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This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 522 veterans are listed.
This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 213 veterans are listed.


== A ==
== A ==
21 veterans
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
|-
!Age
|{{wp|Abdullah CD}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|10|2}}
|Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya
|Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
|Federated Malay States
|-
|-
|{{wp|S. Daniel Abraham}}
|{{wp|S. Daniel Abraham}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|15}}
|August 15, 1924
|Businessman, philanthropist
|Businessman, philanthropist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}
|{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|3}}
|November 3, 1926
|President of Lithuania
|President of Lithuania
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuania
|Lithuania
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lee Adams}}
|{{wp|Lee Adams}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|14}}
|August 14, 1924
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|{{wp|Hans Albert}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|2|8}}
|Philosopher
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marshall Allen}}
|{{wp|Marshall Allen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|5|25}}
|May 25, 1924
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|25}}
|{{wp|Wolfgang Altenburg}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|6|24}}
|General
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walter Althammer}}
|{{wp|Walter Althammer}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|12}}
|March 12, 1928
|Politician
|Politician
|Heer
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksel_Andersen Aksel Andersen]
|1924/1925 (age 96–97)
|Accused of War Crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|James A. Andersen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|21}}
|Politician, judge
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bud Anderson}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|13}}
|Fighter pilot
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Andrä Erwin Andrä]
|{{birth date and age|1921|5|20}}
|Designer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Valérie André}}
|{{wp|Valérie André}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|4|21}}
|April 21, 1922
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|French Resistance
|French Resistance
|Free France
|Free France
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|4|21}}
|{{wp|Roger Angell}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|9|19}}
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ray Anthony}}
|{{wp|Ray Anthony}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|20}}
|January 20, 1922
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|20}}
|{{wp|Stefan Arczyński}}
|{{birth date and age|1916|7|31}}
|Photographer
|Luftwaffe
Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Ariyoshi}}
|{{wp|George Ariyoshi}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|12}}
|March 12, 1926
|Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
|Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|12}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arnold_(Mediziner) Michael Arnold]
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|12|27}}
|May 6, 1925
|Professor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|6}}
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Home Army
|Home Army
|Poland
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Austin Asche}}
|{{wp|Austin Asche}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|11|28}}
|November 28, 1925
|Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge
|Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|Australia
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|28}}
|{{wp|Vasily Astafyev}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|10|25}}
|Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
|}


== B ==
== B ==
61 veterans
20 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
|-
!Age
|{{wp|Robert L. Backman}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|3|22}}
|Lawyer, politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Peter Badie}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|17}}
|Jazz bass guitarist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dave Bailey (musician)|Dave Bailey}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|22}}
|Musician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Millie Bailey}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|2|3}}
|Civil servant
|Women's Army Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Walter Balderson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|19}}
|Television pioneer
|US NavyThomas W. Horton deceased
|United States
|-
|-
|{{wp|Vincent Ball}}
|{{wp|Vincent Ball}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|4}}
|December 4, 1923
|Actor
|Actor
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Bama}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|28}}
|April 24, 1928
|Artist
|Former head of Bauer Group
|US Army Air Corps
|Heer
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|4|24}}
|-
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|September 15, 1926
|Federal judge
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|15}}
|-
|{{wp|V. J. Bella}}
|July 29, 1927
|American politician
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|29}}
|-
|{{wp|Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman}}
|September 11, 1925
|Songwriter
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|11}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Banaschewski Bernhard Banaschewski]
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|22}}
|May 1, 1927
|Mathematician
|Social activist
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Indian National Army
|Germany
|Azad Hind
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|1}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Barbarino Rudolf Barbarino]
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|19}}
|January 5, 1924
|Journalist
|Journalist
|Heer
|British Army
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Barker}}
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|12}}
|February 14, 1927
|Game show host
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Haven J. Barlow}}
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|4}}
|December 7, 1921
|Aviator
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|May 24, 1925
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|Canadian Army
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Phil Batt}}
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|4}}
|January 15, 1920
|29th Governor of Idaho
|Businessman
|US Army Air Forces
|British Indian Army
|United States
|British India
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|15}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|4|24}}
|September 29, 1922
|Former head of Bauer Group
|Artist
|Heer
|French Resistance
|Germany
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|15}}
|January 6, 1922
|Federal judge
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|6}}
|-
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|November 11, 1923
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Julius W. Becton Jr.}}
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|29}}
|June 28, 1926
|American military officer, former FEMA director
|Director, actor, producer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|28}}
|-
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|October 3, 1924
|Judge
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Belafonte}}
|{{wp|Walt Brown (politician)|Walt Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|1}}
|July 28, 1926
|American singer
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|V.J. Bella}}
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|29}}
|February 17, 1924
|American politician
|11th Earl of Elgin
|US Marine Corps
|British Army, Scots Guards
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Bennett}}
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|3}}
|October 7, 1925
|Singer
|Control theorist
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Berg}}
|{{wp|Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|30}}
|October 4, 1920
|Chemist
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|10|4}}
|}
== C ==
14 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alan Bergman}}
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|11}}
|March 20, 1925
|Songwriter
|Artist
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|1}}
|January 5, 1925
|Social activist
|Basketball coach
|Indian National Army
|US Coast Guard
|Azad Hind
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ruth Bidgood}}
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|20}}
|October 1, 1924
|Poet, historian
|39th U.S. President
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|February 14, 1925
|Journalist
|Journalist, author
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Bryan Harvey Bjarnason}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|2}}
|Politician
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|14}}
|November 2, 1924
|Politician
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|US Navy
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert J. Blackwell}}
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|26}}
|January 6, 1923
|Government official
|Surgeon, professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|1|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|7}}
|April 25, 1925
|Aviator
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|25}}
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|February 9, 1925
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|9}}
|-
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|April 13, 1920
|Author, spy
|French Army
|France
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Simon Bland}}
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|4}}
|September 10, 1917
|Courtier
|Solicitor, magistrate
|British Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1917|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|24}}
|April 17, 1924
|Politician
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|US Army
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hans Blum}}
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|5|23}}
|September 29, 1925
|Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)
|Federal judge
|Kriegsmarine
|US Army
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ronald Blythe}}
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|6}}
|May 20, 1920
|Author
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|20}}
|-
|-
|[https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Boček Emil Boček]
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|25}}
|December 21, 1920
|Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Royal Air Force
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|21}}
|}
 
== D ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|1|15}}
|October 16, 1925
|Businessman
|Costume designer
|British Indian Army
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Dave Bolen}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}}
|Olympic runner and ambassador
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|November 17, 1923
|Artist
|Graphic designer, professor
|French Resistance
|US Army
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth}}
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|10|31}}
|June 23, 1928
|British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994)
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|British Army
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|6|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert William Bradford}}
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|17}}
|October 16, 1926
|Artist
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Army Air Force
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lewis M. Branscomb}}
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|17}}
|November 1, 1926
|Scientist
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Egidius Braun}}
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|27}}
|September 19, 1924
|President of the German Football Association
|Politician
|Wehrmacht
|US Navy
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Denis Brian}}
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|11}}
|July 14, 1925
|Journalist, author
|Politician
|Royal Air Force
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|6}}
|December 22, 1929
|World War II flying ace
|General
|Luftwaffe
|Volkssturm
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|12|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Manuel Bromberg}}
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|3|6}}
|July 12, 1920
|Artist, professor
|Businessman
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|11}}
|July 8, 1924
|Professor
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|28}}
|June 17, 1920
|Director, actor, producer
|President of the NATO Assembly
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|Fleet Air Arm
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Geoff Brown (tennis)|Geoff Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|4}}
|Tennis player
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|June Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|16}}
|Actress
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|6|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mervyn Brown}}
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|24}}
|August 23, 1922
|Diplomat, historian
|Politician, lawyer
|British Army
|French Resistance
|United Kingdom
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|8|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|3}}
|July 1, 1927
|Judge
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Walt Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|28}}
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|1}}
|}
== E ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|17}}
|March 18, 1928
|11th Earl of Elgin
|Lawyer
|British Army, Scots Guards
|Heer
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|18}}
|{{wp|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|31}}
|British peer, businessman
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ashley Bryan}}
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|7|13}}
|February 14, 1924
|Children's book writer & illustrator; ''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum''
|Lawyer
|US Army
|Philippine Navy
|United States
|Philippines
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|7}}
|October 16, 1925
|Control theorist
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James L. Buckley}}
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|9}}
|May 17, 1923
|Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)
|Artist
|US Navy
|British Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Frederick Buechner}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|11}}
|Christian author, minister, and theologian
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Veljko Bulajić}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|22}}
|Film director
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Jack Burke, Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|29}}
|PGA professional golfer
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Peter Burns}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|Architect
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Charles Burrell}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|4}}
|Musician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Julian J. Bussgang}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|26}}
|Mathematician, author
|Polish Armed Forces in the West
British Army
|Poland
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|David Butler (psephologist)|David Butler}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|17}}
|Political scientist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|17}}
|}
|}


== C ==
== F ==
28 veterans
9 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Józef Caban}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|{{birth date and age|1915|8|28}}
|July 13, 1929
|Polish social activist
|Hungariologist
|Polish Army
|Volkssturm
Home Army
|Germany
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1929|7|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Cardenas}}
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|10}}
|June 7, 1924
|General
|Poet, author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Carmean}}
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|8|5}}
|October 22, 1925
|Painter
|Politician, writer
|US Army
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|22}}
|-
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|December 25, 1915
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1915|12|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|1}}
|December 28, 1920
|Basketball coach
|Nurse, Academic
|US Coast Guard
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|03|20}}
|February 12, 1930
|Artist
|Painter, writer
|US Marine Corps
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|2|12}}
|-
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|September 18, 1922
|Physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|1}}
|February 18, 1922
|39th U.S. President
|Physical geographer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jean-Gabriel Castel}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|21}}
|Law professor
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|14}}
|Journalist, author
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1922|2|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|2}}
|March 4, 1923
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Friedrich Cerha}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|17}}
|Composer
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|1}}
|Surgeon, professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|3|4}}
|}
== G ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Kenneth O. Chilstrom}}
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|20}}
|May 31, 1925
|Air force officer
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bob Chinn}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|2}}
|Restaurateur
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|25}}
|January 22, 1924
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Ambassador
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|9}}
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sterling R. Cockrill}}
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|7}}
|May 27, 1924
|Politician, artist
|Bassoonist
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Avern Cohn}}
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|23}}
|June 9, 1923
|Judge
|Biologist, geneticist
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|4|13}}
|November 15, 1924
|Author, spy
|Cartoonist
|French Army
|US Army
|France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|9|10}}
|July 4, 1924
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Aerospace engineer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Leon Comber}}
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|9|20}}
|April 6, 1924
|Author
|Judge
|British Indian Army
|US Army
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Harry Connick Sr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|27}}
|Attorney
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jerome Coopersmith}}
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|11}}
|June 9, 1923
|Dramatist
|Bishop
|US Army
|Flying Tigers
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|17}}
|August 5, 1920
|Politician
|Politician
|US Army
|Australian Army
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1920|8|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.}}
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|29}}
|September 3, 1924
|Federal judge
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|{{wp|Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|5}}
|December 22, 1924
|Filmmaker & actor
|Historian
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|5|20}}
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Csuri}}
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|4}}
|May 4, 1925
|Artist
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{wp|Frank J. Guarini}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|21}}
|August 20, 1924
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|20}}
|}
|}


== D ==
== H ==
21 veterans
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|16}}
|June 18, 1929
|Costume designer
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ernest L. Daman}}
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|14}}
|December 7, 1925
|Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Henry Danton}}
|{{wp|George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)|George Hardy}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|3|30}}
|June 8, 1925
|Dancer, teacher
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|British Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|17}}
|Graphic designer, professor
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Dawson}}
|{{wp|Robert Harlow (writer)|Robert Harlow}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|3}}
|November 19, 1923
|Football player
|Writer, academic
|Australian Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Australia
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Deerfield}}
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|8|24}}
|November 6, 1924
|Government official
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|6}}
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|March 12, 1928
|Writer
|Heer
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|November 23, 1923
|Artist
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|New Zealand
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Vincent DeRosa}}
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF officer)|John Hemingway}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|5}}
|July 17, 1919
|Musician
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|US Army Air Corps
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1919|7|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gene Derricotte}}
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|14}}
|November 8, 1923
|American football player, Tuskegee Airmen
|Writer
|US Army
|Polish People's Army
|United States
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|{{birth date and age|1928|6|23}}
|April 7, 1929
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Admiral
|Volkssturm
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|4|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|10|16}}
|May 23, 1921
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|Researcher
|US Army Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|1}}
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|5|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|19}}
|May 17, 1925
|Politician
|Physicist, academic
|US Navy
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Dornbrand}}
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|10}}
|September 11, 1928
|Aerospace engineer
|Actor
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{wp|Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|14}}
|November 26, 1923
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|26}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|12|22}}
|July 15, 1925
|General
|Politician
|Volkssturm
|US Army
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|7|12}}
|Businessman
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|15}}
|}
== I ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|{{wp|Paul Ignatius}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|8}}
|November 11, 1920
|Politician
|Government official
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|11}}
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|}
|{{birth date and age|1920|6|17}}
 
|President of the NATO Assembly
== J ==
|Fleet Air Arm
4 veterans
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|8|23}}
|Politician, lawyer
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Charles Duncan, Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|9}}
|Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|1}}
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== E ==
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ray Edenton}}
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|3}}
|September 9, 1925
|Musician
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Francis Edwards}}
|{{wp|Dub_Jones_(American_football)|Dub Jones}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|6|5}}
|December 29, 1924
|World War II flying ace
|American football player
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Eberhard Eimler}}
|{{birth date and age|1930|11|30}}
|General
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|18}}
|Lawyer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|George Elder (baseball)|George Elder}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|10}}
|Baseball player
|US Marines
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|21}}
|Queen of the Commonwealth Realms
|Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Billy Emerson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|12|21}}
|Singer, songwriter
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)|George Joseph}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|14}}
|September 11, 1921
|Lawyer
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|Philippine Navy
|US Army
|Philippines
|-
|{{wp|Carl Erskine}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|12|13}}
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|16}}
|May 2, 1925
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Professor, econometrician
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|2}}
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|17}}
|Artist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|}
|}


== F ==
== K ==
20 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|7|13}}
|November 5, 1922
|Hungariologist
|Lawyer, judge
|Volkssturm
|South African Army
|Germany
|South Africa
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ben Ferencz}}
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|11}}
|January 26, 1921
|Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|US Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David Ferry}}
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|5}}
|December 23, 1923
|Poet & professor
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|US Army Air Forces
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|23}}
|}
 
== L ==
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|{{birth date and age|1924|6|7}}
|December 2, 1928
|Poet & author
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
|US Army Air Forces
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|12|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Field (meteorologist)|Frank Field}}
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|30}}
|May 1, 1926
|Meteorologist
|Mathematician
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele}}
|{{wp|Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)|Jean Lee}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|9|22}}
|July 26, 1924
|British hereditary peer, businessman
|Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF
|British Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|26}}
|-
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|February 14, 1924
|Maritime expert, curator
|Royal Navy
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Fiorentini Mario Fiorentini]
|{{wp|Marv Levy}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|5|28}}
|August 3, 1925
|Partisan, mathematician
|Football coach
|Italian Resistance
|US Army Air Corps
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Leonard Everett Fisher}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|6|24}}
|Children's writer & illustrator
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|3}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Fischler_Graf_von_Treuberg Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg]
|{{wp|Guenter Lewy}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|5|9}}
|August 22, 1923
|General
|Author, professor
|Heer
|British Army
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|{{wp|Nina Lobkovskaya}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|22}}
|March 8, 1925
|Politician & writer
|Sniper
|Italian Resistance
|Red Army
|Italian Resistance
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Samuel C. Florman}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Löschner_(Chorleiter) Ernst Löschner]
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|19}}
|June 20, 1929
|Civil engineer, author
|Conductor
|US Navy
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{wp|Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas}}
|{{birth date and age|1915|12|25}}
|September 10, 1925
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Anglican minister
|United States Army Air Forces
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{wp|William R. Lucas}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|28}}
|March 1, 1922
|Nurse, Academic
|Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|{{wp|Bernt H. Lund}}
|{{birth date and age|1930|2|12}}
|August 14, 1924
|Painter, writer
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|Volkssturm
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Germany
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|}
 
== M ==
30 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|9|18}}
|March 30, 1926
|Physicist
|TV personality, actor
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Paul Fox (television executive)|Paul Fox}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|27}}
|Television executive
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|2|18}}
|Physical geographer
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|4}}
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel Fuller}}
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|28}}
|August 22, 1928
|Theologian
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Fulton}}
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|1|23}}
|August 22, 1925
|Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983)
|Physicist, author
|Royal Canadian Navy
|US Navy
|Canada
|}
 
== G ==
32 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|31}}
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|22}}
|January 18, 1924
|Ambassador
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|US Army
|Red Army
|United States
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Norman Garbo}}
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|2|15}}
|April 21, 1925
|Author & lecturer
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|US Army Air Forces
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|21}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harold Garde}}
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|7}}
|September 26, 1924
|Artist
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|United States
|Czechoslovakia
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|27}}
|November 12, 1925
|Bassoonist
|Psychologist
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|9}}
|July 20, 1924
|Biologist & geneticist
|Physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Philippe de Gaulle}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|28}}
|Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle
|Free French Naval Forces
|Free France
|-
|[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Gautier_(militaire) Léon Gautier]
|{{birth date and age|1922|10|27}}
|Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer
|Free French Naval Forces
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|15}}
|Cartoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Gesner}}
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|28}}
|April 8, 1927
|Architect
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|4|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrée Geulen-Herscovici}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|{{birth date and age|1921|9|6}}
|November 2, 1920
|Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children
|Anaesthetist
|Belgian Resistance
|Wehrmacht
|Belgium
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|4}}
|March 20, 1921
|Aerospace engineer
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|British Army
|French Army
|United Kingdom
Free French Army
 
French Air Force
|France
----Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|3|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}}
|April 6, 1924 (age 97){{birth date and age|1924|4|6}}
|February 3, 1926
|Judge
|Artist, illustrator
|US Army
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Godfrey}}
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|9|24}}
|November 2, 1927
|Physician, professor, politician
|Diplomat
|
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Howard Golden}}
|1925 (age 96–97)
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry E. Goldsworthy}}
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|{{birth date and age|1914|4|3}}
|August 16, 1925
|Lieutenant General
|Composer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Goodenough}}
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|25}}
|February 13, 1926
|Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|Sportscaster, educator, author
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alfred T. Goodwin}}
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|29}}
|January 23, 1929
|Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)
|Painter
|US Army
|Heer
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bert I. Gordon}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|9|24}}
|Film director; ''Village of the Giants'', ''Empire of the Ants''
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|9}}
|Bishop
|Flying Tigers
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Grade Friedrich Grade]
|{{birth date and age|1916|3|29}}
|Engineer and naval officer
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David E. Grange, Jr.}}
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|9}}
|September 9, 1926
|General
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bud Grant}}
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|20}}
|September 22, 1924
|Athlete
|Diplomat, politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|8|5}}
|May 30, 1919
|Politician
|Australian rules football player
|Australian Army
|Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1919|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|3}}
|April 16, 1925
|Baseball player
|General
|US Marine Corps
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Green}}
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|22}}
|December 4, 1921
|Historian
|General
|Royal Air Force
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Russell H. Greenan}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|17}}
|Author
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|4}}
|July 3, 1924
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Climber, writer
|US Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Shecky Greene}}
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|8}}
|November 2, 1923
|Comedian
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|US Navy
|British Army
|United States
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
British India
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|2}}
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/森繁弘 Shigehiro Mori]
|January 7, 1928
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1928|1|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|July 8, 1921
|Philosopher, sociologist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|7|8}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|October 1, 1930
|Mineralogist
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|1}}
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/村井澄夫 Sumio Murai]
|February 24, 1925
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|24}}
|-
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|March 3, 1924
|Japanese Prime Minister
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stu Griffing}}
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|9}}
|April 11, 1923
|Olympic rower
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Doris Grumbach}}
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|7|12}}
|January 4, 1920
|Writer
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)
|Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
|British Army
|United States
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|4}}
|{{wp|Frank Joseph Guarini}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|20}}
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|US Navy
|United States
|}
|}


== H ==
== N ==
31 veterans
5 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|{{wp|Lucien Nedzi}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|18}}
|May 28, 1925
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Politician
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|US Army
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Hall}}
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|3}}
|June 10, 1926
|Crossword puzzle editor
|Musician, educator
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gail Halvorsen}}
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|10}}
|May 30, 1920
|US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"
|Lawyer
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ian Hamilton}}
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|13}}
|June 9, 1927
|Lawyer, Scottish nationalist,  participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|British Army
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|6|9}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hanel Walter Hanel]
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|{{birth date and age|1930|9|14}}
|January 8, 1924
|Political caricaturist
|Aviator and businessman
|Volkssturm
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Germany
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|8}}
|}
 
== O ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Monique Hanotte}}
|{{wp|Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|8|10}}
|October 27, 1925
|Member of Belgian Resistance
|Sushi Chef
|Belgian Resistance
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Belgium
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|12|7}}
|October 8, 1925
|Politician
|Author
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Hardy}}
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|8}}
|September 12, 1926
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|12}}
|}
== P ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Harlow}}
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|19}}
|August 29, 1924
|Writer, academic
|Surgeon
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Navy Reserve
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sheldon Harnick}}
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|30}}
|December 5, 1923
|Lyricist (''Fiddler on the Roof'')
|Bass player, arranger
|US Army
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|{{wp|John Peoples (educator)|John Peoples}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|6}}
|August 26, 1926
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|President of Jackson State University
|US Navy
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Chris Haughey}}
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|3}}
|July 19, 1925
|Baseball player
|Businessman
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|19}}
|}
 
== R ==
9 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|12}}
|May 30, 1923
|Writer
|Oncologist
|Heer
|Greek Resistance
|Germany
|Greece
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Hayes}}
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|5}}
|August 23, 1924
|Actor
|Poet, journalist, war correspondent
|US Naval Air Corps
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Thomas B. Hayward}}
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|5|3}}
|August 12, 1926
|Admiral
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|12}}
|-
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|May 5, 1927
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eric Heath}}
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|28}}
|April 4, 1924
|Artist
|Admiral
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|Royal Navy
|New Zealand
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Hébras}}
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|29}}
|August 19, 1926
|Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor
|Businessman, investor
|French Resistance
|US Army
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF pilot)|John Hemingway}}
|{{wp|Alan Rogers (football manager)|Alan Rogers}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|7|17}}
|December 31, 1924
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Football manager
|Royal Air Force
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|8}}
|January 24, 1924
|Writer
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Polish People's Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Poland
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Hennessy}}
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|26}}
|September 29, 1926
|Diplomat, prison official
|United States Congressman
|British Army
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|29}}
|}
 
== S ==
24 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|4|7}}
|September 13, 1925
|Admiral
|Judge
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|5|23}}
|Researcher
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elwood Hillis}}
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|6}}
|March 10, 1924
|Indiana congressman (1971–1987)
|Order of Glory recipient
|US Army
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|10}}
|-
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|May 28, 1926
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|17}}
|October 1925
|Physicist, academic
|Blogger, political candidate
|Royal Navy
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom}
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1925|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stuart Hodes}}
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|27}}
|April 25, 1924
|Dancer, choreographer, writer
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|9|11}}
|September 26, 1922
|Actor
|Professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|26}}
|-
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%A4%AB Masao Horie]
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|{{birth date and age|1915|6|16}}
|November 14, 1924
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973)
|German television actor
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Heer
|Japan
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tom Hughes}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|26}}
|October 25, 1930
|Politician
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Volkssturm
|Australia
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|15}}
|September 4, 1924
|Politician
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|US Army
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edwin Hunt}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|20}}
|June 5, 1929
|Queen's Bargemaster
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|British Army
|Wehrmacht
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harold Hyman}}
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|24}}
|August 30, 1923
|American Civil War historian
|Tennis player
|US Marine Corps
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|30}}
 
|-
== I ==
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
1 veteran
|April 19, 1923
{| class="wikitable"
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
!Veteran
|Imperial Japanese Navy
!Birth
|Japan
!Notability
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|19}}
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Robert Ignatius}}
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|11|11}}
|May 1, 1923
|Government official
|TV director, writer
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|1}}
 
== J ==
16 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Al Jaffee}}
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|13}}
|July 7, 1927
|Cartoonist
|Trumpeter
|United States Armed Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|9}}
|September 26, 1925
|Businessman, billionaire
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alexander Jefferson}}
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|11|15}}
|June 27, 1924
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward B. Jelks}}
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|9|10}}
|March 3, 1924
|Archaeologist
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|June 8, 1919
|Author, Lawyer
|Home Army
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1919|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William A. Jenkins}}
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|11|2}}
|May 29, 1923
|Admiral
|Author
|US Coast Guard
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|29}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jetter Karl Jetter]
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|2}}
|September 10, 1926
|Journalist
|Author
|Wehrmacht
|US Marine Corps
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Norman Jewison}}
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|21}}
|February 28, 1925
|Filmmaker
|Graphic artist
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Home Army
|Canada
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David_Johnson_(photographer)|David Johnson}}
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|3}}
|June 7, 1925
|Photographer
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)|Johnny Johnson}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|{{birth date and age|1921|11|25}}
|January 22, 1929
|Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids
|General
|Royal Air Force
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marilyn P. Johnson}}
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|6|19}}
|September 28, 1926
|Diplomat
|General
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|28}}
|}
 
== T ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Dub_Jones_(American_football)|Dub Jones}}
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|29}}
|December 2, 1920
|American football player
|Poet, artist
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|2}}
|-
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|January 17, 1921
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|17}}
|-
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|July 10, 1926
|Journalist, politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|10}}
|-
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|December 18, 1927
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|12|18}}
|}
== U ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lawrence W. Jones}}
|{{wp|Yosh Uchida}}
|1925 (age 96–97)
|April 1, 1920
|Physicist, professor
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|1}}
|{{wp|L. Q. Jones}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|8|19}}
|Actor
|United States Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Raymond_Jones_(architect)|Raymond Jones}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|18}}
|Architect
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)|George Joseph}}
|September 11, 1921 (age 100){{birth date and age|1921|9|11}}
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|2}}
|Professor, econometrician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|}
|}


== K ==
== V ==
13 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Kalb}}
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|2|4}}
|December 13, 1925
|Journalist
|Actor and comedian
|US Army
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Adolfo Kaminsky}}
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|1}}
|November 18, 1922
|French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|French Resistance
|Royal Italian Army
French Army
|Italy
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|5}}
|July 7, 1920
|Lawyer, judge
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|South African Army
|United States Army Air Force
|South Africa
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|7}}
|}
 
== W ==
8 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Keston}}
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|5}}
|December 10, 1921
|Actor, singer, runner
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Royal Air Force
|Einsatzgruppe
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|26}}
|September 10, 1923
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|Businessman
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Henry Kissinger}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|27}}
|Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|{{wp|William H. Webster}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}}
|March 6, 1924
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|Wehrmacht
|US Navy
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|6}}
|-
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Klimczak Kazimierz Klimczak]
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|{{birth date and age|1914|2|15}}
|March 12, 1925
|Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising
|Politician
|Polish Army
|US Navy
Home Army
|United States
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ted Knap}}
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|5|26}}
|July 2, 1924
|Journalist
|Football player
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jill Knight}}
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|7|9}}
|April 13, 1921
|Politician, life peer
|Theoretical physicist
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Kremen}}
|1922 (age 99–100)
|Writer
|Women's Army Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|4|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Werner Krolikowski}}
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|12}}
|February 9, 1924
|Politician
|Comedian, actor
|Kriegsmarine
|US Marine Corps
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|9}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kroker Herbert Kroker]
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|8|24}}
|July 11, 1924
|Politician
|Businessman
|Volkssturm
|US Army Air Corps
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|11}}
|}
|}


== L ==
== X ==
27 veterans
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Traute Lafrenz}}
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|5|3}}
|March 22, 1922
|Member of the White Rose
|Auto racing driver
|
|US Army Air Forces
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Dean S. Laird}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|2|7}}
|World War II flying ace
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|22}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|}
|{{birth date and age|1928|12|2}}
 
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
== Y ==
|Wehrmacht
1 veteran
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Phyllis Latour}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|8}}
|Legion of Honour recipient, member of the Special Operations Executive
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Special Operations Executive
French Resistance
|United Kingdom
----Free France
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_Lauterbach Lothar Lauterbach]
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|3}}
|Artist
|
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|5|1}}
|Mathematician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Norman Lear}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|27}}
|Film & television producer; ''All in the Family,'' ''Maude,'' ''The Jeffersons''
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Nikolai Lebedev}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|15}}
|Actor
|Red Navy
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)|Jean Lee}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|26}}
|Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF
|Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|14}}
|Maritime expert, curator
|Royal Navy
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ülo_Lepik Ülo Lepik]
|{{birth date and age|1921|7|11}}
|Mathematician, academician
|Schutzstaffel
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ted Lerner}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|15}}
|Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sonny Lester}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|15}}
|Music producer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Marv Levy}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|3}}
|Football coach
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Guenter Lewy}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|8|22}}
|Author, professor
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Mark Litchman}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|14}}
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Peter Lloyd (aviator)|Peter Lloyd}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|15}}
|Aviator
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Nina Lobkovskaya}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|8}}
|Sniper
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi}}
|1922 (age 99–100)
|Admiral
|Royal Indian Navy
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Elgen Long}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|8|12}}
|Aviator, historian, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Löschner_(Chorleiter) Ernst Löschner]
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|20}}
|Conductor
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|David Elliot Loye}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|26}}
|Author, psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dick Lucas}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|10}}
|Anglican minister
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|William R. Lucas}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|3|1}}
|Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Lujack}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|4}}
|Football player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bernt H. Lund}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|14}}
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Norway
|-
|{{wp|Ted Luscombe}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|10}}
|Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990)
|British Indian Army
British Army
|British India
United Kingdom
|}
 
== M ==
63 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Terence Macartney-Filgate}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|6}}
|Film director
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Ian Verner Macdonald}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|19}}
|Diplomat, entrepreneur
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Navy
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Marion Mann}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|29}}
|Physician, pathologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Josip Manolić}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|22}}
|Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Steve Marsh (footballer)|Steve Marsh}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|12}}
|Australian rules football player
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|30}}
|TV personality & actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|8|22}}
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|22}}
|Physicist, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Knox Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|12}}
|Artist
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Mac Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|26}}
|Bluegrass musician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Angel Martín Taboas}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|6|18}}
|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}}
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|21}}
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|26}}
|General
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|Czechoslovakia
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|11|12}}
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|20}}
|Physicist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|8}}
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|{{birth date and age|1920|11|2}}
|Anaesthetist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|20}}
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|French Army
Free French Army
French Air Force
|France
----Free France
|-
|{{wp|William V. McBride}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|5|25}}
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|3}}
|Artist, illustrator
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Art McNally}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|1}}
|American football referee
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|11|2}}
|Diplomat
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Henry R. McPhee Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|11}}
|Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|16}}
|Composer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Mehnert Hellmut Mehnert]
|{{birth date and age|1928|2|22}}
|Physician, professor
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|13}}
|Sportscaster, educator, & author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Manfred Messerschmidt}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|10|1}}
|Historian
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|A. L. Mestel}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|17}}
|Pediatric surgeon
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|1|23}}
|Painter
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|9}}
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf II}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|22}}
|Diplomat & politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Larry Miggins}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|20}}
|Baseball player
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|5|30}}
|Australian rules football player
|Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|16}}
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Newton N. Minow}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|1|17}}
|FCC chairman (1961–1963)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Maria Mirecka-Loryś}}
|{{birth date and age|1916|2|7}}
|Lawyer, journalist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|John Matthew Mitchell}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|22}}
|Charity worker
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Hiroshi H. Miyamura}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|6}}
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|4}}
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|David O. Moberg}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|2|13}}
|Sociologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Hans Modrow}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|1|27}}
|Prime Minister of East Germany
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Moehring Gerhard Moehring]
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|28}}
|Educationist
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|3}}
|Climber, writer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|8}}
|Protestant theologian
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|2}}
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
British India
|-
|{{wp|Bobby Morgan (baseball)|Bobby Morgan}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|29}}
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%B9%81%E5%BC%98 Shigehiro Mori]
|{{birth date and age|1928|1|7}}
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|7|8}}
|Philosopher & sociologist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Wilson Morris}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|4|28}}
|Lawyer & federal judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Addold Mossin}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|12|12}}
|Neopagan priest
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Ben R. Mottelson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|9}}
|Physicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|{{birth date and age|1930|10|1}}
|Mineralogist
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Henry J. Muller}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|4|7}}
|General
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charlie Munger}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|1}}
|Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E4%BA%95%E6%BE%84%E5%A4%AB Sumio Murai]
|February 1925 (age 96)
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|3}}
|Japanese Prime Minister
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|11}}
|Billionaire & businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Austin Murphy}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|6|17}}
|Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Thomas Murphy (broadcasting)|Thomas Murphy}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|31}}
|Broadcasting executive
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Tony Murray (businessman)|Tony Murray}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|2|8}}
|Businessman, billionaire
|Free French Army
Royal Air Force
|Free France
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|1|4}}
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Gordon Mydland}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|5|12}}
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== N ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|7}}
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|29}}
|11th President of Italy (2006–2015)
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Lucien N. Nedzi}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|28}}
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|10}}
|Musician, educator
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Joan Neiman}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|9|9}}
|Senator
|Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Yakov Neishtadt}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|10|6}}
|Chess player
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Nerio Nesi}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|16}}
|Politician, businessman, banker
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|5|30}}
|Lawyer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|6|9}}
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nimmerrichter Richard Nimmerrichter]
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|31}}
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ian Nish}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|3}}
|Academic; specialist in Japanese studies
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|8}}
|Aviator and businessman
|Norwegian resistance movement
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|-
|{{wp|Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|22}}
|Writer
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== O ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Makoto Ogawa}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|2|1}}
|Pilot
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|5|17}}
|Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Jiro Ono}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|27}}
|Sushi Chef
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David Oreck}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|17}}
|Entrepreneur
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|8}}
|Author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|12}}
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|US Army
|United States
|}
 
== P ==
19 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Boris Pahor}}
|{{birth date and age|1913|8|26}}
|Writer & publicist
|Royal Italian Army
Slovene Partisans
|Italy
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Rudolph Pariser}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|8}}
|Physicist & polymer chemist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Deanie Parrish}}
|1922 (age 99–100)
|Congressional Gold Medal recipient
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|29}}
|Surgeon
|US Navy Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|5}}
|Bass player & arranger
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Philip Pearlstein}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|5|24}}
|Modern Realist painter
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Peoples}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|26}}
|President of Jackson State University
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Simon Perchik}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|24}}
|Poet
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Solomon Perel}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|21}}
|Holocaust survivor, author
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Nehemiah Persoff}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|8|2}}
|Actor; ''Some Like It Hot,'' ''Yentl''
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|19}}
|Businessman
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Peters_(Sinologe) Helmut Peters]
|{{birth date and age|1930|7|23}}
|Sinologist, Marxist
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Leslie Phillips}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|20}}
|Actor
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Muriel Phillips}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|12}}
|Author
|US Army (nurse)
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bill Pitman}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|2|12}}
|Musician
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Wanda Półtawska}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|11|2}}
|Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author
|Polish Resistance
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Martin Pope}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|8|22}}
|Physical chemist
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Aris Poulianos}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|24}}
|Anthropologist & archaeologist
|Greek People's Liberation Army
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|Ralph Puckett}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|12|8}}
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Army Reserve
|United States
|}
 
== Q ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Al Quie}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|18}}
|Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983)
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== R ==
23 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Bhisadej Rajani}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|20}}
|Member of the Thai royal family
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|16}}
|Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Rasbol Helmut Rasbol]
|1925 (age 95-96)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Ravenel, Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|29}}
|Politician
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|30}}
|Oncologist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|Vasily Reshetnikov}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|12|23}}
|Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force
|Soviet Air Forces
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|23}}
|Poet, journalist, & war correspondent
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|12}}
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|5}}
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Edward L. Rissien}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|1}}
|Film producer and executive
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|4}}
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|19}}
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lisa_Cinciari_Rodano Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano]
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|21}}
|Politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Alan Rogers}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|31}}
|Football manager
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|24}}
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Charles P. Roland}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|4|8}}
|Historian, professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Romanov}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|21}}
|Pretender to the Russian throne
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Roy Roper}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|11}}
|Rugby union player
|Royal New Zealand Navy
|New Zealand
|-
|{{wp|J. Roy Rowland}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|3}}
|Georgia congressman (1981–1995)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Richard E. Rumble}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|10|26}}
|Admiral
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|29}}
|United States Congressman
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|-
|{{wp|William Russell (English actor)|William Russell}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|19}}
|Actor
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|F. James Rutherford}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|11}}
|Science professor, radar officer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== S ==
57 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|13}}
|Judge
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|10}}
|Order of Glory recipient
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Sydney Samuelson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|12|7}}
|Film commissioner
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Ashot Sarkisov}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|30}}
|Admiral, scientist
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|5|28}}
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Laurie Sawle}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|19}}
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|1925 (age 96–97)
|Blogger & political candidate
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|25}}
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|9|26}}
|Professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|14}}
|German television actor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|{{birth date and age|1930|10|25}}
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|4}}
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann]
|{{birth date and age|1928|9|5}}
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Wolf Schneider}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|7}}
|Journalist
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Arnold Schulman}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|11}}
|Writer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harry D. Schultz}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|11}}
|Financial adviser, author
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|5}}
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Bernard L. Schwartz}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|12|12}}
|CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ted Schwinden}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|31}}
|Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Vin Scully}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|11|29}}
|Sportscaster
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Simone Segouin}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|3}}
|Resistance member
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Segre Bruno Segre]
|{{birth date and age|1918|9|4}}
|Journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Camillo_Segre Sergio Camillo Segre]
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|15}}
|Politician, journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|8|30}}
|Tennis player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|19}}
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|1}}
|TV director & writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|7}}
|Trumpeter
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Frank Shakespeare}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|9}}
|Diplomat, president of CBS
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|26}}
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|11}}
|British peer
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|6|27}}
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jack Sheedy (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Sheedy}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|28}}
|Australian rules footballer
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Thomas D. Shepard}}
|c. 1925 (age 96-97)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|3}}
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|6|8}}
|Author, Lawyer
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Leon Silver}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|9}}
|Geologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Maria Simon (sociologist)|Maria Simon}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|8|6}}
|Sociologist
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|29}}
|Author
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John K. Singlaub}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|7|10}}
|Army general
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Carlo Smuraglia}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|8|12}}
|Politician; National president of the A.N.P.I. association (2011-2017)
|Italian Rersistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Robert M. Solow}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|23}}
|Economist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Mihai Șora}}
|{{birth date and age|1916|11|7}}
|Philosopher, writer
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Pierre Soulages}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|12|24}}
|Painter and sculptor
|
|France
|-
|{{wp|Larry South}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|26}}
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Robert Hitchcock Spain}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|26}}
|Bishop
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bill Spence}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|20}}
|Writer
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|10}}
|Author
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|28}}
|Graphic artist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Colin Stannard}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|8}}
|Archdeacon of Carlisle
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Epaminondas Stassinopoulos}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|17}}
|Astrophysicist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|William L. Stearman}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|6|22}}
|Government official, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens, Sr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|7}}
|Politician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Guy Stern}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|14}}
|Literary scholar
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|{{birth date and age|1929|1|22}}
|General
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Larry Storch}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|8}}
|Comedian and Actor; TV's ''F Troop''
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|9|28}}
|General
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Lyle Elmer Strom}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|6}}
|Judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|}
 
== T ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|2}}
|Poet, artist
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Jiro Tanaka}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|1|16}}
|Aircraft & automotive engineer
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Maurice Taylor}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|5|5}}
|Bishop
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Fletcher Thompson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|5}}
|Politician & lawyer
|US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Thorn}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|28}}
|Headmaster, writer
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|17}}
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|10}}
|Journalist & politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Simon Towneley}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|14}}
|Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Krastyu Trichkov}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|12}}
|Politician
|Bulgarian Resistance
|Bulgaria
|-
|{{wp|Charley Trippi}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|14}}
|Football player
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ankica Tuđman}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|24}}
|First Lady of Croatia
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Joe Turkel}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|15}}
|Actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|12|18}}
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== U ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Yosh Uchida}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|4|1}}
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer
|US Army
|United States
|}
 
== V ==
7 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Tony Vaccaro}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|12|20}}
|Photographer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jaakko Valtanen}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|9}}
|General
|Finnish Defence Forces
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Ronald R. Van Stockum}}
|{{birth date and age|1916|7|8}}
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|12|13}}
|Actor and comedian
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|18}}
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|Royal Italian Army
|Italy
|-
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|7|12}}
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Inez Voyce}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|16}}
|Baseball player
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|United States
|}
 
== W ==
27 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Angel Wagenstein}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|10|17}}
|Film director, author
|Bulgarian Resistance
|Bulgaria
|-
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|10}}
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Einsatzgruppe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Udo Walendy}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|1|21}}
|Historian
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|10}}
|Businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Martin Walser}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|24}}
|Writer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Wan Haifeng}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|9|25}}
|General
|Red Army
|Republic of China
|-
|{{wp|Stan Waterman}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|5}}
|Cinematographer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Josser Watling}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|11}}
|Association football player
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Watson_family|Billy Watson}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|25}}
|Child actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Donald J. Watt}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|8|10}}
|Author
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|William H. Webster}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|26}}
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jimmy Weldon}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|23}}
|Voice actor & ventriloquist
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Lloyd F. Wheat}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|27}}
|Lawyer, politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Alan White}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|23}}
|Writer
|
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|12}}
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Wiel Leopold Wiel]
|{{birth date and age|1916|5|14}}
|Architect and professor
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Hershel W. Williams}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|10|2}}
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|G. I. Williamson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|19}}
|Theologian, pastor, author
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Oscar Lawton Wilkerson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|9}}
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dennis Wilson}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|6|25}}
|Poet
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Edwin Wilson}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|1}}
|Professor
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|2}}
|Football player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Graham Winteringham}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|2}}
|Architect
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|13}}
|Theoretical physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|9}}
|Comedian & actor
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Laura_Fabbri_Wronowski Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski]
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|1}}
|Partisan, Journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|11}}
|Businessman
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|}
 
== X ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|3|22}}
|December 16, 1924
|Auto racing driver
|Conservationist
|US Army Air Forces
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|16}}
|}
|}


== Y ==
== Z ==
3 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|16}}
|Conservationist
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert M. Young}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|22}}
|Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ihor Yukhnovskyi}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|1}}
|Physicist, politician
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== Z ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
|-
!Age
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Zick Rolf Zick]
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|16}}
|Journalist
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Zickler Heinz Zickler]
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|25}}
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|20}}
|June 20, 1923
|Musicologist, conductor
|Musicologist, conductor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|10|1}}
|October 1926
|Politician
|Politician
|National Revolutionary Army
|National Revolutionary Army
|Republic of China
|Republic of China
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1926|10|1}}
|-
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski]
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski]
|{{birth date and age|1929|2|11}}
|February 11, 1929
|President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers
|President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers
|Gray Ranks
|Gray Ranks
|Poland
|Poland
|-
|{{age in years and days|1929|2|11}}
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Żurakowski_(podpułkownik) Stanisław Żurakowski]
|{{birth date and age|1920|7|24}}
|Polish lieutenant colonel
|Polish Army
Anders' Army
Polish Armed Forces in the West
|Poland
|}
|}
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[[Category:Lists]]

Latest revision as of 21:09, 24 June 2024

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945). A total of 213 veterans are listed.

A

10 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
S. Daniel Abraham August 15, 1924 Businessman, philanthropist US Army United States 99 years, 315 days
Valdas Adamkus November 3, 1926 President of Lithuania Lithuanian resistance Lithuania 97 years, 235 days
Lee Adams August 14, 1924 Musician US Army United States 99 years, 316 days
Marshall Allen May 25, 1924 Musician US Army United States 100 years, 31 days
Walter Althammer March 12, 1928 Politician Heer Germany 96 years, 105 days
Valérie André April 21, 1922 General, neurosurgeon, aviator French Resistance Free France 102 years, 65 days
Ray Anthony January 20, 1922 Bandleader and trumpeter US Navy United States 102 years, 157 days
George Ariyoshi March 12, 1926 Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) US Army United States 98 years, 105 days
Stanisław Aronson May 6, 1925 Order of Polonia Restituta recipient Home Army Poland 99 years, 50 days
Austin Asche November 28, 1925 Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge Royal Australian Air Force Australia 98 years, 210 days

B

20 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Vincent Ball December 4, 1923 Actor Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 204 days
Karlheinz Bauer April 24, 1928 Former head of Bauer Group Heer Germany 96 years, 62 days
William J. Bauer September 15, 1926 Federal judge US Army United States 97 years, 284 days
V. J. Bella July 29, 1927 American politician US Marine Corps United States 96 years, 332 days
Alan Bergman September 11, 1925 Songwriter US Army United States 98 years, 288 days
Rasammah Bhupalan May 1, 1927 Social activist Indian National Army Azad Hind 97 years, 55 days
Walter Bingham January 5, 1924 Journalist British Army United Kingdom 100 years, 172 days
Benjamin B. Blackburn February 14, 1927 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 132 days
Eric Blackwood December 7, 1921 Aviator Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Air Force

Canada

United Kingdom

102 years, 201 days
Harry Blank May 24, 1925 Politician Canadian Army Canada 99 years, 32 days
Daoud Bokhary January 15, 1920 Businessman British Indian Army British India 104 years, 162 days
Jacques Borker September 29, 1922 Artist French Resistance Free France 101 years, 270 days
Hugo Broch January 6, 1922 World War II flying ace Luftwaffe Germany 102 years, 171 days
Victor Brombert November 11, 1923 Professor US Army United States 100 years, 227 days
Mel Brooks June 28, 1926 Director, actor, producer US Army, Battle of the Bulge United States 97 years, 363 days
Stephen Brown October 3, 1924 Judge Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom 99 years, 266 days
Walt Brown July 28, 1926 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 333 days
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin February 17, 1924 11th Earl of Elgin British Army, Scots Guards United Kingdom 100 years, 129 days
Arthur E. Bryson October 7, 1925 Control theorist US Navy United States 98 years, 262 days
Charles Burrell October 4, 1920 Musician US Navy United States 103 years, 265 days

C

14 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Gerard Caris March 20, 1925 Artist US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 97 days
Lou Carnesecca January 5, 1925 Basketball coach US Coast Guard United States 99 years, 172 days
Jimmy Carter October 1, 1924 39th U.S. President US Navy United States 99 years, 268 days
Patrick Skene Catling February 14, 1925 Journalist, author Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 99 years, 132 days
Nadia Cattouse November 2, 1924 Actress, singer, songwriter Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 99 years, 236 days
Robert A. Chase January 6, 1923 Surgeon, professor US Army United States 101 years, 171 days
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher April 25, 1925 Businessman, trade unionist, tax official Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 61 days
John B. Cobb February 9, 1925 Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist US Army United States 99 years, 137 days
Marthe Cohn April 13, 1920 Author, spy French Army France 104 years, 73 days
Ena Collymore-Woodstock September 10, 1917 Solicitor, magistrate Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 106 years, 289 days
Tom Copeland April 17, 1924 Politician US Army United States 100 years, 69 days
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. September 29, 1925 Federal judge US Army United States 98 years, 270 days
John Cruickshank May 20, 1920 Recipient of the Victoria Cross British Army

Royal Air Force

United Kingdom 104 years, 36 days
Iris Cummings December 21, 1920 Olympic swimmer, Aviator Women Airforce Service Pilots United States 103 years, 187 days

D

13 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Phyllis Dalton October 16, 1925 Costume designer Women's Royal Naval Service United States 98 years, 253 days
Louis Danziger November 17, 1923 Graphic designer, professor US Army United States 100 years, 221 days
Klaus von Dohnanyi June 23, 1928 Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg Volkssturm Germany 96 years, 2 days
Charles Dolan October 16, 1926 Businessman, Philanthropist US Army Air Force United States 97 years, 253 days
Lou Donaldson November 1, 1926 Musician US Navy United States 97 years, 237 days
William I. Donnermeyer Sr. September 19, 1924 Politician US Navy United States 99 years, 280 days
Bruce L. Douglas July 14, 1925 Politician US Navy United States 98 years, 347 days
Karl-Heinz Drews December 22, 1929 General Volkssturm

Wehrmacht

Germany 94 years, 186 days
Roy Drinkard July 12, 1920 Businessman US Marine Corps United States 103 years, 349 days
Charles C. Droz July 8, 1924 Politician US Army United States 99 years, 353 days
Patrick Duffy June 17, 1920 President of the NATO Assembly Fleet Air Arm United Kingdom 104 years, 8 days
Roland Dumas August 23, 1922 Politician, lawyer French Resistance Free France 101 years, 307 days
Winfield Dunn July 1, 1927 Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975) US Navy United States 96 years, 360 days

E

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Alfred Einwag March 18, 1928 Lawyer Heer Germany 96 years, 99 days
Juan Ponce Enrile February 14, 1924 Lawyer Philippine Navy Philippines 100 years, 132 days
Daniel J. Evans October 16, 1925 Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) US Navy United States 98 years, 253 days
Anthony Eyton May 17, 1923 Artist British Army United Kingdom 101 years, 39 days

F

9 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Josef-Gerhard Farkas July 13, 1929 Hungariologist Volkssturm Germany 94 years, 348 days
Edward Field June 7, 1924 Poet, author US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 18 days
Sergio Flamigni October 22, 1925 Politician, writer Italian Resistance Italian Resistance 98 years, 247 days
James Clayton Flowers December 25, 1915 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Forces United States 108 years, 183 days
Loretta Ford December 28, 1920 Nurse, Academic US Army Air Forces United States 103 years, 180 days
Wieland Förster February 12, 1930 Painter, writer Volkssturm Germany 94 years, 134 days
John S. Foster Jr. September 18, 1922 Physicist US Army Air Forces United States 101 years, 281 days
J. Keith Fraser February 18, 1922 Physical geographer Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Air Force

Canada

United Kingdom

102 years, 128 days
Russell Freeburg March 4, 1923 Editor of the Chicago Tribune US Army United States 101 years, 113 days

G

13 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Arnald Gabriel May 31, 1925 Conductor of the US Air Force Band US Army United States 99 years, 25 days
Samuel Rhea Gammon III January 22, 1924 Ambassador US Army United States 100 years, 155 days
Bernard Garfield May 27, 1924 Bassoonist US Army United States 100 years, 29 days
Stanley Michael Gartler June 9, 1923 Biologist, geneticist US Army Air Forces United States 101 years, 16 days
Eddie Germano November 15, 1924 Cartoonist US Army United States 99 years, 223 days
Roy Gibson July 4, 1924 Aerospace engineer British Army United Kingdom 99 years, 357 days
I. Leo Glasser April 6, 1924 Judge US Army United States 100 years, 80 days
René Henry Gracida June 9, 1923 Bishop Flying Tigers United States 101 years, 16 days
Bill Grayden August 5, 1920 Politician Australian Army Australia 103 years, 325 days
Bill Greason September 3, 1924 Baseball player US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 296 days
Peter Green December 22, 1924 Historian Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 186 days
Maurice R. Greenberg May 4, 1925 CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) US Army United States 99 years, 52 days
Frank J. Guarini August 20, 1924 Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) US Navy United States 99 years, 310 days

H

15 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Jürgen Habermas June 18, 1929 Philosopher; sociologist Luftwaffenhelfer Germany 95 years, 7 days
G. Homer Harding December 7, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 201 days
George Hardy June 8, 1925 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 17 days
Robert Harlow November 19, 1923 Writer, academic Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 100 years, 219 days
Ted Hartley November 6, 1924 Pilot, banker, actor, film producer US Navy United States 99 years, 232 days
Helmut Hauptmann March 12, 1928 Writer Heer Germany 96 years, 105 days
Eric Heath November 23, 1923 Artist Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand 100 years, 215 days
John Hemingway July 17, 1919 Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain Royal Air Force United Kingdom 104 years, 344 days
Józef Hen November 8, 1923 Writer Polish People's Army Poland 100 years, 230 days
Werner Henninger April 7, 1929 Admiral Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 79 days
Laurin L. Henry May 23, 1921 Researcher US Navy United States 103 years, 33 days
Cyril Hilsum May 17, 1925 Physicist, academic Royal Navy United Kingdom 99 years, 39 days
Earl Holliman September 11, 1928 Actor US Navy United States 95 years, 288 days
Tom Hughes November 26, 1923 Politician Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 212 days
Evan Hultman July 15, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 346 days

I

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Paul Ignatius November 11, 1920 Government official US Navy United States 103 years, 227 days

J

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Stephen A. Jarislowsky September 9, 1925 Businessman, billionaire US Army United States 98 years, 290 days
Dub Jones December 29, 1924 American football player US Navy United States 99 years, 179 days
George Joseph September 11, 1921 Founder of Mercury Insurance Group US Army United States 102 years, 288 days
George Judge May 2, 1925 Professor, econometrician US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 54 days

K

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Sydney Kentridge November 5, 1922 Lawyer, judge South African Army South Africa 101 years, 233 days
Elisabeth Kirkby January 26, 1921 Actress, writer, broadcaster Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 103 years, 151 days
Helma Kissner December 23, 1923 Accused of war crimes by SWC Wehrmacht Germany 100 years, 185 days

L

11 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Horst Langes December 2, 1928 Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate Wehrmacht Germany 95 years, 206 days
Peter Lax May 1, 1926 Mathematician US Navy United States 98 years, 55 days
Jean Lee July 26, 1924 Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division Canada 99 years, 335 days
James Lees February 14, 1924 Maritime expert, curator Royal Navy

British Merchant Navy

United Kingdom 100 years, 132 days
Marv Levy August 3, 1925 Football coach US Army Air Corps United States 98 years, 327 days
Guenter Lewy August 22, 1923 Author, professor British Army United Kingdom 100 years, 308 days
Nina Lobkovskaya March 8, 1925 Sniper Red Army Soviet Union 99 years, 109 days
Ernst Löschner June 20, 1929 Conductor Wehrmacht Germany 95 years, 5 days
Dick Lucas September 10, 1925 Anglican minister Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 289 days
William R. Lucas March 1, 1922 Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center US Navy United States 102 years, 116 days
Bernt H. Lund August 14, 1924 Civil servant, diplomat, politician Norwegian resistance movement Norway 99 years, 316 days

M

30 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Peter Marshall March 30, 1926 TV personality, actor US Army United States 98 years, 87 days
Ray Marshall August 22, 1928 US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) US Navy United States 95 years, 308 days
Gordon Eugene Martin August 22, 1925 Physicist, author US Navy United States 98 years, 308 days
Ivan Martynushkin January 18, 1924 Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp Red Army Soviet Union 100 years, 159 days
Anthony Mason April 21, 1925 Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Royal Australian Air Force Australia 99 years, 65 days
Miloslav Masopust September 26, 1924 General 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR Czechoslovakia 99 years, 273 days
Joseph Matarazzo November 12, 1925 Psychologist US Navy United States 98 years, 226 days
Robert D. Maurer July 20, 1924 Physicist US Army United States 99 years, 341 days
Charlie Maxwell April 8, 1927 Baseball Player US Army United States 97 years, 78 days
Otto Mayrhofer November 2, 1920 Anaesthetist Wehrmacht Germany 103 years, 236 days
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow March 20, 1921 Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) French Army

Free French Army

French Air Force

France
Free France 		103 years, 97 days
Robert McGinnis February 3, 1926 Artist, illustrator US Merchant Marine United States 98 years, 143 days
Francis Terry McNamara November 2, 1927 Diplomat US Navy United States 96 years, 236 days
Kirke Mechem August 16, 1925 Composer US Army United States 98 years, 314 days
Bill Mercer February 13, 1926 Sportscaster, educator, author US Navy United States 98 years, 133 days
Harald Metzkes January 23, 1929 Painter Heer Germany 95 years, 154 days
Ed Mickelson September 9, 1926 Baseball player US Army Air Forces United States 97 years, 290 days
J. William Middendorf September 22, 1924 Diplomat, politician US Navy United States 99 years, 277 days
Jim Miller May 30, 1919 Australian rules football player Australian Army

Royal Australian Air Force

Australia 105 years, 26 days
John H. Miller April 16, 1925 General US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 70 days
Sanford K. Moats December 4, 1921 General US Army Air Forces United States 102 years, 204 days
Gwen Moffat July 3, 1924 Climber, writer Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 99 years, 358 days
Henry Moore November 2, 1923 Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf British Army

British Indian Army

United Kingdom

British India

100 years, 236 days
Shigehiro Mori January 7, 1928 General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986) Imperial Japanese Army Japan 96 years, 170 days
Edgar Morin July 8, 1921 Philosopher, sociologist French Resistance Free France 102 years, 353 days
Georg Müller October 1, 1930 Mineralogist Hitlerjugend Germany 93 years, 268 days
Sumio Murai February 24, 1925 General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983) Imperial Japanese Army Japan 99 years, 122 days
Tomiichi Murayama March 3, 1924 Japanese Prime Minister Imperial Japanese Army Japan 100 years, 114 days
David H. Murdock April 11, 1923 Businessman, billionaire US Army United States 101 years, 75 days
David Musuguri January 4, 1920 Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988) British Army United Kingdom 104 years, 173 days

N

5 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Lucien Nedzi May 28, 1925 Politician US Army United States 99 years, 28 days
Joe Negri June 10, 1926 Musician, educator US Army United States 98 years, 15 days
Frederick M. Nicholas May 30, 1920 Lawyer US Army United States 104 years, 26 days
George Nigh June 9, 1927 Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987) US Navy United States 97 years, 16 days
Peter L. Nissen January 8, 1924 Aviator and businessman Norwegian resistance movement

Royal Norwegian Air Force

Norway 100 years, 169 days

O

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Jiro Ono October 27, 1925 Sushi Chef Japanese Imperial Army Japan 98 years, 242 days
Edward Ormondroyd October 8, 1925 Author US Navy United States 98 years, 261 days
Donald Owens September 12, 1926 General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene US Army United States 97 years, 287 days

P

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Victor Parsonnet August 29, 1924 Surgeon US Navy Reserve United States 99 years, 301 days
Johnny Pate December 5, 1923 Bass player, arranger US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band United States 100 years, 203 days
John Peoples August 26, 1926 President of Jackson State University US Marine Corps United States 97 years, 304 days
Jack Petchey July 19, 1925 Businessman Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 342 days

R

9 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Dennis V. Razis May 30, 1923 Oncologist Greek Resistance Greece 101 years, 26 days
Madeleine Riffaud August 23, 1924 Poet, journalist, war correspondent French Resistance Free France 99 years, 307 days
Basil Rigg August 12, 1926 Cricket player Australian Army Australia 97 years, 318 days
Fred Risser May 5, 1927 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 51 days
John Roberts April 4, 1924 Admiral Royal Navy United Kingdom 100 years, 82 days
Arthur Rock August 19, 1926 Businessman, investor US Army United States 97 years, 311 days
Alan Rogers December 31, 1924 Football manager Royal Navy United Kingdom 99 years, 177 days
Richard Rohmer January 24, 1924 Military writer; Ultimatum Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 100 years, 153 days
Philip Ruppe September 29, 1926 United States Congressman V-12 Navy College Training Program United States 97 years, 270 days

S

24 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Howard F. Sachs September 13, 1925 Judge US Navy United States 98 years, 286 days
Agadadash Samedov March 10, 1924 Order of Glory recipient Red Army Soviet Union 100 years, 107 days
Frank Saucier May 28, 1926 Baseball player US Navy United States 98 years, 28 days
Norman Scarth October 1925 Blogger, political candidate Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 238 days to 98 years, 268 days
Art Schallock April 25, 1924 Baseball player US Navy United States 100 years, 61 days
Harold Zvi Schiffrin September 26, 1922 Professor US Army United States 101 years, 273 days
Rolf Schimpf November 14, 1924 German television actor Heer Germany 99 years, 224 days
Walter Franz Schleser October 25, 1930 Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten Volkssturm Germany 93 years, 244 days
Helmut Schlesinger September 4, 1924 President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Heer Germany 99 years, 295 days
Wolfgang Schumann June 5, 1929 Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate Wehrmacht Germany 95 years, 20 days
Vic Seixas August 30, 1923 Tennis player US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 300 days
Sen Sōshitsu XV April 19, 1923 Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school Imperial Japanese Navy Japan 101 years, 67 days
Ralph Senensky May 1, 1923 TV director, writer US Army United States 101 years, 55 days
Doc Severinsen July 7, 1927 Trumpeter US Army United States 96 years, 354 days
Bobby Shantz September 26, 1925 Baseball player US Army United States 98 years, 273 days
Charles Norman Shay June 27, 1924 Penobscot tribal elder, writer US Army United States 99 years, 364 days
Robert G. Shulman March 3, 1924 Biophysicist US Navy United States 100 years, 114 days
Władysław Siemaszko June 8, 1919 Author, Lawyer Home Army Poland 105 years, 17 days
Edward H. Sims May 29, 1923 Author US Army Air Forces United States 101 years, 27 days
Richard T. Spooner September 10, 1926 Author US Marine Corps United States 97 years, 289 days
Irena Stankiewicz February 28, 1925 Graphic artist Home Army Poland 99 years, 118 days
Willis H. Stephens June 7, 1925 Politician US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 18 days
Heinz Stöcker January 22, 1929 General Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 155 days
Fritz Streletz September 28, 1926 General Wehrmacht Germany 97 years, 271 days

T

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Sulev Tailo December 2, 1920 Poet, artist Finnish Army Finland 103 years, 206 days
Dan Tolkowsky January 17, 1921 Commander of the Israeli Air Force Royal Air Force United Kingdom 103 years, 160 days
Aldo Tortorella July 10, 1926 Journalist, politician Italian Resistance Italian Resistance 97 years, 351 days
James Wesley Turpin December 18, 1927 Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist US Navy United States 96 years, 190 days

U

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Yosh Uchida April 1, 1920 Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer US Army United States 104 years, 85 days

V

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Dick Van Dyke December 13, 1925 Actor and comedian US Army Air Corps United States 98 years, 195 days
Enrico Vanzini November 18, 1922 Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando Royal Italian Army Italy 101 years, 220 days
Thomas Franklin Vaughns July 7, 1920 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Force United States 103 years, 354 days

W

8 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Herbert Wahler December 10, 1921 Accused of war crimes by SWC Einsatzgruppe Germany 102 years, 198 days
Joe Wallach September 10, 1923 Businessman US Army United States 100 years, 289 days
William H. Webster March 6, 1924 3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council US Navy United States 100 years, 111 days
G. William Whitehurst March 12, 1925 Politician US Navy United States 99 years, 105 days
Charley Winner July 2, 1924 Football player US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 359 days
Louis Witten April 13, 1921 Theoretical physicist US Army Air Forces United States 103 years, 73 days
Woody Woodbury February 9, 1924 Comedian, actor US Marine Corps United States 100 years, 137 days
Oscar Wyatt July 11, 1924 Businessman US Army Air Corps United States 99 years, 350 days

X

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Alex Xydias March 22, 1922 Auto racing driver US Army Air Forces United States 102 years, 95 days

Y

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Barbara Yeaman December 16, 1924 Conservationist Women Airforce Service Pilots United States 99 years, 192 days

Z

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Franklin B. Zimmerman June 20, 1923 Musicologist, conductor US Army United States 101 years, 5 days
Zou Jiahua October 1926 Politician National Revolutionary Army Republic of China 97 years, 238 days to 97 years, 268 days
Leszek Żukowski February 11, 1929 President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers Gray Ranks Poland 95 years, 135 days
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