# Philippines' Oldest WWII Veteran Dies

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**Created:** [September 7, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philippines-oldest-wwii-veteran-dies/633951 "2012-09-07T04:03:38Z")\
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[Alfonso Fabros](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/alfonso-fabros-dead_n_1857560.html), age 111. Escaped from Japanese troops before the Bataan Death March and became a guerrilla fighter.

RIP.