According to the Associated Press, a monument honoring the last soldier to die in World War I -- Henry Gunther of Baltimore -- has been erected in France. It was unveiled in Chaumont-devant-Damvillers in the Meuse before Tuesday's 90th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918 armistice. Gunther died just a minute before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, and he was recognized officially by Gen. John Pershing as the last victim of the war. As reported in yesterday's column, Gunther was killed in a last-minute charge of a German machine gun nest. The village's mayor, Pierre Lenhard, said Gunther was largely forgotten by French historians and told the AP that he "found the reference (to Gunther) when I was looking through the archives.”

A Sun reader named Douglas McWilliam wrote last night to say: "The body of Gunther was repatriated in 1923 and was buried in his family's plot in the Holy Redeemer Cemetery at Belair and Moravia Roads in Baltimore City. . . . Just before 1100 hrs today, I placed an American Flag at his headstone in his honor. The story of Gunther, as you stated, was "once legend" and unfortunately has become an anecdotal footnote of history.  Thank you for remembering Henry Nicholas Gunther and all the others of that generation who served in that 'war to end all wars.'"

Here is a photo of the Gunther memorial that we discovered on a web site about World War I: