American soldiers take cover on the Nibelnungen bridge over the Rhine river, as German snipers at the opposite bank take aim, killing one
American soldiers take cover on the Nibelnungen bridge over the Rhine river, as German snipers at the opposite bank take aim, killing one. div class="separator" style="clear: both;". Worms, Germany. 28 March 1945 Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and possibly the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m The Armistice with Germany was signed by 5:00 a.m., local time, but it would only come into force at 11:00 a.m. Gunther's squad approached a roadblock of two German machine guns in the village of Chaumont-devant-Damvillers near Meuse, in Lorraine. Gunther got up, against the orders of his close friend and now sergeant, Ernest Powell, and charged with his bayonet. The German soldiers, already aware of the Armistice that would take effect in one minute, tried to wave Gunther off...