Reuben Law, 106; Nevada’s Last World War I Veteran
Reuben Law, 106, Nevada’s last surviving veteran of World War I, died in Carson City on Saturday after suffering a stroke.
Born in Minnesota, Law was working at a Ford plant in Minneapolis when he joined the Army. He almost died en route to Europe when a flu outbreak killed more than 60 soldiers on his troop ship. In Europe, he shuttled wounded GIs to a military hospital in eastern France.
He returned to Minnesota after the war and worked in landscaping.
He tried to reenlist during World War II, but was deemed too old. Instead, he served on a Coast Guard Auxiliary patrol boat in the Mississippi River.
Law moved to Carson City in 1993. He was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1999 for his war service.
At a luncheon in Carson City in November, Law told the audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, “I guess I’ve seen it all, I’ve heard it all, I’ve done it all .... I just can’t remember it all.”
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