Richard Arvine Overton

The oldest vet--at 107--will celebrate Memorial Day with cigars and whiskey. Austin, Texas man Richard Arvine Overton, who served in the South Pacific from 1942 to 1945 during World War II, is regarded as the oldest living veteran in the United States.

The oldest vet--at 107--will celebrate Memorial Day with cigars and whiskey. Austin, Texas man Richard Arvine Overton, who served in the South Pacific from 1942 to 1945 during World War II, is regarded as the oldest living veteran in the United States.