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This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 553 veterans are listed.
This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 223 veterans are listed.


== A ==
== A ==
21 veterans
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
|-
!Age
|{{wp|Abdullah CD}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|10|2}}
|Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya
|Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
|Federated Malay States
|-
|-
|{{wp|S. Daniel Abraham}}
|{{wp|S. Daniel Abraham}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|15}}
|August 15, 1924
|Businessman, philanthropist
|Businessman, philanthropist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}
|{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|3}}
|November 3, 1926
|President of Lithuania
|President of Lithuania
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuania
|Lithuania
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lee Adams}}
|{{wp|Lee Adams}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|14}}
|August 14, 1924
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|{{wp|Hans Albert}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|2|8}}
|Philosopher
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marshall Allen}}
|{{wp|Marshall Allen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|5|25}}
|May 25, 1924
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|25}}
|{{wp|Wolfgang Altenburg}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|6|24}}
|General
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walter Althammer}}
|{{wp|Walter Althammer}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|12}}
|March 12, 1928
|Politician
|Politician
|Heer
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksel_Andersen Aksel Andersen]
|1924/1925 (age 96–97)
|Accused of War Crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|James A. Andersen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|21}}
|Politician, judge
|US Army
|United States
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bud Anderson}}
|{{wp|Bud Anderson}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|13}}
|January 13, 1922
|Fighter pilot
|Fighter pilot
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|13}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Andrä Erwin Andrä]
|{{birth date and age|1921|5|20}}
|Designer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Valérie André}}
|{{wp|Valérie André}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|4|21}}
|April 21, 1922
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|French Resistance
|French Resistance
|Free France
|Free France
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|4|21}}
|{{wp|Roger Angell}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|9|19}}
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ray Anthony}}
|{{wp|Ray Anthony}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|20}}
|January 20, 1922
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|20}}
|{{wp|Stefan Arczyński}}
|{{birth date and age|1916|7|31}}
|Photographer
|Luftwaffe
Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Ariyoshi}}
|{{wp|George Ariyoshi}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|12}}
|March 12, 1926
|Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
|Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|12}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arnold_(Mediziner) Michael Arnold]
|{{birth date and age|1928|12|27}}
|Professor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|6}}
|May 6, 1925
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Home Army
|Home Army
|Poland
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Austin Asche}}
|{{wp|Austin Asche}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|11|28}}
|November 28, 1925
|Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge
|Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|Australia
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|28}}
|[https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2,_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 Vasily Astafyev]
|{{birth date and age|1919|10|26}}
|Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
|}


== B ==
== B ==
64 veterans
21 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert L. Backman}}
|{{wp|Vincent Ball}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|3|22}}
|December 4, 1923
|Lawyer, politician
|Actor
|US Army
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Badie}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|17}}
|April 24, 1928
|Jazz bass guitarist
|Former head of Bauer Group
|US Navy
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|4|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Dave Bailey (musician)}}
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|22}}
|September 15, 1926
|Musician
|Federal judge
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Millie Bailey}}
|{{wp|V. J. Bella}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|2|3}}
|July 29, 1927
|Civil servant
|American politician
|Women's Army Corps
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walter Balderson}}
|{{wp|Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|19}}
|September 11, 1925
|Television pioneer
|Songwriter
|US NavyThomas W. Horton deceased
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Vincent Ball}}
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|4}}
|May 1, 1927
|Actor
|Social activist
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Indian National Army
|Australia
|Azad Hind
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Bama}}
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|28}}
|January 5, 1924
|Artist
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Banaschewski Bernhard Banaschewski]
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|22}}
|Mathematician
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Barbarino Rudolf Barbarino]
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|19}}
|Journalist
|Journalist
|Heer
|British Army
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Barker}}
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|12}}
|February 14, 1927
|Game show host
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Haven J. Barlow}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|4}}
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Phil Batt}}
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|4}}
|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}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|4|24}}
|May 24, 1925
|Former head of Bauer Group
|Politician
|Heer
|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}}
|-
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|January 6, 1922
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|15}}
|November 11, 1923
|Federal judge
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Julius W. Becton Jr.}}
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|29}}
|June 28, 1926
|American military officer, former FEMA director
|Director, actor, producer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Belafonte}}
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|1}}
|October 3, 1924
|American singer
|Judge
|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
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|V.J. Bella}}
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|29}}
|February 17, 1924
|American politician
|11th Earl of Elgin
|US Marine Corps
|British Army, Scots Guards
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Bennett}}
|{{wp|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|3}}
|March 31, 1926
|Singer
|British peer, businessman
|US Army
|British Army
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Berg}}
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|30}}
|October 7, 1925
|Chemist
|Control theorist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alan Bergman}}
|{{wp|Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|11}}
|October 4, 1920
|Songwriter
|Musician
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|10|4}}
|}
== C ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|March 20, 1925
|Artist
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|1}}
|January 5, 1925
|Social activist
|Basketball coach
|Indian National Army
|US Coast Guard
|Azad Hind
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|5}}
|{{wp|Ruth Bidgood}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|20}}
|Poet, historian
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)}}
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|October 1, 1924
|Journalist
|39th U.S. President
|British Army
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bryan Harvey Bjarnason}}
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|2}}
|February 14, 1925
|Politician
|Journalist, author
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|14}}
|November 2, 1924
|Politician
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|US Navy
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert J. Blackwell}}
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|26}}
|January 6, 1923
|Government official
|Surgeon, professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|1|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|7}}
|April 25, 1925
|Aviator
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Simon Bland}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|4}}
|Courtier
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|24}}
|February 9, 1925
|Politician
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|Canadian Army
|US Army
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hans Blohm}}
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|11|12}}
|April 13, 1920
|Photographer and author
|Author, spy
|Kriegsmarine
|French Army
|Germany
|France
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hans Blum}}
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|5|23}}
|September 10, 1917
|Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Kriegsmarine
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ronald Blythe}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|6}}
|Author
|
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1917|9|10}}
|-
|-
|[https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Boček Emil Boček]
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|25}}
|April 17, 1924
|Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot
|Politician
|Royal Air Force
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|1|15}}
|September 29, 1925
|Businessman
|Federal judge
|British Indian Army
|US Army
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Dave Bolen}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}}
|Olympic runner and ambassador
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|April 5, 1926
|Artist
|Filmmaker, actor
|French Resistance
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth}}
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|10|31}}
|May 20, 1920
|British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994)
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|British Army
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert William Bradford}}
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|17}}
|December 21, 1920
|Artist
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|21}}
|}
 
== D ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lewis M. Branscomb}}
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|17}}
|October 16, 1925
|Scientist
|Costume designer
|US Navy
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Egidius Braun}}
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|27}}
|November 17, 1923
|President of the German Football Association
|Graphic designer, professor
|Wehrmacht
|US Army
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Denis Brian}}
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|11}}
|June 23, 1928
|Journalist, author
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Royal Air Force
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|6}}
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|6|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Manuel Bromberg}}
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|3|6}}
|October 16, 1926
|Artist, professor
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|US Army
|US Army Air Force
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|11}}
|November 1, 1926
|Professor
|Musician
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lawrence Brooks}}
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1909|9|12}}
|September 19, 1924
|Oldest surviving American World War II veteran.
|Politician
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|28}}
|July 14, 1925
|Director, actor, producer
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bud Brown (politician)}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|6|18}}
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Geoff Brown (tennis)}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|4}}
|December 22, 1929
|Tennis player
|General
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Volkssturm
|Australia
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|12|22}}
|-
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|July 12, 1920
|Businessman
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|June Brown}}
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|16}}
|July 8, 1924
|Actress
|Politician
|Royal Navy
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mervyn Brown}}
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|24}}
|June 17, 1920
|Diplomat, historian
|President of the NATO Assembly
|British Army
|Fleet Air Arm
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|6|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)}}
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|3}}
|August 23, 1922
|Judge
|Politician, lawyer
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|French Resistance
|United Kingdom
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|8|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walt Brown}}
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|28}}
|July 1, 1927
|Politician
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|1}}
|}
== E ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|17}}
|March 18, 1928
|11th Earl of Elgin
|Lawyer
|British Army, Scots Guards
|Heer
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury}}
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|31}}
|February 14, 1924
|British peer, businessman
|Lawyer
|Philippine Navy
|Philippines
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|October 16, 1925
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|US Navy
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|May 17, 1923
|Artist
|British Army
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|17}}
|}
== F ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ashley Bryan}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|{{birth date and age|1923|7|13}}
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|7}}
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James L. Buckley}}
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|9}}
|October 22, 1925
|Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)
|Politician, writer
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|22}}
|-
|{{wp|Samuel C. Florman}}
|January 19, 1925
|Civil engineer, author
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frederick Buechner}}
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|11}}
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Veljko Bulajić}}
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|22}}
|December 28, 1920
|Film director
|Nurse, Academic
|Yugoslav Partisans
|US Army Air Forces
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Jack Burke, Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|29}}
|PGA professional golfer
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Burrell}}
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|4}}
|September 18, 1922
|Musician
|Physicist
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Julian J. Bussgang}}
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|26}}
|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|David Butler (psephologist)|David Butler}}
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|17}}
|March 4, 1923
|Political scientist
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|British Army
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|3|4}}
|}
|}


== C ==
== G ==
31 veterans
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|October 1, 1924 (age 97)
|July 4, 1924
|39th U.S. President
|Aerospace engineer
|US Navy
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|4}}
|-
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|April 6, 1924
|Judge
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Friedrich Cerha}}
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|February 17, 1926 (age 95)
|May 4, 1925
|Composer
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|Bob Chinn}}
|March 2, 1923 (age 98)
|Restaurateur
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|20}}
|}
== H ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|April 25, 1925 (age 96)
|June 18, 1929
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Royal Air Force
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|February 9, 1925 (age 96)
|December 7, 1925
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|Sterling R. Cockrill}}
|April 7, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician, artist
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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|Marthe Cohn}}
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|April 13, 1920 (age 101)
|March 12, 1928
|Author, spy
|Writer
|French Army
|Heer
|France
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|November 23, 1923
|Artist
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|New Zealand
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Leon Comber}}
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|September 20, 1921 (age 100)
|November 8, 1923
|Author
|Writer
|British Indian Army
|Polish People's Army
|British India
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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|Jerome Coopersmith}}
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|August 11, 1925 (age 96)
|May 17, 1925
|Dramatist
|Physicist, academic
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|17}}
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|September 11, 1928
|Actor
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.}}
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|September 29, 1925 (age 96)
|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
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|May 20, 1920 (age 101)
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Charles Csuri}}
|July 4, 1922 (age 99)
|Artist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|}
|}


== D ==
== J ==
22 veterans
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 96)
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Dawson}}
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|January 3, 1921 (age 100)
|May 2, 1925
|Football player
|Professor, econometrician
|Australian Army
|US Army Air Forces
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Deerfield}}
|August 24, 1923 (age 98)
|Government official
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Vincent DeRosa}}
|October 5, 1920 (age 101)
|Musician
|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
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gene Derricotte}}
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|June 14, 1926 (age 95)
|November 5, 1922
|American football player, Tuskegee Airmen
|Lawyer, judge
|US Army
|South African Army
|United States
|South Africa
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|5}}
|-
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|January 26, 1921
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|October 16, 1926 (age 95)
|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}}
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|November 1, 1926 (age 94)
|Musician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|-
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|September 19, 1924 (age 97)
|May 1, 1926
|Politician
|Mathematician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Dornbrand}}
|{{wp|Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)|Jean Lee}}
|November 10, 1922 (age 98)
|July 26, 1924
|Aerospace engineer
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|July 14, 1925 (age 96)
|February 14, 1924
|Politician
|Maritime expert, curator
|US Navy
|Royal Navy
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|{{wp|Marv Levy}}
|August 3, 1925
|Football coach
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|3}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Richard L. Duchossois}}
|{{wp|Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas}}
|October 7, 1921 (age 100)
|September 10, 1925
|Sports businessman
|Anglican minister
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)}}
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|Eberhard Eimler}}
|November 30, 1930 (age 90)
|General
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|March 18, 1928 (age 93)
|Lawyer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|George Elder (baseball)}}
|March 10, 1921 (age 100)
|Baseball player
|US Marines
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|April 21, 1926 (age 95)
|August 22, 1925
|Queen of the Commonwealth Realms
|Physicist, author
|Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|April 21, 1925
|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|Carl Erskine}}
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|December 13, 1926 (age 94)
|November 12, 1925
|Baseball player
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 96)
|July 20, 1924
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Physicist
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|20}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klas_Ewert_Everwyn Klas Ewert Everwyn]
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|March 10, 1930 (age 91)
|April 8, 1927
|Author
|Baseball Player
|Volkssturm
|US Army
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|4|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|May 17, 1923 (age 98)
|November 2, 1920
|Artist
|Anaesthetist
|British Army
|Wehrmacht
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|}
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|2}}
|-
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|March 20, 1921
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|French Army
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
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|{{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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ben 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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward Field}}
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|June 7, 1924 (age 97)
|January 23, 1929
|Poet & author
|Painter
|Heer
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|23}}
|-
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|September 9, 1926
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Field (meteorologist)}}
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf}}
|March 30, 1923 (age 98)
|September 22, 1924
|Meteorologist
|Diplomat, politician
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele}}
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|September 22, 1920 (age 101)
|May 30, 1919
|British hereditary peer, businessman
|Australian rules football player
|British Army
|Australian Army
|United Kingdom
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1919|5|30}}
|-
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Fiorentini Mario Fiorentini]
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|May 28, 1918 (age 103)
|April 16, 1925
|Partisan, mathematician
|General
|Italian Resistance
|US Marine Corps
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Leonard Everett Fisher}}
|June 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Children's writer & illustrator
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|16}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Fischler_Graf_von_Treuberg Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg]
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|May 9, 1919 (age 102)
|December 4, 1921
|General
|General
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|October 22, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician & writer
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Samuel C. Florman}}
|January 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Civil engineer, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|September 18, 1922 (age 99)
|April 8, 1926
|Physicist
|Protestant theologian
|US Army Air Forces
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|December 25, 1915 (age 105)
|November 2, 1923
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Paul Fox (television executive)}}
|October 27, 1925 (age 96)
|Television executive
|British Army
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
British India
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|-
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|March 4, 1923 (age 98)
|July 8, 1921
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|Philosopher, sociologist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|7|8}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|October 1, 1930
|Mineralogist
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|1}}
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/村井澄夫 Sumio Murai]
|February 24, 1925
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|24}}
|-
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|March 3, 1924
|Japanese Prime Minister
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|April 11, 1923
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel Fuller}}
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|August 28, 1925 (age 96)
|January 4, 1920
|Theologian
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)
|US Navy
|British Army
|United States
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|4}}
|{{wp|Andrew Fulton}}
|January 23, 1927 (age 94)
|Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983)
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Canada
|}
|}


== G ==
== N ==
34 veterans
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|May 31, 1925 (age 96)
|September 7, 1923
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Lucien Nedzi}}
|May 28, 1925
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Norman Garbo}}
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|February 15, 1919 (age 102)
|May 30, 1920
|Author & lecturer
|Lawyer
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harold Garde}}
|June 7, 1923 (age 98)
|Artist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|March 27, 1924 (age 97)
|Bassoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|June 9, 1927
|Biologist & geneticist
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Philippe de Gaulle}}
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|December 28, 1921 (age 99)
|January 8, 1924
|Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle
|Aviator and businessman
|Free French Naval Forces
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Free France
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|8}}
|}
 
== O ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Gautier_(militaire) Léon Gautier]
|{{wp|Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono}}
|October 27, 1922 (age 99)
|October 27, 1925
|Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer
|Sushi Chef
|Free French Naval Forces
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Free France
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|November 15, 1924 (age 96)
|October 8, 1925
|Cartoonist
|Author
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Gesner}}
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|April 28, 1925 (age 96)
|September 12, 1926
|Architect
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|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
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrée Geulen-Herscovici}}
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|September 6, 1921 (age 100)
|August 29, 1924
|Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children
|Surgeon
|Belgian Resistance
|US Navy Reserve
|Belgium
|-
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|July 4, 1924 (age 97)
|Aerospace engineer
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|April 6, 1924 (age 97)
|Judge
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Godfrey}}
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|September 24, 1917 (age 104)
|December 5, 1923
|Physician, professor, politician
|Bass player, arranger
|
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Howard Golden}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry E. Goldsworthy}}
|{{wp|John Peoples (educator)|John Peoples}}
|April 3, 1914 (age 107)
|August 26, 1926
|Lieutenant General
|President of Jackson State University
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Goodenough}}
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|July 25, 1922 (age 99)
|July 19, 1925
|Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|Businessman
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|19}}
|}
 
== R ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alfred T. Goodwin}}
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|June 29, 1923 (age 98)
|May 30, 1923
|Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)
|Oncologist
|US Army
|Greek Resistance
|United States
|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}}
|-
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|August 12, 1926
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bert I. Gordon}}
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|September 24, 1922 (age 99)
|May 5, 1927
|Film director; ''Village of the Giants'', ''Empire of the Ants''
|Politician
|US Army Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|April 4, 1924
|Bishop
|Admiral
|Flying Tigers
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|4}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Grade Friedrich Grade]
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|March 29, 1916 (age 105)
|August 19, 1926
|Engineer and naval officer
|Businessman, investor
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|David E. Grange, Jr.}}
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|General
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bud Grant}}
|{{wp|Alan Rogers (football manager)|Alan Rogers}}
|May 20, 1927 (age 94)
|December 31, 1924
|Athlete
|Football manager
|US Navy
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|August 5, 1920 (age 101)
|January 24, 1924
|Politician
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Australian Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Australia
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|September 3, 1924 (age 97)
|September 29, 1926
|Baseball player
|United States Congressman
|US Marine Corps
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Green}}
|{{wp|William Russell (English actor)|William Russell}}
|December 22, 1924 (age 96)
|November 19, 1924
|Historian
|Actor
|Royal Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|19}}
|}
== S ==
26 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Russell H. Greenan}}
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|September 17, 1925 (age 96)
|September 13, 1925
|Author
|Judge
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|May 4, 1925 (age 96)
|March 10, 1924
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Order of Glory recipient
|US Army
|Red Army
|United States
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Shecky Greene}}
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|April 8, 1926 (age 95)
|May 28, 1926
|Comedian
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stu Griffing}}
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|November 9, 1926 (age 94)
|October 1925
|Olympic rower
|Blogger, political candidate
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1925|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Werner Grossmann}}
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|March 6, 1929 (age 92)
|April 25, 1924
|Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security
|Baseball player
|Volkssturm
|US Navy
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Doris Grumbach}}
|July 12, 1918 (age 103)
|Writer
|Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Joseph Guarini}}
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|August 20, 1924 (age 97)
|September 26, 1922
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|Professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|26}}
 
== H ==
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|June 18, 1929 (age 92)
|November 14, 1924
|Philosopher; sociologist
|German television actor
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Hall}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|February 3, 1923 (age 98)
|October 25, 1930
|Crossword puzzle editor
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gail Halvorsen}}
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|October 10, 1920 (age 101)
|September 4, 1924
|US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|US Army Air Forces
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ian Hamilton}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann]
|September 13, 1925 (age 96)
|September 5, 1928
|Lawyer, Scottish nationalist,  participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950
|Journalist
|British Army
|Wehrmacht
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|5}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hanel Walter Hanel]
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|September 14, 1930 (age 91)
|June 5, 1929
|Political caricaturist
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Volkssturm
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Monique Hanotte}}
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|August 10, 1920 (age 101)
|August 30, 1923
|Member of Belgian Resistance
|Tennis player
|Belgian Resistance
|US Army Air Forces
|Belgium
|-
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|December 7, 1925 (age 95)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Hardy}}
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|June 8, 1925 (age 96)
|April 19, 1923
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|US Army Air Forces
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Harlow}}
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|November 19, 1923 (age 97)
|May 1, 1923
|Writer, academic
|TV director, writer
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Sheldon Harnick}}
|April 30, 1924 (age 97)
|Lyricist (''Fiddler on the Roof'')
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|November 6, 1924 (age 96)
|July 7, 1927
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|Trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Chris Haughey}}
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|October 3, 1925 (age 96)
|September 26, 1925
|Baseball player
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|June 27, 1924
|Writer
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|Heer
|US Army
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Bill Hayes}}
|June 5, 1925 (age 96)
|Actor
|US Naval Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Thomas B. Hayward}}
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|May 3, 1924 (age 97)
|March 3, 1924
|Admiral
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eric Heath}}
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|November 28, 1923 (age 97)
|June 8, 1919
|Artist
|Author, Lawyer
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|Home Army
|New Zealand
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1919|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Hébras}}
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|June 29, 1925 (age 96)
|May 29, 1923
|Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor
|Author
|French Resistance
|US Army Air Forces
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF pilot)}}
|{{wp|Bill Spence (writer)|Bill Spence}}
|July 17, 1919 (age 102)
|April 20, 1923
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Writer
|Royal Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|20}}
|-
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|September 10, 1926
|Author
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|November 8, 1923 (age 97)
|February 28, 1925
|Writer
|Graphic artist
|Polish People's Army
|Home Army
|Poland
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Hennessy}}
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens}}
|September 26, 1923 (age 98)
|June 7, 1925
|Diplomat, prison official
|Politician
|British Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|7}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|April 7, 1929 (age 92)
|January 22, 1929
|Admiral
|General
|Volkssturm
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|May 23, 1921 (age 100)
|September 28, 1926
|Researcher
|General
|US Navy
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|28}}
|}
 
== T ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elwood Hillis}}
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|March 6, 1926 (age 95)
|December 2, 1920
|Indiana congressman (1971–1987)
|Poet, artist
|US Army
|Finnish Army
|United States
|Finland
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|May 17, 1925 (age 96)
|January 17, 1921
|Physicist, academic
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|Royal Navy
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom}
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stuart Hodes}}
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|November 27, 1924 (age 96)
|July 10, 1926
|Dancer, choreographer, writer
|Journalist, politician
|US Army Air Corps
|Italian Resistance
|United States
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|September 11, 1928 (age 93)
|December 18, 1927
|Actor
|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
|-
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%A4%AB Masao Horie]
|{{wp|Yosh Uchida}}
|June 16, 1915 (age 106)
|April 1, 1920
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973)
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer
|Imperial Japanese Army
|US Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Tom Hughes}}
|November 26, 1923 (age 97)
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|July 15, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Edwin Hunt}}
|March 20, 1920 (age 101)
|Queen's Bargemaster
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Harold Hyman}}
|July 24, 1924 (age 97)
|American Civil War historian
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|1}}
|}
|}


== I ==
== V ==
1 veteran
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Robert Ignatius}}
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|November 11, 1920 (age 100)
|December 13, 1925
|Government official
|Actor and comedian
|US Navy
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|13}}
 
|-
== J ==
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
16 veterans
|November 18, 1922
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|Royal Italian Army
|Italy
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|18}}
|-
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|July 7, 1920
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Force
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|7}}
|}
 
== W ==
8 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Al Jaffee}}
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|March 13, 1921 (age 100)
|December 10, 1921
|Cartoonist
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|United States Armed Forces
|Einsatzgruppe
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|September 9, 1925 (age 96)
|September 10, 1923
|Businessman, billionaire
|Businessman
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alexander Jefferson}}
|{{wp|William H. Webster}}
|November 15, 1921 (age 99)
|March 6, 1924
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|US Army Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward B. Jelks}}
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|September 10, 1922 (age 99)
|March 12, 1925
|Archaeologist
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William A. Jenkins}}
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|November 2, 1917 (age 103)
|July 2, 1924
|Admiral
|Football player
|US Coast Guard
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|2}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jetter Karl Jetter]
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|June 2, 1929 (age 92)
|April 13, 1921
|Journalist
|Theoretical physicist
|Wehrmacht
|US Army Air Forces
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Norman Jewison}}
|July 21, 1926 (age 95)
|Filmmaker
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|David Johnson}}
|August 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Photographer
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|4|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)}}
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|November 25, 1921 (age 99)
|February 9, 1924
|Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids
|Comedian, actor
|Royal Air Force
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Marilyn P. Johnson}}
|June 19, 1922 (age 99)
|Diplomat
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Dub Jones}}
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|December 29, 1924 (age 96)
|July 11, 1924
|American football player
|Businessman
|US Navy
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Lawrence W. Jones}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|Physicist, professor
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|11}}
|}
== X ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|L. Q. Jones}}
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|August 19, 1927 (age 94)
|March 22, 1922
|Actor
|Auto racing driver
|United States Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Raymond Jones}}
|July 18, 1925 (age 96)
|Architect
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)}}
|September 11, 1921 (age 100)
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|May 2, 1925 (age 96)
|Professor, econometrician
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|22}}
|}
|}


== K ==
== Y ==
16 veterans
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Kalb}}
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|February 4, 1922 (age 99)
|December 16, 1924
|Journalist
|Conservationist
|US Army
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Adolfo Kaminsky}}
|October 1, 1925 (age 96)
|French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust
|French Resistance
French Army
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|November 5, 1922 (age 98)
|Lawyer, judge
|South African Army
|South Africa
|-
|{{wp|John Keston}}
|December 5, 1924 (age 96)
|Actor, singer, runner
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|January 26, 1921 (age 100)
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Henry Kissinger}}
|May 27, 1923 (age 98)
|Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|December 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Klimczak Kazimierz Klimczak]
|February 15, 1914 (age 107)
|Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising
|Polish Army
Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Ted Knap}}
|May 26, 1920 (age 101)
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jill Knight}}
|July 9, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician, life peer
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Kohlmann Gert Kohlmann]
|December 3, 1919 (age 101)
|General
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Kremen}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|Writer
|Women's Army Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Werner Krolikowski}}
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|Politician
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kroker Herbert Kroker]
|August 24, 1929 (age 92)
|Politician
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Hardy Krüger}}
|April 12, 1928 (age 93)
|German actor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Kuuskor Eduard Kuuskor]
|January 2, 1918 (age 103)
|Radio operator
|Estonian Army
Red Army
Forest Brothers
|Estonia
Soviet Union
|}
 
== L ==
29 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Traute Lafrenz}}
|May 3, 1919 (age 102)
|Member of the White Rose
|
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Dean S. Laird}}
|February 7, 1921 (age 100)
|World War II flying ace
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|December 2, 1928 (age 92)
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_Lauterbach Lothar Lauterbach]
|June 3, 1929 (age 92)
|Artist
|
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|May 1, 1926 (age 95)
|Mathematician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Norman Lear}}
|July 27, 1922 (age 99)
|Film & television producer; ''All in the Family,'' ''Maude,'' ''The Jeffersons''
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Nikolai Lebedev}}
|December 15, 1921 (age 99)
|Actor
|Red Navy
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|February 14, 1924 (age 97)
|Maritime expert, curator
|Royal Navy
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhan_Lepasaar Juhan Lepasaar]
|May 13, 1921 (age 100)
|Writer, journalist, former Gulag prisoner
|Forest Brothers
Luftwaffenhelfer
|Estonia
Germany
|-
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ülo_Lepik Ülo Lepik]
|July 11, 1921 (age 100)
|Mathematician, academician
|Schutzstaffel
|Germany
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Lepri Sergio Lepri]
|September 24, 1919 (age 102)
|Journalist, director of ANSA news agency (1961-1990)
|Royal Italian Army
Italian Resistance
|Italy
Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Ted Lerner}}
|October 15, 1925 (age 96)
|Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sonny Lester}}
|November 15, 1924 (age 96)
|Music producer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Marv Levy}}
|August 3, 1925 (age 96)
|Football coach
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Guenter Lewy}}
|August 22, 1923 (age 98)
|Author, professor
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Mark Litchman}}
|April 14, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Peter Lloyd (aviator)}}
|December 15, 1920 (age 100)
|Aviator
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Nina Lobkovskaya}}
|March 8, 1925 (age 96)
|Sniper
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|Admiral
|Royal Indian Navy
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Elgen Long}}
|August 12, 1927 (age 94)
|Aviator, historian, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Löschner_(Chorleiter) Ernst Löschner]
|June 20, 1929 (age 92)
|Conductor
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|David Elliot Loye}}
|April 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Author, psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dick Lucas}}
|September 10, 1925 (age 96)
|Anglican minister
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|William R. Lucas}}
|March 1, 1922 (age 99)
|Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Lujack}}
|January 4, 1925 (age 96)
|Football player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bernt H. Lund}}
|August 14, 1924 (age 97)
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Norway
|-
|{{wp|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 ==
69 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Terence Macartney-Filgate}}
|August 6, 1924 (age 97)
|Film director
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Ian Verner Macdonald}}
|January 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Diplomat, entrepreneur
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Navy
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Maharram Mammadyarov}}
|October 17, 1924 (age 97)
|Chemist
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Emil Mangelsdorff}}
|April 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Marion Mann}}
|March 29, 1920 (age 101)
|Physician, pathologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Josip Manolić}}
|March 22, 1920 (age 101)
|Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Steve Marsh}}
|September 11, 1924 (age 97)
|Australian rules football player
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Peter Marshall}}
|March 30, 1926 (age 95)
|TV personality & actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|August 22, 1928 (age 93)
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|August 22, 1925 (age 96)
|Physicist, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Knox Martin}}
|February 12, 1923 (age 98)
|Artist
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Mac Martin}}
|April 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Bluegrass musician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Angel Martín Taboas}}
|June 18, 1918 (age 103)
|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|December 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Mason}}
|April 21, 1925 (age 96)
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|September 26, 1924 (age 97)
|General
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|Czechoslovakia
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|November 12, 1925 (age 95)
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|July 20, 1924 (age 97)
|Physicist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|April 8, 1927 (age 94)
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|November 2, 1920 (age 100)
|Anaesthetist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|William V. McBride}}
|May 25, 1922 (age 99)
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charles McGee (Tuskegee Airman)}}
|December 7, 1919 (age 101)
|Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}}
|February 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Artist, illustrator
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Fred McLafferty}}
|May 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Chemist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Art McNally}}
|July 1, 1925 (age 96)
|American football referee
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|November 2, 1927 (age 93)
|Diplomat
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Henry R. McPhee, Jr.}}
|January 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|August 16, 1925 (age 96)
|Composer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Mehnert Hellmut Mehnert]
|February 22, 1928 (age 93)
|Physician, professor
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|February 13, 1926 (age 95)
|Sportscaster, educator, & author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Manfred Messerschmidt}}
|October 1, 1926 (age 95)
|Historian
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|A. L. Mestel}}
|September 17, 1926 (age 95)
|Pediatric surgeon
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|January 23, 1929 (age 92)
|Painter
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|September 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf II}}
|September 22, 1924 (age 97)
|Diplomat & politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Larry Miggins}}
|August 20, 1925 (age 96)
|Baseball player
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jim Miller}}
|May 30, 1919 (age 102)
|Australian rules football player
|Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|April 16, 1925 (age 96)
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Newton N. Minow}}
|January 17, 1926 (age 95)
|FCC chairman (1961–1963)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Maria Mirecka-Loryś}}
|February 7, 1916 (age 105)
|Lawyer, journalist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|John Matthew Mitchell}}
|March 22, 1925 (age 96)
|Charity worker
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Hiroshi H. Miyamura}}
|October 6, 1925 (age 96)
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|December 4, 1921 (age 99)
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|David O. Moberg}}
|February 13, 1922 (age 99)
|Sociologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Hans Modrow}}
|January 27, 1928 (age 93)
|Prime Minister of East Germany
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Moehring Gerhard Moehring]
|March 28, 1921 (age 100)
|Educationist
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|July 3, 1924 (age 97)
|Climber, writer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|April 8, 1926 (age 95)
|Protestant theologian
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|William Moncrief}}
|March 27, 1920 (age 101)
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Henry Moore}}
|November 2, 1923 (age 97)
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
British India
|-
|{{wp|Bobby Morgan}}
|June 29, 1926 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%B9%81%E5%BC%98 Shigehiro Mori]
|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
|-
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|July 8, 1921 (age 100)
|Philosopher & sociologist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Wilson Morris}}
|April 28, 1922 (age 99)
|Lawyer & federal judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Addold Mossin}}
|December 12, 1919 (age 101)
|Neopagan priest
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Ben R. Mottelson}}
|July 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Physicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|October 1, 1930 (age 91)
|Mineralogist
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Henry J. Muller}}
|April 7, 1917 (age 104)
|General
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Paul Muller}}
|March 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Actor
|French Army
|France
|-
|{{wp|Charlie Munger}}
|January 1, 1924 (age 97)
|Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E4%BA%95%E6%BE%84%E5%A4%AB Sumio Murai]
|February 1925 (age 96)
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|March 3, 1924 (age 97)
|Japanese Prime Minister
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|April 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Billionaire & businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Austin Murphy}}
|June 17, 1927 (age 94)
|Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Thomas Murphy}}
|May 31, 1925 (age 96)
|Broadcasting executive
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Tony Murray}}
|February 8, 1920 (age 101)
|Businessman, billionaire
|Free French Army
Royal Air Force
|Free France
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|January 4, 1920 (age 101)
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Gordon Mydland}}
|May 12, 1922 (age 99)
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== N ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|September 7, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Giorgio Napolitano}}
|June 29, 1925 (age 96)
|11th President of Italy (2006–2015)
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Lucien N. Nedzi}}
|May 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|June 10, 1926 (age 95)
|Musician, educator
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Joan Neiman}}
|September 9, 1920 (age 101)
|Senator
|Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Yakov Neishtadt}}
|October 6, 1923 (age 98)
|Chess player
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Nerio Nesi}}
|June 16, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician, businessman, banker
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|May 30, 1920 (age 101)
|Lawyer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|June 9, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nimmerrichter Richard Nimmerrichter]
|December 31, 1920 (age 100)
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ian Nish}}
|June 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Academic; specialist in Japanese studies
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|January 8, 1924 (age 97)
|Aviator and businessman
|Norwegian resistance movement
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|-
|{{wp|Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov}}
|October 22, 1924 (age 97)
|Writer
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== O ==
7 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|René de Obaldia}}
|October 22, 1918 (age 103)
|Playwright & poet
|French Army
|France
|-
|{{wp|Makoto Ogawa}}
|February 1917 (age 104)
|Pilot
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie}}
|May 17, 1926 (age 95)
|Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Jiro Ono}}
|October 27, 1925 (age 96)
|Sushi Chef
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David Oreck}}
|September 17, 1923 (age 98)
|Entrepreneur
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|October 8, 1925 (age 96)
|Author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|September 12, 1926 (age 95)
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|US Army
|United States
|}
 
== P ==
21 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Boris Pahor}}
|August 26, 1913 (age 108)
|Writer & publicist
|Royal Italian Army
Slovene Partisans
|Italy
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Karolos Papoulias}}
|June 4, 1929 (age 92)
|Former President of Greece
|Greek People's Liberation Army
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|Rudolph Pariser}}
|December 8, 1923 (age 97)
|Physicist & polymer chemist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Deanie Parrish}}
|1922 (age 99)
|Congressional Gold Medal recipient
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|August 29, 1924 (age 97)
|Surgeon
|US Navy Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|December 5, 1923 (age 97)
|Bass player & arranger
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Philip Pearlstein}}
|May 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Modern Realist painter
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Peoples}}
|August 26, 1926 (age 95)
|President of Jackson State University
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Simon Perchik}}
|December 24, 1923 (age 97)
|Poet
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Solomon Perel}}
|April 21, 1925 (age 96)
|Holocaust survivor, author
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Nehemiah Persoff}}
|August 2, 1919 (age 102)
|Actor; ''Some Like It Hot,'' ''Yentl''
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|July 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Businessman
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Peters_(Sinologe) Helmut Peters]
|July 23, 1930 (age 91)
|Sinologist, Marxist
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Leslie Phillips}}
|April 20, 1924 (age 97)
|Actor
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Muriel Phillips}}
|January 12, 1921 (age 100)
|Author
|US Army (nurse)
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bill Pitman}}
|February 12, 1920 (age 101)
|Musician
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sidney Poitier}}
|February 20, 1927 (age 94)
|Actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Wanda Półtawska}}
|November 2, 1921 (age 99)
|Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author
|Polish Resistance
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Martin Pope}}
|August 22, 1918 (age 103)
|Physical chemist
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Aris Poulianos}}
|July 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Anthropologist & archaeologist
|Greek People's Liberation Army
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|Al Quie}}
|September 18, 1923 (age 98)
|Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983)
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== R ==
25 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Keith Rae (footballer)}}
|July 30, 1917 (age 104)
|Australian rules football player
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Bhisadej Rajani}}
|January 20, 1922 (age 99)
|Member of the Thai royal family
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger}}
|April 16, 1927 (age 94)
|Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Rasbol Helmut Rasbol]
|1925 (age 95-96)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Ravenel, Jr.}}
|March 29, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|May 30, 1923 (age 98)
|Oncologist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|Vasily Reshetnikov}}
|December 23, 1919 (age 101)
|Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force
|Soviet Air Forces
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|August 23, 1924 (age 97)
|Poet, journalist, & war correspondent
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|August 12, 1926 (age 95)
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|May 5, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Edward L. Rissien}}
|October 1924 (age 96)
|Film producer and executive
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Roberts}}
|April 4, 1924 (age 97)
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|August 19, 1926 (age 95)
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lisa_Cinciari_Rodano Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano]
|January 21, 1921 (age 100)
|Politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Alan Rogers}}
|December 31, 1924 (age 96)
|Football manager
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|January 24, 1924 (age 97)
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Charles P. Roland}}
|April 8, 1918 (age 103)
|Historian, professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Romanov}}
|January 21, 1923 (age 98)
|Pretender to the Russian throne
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Roy Roper}}
|September 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Rugby union player
|Royal New Zealand Navy
|New Zealand
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Rose_(Volkswirt) Klaus Rose]
|June 3, 1928 (age 93)
|Professor of economics
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|J. Roy Rowland}}
|February 3, 1926 (age 95)
|Georgia congressman (1981–1995)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Richard E. Rumble}}
|October 26, 1922 (age 99)
|Admiral
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|September 29, 1926 (age 95)
|United States Congressman
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|-
|{{wp|William Russell}}
|November 19, 1924 (age 96)
|Actor
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|F. James Rutherford}}
|July 11, 1924 (age 97)
|Science professor, radar officer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== S ==
60 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|September 13, 1925 (age 96)
|Judge
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Guy Sajer}}
|January 13, 1927 (age 94)
|Military writer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|March 10, 1924 (age 97)
|Order of Glory recipient
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Sydney Samuelson}}
|December 7, 1925 (age 95)
|Film commissioner
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Ashot Sarkisov}}
|January 30, 1924 (age 97)
|Admiral, scientist
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|S. H. Sarma}}
|December 1, 1922 (age 98)
|Admiral
|Royal Indian Navy
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|May 28, 1926 (age 95)
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Laurie Sawle}}
|August 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|Blogger & political candidate
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|April 25, 1924 (age 97)
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|September 26, 1922 (age 99)
|Professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|November 14, 1924 (age 96)
|German television actor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|October 25, 1930 (age 91)
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|September 4, 1924 (age 97)
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann]
|September 5, 1928 (age 93)
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Wolf Schneider}}
|May 7, 1925 (age 96)
|Journalist
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Arnold Schulman}}
|August 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Writer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harry D. Schultz}}
|September 11, 1923 (age 98)
|Financial adviser, author
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|June 5, 1929 (age 92)
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Bernard L. Schwartz}}
|December 12, 1926 (age 94)
|CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ted Schwinden}}
|August 31, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Vin Scully}}
|November 29, 1927 (age 93)
|Sportscaster
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Simone Segouin}}
|October 3, 1925 (age 96)
|Resistance member
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Segre Bruno Segre]
|September 4, 1918 (age 103)
|Journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Camillo_Segre Sergio Camillo Segre]
|September 15, 1926 (age 95)
|Politician, journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|August 30, 1923 (age 98)
|Tennis player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|April 19, 1923 (age 98)
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|May 1, 1923 (age 98)
|TV director & writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|July 7, 1927 (age 94)
|Trumpeter
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Frank Shakespeare}}
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|Diplomat, president of CBS
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|September 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples}}
|February 11, 1923 (age 98)
|British peer
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|June 27, 1924 (age 97)
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jack Sheedy}}
|September 28, 1926 (age 95)
|Sportsman
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Thomas D. Shepard}}
|c. 1925 (age 95-96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|March 3, 1924 (age 97)
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|June 8, 1919 (age 102)
|Author, Lawyer
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Leon Silver}}
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|Geologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Maria Simon}}
|August 6, 1918 (age 103)
|Sociologist
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|May 29, 1923 (age 98)
|Author
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John K. Singlaub}}
|July 10, 1921 (age 100)
|Army general
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Carlo Smuraglia}}
|August 12, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician; National president of the A.N.P.I. association (2011-2017)
|Italian Rersistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Robert M. Solow}}
|August 23, 1924 (age 97)
|Economist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Mihai Șora}}
|November 7, 1916 (age 104)
|Philosopher, writer
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Pierre Soulages}}
|December 24, 1919 (age 101)
|Painter and sculptor
|
|France
|-
|{{wp|Larry South}}
|February 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Robert Hitchcock Spain}}
|October 26, 1925 (age 96)
|Bishop
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Bill Spence}}
|April 20, 1923 (age 98)
|Writer
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|September 10, 1925 (age 96)
|Author
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jeremiah Stamler}}
|October 27, 1919 (age 102)
|Cardiologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|February 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Graphic artist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|Colin Stannard}}
|February 8, 1924 (age 97)
|Archdeacon of Carlisle
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Epaminondas Stassinopoulos}}
|January 17, 1921 (age 100)
|Astrophysicist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|William L. Stearman}}
|June 22, 1922 (age 99)
|Government official, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens, Sr.}}
|June 7, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Guy Stern}}
|January 14, 1922 (age 99)
|Literary scholar
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|January 22, 1929 (age 92)
|General
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Larry Storch}}
|January 8, 1923 (age 98)
|Comedian and Actor; TV's ''F Troop''
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|September 28, 1928 (age 93)
|General
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Lyle Elmer Strom}}
|January 6, 1925 (age 96)
|Judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|}
 
== T ==
14 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|December 2, 1920 (age 100)
|Poet, artist
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Jiro Tanaka}}
|January 16, 1917 (age 104)
|Aircraft & automotive engineer
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Maurice Taylor}}
|May 5, 1926 (age 95)
|Bishop
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Wayne Thiebaud}}
|November 15, 1920 (age 100)
|Pop art painter
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Fletcher Thompson}}
|February 5, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician & lawyer
|US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Thorn}}
|April 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Headmaster, writer
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|January 17, 1921 (age 100)
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|July 10, 1926 (age 95)
|Journalist & politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Simon Towneley}}
|December 14, 1921 (age 99)
|Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Krastyu Trichkov}}
|April 12, 1923 (age 98)
|Politician
|Bulgarian Resistance
|Bulgaria
|-
|{{wp|Charley Trippi}}
|December 14, 1921 (age 99)
|Football player
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ankica Tuđman}}
|July 24, 1926 (age 95)
|First Lady of Croatia
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Joe Turkel}}
|July 15, 1927 (age 94)
|Actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|Tony Vaccaro}}
|December 20, 1922 (age 98)
|Photographer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jaakko Valtanen}}
|February 9, 1925 (age 96)
|General
|Finnish Defence Forces
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Ronald R. Van Stockum}}
|July 8, 1916 (age 105)
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|December 13, 1925 (age 95)
|Actor and comedian
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
|November 18, 1922 (age 98)
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|Royal Italian Army
|Italy
|-
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|July 12, 1920 (age 100)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Inez Voyce}}
|August 16, 1924 (age 97)
|Baseball player
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|United States
|}
 
== W ==
27 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Angel Wagenstein}}
|October 17, 1922 (age 99)
|Film director, author
|Bulgarian Resistance
|Bulgaria
|-
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|December 10, 1921 (age 99)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Einsatzgruppe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Udo Walendy}}
|January 21, 1927 (age 94)
|Historian
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|September 10, 1923 (age 98)
|Businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Martin Walser}}
|March 24, 1927 (age 94)
|Writer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Wan Haifeng}}
|September 25, 1920 (age 101)
|General
|Red Army
|Republic of China
|-
|{{wp|Stan Waterman}}
|April 5, 1923 (age 98)
|Cinematographer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Josser Watling}}
|May 11, 1925 (age 96)
|Association football player
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Billy Watson}}
|December 25, 1923 (age 97)
|Child actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Donald J. Watt}}
|August 10, 1918 (age 103)
|Author
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|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
|-
|{{wp|Jimmy Weldon}}
|September 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Voice actor & ventriloquist
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Lloyd F. Wheat}}
|April 27, 1923 (age 98)
|Lawyer, politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Alan White}}
|February 23, 1924 (age 97)
|Writer
|
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|March 12, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Wiel Leopold Wiel]
|May 14, 1916 (age 105)
|Architect and professor
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Hershel W. Williams}}
|October 2, 1923 (age 98)
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|G. I. Williamson}}
|May 19, 1925 (age 96)
|Theologian, pastor, author
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Oscar Lawton Wilkerson}}
|February 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dennis Wilson}}
|June 25, 1921 (age 100)
|Poet
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Edwin Wilson}}
|February 1, 1923 (age 98)
|Professor
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|July 2, 1924 (age 97)
|Football player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Graham Winteringham}}
|March 2, 1923 (age 98)
|Architect
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|April 13, 1921 (age 100)
|Theoretical physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|February 9, 1924 (age 97)
|Comedian & actor
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Laura_Fabbri_Wronowski Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski]
|January 1, 1924 (age 97)
|Partisan, Journalist
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|July 11, 1924 (age 97)
|Businessman
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|16}}
|}
|}


== X ==
== Z ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|March 22, 1922 (age 99)
|Auto racing driver
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|}
 
== Y ==
3 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|December 16, 1924 (age 96)
|Conservationist
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert M. Young}}
|November 22, 1924 (age 96)
|Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ihor Yukhnovskyi}}
|September 1, 1925 (age 96)
|Physicist, politician
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== Z ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
|-
!Age
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Zick Rolf Zick]
|April 16, 1921 (age 100)
|Journalist
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Zickler Heinz Zickler]
|March 25, 1920 (age 101)
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|June 20, 1923 (age 98)
|June 20, 1923
|Musicologist, conductor
|Musicologist, conductor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|October 1926 (age 95)
|October 1926
|Politician
|Politician
|National Revolutionary Army
|National Revolutionary Army
|Republic of China
|Republic of China
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1926|10|1}}
|-
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski]
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski]
|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}}
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Żurakowski_(podpułkownik) Stanisław Żurakowski]
|July 24, 1920 (age 101)
|Polish lieutenant colonel
|Polish Army
Anders' Army
Polish Armed Forces in the West
|Poland
|}
|}
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[[Category:Lists]]

Revision as of 01:19, 5 May 2024

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

A

11 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
S. Daniel Abraham August 15, 1924 Businessman, philanthropist US Army United States 99 years, 283 days
Valdas Adamkus November 3, 1926 President of Lithuania Lithuanian resistance Lithuania 97 years, 203 days
Lee Adams August 14, 1924 Musician US Army United States 99 years, 284 days
Marshall Allen May 25, 1924 Musician US Army United States 99 years, 365 days
Walter Althammer March 12, 1928 Politician Heer Germany 96 years, 73 days
Bud Anderson January 13, 1922 Fighter pilot US Army Air Forces United States 102 years, 132 days
Valérie André April 21, 1922 General, neurosurgeon, aviator French Resistance Free France 102 years, 33 days
Ray Anthony January 20, 1922 Bandleader and trumpeter US Navy United States 102 years, 125 days
George Ariyoshi March 12, 1926 Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) US Army United States 98 years, 73 days
Stanisław Aronson May 6, 1925 Order of Polonia Restituta recipient Home Army Poland 99 years, 18 days
Austin Asche November 28, 1925 Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge Royal Australian Air Force Australia 98 years, 178 days

B

21 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Vincent Ball December 4, 1923 Actor Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 172 days
Karlheinz Bauer April 24, 1928 Former head of Bauer Group Heer Germany 96 years, 30 days
William J. Bauer September 15, 1926 Federal judge US Army United States 97 years, 252 days
V. J. Bella July 29, 1927 American politician US Marine Corps United States 96 years, 300 days
Alan Bergman September 11, 1925 Songwriter US Army United States 98 years, 256 days
Rasammah Bhupalan May 1, 1927 Social activist Indian National Army Azad Hind 97 years, 23 days
Walter Bingham January 5, 1924 Journalist British Army United Kingdom 100 years, 140 days
Benjamin B. Blackburn February 14, 1927 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 100 days
Eric Blackwood December 7, 1921 Aviator Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Air Force

Canada

United Kingdom

102 years, 169 days
Harry Blank May 24, 1925 Politician Canadian Army Canada 99 years, 0 days
Daoud Bokhary January 15, 1920 Businessman British Indian Army British India 104 years, 130 days
Jacques Borker September 29, 1922 Artist French Resistance Free France 101 years, 238 days
Hugo Broch January 6, 1922 World War II flying ace Luftwaffe Germany 102 years, 139 days
Victor Brombert November 11, 1923 Professor US Army United States 100 years, 195 days
Mel Brooks June 28, 1926 Director, actor, producer US Army, Battle of the Bulge United States 97 years, 331 days
Stephen Brown October 3, 1924 Judge Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom 99 years, 234 days
Walt Brown July 28, 1926 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 301 days
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin February 17, 1924 11th Earl of Elgin British Army, Scots Guards United Kingdom 100 years, 97 days
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury March 31, 1926 British peer, businessman British Army United Kingdom 98 years, 54 days
Arthur E. Bryson October 7, 1925 Control theorist US Navy United States 98 years, 230 days
Charles Burrell October 4, 1920 Musician US Navy United States 103 years, 233 days

C

15 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Gerard Caris March 20, 1925 Artist US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 65 days
Lou Carnesecca January 5, 1925 Basketball coach US Coast Guard United States 99 years, 140 days
Jimmy Carter October 1, 1924 39th U.S. President US Navy United States 99 years, 236 days
Patrick Skene Catling February 14, 1925 Journalist, author Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 99 years, 100 days
Nadia Cattouse November 2, 1924 Actress, singer, songwriter Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 99 years, 204 days
Robert A. Chase January 6, 1923 Surgeon, professor US Army United States 101 years, 139 days
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher April 25, 1925 Businessman, trade unionist, tax official Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 29 days
John B. Cobb February 9, 1925 Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist US Army United States 99 years, 105 days
Marthe Cohn April 13, 1920 Author, spy French Army France 104 years, 41 days
Ena Collymore-Woodstock September 10, 1917 Solicitor, magistrate Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 106 years, 257 days
Tom Copeland April 17, 1924 Politician US Army United States 100 years, 37 days
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. September 29, 1925 Federal judge US Army United States 98 years, 238 days
Roger Corman April 5, 1926 Filmmaker, actor V-12 Navy College Training Program United States 98 years, 49 days
John Cruickshank May 20, 1920 Recipient of the Victoria Cross British Army

Royal Air Force

United Kingdom 104 years, 4 days
Iris Cummings December 21, 1920 Olympic swimmer, Aviator Women Airforce Service Pilots United States 103 years, 155 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, 221 days
Louis Danziger November 17, 1923 Graphic designer, professor US Army United States 100 years, 189 days
Klaus von Dohnanyi June 23, 1928 Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 336 days
Charles Dolan October 16, 1926 Businessman, Philanthropist US Army Air Force United States 97 years, 221 days
Lou Donaldson November 1, 1926 Musician US Navy United States 97 years, 205 days
William I. Donnermeyer Sr. September 19, 1924 Politician US Navy United States 99 years, 248 days
Bruce L. Douglas July 14, 1925 Politician US Navy United States 98 years, 315 days
Karl-Heinz Drews December 22, 1929 General Volkssturm

Wehrmacht

Germany 94 years, 154 days
Roy Drinkard July 12, 1920 Businessman US Marine Corps United States 103 years, 317 days
Charles C. Droz July 8, 1924 Politician US Army United States 99 years, 321 days
Patrick Duffy June 17, 1920 President of the NATO Assembly Fleet Air Arm United Kingdom 103 years, 342 days
Roland Dumas August 23, 1922 Politician, lawyer French Resistance Free France 101 years, 275 days
Winfield Dunn July 1, 1927 Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975) US Navy United States 96 years, 328 days

E

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Alfred Einwag March 18, 1928 Lawyer Heer Germany 96 years, 67 days
Juan Ponce Enrile February 14, 1924 Lawyer Philippine Navy Philippines 100 years, 100 days
Daniel J. Evans October 16, 1925 Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) US Navy United States 98 years, 221 days
Anthony Eyton May 17, 1923 Artist British Army United Kingdom 101 years, 7 days

F

10 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Josef-Gerhard Farkas July 13, 1929 Hungariologist Volkssturm Germany 94 years, 316 days
Edward Field June 7, 1924 Poet, author US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 352 days
Sergio Flamigni October 22, 1925 Politician, writer Italian Resistance Italian Resistance 98 years, 215 days
Samuel C. Florman January 19, 1925 Civil engineer, author US Navy United States 99 years, 126 days
James Clayton Flowers December 25, 1915 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Forces United States 108 years, 151 days
Loretta Ford December 28, 1920 Nurse, Academic US Army Air Forces United States 103 years, 148 days
Wieland Förster February 12, 1930 Painter, writer Volkssturm Germany 94 years, 102 days
John S. Foster Jr. September 18, 1922 Physicist US Army Air Forces United States 101 years, 249 days
J. Keith Fraser February 18, 1922 Physical geographer Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Air Force

Canada

United Kingdom

102 years, 96 days
Russell Freeburg March 4, 1923 Editor of the Chicago Tribune US Army United States 101 years, 81 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 98 years, 359 days
Samuel Rhea Gammon III January 22, 1924 Ambassador US Army United States 100 years, 123 days
Bernard Garfield May 27, 1924 Bassoonist US Army United States 99 years, 363 days
Stanley Michael Gartler June 9, 1923 Biologist, geneticist US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 350 days
Eddie Germano November 15, 1924 Cartoonist US Army United States 99 years, 191 days
Roy Gibson July 4, 1924 Aerospace engineer British Army United Kingdom 99 years, 325 days
I. Leo Glasser April 6, 1924 Judge US Army United States 100 years, 48 days
René Henry Gracida June 9, 1923 Bishop Flying Tigers United States 100 years, 350 days
Bill Grayden August 5, 1920 Politician Australian Army Australia 103 years, 293 days
Bill Greason September 3, 1924 Baseball player US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 264 days
Peter Green December 22, 1924 Historian Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 154 days
Maurice R. Greenberg May 4, 1925 CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) US Army United States 99 years, 20 days
Frank J. Guarini August 20, 1924 Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) US Navy United States 99 years, 278 days

H

15 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Jürgen Habermas June 18, 1929 Philosopher; sociologist Luftwaffenhelfer Germany 94 years, 341 days
G. Homer Harding December 7, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 169 days
George Hardy June 8, 1925 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen US Army Air Forces United States 98 years, 351 days
Robert Harlow November 19, 1923 Writer, academic Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 100 years, 187 days
Ted Hartley November 6, 1924 Pilot, banker, actor, film producer US Navy United States 99 years, 200 days
Helmut Hauptmann March 12, 1928 Writer Heer Germany 96 years, 73 days
Eric Heath November 23, 1923 Artist Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand 100 years, 183 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, 312 days
Józef Hen November 8, 1923 Writer Polish People's Army Poland 100 years, 198 days
Werner Henninger April 7, 1929 Admiral Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 47 days
Laurin L. Henry May 23, 1921 Researcher US Navy United States 103 years, 1 day
Cyril Hilsum May 17, 1925 Physicist, academic Royal Navy United Kingdom 99 years, 7 days
Earl Holliman September 11, 1928 Actor US Navy United States 95 years, 256 days
Tom Hughes November 26, 1923 Politician Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 180 days
Evan Hultman July 15, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 314 days

I

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Paul Ignatius November 11, 1920 Government official US Navy United States 103 years, 195 days

J

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Stephen A. Jarislowsky September 9, 1925 Businessman, billionaire US Army United States 98 years, 258 days
Dub Jones December 29, 1924 American football player US Navy United States 99 years, 147 days
George Joseph September 11, 1921 Founder of Mercury Insurance Group US Army United States 102 years, 256 days
George Judge May 2, 1925 Professor, econometrician US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 22 days

K

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Sydney Kentridge November 5, 1922 Lawyer, judge South African Army South Africa 101 years, 201 days
Elisabeth Kirkby January 26, 1921 Actress, writer, broadcaster Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 103 years, 119 days
Helma Kissner December 23, 1923 Accused of war crimes by SWC Wehrmacht Germany 100 years, 153 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, 174 days
Peter Lax May 1, 1926 Mathematician US Navy United States 98 years, 23 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, 303 days
James Lees February 14, 1924 Maritime expert, curator Royal Navy

British Merchant Navy

United Kingdom 100 years, 100 days
Marv Levy August 3, 1925 Football coach US Army Air Corps United States 98 years, 295 days
Guenter Lewy August 22, 1923 Author, professor British Army United Kingdom 100 years, 276 days
Nina Lobkovskaya March 8, 1925 Sniper Red Army Soviet Union 99 years, 77 days
Ernst Löschner June 20, 1929 Conductor Wehrmacht Germany 94 years, 339 days
Dick Lucas September 10, 1925 Anglican minister Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 257 days
William R. Lucas March 1, 1922 Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center US Navy United States 102 years, 84 days
Bernt H. Lund August 14, 1924 Civil servant, diplomat, politician Norwegian resistance movement Norway 99 years, 284 days

M

31 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Peter Marshall March 30, 1926 TV personality, actor US Army United States 98 years, 55 days
Ray Marshall August 22, 1928 US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) US Navy United States 95 years, 276 days
Gordon Eugene Martin August 22, 1925 Physicist, author US Navy United States 98 years, 276 days
Ivan Martynushkin January 18, 1924 Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp Red Army Soviet Union 100 years, 127 days
Anthony Mason April 21, 1925 Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Royal Australian Air Force Australia 99 years, 33 days
Miloslav Masopust September 26, 1924 General 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR Czechoslovakia 99 years, 241 days
Joseph Matarazzo November 12, 1925 Psychologist US Navy United States 98 years, 194 days
Robert D. Maurer July 20, 1924 Physicist US Army United States 99 years, 309 days
Charlie Maxwell April 8, 1927 Baseball Player US Army United States 97 years, 46 days
Otto Mayrhofer November 2, 1920 Anaesthetist Wehrmacht Germany 103 years, 204 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, 65 days
Robert McGinnis February 3, 1926 Artist, illustrator US Merchant Marine United States 98 years, 111 days
Francis Terry McNamara November 2, 1927 Diplomat US Navy United States 96 years, 204 days
Kirke Mechem August 16, 1925 Composer US Army United States 98 years, 282 days
Bill Mercer February 13, 1926 Sportscaster, educator, author US Navy United States 98 years, 101 days
Harald Metzkes January 23, 1929 Painter Heer Germany 95 years, 122 days
Ed Mickelson September 9, 1926 Baseball player US Army Air Forces United States 97 years, 258 days
J. William Middendorf September 22, 1924 Diplomat, politician US Navy United States 99 years, 245 days
Jim Miller May 30, 1919 Australian rules football player Australian Army

Royal Australian Air Force

Australia 104 years, 360 days
John H. Miller April 16, 1925 General US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 38 days
Sanford K. Moats December 4, 1921 General US Army Air Forces United States 102 years, 172 days
Gwen Moffat July 3, 1924 Climber, writer Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 99 years, 326 days
Jürgen Moltmann April 8, 1926 Protestant theologian Wehrmacht Germany 98 years, 46 days
Henry Moore November 2, 1923 Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf British Army

British Indian Army

United Kingdom

British India

100 years, 204 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, 138 days
Edgar Morin July 8, 1921 Philosopher, sociologist French Resistance Free France 102 years, 321 days
Georg Müller October 1, 1930 Mineralogist Hitlerjugend Germany 93 years, 236 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, 90 days
Tomiichi Murayama March 3, 1924 Japanese Prime Minister Imperial Japanese Army Japan 100 years, 82 days
David H. Murdock April 11, 1923 Businessman, billionaire US Army United States 101 years, 43 days
David Musuguri January 4, 1920 Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988) British Army United Kingdom 104 years, 141 days

N

6 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Bill Nankivell September 7, 1923 Politician Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 260 days
Lucien Nedzi May 28, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 362 days
Joe Negri June 10, 1926 Musician, educator US Army United States 97 years, 349 days
Frederick M. Nicholas May 30, 1920 Lawyer US Army United States 103 years, 360 days
George Nigh June 9, 1927 Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987) US Navy United States 96 years, 350 days
Peter L. Nissen January 8, 1924 Aviator and businessman Norwegian resistance movement

Royal Norwegian Air Force

Norway 100 years, 137 days

O

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Jiro Ono October 27, 1925 Sushi Chef Japanese Imperial Army Japan 98 years, 210 days
Edward Ormondroyd October 8, 1925 Author US Navy United States 98 years, 229 days
Donald Owens September 12, 1926 General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene US Army United States 97 years, 255 days

P

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Victor Parsonnet August 29, 1924 Surgeon US Navy Reserve United States 99 years, 269 days
Johnny Pate December 5, 1923 Bass player, arranger US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band United States 100 years, 171 days
John Peoples August 26, 1926 President of Jackson State University US Marine Corps United States 97 years, 272 days
Jack Petchey July 19, 1925 Businessman Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 310 days

R

10 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Dennis V. Razis May 30, 1923 Oncologist Greek Resistance Greece 100 years, 360 days
Madeleine Riffaud August 23, 1924 Poet, journalist, war correspondent French Resistance Free France 99 years, 275 days
Basil Rigg August 12, 1926 Cricket player Australian Army Australia 97 years, 286 days
Fred Risser May 5, 1927 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 19 days
John Roberts April 4, 1924 Admiral Royal Navy United Kingdom 100 years, 50 days
Arthur Rock August 19, 1926 Businessman, investor US Army United States 97 years, 279 days
Alan Rogers December 31, 1924 Football manager Royal Navy United Kingdom 99 years, 145 days
Richard Rohmer January 24, 1924 Military writer; Ultimatum Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 100 years, 121 days
Philip Ruppe September 29, 1926 United States Congressman V-12 Navy College Training Program United States 97 years, 238 days
William Russell November 19, 1924 Actor Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 187 days

S

26 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Howard F. Sachs September 13, 1925 Judge US Navy United States 98 years, 254 days
Agadadash Samedov March 10, 1924 Order of Glory recipient Red Army Soviet Union 100 years, 75 days
Frank Saucier May 28, 1926 Baseball player US Navy United States 97 years, 362 days
Norman Scarth October 1925 Blogger, political candidate Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 206 days to 98 years, 236 days
Art Schallock April 25, 1924 Baseball player US Navy United States 100 years, 29 days
Harold Zvi Schiffrin September 26, 1922 Professor US Army United States 101 years, 241 days
Rolf Schimpf November 14, 1924 German television actor Heer Germany 99 years, 192 days
Walter Franz Schleser October 25, 1930 Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten Volkssturm Germany 93 years, 212 days
Helmut Schlesinger September 4, 1924 President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Heer Germany 99 years, 263 days
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann September 5, 1928 Journalist Wehrmacht Germany 95 years, 262 days
Wolfgang Schumann June 5, 1929 Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate Wehrmacht Germany 94 years, 354 days
Vic Seixas August 30, 1923 Tennis player US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 268 days
Sen Sōshitsu XV April 19, 1923 Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school Imperial Japanese Navy Japan 101 years, 35 days
Ralph Senensky May 1, 1923 TV director, writer US Army United States 101 years, 23 days
Doc Severinsen July 7, 1927 Trumpeter US Army United States 96 years, 322 days
Bobby Shantz September 26, 1925 Baseball player US Army United States 98 years, 241 days
Charles Norman Shay June 27, 1924 Penobscot tribal elder, writer US Army United States 99 years, 332 days
Robert G. Shulman March 3, 1924 Biophysicist US Navy United States 100 years, 82 days
Władysław Siemaszko June 8, 1919 Author, Lawyer Home Army Poland 104 years, 351 days
Edward H. Sims May 29, 1923 Author US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 361 days
Bill Spence April 20, 1923 Writer Royal Air Force United Kingdom 101 years, 34 days
Richard T. Spooner September 10, 1926 Author US Marine Corps United States 97 years, 257 days
Irena Stankiewicz February 28, 1925 Graphic artist Home Army Poland 99 years, 86 days
Willis H. Stephens June 7, 1925 Politician US Army Air Forces United States 98 years, 352 days
Heinz Stöcker January 22, 1929 General Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 123 days
Fritz Streletz September 28, 1926 General Wehrmacht Germany 97 years, 239 days

T

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Sulev Tailo December 2, 1920 Poet, artist Finnish Army Finland 103 years, 174 days
Dan Tolkowsky January 17, 1921 Commander of the Israeli Air Force Royal Air Force United Kingdom 103 years, 128 days
Aldo Tortorella July 10, 1926 Journalist, politician Italian Resistance Italian Resistance 97 years, 319 days
James Wesley Turpin December 18, 1927 Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist US Navy United States 96 years, 158 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, 53 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, 163 days
Enrico Vanzini November 18, 1922 Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando Royal Italian Army Italy 101 years, 188 days
Thomas Franklin Vaughns July 7, 1920 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Force United States 103 years, 322 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, 166 days
Joe Wallach September 10, 1923 Businessman US Army United States 100 years, 257 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, 79 days
G. William Whitehurst March 12, 1925 Politician US Navy United States 99 years, 73 days
Charley Winner July 2, 1924 Football player US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 327 days
Louis Witten April 13, 1921 Theoretical physicist US Army Air Forces United States 103 years, 41 days
Woody Woodbury February 9, 1924 Comedian, actor US Marine Corps United States 100 years, 105 days
Oscar Wyatt July 11, 1924 Businessman US Army Air Corps United States 99 years, 318 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, 63 days

Y

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Barbara Yeaman December 16, 1924 Conservationist Women Airforce Service Pilots United States 99 years, 160 days

Z

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Franklin B. Zimmerman June 20, 1923 Musicologist, conductor US Army United States 100 years, 339 days
Zou Jiahua October 1926 Politician National Revolutionary Army Republic of China 97 years, 206 days to 97 years, 236 days
Leszek Żukowski February 11, 1929 President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers Gray Ranks Poland 95 years, 103 days
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