List of notable surviving veterans of World War II

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945). A total of 223 veterans are listed.

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11 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
S. Daniel Abraham	August 15, 1924	Businessman, philanthropist	US Army	United States	99 years, 254 days
Valdas Adamkus	November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania	97 years, 174 days
Lee Adams	August 14, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States	99 years, 255 days
Marshall Allen	May 25, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States	99 years, 336 days
Walter Althammer	March 12, 1928	Politician	Heer	Germany	96 years, 44 days
Bud Anderson	January 13, 1922	Fighter pilot	US Army Air Forces	United States	102 years, 103 days
Valérie André	April 21, 1922	General, neurosurgeon, aviator	French Resistance	Free France	102 years, 4 days
Ray Anthony	January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	US Navy	United States	102 years, 96 days
George Ariyoshi	March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)	US Army	United States	98 years, 44 days
Stanisław Aronson	May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland	98 years, 355 days
Austin Asche	November 28, 1925	Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	98 years, 149 days

B

21 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Vincent Ball	December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	100 years, 143 days
Karlheinz Bauer	April 24, 1928	Former head of Bauer Group	Heer	Germany	96 years, 1 day
William J. Bauer	September 15, 1926	Federal judge	US Army	United States	97 years, 223 days
V. J. Bella	July 29, 1927	American politician	US Marine Corps	United States	96 years, 271 days
Alan Bergman	September 11, 1925	Songwriter	US Army	United States	98 years, 227 days
Rasammah Bhupalan	May 1, 1927	Social activist	Indian National Army	Azad Hind	96 years, 360 days
Walter Bingham	January 5, 1924	Journalist	British Army	United Kingdom	100 years, 111 days
Benjamin B. Blackburn	February 14, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 71 days
Eric Blackwood	December 7, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom	102 years, 140 days
Harry Blank	May 24, 1925	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada	98 years, 337 days
Daoud Bokhary	January 15, 1920	Businessman	British Indian Army	British India	104 years, 101 days
Jacques Borker	September 29, 1922	Artist	French Resistance	Free France	101 years, 209 days
Hugo Broch	January 6, 1922	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany	102 years, 110 days
Victor Brombert	November 11, 1923	Professor	US Army	United States	100 years, 166 days
Mel Brooks	June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	US Army, Battle of the Bulge	United States	97 years, 302 days
Stephen Brown	October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom	99 years, 205 days
Walt Brown	July 28, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 272 days
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin	February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom	100 years, 68 days
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury	March 31, 1926	British peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom	98 years, 25 days
Arthur E. Bryson	October 7, 1925	Control theorist	US Navy	United States	98 years, 201 days
Charles Burrell	October 4, 1920	Musician	US Navy	United States	103 years, 204 days

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15 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Gerard Caris	March 20, 1925	Artist	US Marine Corps	United States	99 years, 36 days
Lou Carnesecca	January 5, 1925	Basketball coach	US Coast Guard	United States	99 years, 111 days
Jimmy Carter	October 1, 1924	39th U.S. President	US Navy	United States	99 years, 207 days
Patrick Skene Catling	February 14, 1925	Journalist, author	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	99 years, 71 days
Nadia Cattouse	November 2, 1924	Actress, singer, songwriter	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	99 years, 175 days
Robert A. Chase	January 6, 1923	Surgeon, professor	US Army	United States	101 years, 110 days
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher	April 25, 1925	Businessman, trade unionist, tax official	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	99 years, 0 days
John B. Cobb	February 9, 1925	Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist	US Army	United States	99 years, 76 days
Marthe Cohn	April 13, 1920	Author, spy	French Army	France	104 years, 12 days
Ena Collymore-Woodstock	September 10, 1917	Solicitor, magistrate	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	106 years, 228 days
Tom Copeland	April 17, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States	100 years, 8 days
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	September 29, 1925	Federal judge	US Army	United States	98 years, 209 days
Roger Corman	April 5, 1926	Filmmaker, actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States	98 years, 20 days
John Cruickshank	May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	British Army Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	103 years, 341 days
Iris Cummings	December 21, 1920	Olympic swimmer, Aviator	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States	103 years, 126 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, 192 days
Louis Danziger	November 17, 1923	Graphic designer, professor	US Army	United States	100 years, 160 days
Klaus von Dohnanyi	June 23, 1928	Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg	Volkssturm	Germany	95 years, 307 days
Charles Dolan	October 16, 1926	Businessman, Philanthropist	US Army Air Force	United States	97 years, 192 days
Lou Donaldson	November 1, 1926	Musician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 176 days
William I. Donnermeyer Sr.	September 19, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States	99 years, 219 days
Bruce L. Douglas	July 14, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States	98 years, 286 days
Karl-Heinz Drews	December 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm Wehrmacht	Germany	94 years, 125 days
Roy Drinkard	July 12, 1920	Businessman	US Marine Corps	United States	103 years, 288 days
Charles C. Droz	July 8, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States	99 years, 292 days
Patrick Duffy	June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom	103 years, 313 days
Roland Dumas	August 23, 1922	Politician, lawyer	French Resistance	Free France	101 years, 246 days
Winfield Dunn	July 1, 1927	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	US Navy	United States	96 years, 299 days

E

4 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Alfred Einwag	March 18, 1928	Lawyer	Heer	Germany	96 years, 38 days
Juan Ponce Enrile	February 14, 1924	Lawyer	Philippine Navy	Philippines	100 years, 71 days
Daniel J. Evans	October 16, 1925	Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)	US Navy	United States	98 years, 192 days
Anthony Eyton	May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army	United Kingdom	100 years, 344 days

F

10 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Josef-Gerhard Farkas	July 13, 1929	Hungariologist	Volkssturm	Germany	94 years, 287 days
Edward Field	June 7, 1924	Poet, author	US Army Air Forces	United States	99 years, 323 days
Sergio Flamigni	October 22, 1925	Politician, writer	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance	98 years, 186 days
Samuel C. Florman	January 19, 1925	Civil engineer, author	US Navy	United States	99 years, 97 days
James Clayton Flowers	December 25, 1915	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Forces	United States	108 years, 122 days
Loretta Ford	December 28, 1920	Nurse, Academic	US Army Air Forces	United States	103 years, 119 days
Wieland Förster	February 12, 1930	Painter, writer	Volkssturm	Germany	94 years, 73 days
John S. Foster Jr.	September 18, 1922	Physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States	101 years, 220 days
J. Keith Fraser	February 18, 1922	Physical geographer	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom	102 years, 67 days
Russell Freeburg	March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	US Army	United States	101 years, 52 days

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13 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Arnald Gabriel	May 31, 1925	Conductor of the US Air Force Band	US Army	United States	98 years, 330 days
Samuel Rhea Gammon III	January 22, 1924	Ambassador	US Army	United States	100 years, 94 days
Bernard Garfield	May 27, 1924	Bassoonist	US Army	United States	99 years, 334 days
Stanley Michael Gartler	June 9, 1923	Biologist, geneticist	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 321 days
Eddie Germano	November 15, 1924	Cartoonist	US Army	United States	99 years, 162 days
Roy Gibson	July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom	99 years, 296 days
I. Leo Glasser	April 6, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States	100 years, 19 days
René Henry Gracida	June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States	100 years, 321 days
Bill Grayden	August 5, 1920	Politician	Australian Army	Australia	103 years, 264 days
Bill Greason	September 3, 1924	Baseball player	US Marine Corps	United States	99 years, 235 days
Peter Green	December 22, 1924	Historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	99 years, 125 days
Maurice R. Greenberg	May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	US Army	United States	98 years, 357 days
Frank J. Guarini	August 20, 1924	Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)	US Navy	United States	99 years, 249 days

H

16 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Jürgen Habermas	June 18, 1929	Philosopher; sociologist	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany	94 years, 312 days
Walter Hanel	September 14, 1930	Political caricaturist	Volkssturm	Germany	93 years, 224 days
G. Homer Harding	December 7, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States	98 years, 140 days
George Hardy	June 8, 1925	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	US Army Air Forces	United States	98 years, 322 days
Robert Harlow	November 19, 1923	Writer, academic	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	100 years, 158 days
Ted Hartley	November 6, 1924	Pilot, banker, actor, film producer	US Navy	United States	99 years, 171 days
Helmut Hauptmann	March 12, 1928	Writer	Heer	Germany	96 years, 44 days
Eric Heath	November 23, 1923	Artist	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand	100 years, 154 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, 283 days
Józef Hen	November 8, 1923	Writer	Polish People's Army	Poland	100 years, 169 days
Werner Henninger	April 7, 1929	Admiral	Volkssturm	Germany	95 years, 18 days
Laurin L. Henry	May 23, 1921	Researcher	US Navy	United States	102 years, 338 days
Cyril Hilsum	May 17, 1925	Physicist, academic	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	98 years, 344 days
Earl Holliman	September 11, 1928	Actor	US Navy	United States	95 years, 227 days
Tom Hughes	November 26, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	100 years, 151 days
Evan Hultman	July 15, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States	98 years, 285 days

I

1 veteran

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Paul Ignatius	November 11, 1920	Government official	US Navy	United States	103 years, 166 days

J

4 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Stephen A. Jarislowsky	September 9, 1925	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States	98 years, 229 days
Dub Jones	December 29, 1924	American football player	US Navy	United States	99 years, 118 days
George Joseph	September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	US Army	United States	102 years, 227 days
George Judge	May 2, 1925	Professor, econometrician	US Army Air Forces	United States	98 years, 359 days

K

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Sydney Kentridge	November 5, 1922	Lawyer, judge	South African Army	South Africa	101 years, 172 days
Elisabeth Kirkby	January 26, 1921	Actress, writer, broadcaster	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	103 years, 90 days
Helma Kissner	December 23, 1923	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Wehrmacht	Germany	100 years, 124 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, 145 days
Peter Lax	May 1, 1926	Mathematician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 360 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, 274 days
James Lees	February 14, 1924	Maritime expert, curator	Royal Navy British Merchant Navy	United Kingdom	100 years, 71 days
Marv Levy	August 3, 1925	Football coach	US Army Air Corps	United States	98 years, 266 days
Guenter Lewy	August 22, 1923	Author, professor	British Army	United Kingdom	100 years, 247 days
Nina Lobkovskaya	March 8, 1925	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union	99 years, 48 days
Ernst Löschner	June 20, 1929	Conductor	Wehrmacht	Germany	94 years, 310 days
Dick Lucas	September 10, 1925	Anglican minister	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	98 years, 228 days
William R. Lucas	March 1, 1922	Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center	US Navy	United States	102 years, 55 days
Bernt H. Lund	August 14, 1924	Civil servant, diplomat, politician	Norwegian resistance movement	Norway	99 years, 255 days

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31 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Peter Marshall	March 30, 1926	TV personality, actor	US Army	United States	98 years, 26 days
Ray Marshall	August 22, 1928	US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)	US Navy	United States	95 years, 247 days
Gordon Eugene Martin	August 22, 1925	Physicist, author	US Navy	United States	98 years, 247 days
Ivan Martynushkin	January 18, 1924	Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp	Red Army	Soviet Union	100 years, 98 days
Anthony Mason	April 21, 1925	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	99 years, 4 days
Miloslav Masopust	September 26, 1924	General	1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR	Czechoslovakia	99 years, 212 days
Joseph Matarazzo	November 12, 1925	Psychologist	US Navy	United States	98 years, 165 days
Robert D. Maurer	July 20, 1924	Physicist	US Army	United States	99 years, 280 days
Charlie Maxwell	April 8, 1927	Baseball Player	US Army	United States	97 years, 17 days
Otto Mayrhofer	November 2, 1920	Anaesthetist	Wehrmacht	Germany	103 years, 175 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, 36 days
Robert McGinnis	February 3, 1926	Artist, illustrator	US Merchant Marine	United States	98 years, 82 days
Francis Terry McNamara	November 2, 1927	Diplomat	US Navy	United States	96 years, 175 days
Kirke Mechem	August 16, 1925	Composer	US Army	United States	98 years, 253 days
Bill Mercer	February 13, 1926	Sportscaster, educator, author	US Navy	United States	98 years, 72 days
Harald Metzkes	January 23, 1929	Painter	Heer	Germany	95 years, 93 days
Ed Mickelson	September 9, 1926	Baseball player	US Army Air Forces	United States	97 years, 229 days
J. William Middendorf	September 22, 1924	Diplomat, politician	US Navy	United States	99 years, 216 days
Jim Miller	May 30, 1919	Australian rules football player	Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	104 years, 331 days
John H. Miller	April 16, 1925	General	US Marine Corps	United States	99 years, 9 days
Sanford K. Moats	December 4, 1921	General	US Army Air Forces	United States	102 years, 143 days
Gwen Moffat	July 3, 1924	Climber, writer	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	99 years, 297 days
Jürgen Moltmann	April 8, 1926	Protestant theologian	Wehrmacht	Germany	98 years, 17 days
Henry Moore	November 2, 1923	Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf	British Army British Indian Army	United Kingdom British India	100 years, 175 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, 109 days
Edgar Morin	July 8, 1921	Philosopher, sociologist	French Resistance	Free France	102 years, 292 days
Georg Müller	October 1, 1930	Mineralogist	Hitlerjugend	Germany	93 years, 207 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, 61 days
Tomiichi Murayama	March 3, 1924	Japanese Prime Minister	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan	100 years, 53 days
David H. Murdock	April 11, 1923	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States	101 years, 14 days
David Musuguri	January 4, 1920	Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)	British Army	United Kingdom	104 years, 112 days

N

6 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Bill Nankivell	September 7, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	100 years, 231 days
Lucien Nedzi	May 28, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States	98 years, 333 days
Joe Negri	June 10, 1926	Musician, educator	US Army	United States	97 years, 320 days
Frederick M. Nicholas	May 30, 1920	Lawyer	US Army	United States	103 years, 331 days
George Nigh	June 9, 1927	Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)	US Navy	United States	96 years, 321 days
Peter L. Nissen	January 8, 1924	Aviator and businessman	Norwegian resistance movement Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway	100 years, 108 days

O

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Jiro Ono	October 27, 1925	Sushi Chef	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan	98 years, 181 days
Edward Ormondroyd	October 8, 1925	Author	US Navy	United States	98 years, 200 days
Donald Owens	September 12, 1926	General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene	US Army	United States	97 years, 226 days

P

4 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Victor Parsonnet	August 29, 1924	Surgeon	US Navy Reserve	United States	99 years, 240 days
Johnny Pate	December 5, 1923	Bass player, arranger	US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States	100 years, 142 days
John Peoples	August 26, 1926	President of Jackson State University	US Marine Corps	United States	97 years, 243 days
Jack Petchey	July 19, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	98 years, 281 days

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10 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Dennis V. Razis	May 30, 1923	Oncologist	Greek Resistance	Greece	100 years, 331 days
Madeleine Riffaud	August 23, 1924	Poet, journalist, war correspondent	French Resistance	Free France	99 years, 246 days
Basil Rigg	August 12, 1926	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia	97 years, 257 days
Fred Risser	May 5, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States	96 years, 356 days
John Roberts	April 4, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	100 years, 21 days
Arthur Rock	August 19, 1926	Businessman, investor	US Army	United States	97 years, 250 days
Alan Rogers	December 31, 1924	Football manager	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	99 years, 116 days
Richard Rohmer	January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	100 years, 92 days
Philip Ruppe	September 29, 1926	United States Congressman	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States	97 years, 209 days
William Russell	November 19, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	99 years, 158 days

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26 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Howard F. Sachs	September 13, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States	98 years, 225 days
Agadadash Samedov	March 10, 1924	Order of Glory recipient	Red Army	Soviet Union	100 years, 46 days
Frank Saucier	May 28, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States	97 years, 333 days
Norman Scarth	October 1925	Blogger, political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	98 years, 177 days to 98 years, 207 days
Art Schallock	April 25, 1924	Baseball player	US Navy	United States	100 years, 0 days
Harold Zvi Schiffrin	September 26, 1922	Professor	US Army	United States	101 years, 212 days
Rolf Schimpf	November 14, 1924	German television actor	Heer	Germany	99 years, 163 days
Walter Franz Schleser	October 25, 1930	Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten	Volkssturm	Germany	93 years, 183 days
Helmut Schlesinger	September 4, 1924	President of the Deutsche Bundesbank	Heer	Germany	99 years, 234 days
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann	September 5, 1928	Journalist	Wehrmacht	Germany	95 years, 233 days
Wolfgang Schumann	June 5, 1929	Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany	94 years, 325 days
Vic Seixas	August 30, 1923	Tennis player	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 239 days
Sen Sōshitsu XV	April 19, 1923	Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan	101 years, 6 days
Ralph Senensky	May 1, 1923	TV director, writer	US Army	United States	100 years, 360 days
Doc Severinsen	July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	US Army	United States	96 years, 293 days
Bobby Shantz	September 26, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States	98 years, 212 days
Charles Norman Shay	June 27, 1924	Penobscot tribal elder, writer	US Army	United States	99 years, 303 days
Robert G. Shulman	March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	US Navy	United States	100 years, 53 days
Władysław Siemaszko	June 8, 1919	Author, Lawyer	Home Army	Poland	104 years, 322 days
Edward H. Sims	May 29, 1923	Author	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 332 days
Bill Spence	April 20, 1923	Writer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	101 years, 5 days
Richard T. Spooner	September 10, 1926	Author	US Marine Corps	United States	97 years, 228 days
Irena Stankiewicz	February 28, 1925	Graphic artist	Home Army	Poland	99 years, 57 days
Willis H. Stephens	June 7, 1925	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States	98 years, 323 days
Heinz Stöcker	January 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm	Germany	95 years, 94 days
Fritz Streletz	September 28, 1926	General	Wehrmacht	Germany	97 years, 210 days

T

4 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Sulev Tailo	December 2, 1920	Poet, artist	Finnish Army	Finland	103 years, 145 days
Dan Tolkowsky	January 17, 1921	Commander of the Israeli Air Force	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	103 years, 99 days
Aldo Tortorella	July 10, 1926	Journalist, politician	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance	97 years, 290 days
James Wesley Turpin	December 18, 1927	Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist	US Navy	United States	96 years, 129 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, 24 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, 134 days
Enrico Vanzini	November 18, 1922	Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando	Royal Italian Army	Italy	101 years, 159 days
Thomas Franklin Vaughns	July 7, 1920	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Force	United States	103 years, 293 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, 137 days
Joe Wallach	September 10, 1923	Businessman	US Army	United States	100 years, 228 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, 50 days
G. William Whitehurst	March 12, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States	99 years, 44 days
Charley Winner	July 2, 1924	Football player	US Army Air Forces	United States	99 years, 298 days
Louis Witten	April 13, 1921	Theoretical physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States	103 years, 12 days
Woody Woodbury	February 9, 1924	Comedian, actor	US Marine Corps	United States	100 years, 76 days
Oscar Wyatt	July 11, 1924	Businessman	US Army Air Corps	United States	99 years, 289 days

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1 veteran

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Alex Xydias	March 22, 1922	Auto racing driver	US Army Air Forces	United States	102 years, 34 days

Y

1 veteran

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Barbara Yeaman	December 16, 1924	Conservationist	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States	99 years, 131 days

Z

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Franklin B. Zimmerman	June 20, 1923	Musicologist, conductor	US Army	United States	100 years, 310 days
Zou Jiahua	October 1926	Politician	National Revolutionary Army	Republic of China	97 years, 177 days to 97 years, 207 days
Leszek Żukowski	February 11, 1929	President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers	Gray Ranks	Poland	95 years, 74 days