{"id":78999,"date":"2017-09-21T21:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T21:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/21\/oldest-living-west-point-grad-dies-at-105\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:46:13","slug":"oldest-living-west-point-grad-dies-at-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2017\/09\/21\/oldest-living-west-point-grad-dies-at-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest living West Point grad dies at 105"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The oldest living West Point graduate passed away four months after returning to the academy to participate in its alumni review, nearly 85 years after he graduated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retired Lt. Gen. William Ely, who was the only remaining grad from the Class of 1933, died on Wednesday at his home in Delray Beach, Florida, according to a West Point Association of Graduates spokeswoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ely, who was 105, will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., said Kim McDermott, the association\u2019s director of communications. He will be buried with his wife, Helen, who died in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally from Pennsylvania, Ely was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers after graduating from West Point in 1933. His assignments included civil works construction, military construction and troop duty with an engineer unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\t