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  2. List of last surviving World War II veterans - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Last surviving United States war veterans - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of last surviving World War I veterans - Wikipedia

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    The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch (British Army), who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111. The last Central Powers veteran, Franz Künstler of Austria-Hungary, died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107. The total number of participating personnel is estimated by the Encyclopædia Britannica at 65,038,810.

  5. 25 Veterans Day Facts to Honor Those Who’ve Served - AOL

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    15. There were approximately 20.3 million living veterans in the United States in 2018, ... 24. By 2045, it's expected that the number of female veterans will double to 18%. 25.

  6. How does the VA support the nearly half of veterans who are ...

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    VA data suggests that while the number of veterans will drop about 34% between 2023 and 2048, the number of veterans older than 85 will grow by 31% between 2021 and 2024. In addition, more ...

  7. I’m a veteran of the special operations community ... - AOL

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    (The Department of Defense’s 2021 report on demographics put the number of Guard, Reserve, active duty, and family members at 4.7 million and the U.S. Census put the number of living veterans at ...

  8. List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and ...

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    Last Dutch veteran and verified veteran. Europe's oldest man at the time of his death. He fought for Napoleon in the 33ème Régiment Léger. [46] August Schmidt (1795–1899) – Prussia. Last surviving German and Prussian veteran of the conflict and also last surviving veteran of the battle of Waterloo of all nations participating.

  9. This year will likely be the last major D-Day anniversary ...

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    In Canada, there were just 9,297 living Canadian veterans who had served in either WWII or the Korean War as of March 31, 2023, according to the most recent statistics available from Veterans ...