deaths
March 12, 2008
Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (born 1897)
Lazare Ponticelli
Lazare Ponticelli, Knight of Vittorio Veneto, was at 110, the last surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die.
March 12
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.