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Show WAR VETS DECREASING The number o'f living World War I veterans has droped below be-low the three million mark, Veterans Administration has announced, an-nounced, to a total of about 2,-995,000. 2,-995,000. Their average age is slightly under 63 years. Approximately 90,000 World War veterans are dieing early, VA said. . ' Of the 4,744,000 who served during World War I, approximately approxi-mately 131,000 died in service during the conflict. Based on actual, tables of mortality experience, the last few veterans of World War I are expected to be alive in tru! year 2010, VA said. |