Marie Odee Johnson was an American

United States

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 who was one of the last surviving female veterans from the First World War

World War I

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. As a Yeoman (F)

Yeoman (F)

Yeoman was a rank in the U.S. Naval Reserve in World War I. The first Yeoman was Loretta Perfectus Walsh. At the time, the women were popularly referred to as "yeomanettes" or even "yeowomen", although the official designation was Yeoman ....

, Johnson was among the first group of women to serve in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 in a non-nursing capacity. She died in her sleep in Texas

Texas

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 at the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the age of 107.

Marie Odee Johnson was born in Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, Illinois

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, but her family moved to Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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, when she was an infant. She was serving as a secretary with the FBI in Dallas when the United States entered World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 and joined up at age 20. Johnson was stationed in New York City

New York City

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 and Washington, D. C. during the war, and returned to her job with the FBI afterwards.

See also

• Alice Baker
  Alice Baker
  Alice Baker was a British World War I service veteran. She died at the age of 107. She was the last known female British World War I veteran in the UK. The last female veteran in the world was Gladys Powers, who died in 2008.-References:*...
  
  
• Gladys Powers
  Gladys Powers
  Gladys Stokes Luxford Powers was thought to be, at age 109, the last female veteran of the First World War following the March 27, 2007 death of fellow 109-year-old Charlotte Winters from the US. However the subsequent discovery of fellow Britons Ivy Campany, who died on December 19, 2008, and...
  
  
• Alice Strike
  Alice Strike
  Alice Mary Strike was the last surviving female Canadian military First World War veteran. She was so designated as she lived in Canada after the war, but had actually served in the British armed forces. Canada did not allow females to serve in the military until the Second World War.Strike was...
  
  
• Charlotte Winters
  Charlotte Winters
  Charlotte Louise Berry Winters was, at age 109, the last surviving female American veteran of The First World War.-Biography:...
  
  
• Veterans of the First World War who died in 2004
  Veterans of the First World War who died in 2004
  The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War who died in 2004.-Australia :-Belgium :-Canada :-France :-Germany :-Italy :...