At 103, Former Sailor to Represent WWI Vets
Memorial Day parade organizers were considering using actors to represent veterans of World War I when they learned about 103-year-old Lloyd Brown -- one of the last living veterans of the war.
Brown plans to ride in a parade today in Washington to represent the rest of the 4.7 million members of the U.S. armed forces who took part in the Great War. The Charlotte Hall, Md., man is one of the 30 veterans still living, according to an unofficial estimate by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Brown said he was 16 when he lied about his age so he could join the Navy in 1918. His Maryland driver’s license still lists his birth date as Oct. 7, 1899, instead of 1901, the correct year.
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