Art Fiala
Military Person
1899 – 2005
Who was Art Fiala?
Arthur Fiala was, at age 106, one of the last surviving American World War I veterans, and the very last in Wisconsin.
Fiala originally worked at the Nash auto plant in Kenosha. After his co-workers fabricated a story that he was about to unionize the work force, Fiala was fired from the plant.
Art Fiala served in World War I as member of the 20th Engineering Battalion, and was stationed in France. While stationed in the French Alps, the soldiers of Fiala's battalion had little more than their uniforms and blankets to keep them warm - a shipment of warm clothes had caught fire and burnt during the transfer across the Atlantic Ocean.
During his work of cutting logs for the trenches Fiala was injured. This occurred when the team of horses he was driving went over an embankment. He became a cook after the injuries.
In 1999, Fiala received the French Legion of Honor.
In the final years of his long life Fiala resided in a Wisconsin nursing home, still taking part in several parades a year.
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- Born
- Feb 17, 1899
Kewaunee - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Wisconsin
- Died
- Nov 23, 2005
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on July 23, 2013
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