Rest in peace Mr Polichetti.

https://longeviquest.com/2025/08/henry-polichetti-rhode-islands-oldest-man-dies-at-110/

Henry Polichetti, Rhode Island’s Oldest Man, Dies at 110

Henry Polichetti, a resident of Cranston, Rhode Island, USA, passed away on 14 August, at the age of 110 years, 42 days, according to the Providence Journal.

Polichetti was born in the neighborhood of Federal Hill in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1915, to Italian immigrant parents. He completed basic training at the Newport Naval Training Station and was then assigned to the Naval Radio Operators School in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, where he served as an instructor. In December 1943, he was transferred to the Direction Finder School in Casco Bay, Maine.

Although Henry frequently boarded ships to calibrate equipment and participated in training exercises, he jokingly referred to himself as “the sailor who never went to sea.” When Germany surrendered in 1945 and anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic ceased, he was transferred to another instructional role at the LORAN School at the Pacific Fleet Training Center in Pearl Harbor. After Japan’s surrender, Henry returned home to Rhode Island.

Upon returning, he married his longtime girlfriend Eleanor, whom he had met at age 16 through his sister. In 1946, they settled in Cranston, where Henry would spend most of his later years. The couple had two daughters, Eleanor and Barbara. Following his Navy career, Henry worked as the personnel director at Trifari Jewelry in East Providence.

He was the oldest man in Rhode Island history, the 446th oldest man in history. He died at the same age as:
Caroline May 4 Sept 1880 - 16 Oct 1990 - 110 years, 42 days USA
Nounia Hutin 12 July 1884 - 23 Aug 1994 FRA
Anna Lee Hollis 2 Feb 1888 - 16 Mar 1998 USA
Isacia Diez 21 Apr 1895 - 2 June 2005 ESP
Luella Smith 9 Dec 1895 - 20 Jan 2006 CAN
Gertrude Lewis 19 Dec 1897 - 30 Jan 2008 USA
Marianna Smolarczyk 16 Feb 1897 - 30 Mar 2007 POL
Norma McMenamin 11 Apr 1902 - 23 May 2012 USA
Ruth Dodd July 2, 1909 - August 13, 2019 USA
Severina Chiurato February 4, 1913 - March 18, 2023 ITA
He is the 137th oldest man in U.S. history.
He was the 195th oldest living person and the 20th oldest living man in the world, and the 73rd oldest living person in the U.S.