Gertrude Evelyn Noone (December 30, 1898 – September 10, 2009) was an American supercentenarian and also the oldest American military veteran until she died in September 2009. At death, she was the oldest military veteran in the world, having served in World War II as a clerk in Fort Myer, an army base in Virginia. Gertrude Noone was born in Ansonia, Connecticut on December 30, 1898. She was the ninth of her family's ten children.