Lorenzo Achar Valenzuela | |
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Birth: | 10 August 1910 Horqueta, Concepcion Department, Paraguay |
Death: | 5 September 2020 Yby Yau, Concepcion Department, Paraguay |
Age: | 110 years, 26 days |
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Lorenzo Achar Valenzuela (10 August 1910 – 5 September 2020) was a Paraguayan supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023. He was the oldest living man in Paraguay and one of oldest living veterans of Chaco War at time of his death.
Biography[]
Lorenzo Achar Valenzuela was born in Horqueta, Concepcion Department, Paraguay on 10 August 1910.
At the age of 17, in the year 1927, he presented himself to comply with the compulsory military service (SMO) in the then 5th Cavalry Division Acá Verá, current Infantry Regiment No. 10, headquarters in Concepción. After three years of leaving the hospital, he again showed up to leave for Chaco with the first contingent that fought in Nanawa.
After the Chaco War, he dedicated himself to various tasks, until he decided to work as a blacksmith.
His wife Agustina Gomez died around 2009. He had 18 children, 11 with his wife and 7 with other women.
He became the oldest known living man in Paraguay upon the death of 109-year-old Ladislao Cabral (1910–2019) on 18 July 2019.[citation needed]
In his 109th birthday, he had many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
In August 2020, he celebrated his 110th birthday.
Lorenzo Achar Valenzuela died in Yby Yau, Concepcion Department, Paraguay on 5 September 2020 at the age of 110 years, 26 days.
References[]
- Veterano de la Guerra del Chaco festejó 106 años Última Hora, 12 August 2016
- Héroe del Chaco festejó ¡107 años! en Yby Yaú ABC Digital, 11 August 2017
- Lorenzo Achar, héroe del Chaco, el hombre más longevo, cumple 108 años y sigue tan campante Hoy PY, 10 August 2018
- Veterano del Chaco cumple 109 años en Concepción Ultima Hora, 11 August 2019
- 109 years Facebook Post, 12 June 2020
- Héroe de la Guerra del Chaco cumple ¡110 años! en Yby Yaú ABC Digital, 10 August 2020
- Death mention Facebook Post, 5 September 2020
- https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/2023-validations/ 2023 validations (GRG)
- https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/paraguay/ List of Validated supercentenarians in Paraguay (GRG)