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This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 545 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 ==
63 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}}
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|May 24, 1925
|Politician
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|24}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|4|24}}
|January 15, 1920
|Former head of Bauer Group
|Businessman
|Heer
|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|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|October 3, 1924
|Judge
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Belafonte}}
|{{wp|Walt Brown (politician)|Walt Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|1}}
|July 28, 1926
|American singer
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|V.J. Bella}}
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|29}}
|February 17, 1924
|American politician
|11th Earl of Elgin
|US Marine Corps
|British Army, Scots Guards
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Bennett}}
|{{wp|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|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|1}}
|March 20, 1925
|Social activist
|Artist
|Indian National Army
|US Marine Corps
|Azad Hind
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|20}}
|{{wp|Ruth Bidgood}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|20}}
|Poet, historian
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|January 5, 1925
|Journalist
|Basketball coach
|British Army
|US Coast Guard
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bryan Harvey Bjarnason}}
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|2}}
|October 1, 1924
|Politician
|39th U.S. President
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|14}}
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert J. Blackwell}}
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|26}}
|February 14, 1925
|Government official
|Journalist, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|7}}
|Aviator
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Simon Bland}}
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|4}}
|November 2, 1924
|Courtier
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|British Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|24}}
|January 6, 1923
|Politician
|Surgeon, professor
|Canadian Army
|US Army
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|1|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hans Blum}}
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|5|23}}
|April 25, 1925
|Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ronald Blythe}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|6}}
|Author
|
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Boček Emil Boček]
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|25}}
|Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot
|Royal Air Force
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|1|15}}
|February 9, 1925
|Businessman
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|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|2|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|April 13, 1920
|Artist
|Author, spy
|French Resistance
|French Army
|Free France
|France
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth}}
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|10|31}}
|September 10, 1917
|British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994)
|Solicitor, magistrate
|British Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1917|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert William Bradford}}
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|17}}
|April 17, 1924
|Artist
|Politician
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Army
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Lewis M. Branscomb}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|17}}
|Scientist
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Egidius Braun}}
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|27}}
|September 29, 1925
|President of the German Football Association
|Federal judge
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Denis Brian}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|11}}
|Journalist, author
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|6}}
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Manuel Bromberg}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|3|6}}
|Artist, professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|11}}
|April 5, 1926
|Professor
|Filmmaker, actor
|US Army
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lawrence Brooks}}
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{birth date and age|1909|9|12}}
|May 20, 1920
|Oldest surviving American World War II veteran.
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|US Army
|British Army
|United States
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|28}}
|December 21, 1920
|Director, actor, producer
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|21}}
|}
== D ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bud Brown (politician)|Bud Brown}}
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|6|18}}
|October 16, 1925
|Politician
|Costume designer
|US Navy
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Geoff Brown (tennis)|Geoff Brown}}
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|4}}
|November 17, 1923
|Tennis player
|Graphic designer, professor
|Royal Australian Air Force
|US Army
|Australia
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|June Brown}}
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|16}}
|June 23, 1928
|Actress
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Royal Navy
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|6|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mervyn Brown}}
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|24}}
|October 16, 1926
|Diplomat, historian
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|British Army
|US Army Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|3}}
|November 1, 1926
|Judge
|Musician
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Walt Brown}}
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|28}}
|September 19, 1924
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|17}}
|July 14, 1925
|11th Earl of Elgin
|Politician
|British Army, Scots Guards
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|31}}
|December 22, 1929
|British peer, businessman
|General
|British Army
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|12|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ashley Bryan}}
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|7|13}}
|July 12, 1920
|Children's book writer & illustrator; ''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum''
|Businessman
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|7}}
|July 8, 1924
|Control theorist
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|James L. Buckley}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|9}}
|Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Frederick Buechner}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|11}}
|Christian author, minister, and theologian
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Veljko Bulajić}}
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|22}}
|June 17, 1920
|Film director
|President of the NATO Assembly
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Fleet Air Arm
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|6|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jack Burke, Jr.}}
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|29}}
|August 23, 1922
|PGA professional golfer
|Politician, lawyer
|US Marine Corps
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|8|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Burns}}
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|July 1, 1927
|Architect
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Charles Burrell}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|4}}
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|1}}
|{{wp|Julian J. Bussgang}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|26}}
|Mathematician, author
|Polish Armed Forces in the West
British Army
|Poland
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|David Butler (psephologist)|David Butler}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|17}}
|Political scientist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|}
|}


== C ==
== E ==
29 veterans
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Józef Caban}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|{{birth date and age|1915|8|28}}
|March 18, 1928
|Polish social activist
|Lawyer
|Polish Army
|Heer
Home Army
|Germany
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|18}}
|-
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|February 14, 1924
|Lawyer
|Philippine Navy
|Philippines
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Cardenas}}
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|10}}
|October 16, 1925
|General
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Carmean}}
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|8|5}}
|May 17, 1923
|Painter
|Artist
|US Army
|British Army
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|17}}
|}
 
== F ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|1}}
|July 13, 1929
|Basketball coach
|Hungariologist
|US Coast Guard
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|7|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|03|20}}
|June 7, 1924
|Artist
|Poet, author
|US Marine Corps
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|1}}
|October 22, 1925
|39th U.S. President
|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|Jean-Gabriel Castel}}
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|21}}
|December 25, 1915
|Law professor
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|French Resistance
|United States Army Air Forces
|Free France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1915|12|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|14}}
|December 28, 1920
|Journalist, author
|Nurse, Academic
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Army Air Forces
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|2}}
|February 12, 1930
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Painter, writer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Friedrich Cerha}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|17}}
|Composer
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|2|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|1}}
|September 18, 1922
|Surgeon, professor
|Physicist
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Kenneth O. Chilstrom}}
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|20}}
|February 18, 1922
|Air force officer
|Physical geographer
|US Army Air Corps
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1922|2|18}}
|-
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|March 4, 1923
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|3|4}}
|}
== G ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Chinn}}
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|2}}
|May 31, 1925
|Restaurateur
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|25}}
|January 22, 1924
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Ambassador
|Royal Air Force
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|9}}
|May 27, 1924
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|Bassoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sterling R. Cockrill}}
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|7}}
|June 9, 1923
|Politician, artist
|Biologist, geneticist
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Avern Cohn}}
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|23}}
|November 15, 1924
|Judge
|Cartoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|4|13}}
|July 4, 1924
|Author, spy
|Aerospace engineer
|French Army
|British Army
|France
|-
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|9|10}}
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Leon Comber}}
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|9|20}}
|April 6, 1924
|Author
|Judge
|British Indian Army
|British India
|-
|{{wp|Fred Cone}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|21}}
|American football player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Connick Sr.}}
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|27}}
|June 9, 1923
|Attorney
|Bishop
|US Navy
|Flying Tigers
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jerome Coopersmith}}
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|11}}
|August 5, 1920
|Dramatist
|Politician
|US Army
|Australian Army
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1920|8|5}}
|-
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|September 3, 1924
|Baseball player
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|{{wp|Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|17}}
|December 22, 1924
|Politician
|Historian
|US Army
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.}}
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|29}}
|May 4, 1925
|Federal judge
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|{{wp|Frank J. Guarini}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|5}}
|August 20, 1924
|Filmmaker & actor
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|5|20}}
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Charles Csuri}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|4}}
|Artist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|21}}
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|20}}
|}
|}


== D ==
== H ==
22 veterans
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 96)
|June 18, 1929
|Costume designer
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ernest L. Daman}}
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|March 14, 1923 (age 98)
|December 7, 1925
|Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Henry Danton}}
|{{wp|George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)|George Hardy}}
|March 30, 1919 (age 102)
|June 8, 1925
|Dancer, teacher
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|British Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|November 17, 1923 (age 97)
|Graphic designer, professor
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Dawson}}
|{{wp|Robert Harlow (writer)|Robert Harlow}}
|January 3, 1921 (age 100)
|November 19, 1923
|Football player
|Writer, academic
|Australian Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Australia
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Deerfield}}
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|August 24, 1923 (age 98)
|November 6, 1924
|Government official
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Vincent DeRosa}}
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|October 5, 1920 (age 101)
|March 12, 1928
|Musician
|Writer
|US Army Air Corps
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gene Derricotte}}
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|June 14, 1926 (age 95)
|November 23, 1923
|American football player, Tuskegee Airmen
|Artist
|US Army
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|United States
|New Zealand
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|23}}
|-
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF officer)|John Hemingway}}
|July 17, 1919
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1919|7|17}}
|-
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|November 8, 1923
|Writer
|Polish People's Army
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|June 23, 1928 (age 93)
|April 7, 1929
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Admiral
|Volkssturm
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|4|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|October 16, 1926 (age 95)
|May 23, 1921
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|Researcher
|US Army Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|November 1, 1926 (age 94)
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|5|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|September 19, 1924 (age 97)
|May 17, 1925
|Politician
|Physicist, academic
|US Navy
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Dornbrand}}
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|November 10, 1922 (age 98)
|September 11, 1928
|Aerospace engineer
|Actor
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{wp|Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes}}
|July 14, 1925 (age 96)
|November 26, 1923
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|26}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|December 22, 1929 (age 91)
|July 15, 1925
|General
|Volkssturm
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|July 12, 1920 (age 101)
|Businessman
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|July 8, 1924 (age 97)
|Politician
|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|Richard L. Duchossois}}
|{{wp|Paul Ignatius}}
|October 7, 1921 (age 100)
|November 11, 1920
|Sports businessman
|Government official
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)}}
|June 17, 1920 (age 101)
|President of the NATO Assembly
|Fleet Air Arm
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|August 23, 1922 (age 99)
|Politician, lawyer
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Charles Duncan, Jr.}}
|September 9, 1926 (age 95)
|Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|July 1, 1927 (age 94)
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|11}}
|}
|}


== E ==
== J ==
12 veterans
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ray Edenton}}
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|November 3, 1926 (age 94)
|September 9, 1925
|Musician
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Francis Edwards}}
|{{wp|Dub_Jones_(American_football)|Dub Jones}}
|June 5, 1921 (age 100)
|December 29, 1924
|World War II flying ace
|American football player
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|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
|-
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|April 21, 1926 (age 95)
|Queen of the Commonwealth Realms
|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|1924|12|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)|George Joseph}}
|February 14, 1924 (age 97)
|September 11, 1921
|Lawyer
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|Philippine Navy
|US Army
|Philippines
|-
|{{wp|Carl Erskine}}
|December 13, 1926 (age 94)
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 96)
|May 2, 1925
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Professor, econometrician
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|2}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klas_Ewert_Everwyn Klas Ewert Everwyn]
|March 10, 1930 (age 91)
|Author
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|May 17, 1923 (age 98)
|Artist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|}
|}


== F ==
== K ==
21 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Falkenburg}}
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|January 29, 1926 (age 95)
|November 5, 1922
|Tennis player, entrepreneur
|Lawyer, judge
|US Army Air Forces
|South African Army
|United States
|South Africa
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|5}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|July 13, 1929 (age 92)
|January 26, 1921
|Hungariologist
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|Volkssturm
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|26}}
|-
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|December 23, 1923
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|23}}
|}
== L ==
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ben Ferencz}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|March 11, 1920 (age 101)
|December 2, 1928
|Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
|US Army
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|12|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David Ferry}}
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|March 5, 1924 (age 97)
|May 1, 1926
|Poet & professor
|Mathematician
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward Field}}
|{{wp|Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)|Jean Lee}}
|June 7, 1924 (age 97)
|July 26, 1924
|Poet & author
|Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF
|US Army Air Forces
|Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Field (meteorologist)}}
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|March 30, 1923 (age 98)
|February 14, 1924
|Meteorologist
|Maritime expert, curator
|US Army Air Forces
|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}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele}}
|{{wp|Guenter Lewy}}
|September 22, 1920 (age 101)
|August 22, 1923
|British hereditary peer, businessman
|Author, professor
|British Army
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|22}}
|-
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Fiorentini Mario Fiorentini]
|{{wp|Nina Lobkovskaya}}
|May 28, 1918 (age 103)
|March 8, 1925
|Partisan, mathematician
|Sniper
|Italian Resistance
|Red Army
|Italian Resistance
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Leonard Everett Fisher}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Löschner_(Chorleiter) Ernst Löschner]
|June 24, 1924 (age 97)
|June 20, 1929
|Children's writer & illustrator
|Conductor
|US Army
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Fischler_Graf_von_Treuberg Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg]
|May 9, 1919 (age 102)
|General
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|{{wp|Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas}}
|October 22, 1925 (age 96)
|September 10, 1925
|Politician & writer
|Anglican minister
|Italian Resistance
|Royal Navy
|Italian Resistance
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Samuel C. Florman}}
|{{wp|William R. Lucas}}
|January 19, 1925 (age 96)
|March 1, 1922
|Civil engineer, author
|Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{wp|Bernt H. Lund}}
|December 28, 1920 (age 100)
|August 14, 1924
|Nurse, Academic
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|US Army Air Forces
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|}
 
== M ==
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|March 30, 1926
|TV personality, actor
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|February 12, 1930 (age 91)
|August 22, 1928
|Painter, writer
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|Volkssturm
|US Navy
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|September 18, 1922 (age 99)
|August 22, 1925
|Physicist
|Physicist, author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|December 25, 1915 (age 105)
|January 18, 1924
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|United States Army Air Forces
|Red Army
|United States
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Fox (television executive)}}
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|October 27, 1925 (age 96)
|April 21, 1925
|Television executive
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|British Army
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United Kingdom
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|21}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|February 18, 1922 (age 99)
|September 26, 1924
|Physical geographer
|General
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
Royal Air Force
|Czechoslovakia
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|26}}
United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|March 4, 1923 (age 98)
|November 12, 1925
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|Psychologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Daniel Fuller}}
|August 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Theologian
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Fulton}}
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|January 23, 1927 (age 94)
|July 20, 1924
|Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983)
|Physicist
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Canada
|}
 
== G ==
34 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|May 31, 1925 (age 96)
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|January 22, 1924 (age 97)
|April 8, 1927
|Ambassador
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|4|8}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|November 2, 1920
|Anaesthetist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Norman Garbo}}
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|February 15, 1919 (age 102)
|March 20, 1921
|Author & lecturer
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|US Army Air Forces
|French Army
Free French Army
 
French Air Force
|France
----Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|3|20}}
|-
|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}}
|February 3, 1926
|Artist, illustrator
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harold Garde}}
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|June 7, 1923 (age 98)
|November 2, 1927
|Artist
|Diplomat
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|March 27, 1924 (age 97)
|August 16, 1925
|Bassoonist
|Composer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|February 13, 1926
|Biologist & geneticist
|Sportscaster, educator, author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Philippe de Gaulle}}
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|December 28, 1921 (age 99)
|January 23, 1929
|Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle
|Painter
|Free French Naval Forces
|Heer
|Free France
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|23}}
|-
|-
|[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Gautier_(militaire) Léon Gautier]
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|October 27, 1922 (age 99)
|September 9, 1926
|Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer
|Baseball player
|Free French Naval Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|November 15, 1924 (age 96)
|Cartoonist
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Gesner}}
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf}}
|April 28, 1925 (age 96)
|September 22, 1924
|Architect
|Diplomat, politician
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrée Geulen-Herscovici}}
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|September 6, 1921 (age 100)
|May 30, 1919
|Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children
|Australian rules football player
|Belgian Resistance
|Australian Army
|Belgium
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1919|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|July 4, 1924 (age 97)
|April 16, 1925
|Aerospace engineer
|General
|British Army
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|April 6, 1924 (age 97)
|Judge
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Godfrey}}
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|September 24, 1917 (age 104)
|December 4, 1921
|Physician, professor, politician
|General
|
|US Army Air Forces
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Howard Golden}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry E. Goldsworthy}}
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|April 3, 1914 (age 107)
|July 3, 1924
|Lieutenant General
|Climber, writer
|US Army
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Goodenough}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|July 25, 1922 (age 99)
|April 8, 1926
|Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|Protestant theologian
|US Army
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alfred T. Goodwin}}
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|June 29, 1923 (age 98)
|November 2, 1923
|Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|US Army
|British Army
|United States
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
British India
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bert I. Gordon}}
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/森繁弘 Shigehiro Mori]
|September 24, 1922 (age 99)
|January 7, 1928
|Film director; ''Village of the Giants'', ''Empire of the Ants''
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|US Army Air Corps
|Imperial Japanese Army
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1928|1|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|July 8, 1921
|Bishop
|Philosopher, sociologist
|Flying Tigers
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|7|8}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Grade Friedrich Grade]
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|March 29, 1916 (age 105)
|October 1, 1930
|Engineer and naval officer
|Mineralogist
|Kriegsmarine
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David E. Grange, Jr.}}
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/村井澄夫 Sumio Murai]
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|February 24, 1925
|General
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|US Army
|Imperial Japanese Army
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bud Grant}}
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|May 20, 1927 (age 94)
|March 3, 1924
|Athlete
|Japanese Prime Minister
|US Navy
|Imperial Japanese Army
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|April 11, 1923
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|August 5, 1920 (age 101)
|January 4, 1920
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|4}}
|}
 
== N ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|September 7, 1923
|Politician
|Politician
|Australian Army
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|{{wp|Lucien Nedzi}}
|September 3, 1924 (age 97)
|May 28, 1925
|Baseball player
|Politician
|US Marine Corps
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Green}}
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|December 22, 1924 (age 96)
|June 10, 1926
|Historian
|Musician, educator
|Royal Air Force
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Russell H. Greenan}}
|September 17, 1925 (age 96)
|Author
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|May 4, 1925 (age 96)
|May 30, 1920
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Lawyer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Shecky Greene}}
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|April 8, 1926 (age 95)
|June 9, 1927
|Comedian
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stu Griffing}}
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|November 9, 1926 (age 94)
|January 8, 1924
|Olympic rower
|Aviator and businessman
|US Army
|Norwegian resistance movement
|United States
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|-
|Norway
|{{wp|Werner Grossmann}}
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|8}}
|March 6, 1929 (age 92)
|}
|Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security
 
|Volkssturm
== O ==
|Germany
3 veterans
|-
{| class="wikitable"
|{{wp|Doris Grumbach}}
!Veteran
|July 12, 1918 (age 103)
!Born
|Writer
!Notability
|Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono}}
|October 27, 1925
|Sushi Chef
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|27}}
|-
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|October 8, 1925
|Author
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Joseph Guarini}}
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|August 20, 1924 (age 97)
|September 12, 1926
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|12}}
|}
|}


== H ==
== P ==
31 veterans
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|June 18, 1929 (age 92)
|August 29, 1924
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Surgeon
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|US Navy Reserve
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Hall}}
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|February 3, 1923 (age 98)
|December 5, 1923
|Crossword puzzle editor
|Bass player, arranger
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gail Halvorsen}}
|{{wp|John Peoples (educator)|John Peoples}}
|October 10, 1920 (age 101)
|August 26, 1926
|US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"
|President of Jackson State University
|US Army Air Forces
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ian Hamilton}}
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|September 13, 1925 (age 96)
|July 19, 1925
|Lawyer, Scottish nationalist,  participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950
|Businessman
|British Army
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|19}}
|}
== R ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hanel Walter Hanel]
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|September 14, 1930 (age 91)
|May 30, 1923
|Political caricaturist
|Oncologist
|Volkssturm
|Greek Resistance
|Germany
|Greece
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Monique Hanotte}}
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|August 10, 1920 (age 101)
|August 23, 1924
|Member of Belgian Resistance
|Poet, journalist, war correspondent
|Belgian Resistance
|French Resistance
|Belgium
|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|G. Homer Harding}}
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|December 7, 1925 (age 95)
|May 5, 1927
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|5}}
|-
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|April 4, 1924
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|4}}
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|August 19, 1926
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Hardy}}
|{{wp|Alan Rogers (football manager)|Alan Rogers}}
|June 8, 1925 (age 96)
|December 31, 1924
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Football manager
|US Army Air Forces
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Harlow}}
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|November 19, 1923 (age 97)
|January 24, 1924
|Writer, academic
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sheldon Harnick}}
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|April 30, 1924 (age 97)
|September 29, 1926
|Lyricist (''Fiddler on the Roof'')
|United States Congressman
|US Army
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|{{wp|William Russell (English actor)|William Russell}}
|November 6, 1924 (age 96)
|November 19, 1924
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|Actor
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|19}}
|}
 
== S ==
26 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|September 13, 1925
|Judge
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|13}}
|-
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|March 10, 1924
|Order of Glory recipient
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Chris Haughey}}
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|October 3, 1925 (age 96)
|May 28, 1926
|Baseball player
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|October 1925
|Writer
|Blogger, political candidate
|Heer
|Royal Navy
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1925|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Hayes}}
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|June 5, 1925 (age 96)
|April 25, 1924
|Actor
|Baseball player
|US Naval Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Thomas B. Hayward}}
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|May 3, 1924 (age 97)
|September 26, 1922
|Admiral
|Professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eric Heath}}
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|November 28, 1923 (age 97)
|November 14, 1924
|Artist
|German television actor
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|Heer
|New Zealand
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert Hébras}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|June 29, 1925 (age 96)
|October 25, 1930
|Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|French Resistance
|Volkssturm
|Free France
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF pilot)}}
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|July 17, 1919 (age 102)
|September 4, 1924
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|Royal Air Force
|Heer
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann]
|November 8, 1923 (age 97)
|September 5, 1928
|Writer
|Journalist
|Polish People's Army
|Wehrmacht
|Poland
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Hennessy}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|September 26, 1923 (age 98)
|June 5, 1929
|Diplomat, prison official
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|British Army
|Wehrmacht
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|April 7, 1929 (age 92)
|Admiral
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|May 23, 1921 (age 100)
|August 30, 1923
|Researcher
|Tennis player
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elwood Hillis}}
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|March 6, 1926 (age 95)
|April 19, 1923
|Indiana congressman (1971–1987)
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|19}}
|-
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|May 1, 1923
|TV director, writer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|May 17, 1925 (age 96)
|July 7, 1927
|Physicist, academic
|Trumpeter
|Royal Navy
|US Army
|United Kingdom}
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|September 26, 1925
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stuart Hodes}}
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|November 27, 1924 (age 96)
|June 27, 1924
|Dancer, choreographer, writer
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|September 11, 1928 (age 93)
|March 3, 1924
|Actor
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%A4%AB Masao Horie]
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|June 16, 1915 (age 106)
|June 8, 1919
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973)
|Author, Lawyer
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Home Army
|Japan
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1919|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tom Hughes}}
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|November 26, 1923 (age 97)
|May 29, 1923
|Politician
|Author
|Royal Australian Air Force
|US Army Air Forces
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|July 15, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edwin Hunt}}
|{{wp|Bill Spence (writer)|Bill Spence}}
|March 20, 1920 (age 101)
|April 20, 1923
|Queen's Bargemaster
|Writer
|British Army
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harold Hyman}}
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|July 24, 1924 (age 97)
|September 10, 1926
|American Civil War historian
|Author
|US Marine Corps
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|10}}
 
== I ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Robert Ignatius}}
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|November 11, 1920 (age 100)
|February 28, 1925
|Government official
|Graphic artist
|US Navy
|Home Army
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|28}}
|-
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens}}
|June 7, 1925
|Politician
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|7}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|January 22, 1929
|General
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|22}}
|-
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|September 28, 1926
|General
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|28}}
|}
|}


== J ==
== T ==
16 veterans
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Al Jaffee}}
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|March 13, 1921 (age 100)
|December 2, 1920
|Cartoonist
|Poet, artist
|United States Armed Forces
|Finnish Army
|United States
|Finland
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|September 9, 1925 (age 96)
|January 17, 1921
|Businessman, billionaire
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|US Army
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alexander Jefferson}}
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|November 15, 1921 (age 99)
|July 10, 1926
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Journalist, politician
|US Army Air Corps
|Italian Resistance
|United States
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward B. Jelks}}
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|September 10, 1922 (age 99)
|December 18, 1927
|Archaeologist
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|12|18}}
|}
== U ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|William A. Jenkins}}
|{{wp|Yosh Uchida}}
|November 2, 1917 (age 103)
|April 1, 1920
|Admiral
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer
|US Coast Guard
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|1}}
|}
== V ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jetter Karl Jetter]
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|June 2, 1929 (age 92)
|December 13, 1925
|Journalist
|Actor and comedian
|Wehrmacht
|US Army Air Corps
|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|1925|12|13}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)}}
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
|November 25, 1921 (age 99)
|November 18, 1922
|Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|Royal Air Force
|Royal Italian Army
|United Kingdom
|Italy
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marilyn P. Johnson}}
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|June 19, 1922 (age 99)
|July 7, 1920
|Diplomat
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|United States Army Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dub Jones}}
|December 29, 1924 (age 96)
|American football player
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|7}}
|}
== W ==
8 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|December 10, 1921
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Einsatzgruppe
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lawrence W. Jones}}
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|September 10, 1923
|Physicist, professor
|Businessman
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|L. Q. Jones}}
|{{wp|William H. Webster}}
|August 19, 1927 (age 94)
|March 6, 1924
|Actor
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|United States Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Raymond Jones}}
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|July 18, 1925 (age 96)
|March 12, 1925
|Architect
|Politician
|Royal Australian Navy
|US Navy
|Australia
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)}}
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|September 11, 1921 (age 100)
|July 2, 1924
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|Football player
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|May 2, 1925 (age 96)
|April 13, 1921
|Professor, econometrician
|Theoretical physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|4|13}}
|-
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|February 9, 1924
|Comedian, actor
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|9}}
|-
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|July 11, 1924
|Businessman
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|11}}
|}
|}


== K ==
== X ==
16 veterans
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Kalb}}
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|February 4, 1922 (age 99)
|March 22, 1922
|Journalist
|Auto racing driver
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1922|3|22}}
|{{wp|Adolfo Kaminsky}}
|}
|October 1, 1925 (age 96)
 
|French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust
== Y ==
|French Resistance
1 veteran
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 ==
67 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Terence Macartney-Filgate}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|6}}
|Film director
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Ian Verner Macdonald}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|19}}
|Diplomat, entrepreneur
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Navy
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Maharram Mammadyarov}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|17}}
|Chemist
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Emil Mangelsdorff}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|11}}
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Marion Mann}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|29}}
|Physician, pathologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Josip Manolić}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|22}}
|Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|{{wp|Steve Marsh (footballer)|Steve Marsh}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|12}}
|Australian rules football player
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|30}}
|TV personality & actor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|8|22}}
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|22}}
|Physicist, author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Knox Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|12}}
|Artist
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Mac Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|26}}
|Bluegrass musician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Angel Martín Taboas}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|6|18}}
|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
|US Armed Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}}
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|21}}
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|26}}
|General
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|Czechoslovakia
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|11|12}}
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|20}}
|Physicist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|8}}
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|{{birth date and age|1920|11|2}}
|Anaesthetist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|20}}
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|French Army
Free French Army
French Air Force
|France
----Free France
|-
|{{wp|William V. McBride}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|5|25}}
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charles McGee (Tuskegee Airman)|Charles McGee}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|12|7}}
|Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|3}}
|Artist, illustrator
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Fred McLafferty}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|11}}
|Chemist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Art McNally}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|1}}
|American football referee
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|11|2}}
|Diplomat
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Henry R. McPhee, Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|11}}
|Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|16}}
|Composer
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Mehnert Hellmut Mehnert]
|{{birth date and age|1928|2|22}}
|Physician, professor
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|13}}
|Sportscaster, educator, & author
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Manfred Messerschmidt}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|10|1}}
|Historian
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|A. L. Mestel}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|17}}
|Pediatric surgeon
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|1|23}}
|Painter
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|9}}
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf II}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|22}}
|Diplomat & politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Larry Miggins}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|20}}
|Baseball player
|US Merchant Marine
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|5|30}}
|Australian rules football player
|Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|16}}
|General
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Newton N. Minow}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|1|17}}
|FCC chairman (1961–1963)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Maria Mirecka-Loryś}}
|{{birth date and age|1916|2|7}}
|Lawyer, journalist
|Home Army
|Poland
|-
|{{wp|John Matthew Mitchell}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|22}}
|Charity worker
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Hiroshi H. Miyamura}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|6}}
|Medal of Honor recipient
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|4}}
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|David O. Moberg}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|2|13}}
|Sociologist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Hans Modrow}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|1|27}}
|Prime Minister of East Germany
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Moehring Gerhard Moehring]
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|28}}
|Educationist
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|3}}
|Climber, writer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|8}}
|Protestant theologian
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|2}}
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
British India
|-
|{{wp|Bobby Morgan (baseball)|Bobby Morgan}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|29}}
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%B9%81%E5%BC%98 Shigehiro Mori]
|{{birth date and age|1928|1|7}}
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|7|8}}
|Philosopher & sociologist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Wilson Morris}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|4|28}}
|Lawyer & federal judge
|US Naval Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Addold Mossin}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|12|12}}
|Neopagan priest
|Finnish Army
|Finland
|-
|{{wp|Ben R. Mottelson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|9}}
|Physicist
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|{{birth date and age|1930|10|1}}
|Mineralogist
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Henry J. Muller}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|4|7}}
|General
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Charlie Munger}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|1}}
|Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E4%BA%95%E6%BE%84%E5%A4%AB Sumio Murai]
|February 1925 (age 96)
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|3}}
|Japanese Prime Minister
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Japan
|-
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|4|11}}
|Billionaire & businessman
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Austin Murphy}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|6|17}}
|Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Thomas Murphy (broadcasting)|Thomas Murphy}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|31}}
|Broadcasting executive
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Tony Murray (businessman)|Tony Murray}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|2|8}}
|Businessman, billionaire
|Free French Army
Royal Air Force
|Free France
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|1|4}}
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988)
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Gordon Mydland}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|5|12}}
|Politician, lawyer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== N ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|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 ==
20 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|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 ==
23 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Bhisadej Rajani}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|20}}
|Member of the Thai royal family
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|16}}
|Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Rasbol Helmut Rasbol]
|1925 (age 95-96)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Ravenel, Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|29}}
|Politician
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|30}}
|Oncologist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|-
|{{wp|Vasily Reshetnikov}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|12|23}}
|Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force
|Soviet Air Forces
|Soviet Union
|-
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|23}}
|Poet, journalist, & war correspondent
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|12}}
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|5}}
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Edward L. Rissien}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|1}}
|Film producer and executive
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|4}}
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|19}}
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lisa_Cinciari_Rodano Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano]
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|21}}
|Politician
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|-
|{{wp|Alan Rogers}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|31}}
|Football manager
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|24}}
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Charles P. Roland}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|4|8}}
|Historian, professor
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Romanov}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|21}}
|Pretender to the Russian throne
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Roy Roper}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|11}}
|Rugby union player
|Royal New Zealand Navy
|New Zealand
|-
|{{wp|J. Roy Rowland}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|3}}
|Georgia congressman (1981–1995)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Richard E. Rumble}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|10|26}}
|Admiral
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|29}}
|United States Congressman
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|-
|{{wp|William Russell (English actor)|William Russell}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|19}}
|Actor
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|F. James Rutherford}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|11}}
|Science professor, radar officer
|US Navy
|United States
|}
 
== S ==
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 ==
13 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|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
|}
 
== X ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|March 22, 1922 (age 99)
|December 16, 1924
|Auto racing driver
|Conservationist
|US Army Air Forces
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|16}}
|}
|}


== Y ==
== Z ==
3 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|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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