| Jose Alejandro Pradel Loayza | |
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| Birth: | 17 July 1914 Betanzos, Potosi Department, Bolivia |
| Death: | 3 September 2022 Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia |
| Age: | 108 years, 48 days |
| Country: |  BOL
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| Centenarian | |
Jose Alejandro Pradel Loayza [Spanish: José] (17 July 1914 - 3 September 2022) was a Bolivian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Bolivia at the time of his death. He was also one of last known veterans of Chaco War.
Biography[]
Jose Alejandro Pradel Loayza was born in Betanzos, Potosi Department, Bolivia on 17 July 1914. His mother Benigna died just before he served in Chaco War.
In his early 20s, Pradel Loayza served in the Jordan I Infantry Regiment and also in the Carandayti Regiment during the Chaco War.
After the Chaco War, he worked as a pharmacist and was the owner of the Mayo pharmacy.
He had two sons (one died around 2000) from his first marriage. He married Mery Penaranda de Pradel [Spanish: Peñaranda] (aged 91 in July 2020) with whom he had three children (Tesoro, Ramon and Sonia Mery).
Until before 2018, when he stopped walking by himself, he tended a garden. In 2018, he had an ocular effusion, which led him to gradually lose his sight. He also has added problems in the ear that prevent him from hearing and communicating.
As of July 2020, he had four living children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He became the oldest known living man in Bolivia, following the death of 108-year-old Ricardo Corrales Velasquez in March 2021.
Pradel Loayza died in Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia on 3 September 2022 at the age 108 years, 48 days.
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References[]
- Historias de ex combatientes, la memoria de la guerra Correo del Sur, 11 June 2017
- El último benemérito tiene 105 años de vida Correo del Sur, 18 July 2019
- Los últimos combatientes del Chaco La Razón, 26 June 2020
- Conoce la historia de José Pradel, el excombatiente que cumplió 106 años El Deber, 18 July 2020
- José Pradel e Hilda Balderas, dos historias de la Guerra del Chaco Correo del Sur, 16 June 2021
- Cumple 108 años luego de “morir” a los 16 Correo del Sur, 17 July 2022
- Muere José Pradel, excombatiente de la Guerra del Chaco, a los 108 años Correo del Sur, 3 September 2022