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  • Oldest Buffalo Soldier dies at 111

    09/15/2005 6:16:47 PM PDT · by SandRat · 30 replies · 1,555+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | Sep 15, 2005 | Washington Post reporter Joe Holley
    WASHINGTON -- Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews, 111, one of the last of the nation's legendary Buffalo Soldiers, died of pneumonia Sept. 6 at Fox Chase Nursing Home in Washington. ---snip--- Fort Huachuca, Ariz., where he was first stationed, was still using local Indians as guides.