Richard Overton, who was America’s oldest World War Two veteran and also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S., died yesterday (December 27th) at a rehab facility in Texas. He was 112.
We are saddened that Mr. Richard Overton, the nation's oldest man, 3rd oldest living man in the world, and our Nation's oldest living veteran born in 1906, has died at age 112. "You don't know when you get here, you don't know when you go, it's in God's hands" – #RichardOverton pic.twitter.com/bZE48egckZ
— Texas Veterans Commission (@TexasVeterans) December 28, 2018
Overton was released on Christmas Eve after having been 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 said the secret to his long life was smoking cigars and drinking whiskey.
