Robley Rex, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American centenarian
Date of Birth: 02-May-1901
Place of Birth: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 28-Apr-2009
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Robley Rex
- Robley Henry Rex (May 2, 1901 – April 28, 2009) was a World War I-era veteran and was, at the age of 107, one of two remaining U.S.
- veterans related to the First World War. Rex was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and enlisted in the military in May, 1919, six months after the Armistice date.
- He was the last Kentucky World War I era veteran, and the last known World War I era veteran of the United States.
- He served in the Intelligence Unit. He enlisted in the 5th Infantry Division and later served in the 28th Infantry Division.
- He trained at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, and Fort Meade, Maryland, before he was deployed to Europe, where there was still a strong military presence, in order to restabilize Europe post-war.
- While overseas he served in Andernach, and Coblenz, Germany.
- After being discharged from the Army with the rank of Private First Class in August 1922, Rex returned to Louisville, Kentucky, where he became a postal worker and an ordained Methodist minister. Rex met his future wife Gracie at Louisville's Camp Taylor before he was sent to Europe.
- They married in 1922 but never had children.
- She died in 1992. In 1986, Rex turned to volunteerism, lending support to fellow veterans at the Louisville Veteran's Administration Medical Center.
- Rex logged more than 14,000 hours of volunteer time while at the Center.
- He continued to volunteer there three days a week, even at age 105.
- For his 107th birthday, Rex was presented the Kentucky Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service.
- He was also honored in 2005 by the national Veterans of Foreign Wars as National Volunteer of the Year. Rex died at the Louisville V.A.
- Medical Center, four days before his 108th birthday.
- His family requested a private funeral.
- He was buried on May 6, 2009 at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. The Louisville V.A.
- Medical Center was renamed the Robley Rex V.A.
- Medical Center in his honor in April 2010. Upon Rex's death, Frank Buckles (who had actually served in World War I prior to the armistice) became the last surviving United States World War I-era veteran.
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