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When Gertrude Janeway died in 2003, she was still getting a monthly check for $70 from the Veterans Administration—for a military pension earned by her late husband, John, on the Union side of the American Civil War that ended in 1865. The pair had married in 1927, when he was 81 and she was 18.
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.
[4] [5] An extensively researched book [6] by Frank L. Gryzb, The Last Civil War Veterans: The Lives of the Final Survivors State by State, published March 29, 2016, supports the conclusion by Hoar, Marvel, Serrano and others that Pleasant Crump was the last confirmed and verified surviving veteran of the Confederate States Army. [7] [8]
In 1946 there were still 16 survivors of the Civil War living in Texas, all of whom were more than 100 years old. ... An article on the dwindling ranks of Confederate veterans still alive in the ...
The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers – but nothing linking them to the Civil War. Still, that was enough for an ...
Capt. Lewis Reed is believed to have been Rockland's longest-serving Civil War veteran, with four years and four months of service. He died at age 83 in 1925.
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.
Could be considered the last veteran of World War I and last Entente veteran, but is not widely recognized as such. Mikhail Krichevsky (1897–2008) – Russian Empire. Last living veteran of the Russian Empire overall and in Ukraine. Dmitry Malozemov (1897–1998) – Russian Empire. Last living veteran in Russia.