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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. Last survivors This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2024) Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December ...
Hiram Cronk (1800–1905) – New York Militia. [25] James Hooper Jr. (1804–1898) – U.S. Navy. Served on the schooner Comet during the Battle of Baltimore. [26][27] Aaron Stafford (1787–1885) – Major, New York Militia. Last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 known to have held an officer's commission. Wounded at Battle of Queenston ...
Frank Buckles [32] 27 February 2011. 110 years. The last surviving veteran from the Colony of Jamaica was Stanley Stair [33] (d. 2008) and from British Guyana was Gershom Browne [34] (d. 2000). Thomas Shaw (d. 2002) was the last veteran from Ireland, [35] and Alfred Anderson (d. 2005) was the last from Scotland.
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 ...
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.
29 March 2007. United States. Kalymon served in the Nazi-led Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in Lviv from 1941 to 1944, during which time he took part in the murder and deportation of Jews in the Lwów Ghetto. Kalymon moved to the United States after the war, but had his citizenship revoked in 2007.
Frederick Fraske (1872–1973) – United States. Last Army veteran. [13] Hubert V. Eva (1869–1971) – United States. Last participant of the Battle of Sugar Point, the last battle fought between Native Americans and the U.S. Army. [14] John Daw (1870–1965) – United States.
Richard Arvin Overton. Richard Arvin Overton (May 11, 1906 – December 27, 2018) was an American supercentenarian who at the age of 112 years, 230 days was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States. He served in the United States Army.