before the armistice at 11 a.m.
