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This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 594 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 ==
22 veterans
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Abdullah CD
|{{wp|S. Daniel Abraham}}
|October 2, 1923 (age 97)
|August 15, 1924
|Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya
|Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
|Federated Malay States
|-
|S. Daniel Abraham
|August 15, 1924 (age 97)
|Businessman, philanthropist
|Businessman, philanthropist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|15}}
|-
|-
|Valdas Adamkus
|{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}
|November 3, 1926 (age 94)
|November 3, 1926
|President of Lithuania
|President of Lithuania
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuania
|Lithuania
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}
|-
|-
|Lee Adams
|{{wp|Lee Adams}}
|August 14, 1924 (age 97)
|August 14, 1924
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|-
|-
|Hans Albert
|{{wp|Marshall Allen}}
|February 8, 1921 (age 100)
|May 25, 1924
|Philosopher
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Marshall Allen
|May 25, 1924 (age 97)
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|25}}
|-
|-
|Wolfgang Altenburg
|{{wp|Walter Althammer}}
|June 24, 1928 (age 93)
|March 12, 1928
|General
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|Walter Althammer
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|Politician
|Politician
|Heer
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|-
|Aksel Andersen [pl]
|{{wp|Valérie André}}
|1924/1925 (age 96–97)
|April 21, 1922
|Accused of War Crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|James A. Andersen
|September 21, 1924 (age 96)
|Politician, judge
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Bud Anderson
|January 13, 1922 (age 99)
|Fighter pilot
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Erwin Andrä [de]
|May 20, 1921 (age 100)
|Designer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Valérie André
|April 21, 1922 (age 99)
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|French Resistance
|French Resistance
|Free France
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|4|21}}
|-
|-
|Roger Angell
|{{wp|Ray Anthony}}
|September 19, 1920 (age 100)
|January 20, 1922
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Ray Anthony
|January 20, 1922 (age 99)
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|20}}
|-
|-
|Stefan Arczyński
|{{wp|George Ariyoshi}}
|July 31, 1916 (age 105)
|March 12, 1926
|Photographer
|Luftwaffe
Heer
|Germany
|-
|George Ariyoshi
|March 12, 1926 (age 95)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Michael Arnold [de]
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|December 27, 1928 (age 92)
|May 6, 1925
|Professor
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Stanisław Aronson
|May 6, 1925 (age 96)
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Home Army
|Home Army
|Poland
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|6}}
|-
|-
|Austin Asche
|{{wp|Austin Asche}}
|November 28, 1925 (age 95)
|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}}
|Helmut Ashley
|September 17, 1919 (age 101)
|Cinematographer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Vasily Astafyev [ru]
|October 26, 1919 (age 101)
|Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
|}


== B ==
== B ==
68 veterans
20 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Vincent Ball}}
|December 4, 1923
|Actor
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|4}}
|-
|-
|Robert L. Backman
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|March 22, 1922 (age 99)
|April 24, 1928
|Lawyer, politician
|Former head of Bauer Group
|Heer
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|4|24}}
|-
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|September 15, 1926
|Federal judge
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|15}}
|-
|-
|Peter Badie
|{{wp|V. J. Bella}}
|May 17, 1925 (age 96)
|July 29, 1927
|Jazz bass guitarist
|American politician
|US Navy
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|29}}
|-
|-
|Dave Bailey
|{{wp|Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman}}
|February 22, 1926 (age 95)
|September 11, 1925
|Musician
|Songwriter
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|11}}
|-
|-
|Millie Bailey
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|February 3, 1918 (age 103)
|May 1, 1927
|Civil servant
|Social activist
|Women's Army Corps
|Indian National Army
|United States
|Azad Hind
|-
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|1}}
|Walter Balderson
|September 19, 1926 (age 94)
|Television pioneer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Vincent Ball
|December 4, 1923 (age 97)
|Actor
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|James Bama
|April 28, 1926 (age 95)
|Artist
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|-
|Bernhard Banaschewski [de]
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|March 22, 1926 (age 95)
|January 5, 1924
|Mathematician
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|Rudolf Barbarino [de]
|March 19, 1920 (age 101)
|Journalist
|Journalist
|Heer
|British Army
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|5}}
|-
|-
|Bob Barker
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|December 12, 1923 (age 97)
|February 14, 1927
|Game show host
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Haven J. Barlow
|January 4, 1922 (age 99)
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Phil Batt
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|March 4, 1927 (age 94)
|December 7, 1921
|29th Governor of Idaho
|Aviator
|US Army Air Forces
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|United States
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|May 24, 1925
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|24}}
|-
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|January 15, 1920
|Businessman
|British Indian Army
|British India
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|15}}
|-
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|September 29, 1922
|Artist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|29}}
|-
|-
|Karlheinz Bauer [de]
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|April 24, 1928 (age 93)
|January 6, 1922
|Former head of Bauer Group
|World War II flying ace
|Heer
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|6}}
|-
|-
|William J. Bauer
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|September 15, 1926 (age 94)
|November 11, 1923
|Federal judge
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|11}}
|-
|-
|Julius W. Becton, Jr.
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|June 29, 1926 (age 95)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Harry Belafonte
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|March 1, 1927 (age 94)
|October 3, 1924
|American singer
|Judge
|US Navy
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|3}}
|-
|{{wp|Walt Brown (politician)|Walt Brown}}
|July 28, 1926
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|28}}
|-
|-
|V.J. Bella
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|July 29, 1927 (age 94)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Tony Bennett
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|August 3, 1926 (age 95)
|October 7, 1925
|Singer
|Control theorist
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|7}}
|-
|-
|Paul Berg
|{{wp|Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell}}
|June 30, 1926 (age 95)
|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
|-
|-
|Alan Bergman
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|September 11, 1925 (age 96)
|March 20, 1925
|Songwriter
|Artist
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|20}}
|-
|-
|Rasammah Bhupalan
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|May 1, 1927 (age 94)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Ruth Bidgood
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|July 20, 1922 (age 99)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Max Bingham
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|March 18, 1927 (age 94)
|February 14, 1925
|Politician
|Journalist, author
|Royal Australian Navy
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Australia
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Walter Bingham
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|November 2, 1924
|Journalist
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|British Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|2}}
|-
|-
|Bryan Harvey Bjarnason
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|April 2, 1924 (age 97)
|January 6, 1923
|Politician
|Surgeon, professor
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|Timuel Black
|December 7, 1918 (age 102)
|Historian, author, activist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|1|6}}
|-
|-
|Benjamin B. Blackburn
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|February 14, 1927 (age 94)
|April 25, 1925
|Politician
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|US Navy
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|25}}
|-
|-
|Robert J. Blackwell
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|February 26, 1925 (age 96)
|February 9, 1925
|Government official
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|9}}
|-
|-
|Eric Blackwood
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|December 7, 1921 (age 99)
|April 13, 1920
|Aviator
|Author, spy
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|French Army
Royal Air Force
|France
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|13}}
United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Simon Bland
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|December 4, 1923 (age 97)
|September 10, 1917
|Courtier
|Solicitor, magistrate
|British Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1917|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Harry Blank
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|May 24, 1925 (age 96)
|April 17, 1924
|Politician
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|US Army
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|17}}
|-
|-
|Hans Blohm
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.}}
|November 12, 1927 (age 93)
|September 29, 1925
|Photographer and author
|Federal judge
|Kriegsmarine
|US Army
|Germany
|-
|Hans Blum
|May 23, 1928 (age 93)
|Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|Robert Bly
|December 23, 1926 (age 94)
|Poet
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|29}}
|-
|-
|Ronald Blythe
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|November 6, 1922 (age 98)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Emil Boček [cs]
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|February 25, 1923 (age 98)
|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
|-
|-
|Daoud Bokhary
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|January 15, 1920 (age 101)
|October 16, 1925
|Businessman
|Costume designer
|British Indian Army
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|British India
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|Dave Bolen
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|December 23, 1923 (age 97)
|November 17, 1923
|Olympic runner and ambassador
|Graphic designer, professor
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|17}}
|-
|-
|Jacques Borker
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|June 23, 1928
|Artist
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|French Resistance
|Volkssturm
|Free France
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|6|23}}
|-
|-
|George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|October 31, 1919 (age 101)
|October 16, 1926
|British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994)
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|British Army
|US Army Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|16}}
|-
|-
|Cloyd Boyer
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|September 1, 1927 (age 94)
|November 1, 1926
|Baseball player
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|1}}
|-
|-
|Robert William Bradford
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|December 17, 1923 (age 97)
|September 19, 1924
|Artist
|Politician
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Navy
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|19}}
|-
|-
|Lewis M. Branscomb
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|August 17, 1926 (age 95)
|July 14, 1925
|Scientist
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|14}}
|-
|-
|Egidius Braun
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|February 27, 1925 (age 96)
|December 22, 1929
|President of the German Football Association
|General
|Wehrmacht
|Volkssturm
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|12|22}}
|-
|-
|Ted E. Brewerton
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|March 30, 1925 (age 96)
|July 12, 1920
|General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|Businessman
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Marine Corps
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|12}}
|-
|-
|Denis Brian
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|December 11, 1923 (age 97)
|July 8, 1924
|Journalist, author
|Politician
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Hugo Broch
|January 6, 1922 (age 99)
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|Manuel Bromberg
|March 6, 1917 (age 104)
|Artist, professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|8}}
|-
|-
|Victor Brombert
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|November 11, 1923 (age 97)
|June 17, 1920
|Professor
|President of the NATO Assembly
|US Army
|Fleet Air Arm
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|6|17}}
|-
|-
|Lawrence Brooks
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|September 12, 1909 (age 112)
|August 23, 1922
|Oldest surviving American World War II veteran.
|Politician, lawyer
|US Army
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|8|23}}
|-
|-
|Mel Brooks
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|June 28, 1926 (age 95)
|July 1, 1927
|Director, actor, producer
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|United States
|-
|Bud Brown
|June 18, 1927 (age 94)
|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
|-
|-
|Geoff Brown
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|April 4, 1927 (age 94)
|March 18, 1928
|Tennis player
|Lawyer
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Heer
|Australia
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|18}}
|June Brown
|February 16, 1927 (age 94)
|Actress
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Mervyn Brown
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|September 24, 1923 (age 97)
|February 14, 1924
|Diplomat, historian
|Lawyer
|British Army
|Philippine Navy
|United Kingdom
|Philippines
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Stephen Brown
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|October 3, 1924 (age 96)
|October 16, 1925
|Judge
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|-
|Walt Brown
|July 28, 1926 (age 95)
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|Andrew Bruce
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|February 17, 1924 (age 97)
|May 17, 1923
|11th Earl of Elgin
|Artist
|British Army, Scots Guards
|United Kingdom
|-
|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury
|March 31, 1926 (age 95)
|British peer, businessman
|British Army
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|17}}
|}
== F ==
9 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Ashley Bryan
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|July 13, 1923 (age 98)
|July 13, 1929
|Children's book writer & illustrator; ''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum''
|Hungariologist
|US Army
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|7|13}}
|-
|-
|Arthur E. Bryson
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|October 7, 1925 (age 95)
|June 7, 1924
|Control theorist
|Poet, author
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|7}}
|-
|-
|James L. Buckley
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|March 9, 1923 (age 98)
|October 22, 1925
|Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)
|Politician, writer
|US Navy
|Italian Resistance
|United States
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|22}}
|-
|-
|Frederick Buechner
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|July 11, 1926 (age 95)
|December 25, 1915
|Christian author, minister, and theologian
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Army
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1915|12|25}}
|-
|-
|Veljko Bulajić
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|March 22, 1928 (age 93)
|December 28, 1920
|Film director
|Nurse, Academic
|Yugoslav Partisans
|US Army Air Forces
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|Jack Burke, Jr.
|January 29, 1923 (age 98)
|PGA professional golfer
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|28}}
|-
|-
|Peter Burns
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|February 12, 1930
|Architect
|Painter, writer
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Volkssturm
|Australia
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|2|12}}
|-
|-
|Charles Burrell
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|October 4, 1920 (age 100)
|September 18, 1922
|Musician
|Physicist
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|18}}
|-
|-
|Julian J. Bussgang
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|March 26, 1925 (age 96)
|February 18, 1922
|Mathematician, author
|Physical geographer
|Polish Armed Forces in the West
|Royal Canadian Air Force
British Army
Royal Air Force
|Poland
|Canada
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1922|2|18}}
|-
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|March 4, 1923
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|3|4}}
|}
|}


== C ==
== G ==
33 veterans
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Józef Caban
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|August 28, 1915 (age 106)
|May 31, 1925
|Polish social activist
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|Polish Army
|US Army
Home Army
|United States
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|31}}
|-
|-
|Robert Cardenas
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|March 10, 1920 (age 101)
|January 22, 1924
|General
|Ambassador
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|22}}
|-
|-
|Harry Carmean
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|August 5, 1922 (age 99)
|May 27, 1924
|Painter
|Bassoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|27}}
|-
|-
|Lou Carnesecca
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|May 1, 1925 (age 96)
|June 9, 1923
|Basketball coach
|Biologist, geneticist
|US Coast Guard
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|Gerard Caris
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|March 20, 1925 (age 96)
|November 15, 1924
|Artist
|Cartoonist
|US Marine Corps
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|15}}
|-
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|July 4, 1924
|Aerospace engineer
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|4}}
|-
|-
|Jimmy Carter
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|October 1, 1924 (age 96)
|April 6, 1924
|39th U.S. President
|Judge
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|6}}
|-
|-
|Jean-Gabriel Castel
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|June 21, 1925 (age 96)
|June 9, 1923
|Law professor
|Bishop
|French Resistance
|Flying Tigers
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|Patrick Skene Catling
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|February 14, 1925 (age 96)
|August 5, 1920
|Journalist, author
|Politician
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Australian Army
|Canada
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1920|8|5}}
|-
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|September 3, 1924
|Baseball player
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|3}}
|-
|-
|Nadia Cattouse
|{{wp|Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green}}
|November 2, 1924 (age 96)
|December 22, 1924
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Historian
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|22}}
|-
|-
|Friedrich Cerha
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|February 17, 1926 (age 95)
|May 4, 1925
|Composer
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|Robert A. Chase
|January 1, 1923 (age 98)
|Surgeon, professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|4}}
|-
|-
|Kenneth O. Chilstrom
|{{wp|Frank J. Guarini}}
|April 20, 1921 (age 100)
|August 20, 1924
|Air force officer
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|US Army Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|20}}
|}
== H ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Bob Chinn
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|March 2, 1923 (age 98)
|June 18, 1929
|Restaurateur
|Philosopher; sociologist
|US Army
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|United States
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|18}}
|Reg Chrimes
|1924 (age 96–97)
|Politician
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher
|April 25, 1925 (age 96)
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Marc Clark
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|October 23, 1923 (age 97)
|December 7, 1925
|Sculptor
|Politician
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|John B. Cobb
|February 9, 1925 (age 96)
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|7}}
|-
|-
|Eric Cockeram
|{{wp|George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)|George Hardy}}
|July 4, 1924 (age 97)
|June 8, 1925
|Member of Parliament
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|British Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|Sterling R. Cockrill
|April 7, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician, artist
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|8}}
|-
|-
|Avern Cohn
|{{wp|Robert Harlow (writer)|Robert Harlow}}
|July 23, 1924 (age 97)
|November 19, 1923
|Judge
|Writer, academic
|US Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|19}}
|-
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|November 6, 1924
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|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}}
|-
|-
|Marthe Cohn
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|April 13, 1920 (age 101)
|November 23, 1923
|Author, spy
|Artist
|French Army
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|France
|New Zealand
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|23}}
|-
|-
|Ena Collymore-Woodstock
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF officer)|John Hemingway}}
|September 10, 1917 (age 104)
|July 17, 1919
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1919|7|17}}
|-
|-
|Leon Comber
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|September 20, 1921 (age 99)
|November 8, 1923
|Author
|Writer
|British Indian Army
|Polish People's Army
|British India
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|8}}
|-
|-
|Fred Cone
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|June 21, 1926 (age 95)
|April 7, 1929
|American football player
|Admiral
|US Army
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|4|7}}
|-
|-
|Harry Connick Sr.
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|March 27, 1926 (age 95)
|May 23, 1921
|Attorney
|Researcher
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|5|23}}
|-
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|May 17, 1925
|Physicist, academic
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|17}}
|-
|-
|Jerome Coopersmith
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|August 11, 1925 (age 96)
|September 11, 1928
|Dramatist
|Actor
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|11}}
|-
|-
|Tom Copeland
|{{wp|Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes}}
|April 17, 1924 (age 97)
|November 26, 1923
|Politician
|Politician
|US Army
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|26}}
|-
|-
|John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|September 29, 1925 (age 95)
|July 15, 1925
|Federal judge
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|15}}
|}
== I ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Roger Corman
|{{wp|Paul Ignatius}}
|April 5, 1926 (age 95)
|November 11, 1920
|Filmmaker & actor
|Government official
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|John Cruickshank
|May 20, 1920 (age 101)
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Charles Csuri
|July 4, 1922 (age 99)
|Artist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Iris Cummings
|December 21, 1920 (age 100)
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|11}}
|Peter Cundall
|April 1, 1927 (age 94)
|Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|}
|}


== D ==
== J ==
23 veterans
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Phyllis Dalton
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 95)
|September 9, 1925
|Costume designer
|Businessman, billionaire
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|9}}
|-
|-
|Ernest L. Daman
|{{wp|Dub_Jones_(American_football)|Dub Jones}}
|March 14, 1923 (age 98)
|December 29, 1924
|Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor
|American football player
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|29}}
|-
|-
|Henry Danton
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)|George Joseph}}
|March 30, 1919 (age 102)
|September 11, 1921
|Dancer, teacher
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Louis Danziger
|November 17, 1923 (age 97)
|Graphic designer, professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|9|11}}
|-
|-
|Bob Dawson
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|January 3, 1921 (age 100)
|May 2, 1925
|Football player
|Professor, econometrician
|Australian Army
|US Army Air Forces
|Australia
|-
|Eddie Deerfield
|August 24, 1923 (age 98)
|Government official
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|2}}
|}
== K ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Vincent DeRosa
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|October 5, 1920 (age 100)
|November 5, 1922
|Musician
|Lawyer, judge
|US Army Air Corps
|South African Army
|United States
|South Africa
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|5}}
|-
|-
|Gene Derricotte
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|June 14, 1926 (age 95)
|January 26, 1921
|American football player, Tuskegee Airmen
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|US Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|26}}
|-
|-
|Klaus von Dohnanyi
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|June 23, 1928 (age 93)
|December 23, 1923
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Volkssturm
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|23}}
|}
== L ==
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Charles Dolan
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|October 16, 1926 (age 94)
|December 2, 1928
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
|US Army Air Force
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|12|2}}
|-
|-
|Bob Dole
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|July 22, 1923 (age 98)
|May 1, 1926
|US Senator (1969–1996); 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee; 1996 Republican presidential nominee
|Mathematician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Lou Donaldson
|November 1, 1926 (age 94)
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|1}}
|-
|-
|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.
|{{wp|Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)|Jean Lee}}
|September 19, 1924 (age 96)
|July 26, 1924
|Politician
|Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF
|US Navy
|Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|26}}
|-
|-
|Harry Dornbrand
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|November 10, 1922 (age 98)
|February 14, 1924
|Aerospace engineer
|Maritime expert, curator
|US Navy
|Royal Navy
|United States
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Bruce L. Douglas
|{{wp|Marv Levy}}
|July 14, 1925 (age 96)
|August 3, 1925
|Politician
|Football coach
|US Navy
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|3}}
|-
|-
|Karl-Heinz Drews [de]
|{{wp|Guenter Lewy}}
|December 22, 1929 (age 91)
|August 22, 1923
|General
|Author, professor
|Volkssturm
|British Army
Wehrmacht
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|22}}
|-
|-
|Roy Drinkard
|{{wp|Nina Lobkovskaya}}
|July 12, 1920 (age 101)
|March 8, 1925
|Businessman
|Sniper
|US Marine Corps
|Red Army
|United States
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|8}}
|-
|-
|Charles C. Droz
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Löschner_(Chorleiter) Ernst Löschner]
|July 8, 1924 (age 97)
|June 20, 1929
|Politician
|Conductor
|US Army
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|20}}
|-
|-
|Richard L. Duchossois
|{{wp|Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas}}
|October 7, 1921 (age 99)
|September 10, 1925
|Sports businessman
|Anglican minister
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|-
|Patrick Duffy
|June 17, 1920 (age 101)
|President of the NATO Assembly
|Fleet Air Arm
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Roland Dumas
|{{wp|William R. Lucas}}
|August 23, 1922 (age 99)
|March 1, 1922
|Politician, lawyer
|Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
|French Resistance
|US Navy
|Free France
|-
|Charles Duncan, Jr.
|September 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|1}}
|-
|-
|Winfield Dunn
|{{wp|Bernt H. Lund}}
|July 1, 1927 (age 94)
|August 14, 1924
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|US Navy
|Norwegian resistance movement
|United States
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|}
|}


== E ==
== M ==
12 veterans
30 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Ray Edenton
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|November 3, 1926 (age 94)
|March 30, 1926
|Musician
|TV personality, actor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|30}}
|-
|-
|James Francis Edwards
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|June 5, 1921 (age 100)
|August 22, 1928
|World War II flying ace
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Navy
|Canada
|-
|George Elder
|March 10, 1921 (age 100)
|Baseball player
|US Marines
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|8|22}}
|-
|-
|Eberhard Eimler
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|November 30, 1930 (age 90)
|August 22, 1925
|General
|Physicist, author
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Alfred Einwag [de]
|March 18, 1928 (age 93)
|Lawyer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Princess Elizabeth
|April 21, 1926 (age 95)
|Queen of the Commonwealth Realms
|Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|Billy Emerson
|December 21, 1925 (age 95)
|Singer, songwriter
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|22}}
|-
|-
|Juan Ponce Enrile
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|February 14, 1924 (age 97)
|January 18, 1924
|Lawyer
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|Philippine Navy
|Red Army
|Philippines
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|18}}
|-
|-
|Carl Erskine
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|December 13, 1926 (age 94)
|April 21, 1925
|Baseball player
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|21}}
|-
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|September 26, 1924
|General
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|Czechoslovakia
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|26}}
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|November 12, 1925
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|12}}
|-
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|July 20, 1924
|Physicist
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|20}}
|-
|-
|Daniel J. Evans
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 95)
|April 8, 1927
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Baseball Player
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|4|8}}
|-
|-
|Klas Ewert Everwyn [de]
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|March 10, 1930 (age 91)
|November 2, 1920
|Author
|Anaesthetist
|Volkssturm
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|2}}
|-
|-
|Anthony Eyton
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|May 17, 1923 (age 98)
|March 20, 1921
|Artist
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|British Army
|French Army
|United Kingdom
Free French Army
|}


== F ==
French Air Force
21 veterans
|France
{| class="wikitable"
----Free France
!Veteran
|{{age in years and days|1921|3|20}}
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|Bob Falkenburg
|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}}
|January 29, 1926 (age 95)
|February 3, 1926
|Tennis player, entrepreneur
|Artist, illustrator
|US Army Air Forces
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|3}}
|-
|-
|Josef-Gerhard Farkas [de]
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|July 13, 1929 (age 92)
|November 2, 1927
|Hungariologist
|Diplomat
|Volkssturm
|US Navy
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|11|2}}
|-
|-
|Benjamin B. Ferencz
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|March 11, 1920 (age 101)
|August 16, 1925
|Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials
|Composer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|16}}
|-
|-
|David Ferry
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|March 5, 1924 (age 97)
|February 13, 1926
|Poet & professor
|Sportscaster, educator, author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|13}}
|-
|-
|Edward Field
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|June 7, 1924 (age 97)
|January 23, 1929
|Poet & author
|Painter
|US Army Air Forces
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|23}}
|-
|-
|Frank Field
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|March 30, 1923 (age 98)
|September 9, 1926
|Meteorologist
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|9}}
|-
|-
|Nathaniel Fiennes
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf}}
|September 22, 1920 (age 100)
|September 22, 1924
|British hereditary peer, businessman
|Diplomat, politician
|British Army
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|22}}
|-
|-
|Mario Fiorentini [it]
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|May 28, 1918 (age 103)
|May 30, 1919
|Partisan, mathematician
|Australian rules football player
|Italian Resistance
|Australian Army
|Italian Resistance
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1919|5|30}}
|-
|-
|Leonard Everett Fisher
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|June 24, 1924 (age 97)
|April 16, 1925
|Children's writer & illustrator
|General
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|16}}
|-
|-
|Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg [de]
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|May 9, 1919 (age 102)
|December 4, 1921
|General
|General
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Sergio Flamigni
|October 22, 1925 (age 95)
|Politician & writer
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Samuel C. Florman
|January 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Civil engineer, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Loretta Ford
|December 28, 1920 (age 100)
|Nurse, Academic
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|4}}
|-
|-
|Wieland Förster
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|February 12, 1930 (age 91)
|July 3, 1924
|Painter, writer
|Climber, writer
|Volkssturm
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|3}}
|-
|-
|John S. Foster Jr.
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|September 18, 1922 (age 98)
|November 2, 1923
|Physicist
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|James Clayton Flowers
|December 25, 1915 (age 105)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Paul Fox
|October 27, 1925 (age 95)
|Television executive
|British Army
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
British India
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|2}}
|-
|-
|J. Keith Fraser
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/森繁弘 Shigehiro Mori]
|February 18, 1922 (age 99)
|January 7, 1928
|Physical geographer
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Imperial Japanese Army
Royal Air Force
|Japan
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1928|1|7}}
United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Russell Freeburg
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|March 4, 1923 (age 98)
|July 8, 1921
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|Philosopher, sociologist
|US Army
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|7|8}}
|-
|-
|Daniel Fuller
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|August 28, 1925 (age 96)
|October 1, 1930
|Theologian
|Mineralogist
|US Navy
|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|David H. Murdock}}
|April 11, 1923
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|11}}
|-
|-
|Andrew Fulton
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|January 23, 1927 (age 94)
|January 4, 1920
|Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983)
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)
|Royal Canadian Navy
|British Army
|Canada
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|4}}
|}
|}


== G ==
== N ==
38 veterans
5 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Arnald Gabriel
|{{wp|Lucien Nedzi}}
|May 31, 1925 (age 96)
|May 28, 1925
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|28}}
|-
|-
|Samuel Rhea Gammon III
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|January 22, 1924 (age 97)
|June 10, 1926
|Ambassador
|Musician, educator
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|10}}
|-
|-
|Norman Garbo
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|February 15, 1919 (age 102)
|May 30, 1920
|Author & lecturer
|Lawyer
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|30}}
|-
|-
|Harold Garde
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|June 7, 1923 (age 98)
|June 9, 1927
|Artist
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|6|9}}
|-
|-
|Bernard Garfield
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|March 27, 1924 (age 97)
|January 8, 1924
|Bassoonist
|Aviator and businessman
|US Army
|Norwegian resistance movement
|United States
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|Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono}}
|October 27, 1925
|Sushi Chef
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|27}}
|-
|-
|Stanley Michael Gartler
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|October 8, 1925
|Biologist & geneticist
|Author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|8}}
|-
|-
|Philippe de Gaulle
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|December 28, 1921 (age 99)
|September 12, 1926
|Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|Free French Naval Forces
|Free France
|-
|Léon Gautier [fr]
|October 27, 1922 (age 98)
|Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer
|Free French Naval Forces
|Free France
|-
|Theodore H. Geballe
|January 20, 1920 (age 101)
|Physicist
|US Army
|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
|-
|-
|Hubert Germain
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|August 6, 1920 (age 101)
|August 29, 1924
|Former minister (1972–1974); Compagnon de la Libération
|Surgeon
|Free French Army
|US Navy Reserve
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|29}}
|-
|-
|Eddie Germano
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|November 15, 1924 (age 96)
|December 5, 1923
|Cartoonist
|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}}
|-
|-
|Harry Gesner
|{{wp|John Peoples (educator)|John Peoples}}
|April 28, 1925 (age 96)
|August 26, 1926
|Architect
|President of Jackson State University
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|26}}
|-
|-
|Andrée Geulen-Herscovici
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|September 6, 1921 (age 100)
|July 19, 1925
|Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children
|Businessman
|Belgian Resistance
|Royal Navy
|Belgium
|-
|Roy Gibson
|July 4, 1924 (age 97)
|Aerospace engineer
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|19}}
|}
== R ==
9 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|May 30, 1923
|Oncologist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|30}}
|-
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|August 23, 1924
|Poet, journalist, war correspondent
|French Resistance
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|23}}
|-
|-
|I. Leo Glasser
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|April 6, 1924 (age 97)
|August 12, 1926
|Judge
|Cricket player
|US Army
|Australian Army
|United States
|Australia
|-
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|12}}
|Charles Godfrey
|September 24, 1917 (age 103)
|Physician, professor, politician
|
|Canada
|-
|-
|Howard Golden
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|May 5, 1927
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|5}}
|-
|-
|Harry E. Goldsworthy
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|April 3, 1914 (age 107)
|April 4, 1924
|Lieutenant General
|Admiral
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|4}}
|-
|-
|U. L. Gooch
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|September 13, 1923 (age 98)
|August 19, 1926
|Politician
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|19}}
|-
|-
|John B. Goodenough
|{{wp|Alan Rogers (football manager)|Alan Rogers}} 
|July 25, 1922 (age 99)
|December 31, 1924
|Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|Football manager
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|31}}
|-
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|January 24, 1924
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|24}}
|-
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|September 29, 1926
|United States Congressman
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|29}}
|}
== S ==
24 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Alfred T. Goodwin
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|June 29, 1923 (age 98)
|September 13, 1925
|Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)
|Judge
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|13}}
|-
|-
|Bert I. Gordon
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|September 24, 1922 (age 98)
|March 10, 1924
|Film director; ''Village of the Giants,'' ''Empire of the Ants''
|Order of Glory recipient
|US Army Air Corps
|Red Army
|United States
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|10}}
|-
|-
|Noah Gordon
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|November 11, 1926 (age 94)
|May 28, 1926
|Novelist
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|28}}
|-
|-
|René Henry Gracida
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|October 1925
|Bishop
|Blogger, political candidate
|Flying Tigers
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1925|10|1}}
|-
|-
|Friedrich Grade [de]
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|March 29, 1916 (age 105)
|April 25, 1924
|Engineer and naval officer
|Baseball player
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|David E. Grange, Jr.
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|General
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Bud Grant
|May 20, 1927 (age 94)
|Athlete
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|25}}
|-
|-
|John R. Gray
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|May 14, 1925 (age 96)
|September 26, 1922
|Politician
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|26}}
|-
|-
|Bill Grayden
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|August 5, 1920 (age 101)
|November 14, 1924
|Politician
|German television actor
|Australian Army
|Heer
|Australia
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|14}}
|-
|-
|Bill Greason
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|September 3, 1924 (age 97)
|October 25, 1930
|Baseball player
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|US Marine Corps
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|25}}
|-
|-
|Peter Green
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|December 22, 1924 (age 96)
|September 4, 1924
|Historian
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|Royal Air Force
|Heer
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|4}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|June 5, 1929
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|5}}
|-
|-
|Russell H. Greenan
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|September 17, 1925 (age 95)
|August 30, 1923
|Author
|Tennis player
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|30}}
|-
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|April 19, 1923
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|19}}
|-
|-
|Maurice R. Greenberg
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|May 4, 1925 (age 96)
|May 1, 1923
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|TV director, writer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|1}}
|-
|-
|Shecky Greene
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|April 8, 1926 (age 95)
|July 7, 1927
|Comedian
|Trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|7}}
|-
|-
|Stu Griffing
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|November 9, 1926 (age 94)
|September 26, 1925
|Olympic rower
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|26}}
|-
|-
|Werner Grossmann
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|March 6, 1929 (age 92)
|June 27, 1924
|Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|Volkssturm
|US Army
|Germany
|-
|Doris Grumbach
|July 12, 1918 (age 103)
|Writer
|Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|27}}
|-
|-
|Frank Joseph Guarini
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|August 20, 1924 (age 97)
|March 3, 1924
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
 
== H ==
36 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|Jürgen Habermas
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|June 18, 1929 (age 92)
|June 8, 1919
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Author, Lawyer
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Home Army
|Germany
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1919|6|8}}
|-
|-
|Barbara Hall
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|February 3, 1923 (age 98)
|May 29, 1923
|Crossword puzzle editor
|Author
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|Gail Halvorsen
|October 10, 1920 (age 100)
|US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|29}}
|-
|-
|Ian Hamilton
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|September 13, 1925 (age 96)
|September 10, 1926
|Lawyer, Scottish nationalist,  participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950
|Author
|British Army
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Walter Hanel [de]
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|September 30, 1930 (age 90)
|February 28, 1925
|Political caricaturist
|Graphic artist
|Volkssturm
|Home Army
|Germany
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|28}}
|-
|-
|Arnold Hano
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens}}
|March 2, 1922 (age 99)
|June 7, 1925
|Writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Monique Hanotte
|August 10, 1920 (age 101)
|Member of Belgian Resistance
|Belgian Resistance
|Belgium
|-
|G. Homer Harding
|December 7, 1925 (age 95)
|Politician
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|George Hardy
|June 8, 1925 (age 96)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|7}}
|-
|-
|Robert Harlow
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|November 19, 1923 (age 97)
|January 22, 1929
|Writer, academic
|General
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Volkssturm
|Canada
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|22}}
|-
|-
|Sheldon Harnick
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|April 30, 1924 (age 97)
|September 28, 1926
|Lyricist (''Fiddler on the Roof'')
|General
|US Army
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|28}}
|Ted Hartley
|}
|November 6, 1924 (age 96)
 
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
== T ==
|US Navy
4 veterans
|United States
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Chris Haughey
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|October 3, 1925 (age 95)
|December 2, 1920
|Baseball player
|Poet, artist
|US Army
|Finnish Army
|United States
|Finland
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|2}}
|-
|-
|Helmut Hauptmann
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|January 17, 1921
|Writer
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|Heer
|Royal Air Force
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|17}}
|-
|-
|Bill Hayes
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|June 5, 1925 (age 96)
|July 10, 1926
|Actor
|Journalist, politician
|US Naval Air Corps
|Italian Resistance
|United States
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|10}}
|-
|-
|Thomas B. Hayward
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|May 3, 1924 (age 97)
|December 18, 1927
|Admiral
|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
|-
|-
|Eric Heath
|{{wp|Yosh Uchida}}
|November 28, 1923 (age 97)
|April 1, 1920
|Artist
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|US Army
|New Zealand
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|1}}
|Robert Hébras
|}
|June 29, 1925 (age 96)
 
|Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor
== V ==
|French Resistance
3 veterans
|Free France
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|John Hemingway
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|July 17, 1919 (age 102)
|December 13, 1925
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Actor and comedian
|Royal Air Force
|US Army Air Corps
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|13}}
|-
|-
|Józef Hen
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
|November 8, 1923 (age 97)
|November 18, 1922
|Writer
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|Polish People's Army
|Royal Italian Army
|Poland
|Italy
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|18}}
|-
|-
|James Hennessy
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|September 26, 1923 (age 97)
|July 7, 1920
|Diplomat, prison official
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|British Army
|United States Army Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|7}}
|}
 
== W ==
8 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Werner Henninger [de]
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|April 7, 1929 (age 92)
|December 10, 1921
|Admiral
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Volkssturm
|Einsatzgruppe
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|10}}
|-
|-
|Laurin L. Henry
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|May 23, 1921 (age 100)
|September 10, 1923
|Researcher
|Businessman
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Elwood Hillis
|March 6, 1926 (age 95)
|Indiana congressman (1971–1987)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Cyril Hilsum
|{{wp|William H. Webster}}
|May 17, 1925 (age 96)
|March 6, 1924
|Physicist, academic
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|Royal Navy
|US Navy
|United Kingdom}
|-
|Stuart Hodes
|November 27, 1924 (age 96)
|Dancer, choreographer, writer
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|6}}
|-
|-
|Earl Holliman
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|September 11, 1928 (age 93)
|March 12, 1925
|Actor
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|12}}
|-
|-
|A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|September 21, 1923 (age 97)
|July 2, 1924
|Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974)
|Football player
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|2}}
|-
|-
|Masao Horie [ja]
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|June 16, 1915 (age 106)
|April 13, 1921
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973)
|Theoretical physicist
|Imperial Japanese Army
|US Army Air Forces
|Japan
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|4|13}}
|-
|-
|Ted Horlick
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|September 28, 1925 (age 95)
|February 9, 1924
|Admiral
|Comedian, actor
|Royal Navy
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|9}}
|-
|-
|Thomas W. Horton
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|December 29, 1919 (age 101)
|July 11, 1924
|Pilot
|Businessman
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|US Army Air Corps
|New Zealand
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|11}}
|Tom Hughes
|}
|November 26, 1923 (age 97)
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|Evan Hultman
|July 15, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Edwin Hunt
|March 20, 1920 (age 101)
|Queen's Bargemaster
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Francis Huré
|October 5, 1916 (age 104)
|Ambassador, writer
|Free French Army
|Free France
|-
|Harold Hyman
|July 24, 1924 (age 97)
|American Civil War historian
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|}


== I ==
== X ==
1 veteran
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Paul Robert Ignatius
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|November 11, 1920 (age 100)
|March 22, 1922
|Government official
|Auto racing driver
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|22}}
|}
|}


== J ==
== Y ==
16 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Al Jaffee
|March 13, 1921 (age 100)
|Cartoonist
|United States Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|Stephen A. Jarislowsky
|September 9, 1925 (age 96)
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Alexander Jefferson
|November 15, 1921 (age 99)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Edward B. Jelks
|September 10, 1922 (age 99)
|Archaeologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|William A. Jenkins
|November 2, 1917 (age 103)
|Admiral
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|Karl Jetter [de]
|June 2, 1929 (age 92)
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Norman Jewison
|July 21, 1926 (age 95)
|Filmmaker
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Canada
|-
|David Johnson
|August 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Photographer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Johnny Johnson
|November 25, 1921 (age 99)
|Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Marilyn P. Johnson
|June 19, 1922 (age 99)
|Diplomat
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|United States
|-
|Dub Jones
|December 29, 1924 (age 96)
|American football player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Lawrence W. Jones
|1925 (age 95–96)
|Physicist, professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|L. Q. Jones
|August 19, 1927 (age 94)
|Actor
|United States Navy
|United States
|-
|Raymond Jones
|July 18, 1925 (age 96)
|Architect
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|George Joseph
|September 11, 1921 (age 100)
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|US Army
|United States
|-
|George Judge
|May 2, 1925 (age 96)
|Professor, econometrician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|}
 
== K ==
17 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Bernard Kalb
|February 4, 1922 (age 99)
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Adolfo Kaminsky
|October 1, 1925 (age 95)
|French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust
|French Resistance
French Army
|Free France
|-
|Sydney Kentridge
|November 5, 1922 (age 98)
|Lawyer, judge
|South African Army
|South Africa
|-
|John Keston
|December 5, 1924 (age 96)
|Actor, singer, runner
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Elisabeth Kirkby
|January 26, 1921 (age 100)
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|Henry Kissinger
|May 27, 1923 (age 98)
|Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Helma Kissner [ru]
|December 23, 1923 (age 96)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Kazimierz Klimczak [pl]
|February 15, 1914 (age 107)
|Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising
|Polish Army
Home Army
|Poland
|-
|Ted Knap
|May 26, 1920 (age 101)
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Jill Knight
|July 9, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician, life peer
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Gert Kohlmann [de]
|December 3, 1920 (age 100)
|General
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Barbara Kremen
|1922 (age 98–99)
|Writer
|Women's Army Corps
|United States
|-
|Werner Krolikowski
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|Politician
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|Herbert Kroker [de]
|August 24, 1929 (age 92)
|Politician
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Hardy Krüger
|April 12, 1928 (age 93)
|German actor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Charlie Kulp
|September 20, 1925 (age 95)
|Aerobatic pilot
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Eduard Kuuskor [et]
|January 2, 1918 (age 103)
|Radio operator
|Estonian Army
Red Army
Forest Brothers
|Estonia
Soviet Union
|}
 
== L ==
30 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Traute Lafrenz
|May 3, 1919 (age 102)
|Member of the White Rose
|
|Germany
|-
|Dean S. Laird
|February 7, 1921 (age 100)
|World War II flying ace
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Archie Lamb
|October 23, 1921 (age 99)
|Diplomat, writer and businessman
|Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|-
|Horst Langes [de]
|December 2, 1928 (age 92)
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Phyllis Latour
|April 8, 1921 (age 100)
|Legion of Honour recipient, member of the Special Operations Executive
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Special Operations Executive
French Resistance
|
----United Kingdom
----Free France
|-
|Lothar Lauterbach [de]
|June 3, 1929 (age 92)
|Artist
|
|Germany
|-
|Peter Lax
|May 1, 1926 (age 95)
|Mathematician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Norman Lear
|July 27, 1922 (age 99)
|Film & television producer; ''All in the Family,'' ''Maude,'' ''The Jeffersons''
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Nikolai Lebedev
|December 15, 1921 (age 99)
|Actor
|Red Navy
|Soviet Union
|-
|Jean Lee
|July 26, 1924 (age 97)
|Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF
|Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division
|Canada
|-
|James Lees
|February 14, 1924 (age 97)
|Maritime expert, curator
|Royal Navy
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Juhan Lepasaar [et]
|May 13, 1921 (age 100)
|Writer, journalist, former Gulag prisoner
|Forest Brothers
Luftwaffenhelfer
|Estonia
Germany
|-
|Ülo Lepik [et]
|July 11, 1921 (age 100)
|Mathematician, academician
|Schutzstaffel
|Germany
|-
|Sergio Lepri [it]
|September 24, 1919 (age 101)
|Journalist, director of ANSA news agency (1961-1990)
|Royal Italian Army
Italian Resistance
|Italy
Italian Resistance
|-
|Ted Lerner
|October 15, 1925 (age 95)
|Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Sonny Lester
|November 15, 1924 (age 96)
|Music producer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Marv Levy
|August 3, 1925 (age 96)
|Football coach
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Guenter Lewy
|August 22, 1923 (age 98)
|Author, professor
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Mark Litchman
|April 14, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Peter Lloyd
|December 15, 1920 (age 100)
|Aviator
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|Nina Lobkovskaya
|March 8, 1925 (age 96)
|Sniper
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi
|1922 (age 98–99)
|Admiral
|Royal Indian Navy
|British India
|-
|Elgen Long
|August 12, 1927 (age 94)
|Aviator, historian, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Ernst Löschner [de]
|June 20, 1929 (age 92)
|Conductor
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|David Elliot Loye
|April 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Author, psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Dick Lucas
|September 10, 1925 (age 96)
|Anglican minister
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|William R. Lucas
|March 1, 1922 (age 99)
|Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Johnny Lujack
|January 4, 1925 (age 96)
|Football player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Bernt H. Lund
|August 14, 1924 (age 97)
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Norway
|-
|Ted Luscombe
|November 10, 1924 (age 96)
|Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990)
|British Indian Army
British Army
|British India
United Kingdom
|}
 
== M ==
72 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Terence Macartney-Filgate
|August 6, 1924 (age 97)
|Film director
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Ian Verner Macdonald
|January 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Diplomat, entrepreneur
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Navy
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|Maharram Mammadyarov
|October 17, 1924 (age 96)
|Chemist
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|Branko Mamula
|May 30, 1921 (age 100)
|Yugoslav Defense Minister (1982–1988)
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|Emil Mangelsdorff
|April 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Marion Mann
|March 29, 1920 (age 101)
|Physician, pathologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Josip Manolić
|March 22, 1920 (age 101)
|Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|Irwin Marcus
|March 18, 1919 (age 102)
|Physician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Steve Marsh
|September 11, 1924 (age 97)
|Australian rules football player
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|Peter Marshall
|March 30, 1926 (age 95)
|TV personality & actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Ray Marshall
|August 22, 1928 (age 93)
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Gordon Eugene Martin
|August 22, 1925 (age 96)
|Physicist, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Knox Martin
|February 12, 1923 (age 98)
|Artist
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|Mac Martin
|April 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Bluegrass musician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Angel Martín Taboas
|June 18, 1918 (age 103)
|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|Ivan Martynushkin
|December 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|Anthony Mason
|April 21, 1925 (age 96)
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|Miloslav Masopust
|September 26, 1924 (age 96)
|General
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|Czechoslovakia
|-
|Joseph Matarazzo
|November 12, 1925 (age 95)
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Robert D. Maurer
|July 20, 1924 (age 97)
|Physicist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Charlie Maxwell
|April 8, 1927 (age 94)
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Otto Mayrhofer [de]
|November 2, 1920 (age 100)
|Anaesthetist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
|March 20, 1921 (age 100)
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|French Army
Free French Army
French Air Force
|France
----Free France
----
|-
|William V. McBride
|May 25, 1922 (age 99)
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Lloyd McCuiston
|March 26, 1918 (age 103)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Charles McGee
|December 7, 1919 (age 101)
|Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Robert McGinnis
|February 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Artist, illustrator
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|Fred McLafferty
|May 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Chemist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Art McNally
|July 1, 1925 (age 96)
|American football referee
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Francis Terry McNamara
|November 2, 1927 (age 93)
|Diplomat
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Henry R. McPhee, Jr.
|January 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Kirke Mechem
|August 16, 1925 (age 96)
|Composer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Hellmut Mehnert [de]
|February 22, 1928 (age 93)
|Physician, professor
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Bill Mercer
|February 13, 1926 (age 95)
|Sportscaster, educator, & author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Manfred Messerschmidt
|October 1, 1926 (age 94)
|Historian
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|A. L. Mestel
|September 17, 1926 (age 94)
|Pediatric surgeon
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Harald Metzkes
|January 23, 1929 (age 92)
|Painter
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Ed Mickelson
|September 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|J. William Middendorf II
|September 22, 1924 (age 96)
|Diplomat & politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Larry Miggins
|August 20, 1925 (age 96)
|Baseball player
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|Jim Miller
|May 30, 1919 (age 102)
|Australian rules football player
|Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|John H. Miller
|April 16, 1925 (age 96)
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Newton N. Minow
|January 17, 1926 (age 95)
|FCC chairman (1961–1963)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Maria Mirecka-Loryś
|February 7, 1916 (age 105)
|Lawyer, journalist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|John Matthew Mitchell
|March 22, 1925 (age 96)
|Charity worker
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Hiroshi H. Miyamura
|October 6, 1925 (age 95)
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Sanford K. Moats
|December 4, 1921 (age 99)
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|David O. Moberg
|February 13, 1922 (age 99)
|Sociologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Hans Modrow
|January 27, 1928 (age 93)
|Prime Minister of East Germany
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Gerhard Moehring [de]
|March 28, 1921 (age 100)
|Educationist
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Gwen Moffat
|July 3, 1924 (age 97)
|Climber, writer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|Jürgen Moltmann
|April 8, 1926 (age 95)
|Protestant theologian
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|William Moncrief
|March 27, 1920 (age 101)
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|-
|Henry Moore
|November 2, 1923 (age 97)
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
British India
|-
|Bobby Morgan
|June 29, 1926 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Shigehiro Mori [ja]
|January 7, 1928 (age 93)
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|Edgar Morin
|July 8, 1921 (age 100)
|Philosopher & sociologist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|Joseph Wilson Morris
|April 28, 1922 (age 99)
|Lawyer & federal judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|-
|Addold Mossin
|December 12, 1919 (age 101)
|Neopagan priest
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|Ben R. Mottelson
|July 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Physicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Georg Müller [de]
|October 1, 1930 (age 90)
|Mineralogist
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|-
|Henry J. Muller
|April 7, 1917 (age 104)
|General
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Paul Muller
|March 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Actor
|French Army
|France
|-
|Charlie Munger
|January 1, 1924 (age 97)
|Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Sumio Murai [ja]
|February 1925
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|Tomiichi Murayama
|March 3, 1924 (age 97)
|Japanese Prime Minister
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|David H. Murdock
|April 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Billionaire & businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Austin Murphy
|June 17, 1927 (age 94)
|Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Thomas Murphy
|May 31, 1925 (age 96)
|Broadcasting executive
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Tony Murray
|February 8, 1920 (age 101)
|Businessman, billionaire
|Free French Army
Royal Air Force
|Free France
United Kingdom
|-
|David Musuguri
|January 4, 1920 (age 101)
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Gordon Mydland
|May 12, 1922 (age 99)
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== N ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Bill Nankivell
|September 7, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|Giorgio Napolitano
|June 29, 1925 (age 96)
|11th President of Italy (2006–2015)
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Lucien N. Nedzi
|May 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Joe Negri
|June 10, 1926 (age 95)
|Musician, educator
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Joan Neiman
|September 9, 1920 (age 101)
|Senator
|Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)
|Canada
|-
|Yakov Neishtadt
|October 6, 1923 (age 97)
|Chess player
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|Nerio Nesi
|June 16, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician, businessman, banker
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Frederick M. Nicholas
|May 30, 1920 (age 101)
|Lawyer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|George Nigh
|June 9, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Richard Nimmerrichter [de]
|December 31, 1920 (age 100)
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Ian Nish
|June 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Academic; specialist in Japanese studies
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Peter L. Nissen
|January 8, 1924 (age 97)
|Aviator and businessman
|Norwegian resistance movement
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|-
|Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov
|October 22, 1924 (age 96)
|Writer
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== O ==
8 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|René de Obaldia
|October 22, 1918 (age 102)
|Playwright & poet
|French Army
|France
|-
|Helmut Oberlander
|February 15, 1924 (age 97)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Makoto Ogawa
|February 1917 (age 104)
|Pilot
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|-
|David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
|May 17, 1926 (age 95)
|Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Jiro Ono
|October 27, 1925 (age 95)
|Sushi Chef
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|-
|David Oreck
|September 17, 1923 (age 97)
|Entrepreneur
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Edward Ormondroyd
|October 8, 1925 (age 95)
|Author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Donald Owens
|September 12, 1926 (age 95)
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|US Army
|United States
|}
 
== P ==
22 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Boris Pahor
|August 26, 1913 (age 108)
|Writer & publicist
|Royal Italian Army
Slovene Partisans
|Italy
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|Karolos Papoulias
|June 4, 1929 (age 92)
|Former President of Greece
|Greek People's Liberation Army
|Greece
|-
|Rudolph Pariser
|December 8, 1923 (age 97)
|Physicist & polymer chemist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Deanie Parrish
|1922 (age 99)
|Congressional Gold Medal recipient
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|Victor Parsonnet
|August 29, 1924 (age 97)
|Surgeon
|US Navy Reserve
|United States
|-
|Johnny Pate
|December 5, 1923 (age 97)
|Bass player & arranger
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|United States
|-
|Philip Pearlstein
|May 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Modern Realist painter
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Raymond E. Peet
|January 27, 1921 (age 100)
|Admiral
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|John Peoples
|August 26, 1926 (age 95)
|President of Jackson State University
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Simon Perchik
|December 24, 1923 (age 97)
|Poet
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Solomon Perel
|April 21, 1925 (age 96)
|Holocaust survivor, author
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Nehemiah Persoff
|August 2, 1919 (age 102)
|Actor; ''Some Like It Hot,'' ''Yentl''
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Jack Petchey
|July 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Businessman
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Helmut Peters [de]
|July 23, 1930 (age 91)
|Sinologist, Marxist
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Leslie Phillips
|April 20, 1924 (age 97)
|Actor
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Muriel Phillips
|January 12, 1921 (age 100)
|Author
|US Army (nurse)
|United States
|-
|Bill Pitman
|February 12, 1920 (age 101)
|Musician
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|Sidney Poitier
|February 20, 1927 (age 94)
|Actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Wanda Półtawska
|November 2, 1921 (age 99)
|Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author
|Polish Resistance
|Poland
|-
|Martin Pope
|August 22, 1918 (age 103)
|Physical chemist
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|Aris Poulianos
|July 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Anthropologist & archaeologist
|Greek People's Liberation Army
|Greece
|-
|Ralph Puckett
|December 8, 1926 (age 94)
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Army Reserve
|United States
|}
 
== Q ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Al Quie
|September 18, 1923 (age 97)
|Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983)
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== R ==
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Keith Rae
|July 30, 1917 (age 104)
|Australian rules football player
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|Bhisadej Rajani
|January 20, 1922 (age 99)
|Member of the Thai royal family
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
|April 16, 1927 (age 94)
|Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|Helmut Rasbol [pl]
|1925 (age 95)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Arthur Ravenel, Jr.
|March 29, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Dennis V. Razis
|May 30, 1923 (age 98)
|Oncologist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|Vasily Reshetnikov
|December 23, 1919 (age 101)
|Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force
|Soviet Air Forces
|Soviet Union
|-
|Patrick Reyntiens
|December 11, 1925 (age 95)
|Stained glass artist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Ri Yong-suk
|April 17, 1916 (age 105)
|North Korean politician
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|Madeleine Riffaud
|August 23, 1924 (age 97)
|Poet, journalist, & war correspondent
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|John Rigas
|November 14, 1924 (age 96)
|CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Basil Rigg
|August 12, 1926 (age 95)
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|Fred Risser
|May 5, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Edward L. Rissien
|October 1924 (age 96)
|Film producer and executive
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|John Roberts
|April 4, 1924 (age 97)
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Eddie Robinson
|December 15, 1920 (age 100)
|American baseball player, coach, and manager
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano [it]
|January 21, 1921 (age 100)
|Politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Arthur Rock
|August 19, 1926 (age 95)
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Alan Rogers
|December 31, 1924 (age 96)
|Football manager
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Richard Rohmer
|January 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|Charles P. Roland
|April 8, 1918 (age 103)
|Historian, professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Andrew Romanov
|January 21, 1923 (age 98)
|Pretender to the Russian throne
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Roy Roper
|September 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Rugby union player
|Royal New Zealand Navy
|New Zealand
|-
|Klaus Rose [de]
|June 3, 1928 (age 93)
|Professor of economics
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Justus Rosenberg
|January 23, 1921 (age 100)
|Professor
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|J. Roy Rowland
|February 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Georgia congressman (1981–1995)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Richard E. Rumble
|October 26, 1922 (age 98)
|Admiral
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Philip Ruppe
|September 29, 1926 (age 94)
|United States Congressman
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|-
|Józef Rusak [pl]
|March 17, 1920 (age 101)
|Member of Polish Resistance
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|William Russell
|November 19, 1924 (age 96)
|Actor
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|F. James Rutherford
|July 10, 1924 (age 97)
|Science professor, radar officer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== S ==
65 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Howard F. Sachs
|September 13, 1925 (age 96)
|Judge
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Guy Sajer
|January 13, 1927 (age 94)
|Military writer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Agadadash Samedov
|March 10, 1924 (age 97)
|Order of Glory recipient
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|Sydney Samuelson
|December 7, 1925 (age 95)
|Film commissioner
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Ashot Sarkisov
|January 30, 1924 (age 97)
|Admiral, scientist
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|S. H. Sarma
|December 1, 1922 (age 98)
|Admiral
|Royal Indian Navy
|British India
|-
|Frank Saucier
|May 28, 1926 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Laurie Sawle
|August 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|Norman Scarth
|1925 (age 95–96)
|Blogger & political candidate
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Art Schallock
|April 25, 1924 (age 97)
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Harold Zvi Schiffrin
|September 26, 1922 (age 98)
|Professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Rolf Schimpf
|November 14, 1924 (age 96)
|German television actor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Walter Franz Schleser [de]
|October 25, 1930 (age 90)
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Helmut Schlesinger
|September 4, 1924 (age 97)
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann [de]
|September 5, 1928 (age 93)
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Wolf Schneider
|May 7, 1925 (age 96)
|Journalist
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|Arnold Schulman
|August 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Writer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Harry D. Schultz
|September 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Financial adviser, author
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Wolfgang Schumann [de]
|June 5, 1929 (age 92)
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Bernard L. Schwartz
|December 12, 1926 (age 94)
|CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Ted Schwinden
|August 31, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Vin Scully
|November 29, 1927 (age 93)
|Sportscaster
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Simone Segouin
|October 3, 1925 (age 95)
|Resistance member
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|Bruno Segre [it]
|September 4, 1918 (age 103)
|Journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Sergio Camillo Segre [it]
|September 15, 1926 (age 94)
|Politician, journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Vic Seixas
|August 30, 1923 (age 98)
|Tennis player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Charles Grier Sellers
|September 9, 1923 (age 98)
|Historian
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Sen Sōshitsu XV
|April 19, 1923 (age 98)
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|Japan
|-
|Ralph Senensky
|May 1, 1923 (age 98)
|TV director & writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Doc Severinsen
|July 7, 1927 (age 94)
|Trumpeter
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Frank Shakespeare
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|Diplomat, president of CBS
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Edward Shames
|June 13, 1922 (age 99)
|Member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Bobby Shantz
|September 26, 1925 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples
|February 11, 1923 (age 98)
|British peer
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Charles Norman Shay
|June 27, 1924 (age 97)
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Jack Sheedy
|September 28, 1926 (age 94)
|Sportsman
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|Thomas D. Shepard
|c. 1925
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Robert G. Shulman
|March 3, 1924 (age 97)
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Władysław Siemaszko
|June 8, 1919 (age 102)
|Author, Lawyer
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|Leon Silver
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|Geologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Maria Simon
|August 6, 1918 (age 103)
|Sociologist
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|Edward H. Sims
|May 29, 1923 (age 98)
|Author
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|John K. Singlaub
|July 10, 1921 (age 100)
|Army general
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Neal Edward Smith
|March 23, 1920 (age 101)
|Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995)
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Carlo Smuraglia
|August 12, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician; National president of the A.N.P.I. association (2011-2017)
|Italian Rersistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Robert M. Solow
|August 23, 1924 (age 97)
|Economist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Gerhard Sommer
|June 24, 1921 (age 100)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Schutzstaffel
|Germany
|-
|Mihai Șora
|November 7, 1916 (age 104)
|Philosopher, writer
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|Pierre Soulages
|December 24, 1919 (age 101)
|Painter and sculptor
|
|France
|-
|Larry South
|February 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|-
|Robert Hitchcock Spain
|October 26, 1925 (age 95)
|Bishop
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Bill Spence
|April 20, 1923 (age 98)
|Writer
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Peter Spoden
|November 8, 1921 (age 99)
|Night fighter ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|Richard T. Spooner
|September 10, 1925 (age 96)
|Author
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Jeremiah Stamler
|October 27, 1919 (age 101)
|Cardiologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Irena Stankiewicz
|February 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Graphic artist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|Colin Stannard
|February 8, 1924 (age 97)
|Archdeacon of Carlisle
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Epaminondas Stassinopoulos
|January 17, 1921 (age 100)
|Astrophysicist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|William L. Stearman
|June 22, 1922 (age 99)
|Government official, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Willis H. Stephens, Sr.
|June 7, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Guy Stern
|January 14, 1922 (age 99)
|Literary scholar
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Heinz Stöcker [de]
|January 22, 1929 (age 92)
|General
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Larry Storch
|January 8, 1923 (age 98)
|Comedian and Actor; TV's ''F Troop''
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Fritz Streletz
|September 28, 1928 (age 92)
|General
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Lyle Elmer Strom
|January 6, 1925 (age 96)
|Judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|}
 
== T ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Sulev Tailo [et]
|December 2, 1920 (age 100)
|Poet, artist
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|Jiro Tanaka
|January 16, 1917 (age 104)
|Aircraft & automotive engineer
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|Maurice Taylor
|May 5, 1926 (age 95)
|Bishop
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Wayne Thiebaud
|November 15, 1920 (age 100)
|Pop art painter
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Fletcher Thompson
|February 5, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician & lawyer
|US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Tim Thompson
|March 1, 1924 (age 97)
|Major League baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|John Thorn
|April 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Headmaster, writer
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Dan Tolkowsky
|January 17, 1921 (age 100)
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Aldo Tortorella
|July 10, 1926 (age 95)
|Journalist & politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Simon Towneley
|December 14, 1921 (age 99)
|Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Krastyu Trichkov
|April 12, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician
|Bulgarian Resistance
|Bulgaria
|-
|Charley Trippi
|December 14, 1921 (age 99)
|Football player
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Ankica Tuđman
|July 24, 1926 (age 95)
|First Lady of Croatia
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|Joe Turkel
|July 15, 1927 (age 94)
|Actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|James Wesley Turpin
|December 18, 1928 (age 92)
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== U ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Yosh Uchida
|April 1, 1920 (age 101)
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer
|US Army
|United States
|}
 
== V ==
7 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Tony Vaccaro
|December 20, 1922 (age 98)
|Photographer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Jaakko Valtanen
|February 9, 1925 (age 96)
|General
|Finnish Defence Forces
|Finland
|-
|Ronald R. Van Stockum
|July 8, 1916 (age 105)
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Dick Van Dyke
|December 13, 1925 (age 95)
|Actor and comedian
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Enrico Vanzini [it]
|November 18, 1922 (age 98)
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|Royal Italian Army
|Italy
|-
|Thomas Franklin Vaughns
|July 12, 1920 (age 100)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Force
|United States
|-
|Inez Voyce
|August 16, 1924 (age 97)
|Baseball player
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|United States
|}
 
== W ==
30 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Angel Wagenstein
|October 17, 1922 (age 98)
|Film director, author
|Bulgarian Resistance
|Bulgaria
|-
|Herbert Wahler
|December 10, 1921 (age 99)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Einsatzgruppe
|Germany
|-
|Udo Walendy
|January 21, 1927 (age 94)
|Historian
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|Joe Wallach
|September 10, 1923 (age 98)
|Businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Martin Walser
|March 24, 1927 (age 94)
|Writer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Sidney Walton
|February 11, 1919 (age 102)
|Participated in the coin flip for Super Bowl LIV
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Wan Haifeng
|September 25, 1920 (age 100)
|General
|Red Army
|Republic of China
|-
|Stan Waterman
|April 5, 1923 (age 98)
|Cinematographer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Josser Watling
|May 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Association football player
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Billy Watson
|December 25, 1923 (age 97)
|Child actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Donald J. Watt
|August 10, 1918 (age 103)
|Author
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|William H. Webster
|March 26, 1924 (age 97)
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Jimmy Weldon
|September 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Voice actor & ventriloquist
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|Lloyd F. Wheat
|April 27, 1923 (age 98)
|Lawyer, politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Alan White
|February 23, 1924 (age 97)
|Writer
|
|United Kingdom
|-
|John White
|October 4, 1924 (age 96)
|Art historian
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|G. William Whitehurst
|March 12, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Leopold Wiel [de]
|May 14, 1916 (age 105)
|Architect and professor
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|E. J. Williams
|January 28, 1918 (age 103)
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|-
|Hershel W. Williams
|October 2, 1923 (age 97)
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|G. I. Williamson
|May 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Theologian, pastor, author
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Oscar Lawton Wilkerson
|February 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Dennis Wilson
|June 25, 1921 (age 100)
|Poet
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Edwin Wilson
|February 1, 1923 (age 98)
|Professor
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Charley Winner
|July 2, 1924 (age 97)
|Football player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Graham Winteringham
|March 2, 1923 (age 98)
|Architect
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Louis Witten
|April 13, 1921 (age 100)
|Theoretical physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Woody Woodbury
|February 9, 1924 (age 97)
|Comedian & actor
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski [it]
|January 1, 1924 (age 97)
|Partisan, Journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|Oscar Wyatt
|July 11, 1924 (age 97)
|Businessman
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|}
 
== X ==
1 veteran
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Alex Xydias
|March 22, 1922 (age 99)
|Auto racing driver
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|}
 
== Y ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Earl P. Yates
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|December 23, 1923 (age 97)
|December 16, 1924
|Admiral
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Barbara Yeaman
|December 16, 1924 (age 96)
|Conservationist
|Conservationist
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|16}}
|Robert M. Young
|November 22, 1924 (age 96)
|Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Ihor Yukhnovskyi
|September 1, 1925 (age 96)
|Physicist, politician
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
|}


== Z ==
== Z ==
6 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Rolf Zick [de]
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|April 16, 1921 (age 100)
|June 20, 1923
|Journalist
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|Heinz Zickler [de]
|March 25, 1920 (age 101)
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Franklin B. Zimmerman
|June 20, 1923 (age 98)
|Musicologist, conductor
|Musicologist, conductor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|20}}
|-
|-
|Zou Jiahua
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|October 1926 (age 94)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Leszek Żukowski [pl]
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski]
|February 11, 1929 (age 92)
|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}}
|Stanisław Żurakowski [pl]
|July 24, 1920 (age 101)
|Polish lieutenant colonel
|Polish Army
Anders' Army
Polish Armed Forces in the West
|Poland
|}
|}
[[Category:Lists]]
[[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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