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The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
Richard E. Cole (1915–2019), shown second-from-right in this 1942 photograph, was a World War II veteran and the last living participant of the Doolittle Raid. Lou Conter (1921–2024) – U.S. Navy. Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona. [62] [note 1] Warren "Red" Upton (1919-2024) U.S. Navy.
Ramesses II (1303–1213 BC) – Egyptian Pharaoh who, as a young man, fought many battles with the Hittites and Shardana pirates and died aged 90. Aristodemus of Sparta (c. 530–479 BC) – The "Coward of Thermopylae ", who was the only Spartan to survive the Battle of Thermopylae .
Less than 1% of the 16.4 million Americans who served in the armed forces during World War II were still alive at the end of last year, and 131 are dying every day, according to estimates from the ...
Interestingly enough, while the number of veterans (the Department of Veterans Affairs reported in 2022 there were about 200,000 World War II veterans still alive) declines on a daily basis, the ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs estimated there will only be 168,278 living U.S. World War II veterans by Sept. 30. There were 5.7 million in 2000.
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
In June 2022, at the age of 101, Schütz was handed a five year sentence after a criminal trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust during World War II, becoming the oldest person tried and convicted for Nazi war crimes in Germany. Gerhard Sommer: Waffen-SS: Untersturmführer: Yes/Yes (by Italy, never served sentence) 24 June 1921 ...