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This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 492 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 ==
20 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]
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|12|27}}
|May 6, 1925
|Professor
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|6}}
|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}}
|}
|}


== B ==
== B ==
55 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)|Dave Bailey}}
|{{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
|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
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
United Kingdom
|{{birth date and age|1928|4|24}}
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|7}}
|Former head of Bauer Group
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|15}}
|May 24, 1925
|Federal judge
|Politician
|US Army
|Canadian Army
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Julius W. Becton Jr.}}
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|29}}
|January 15, 1920
|American military officer, former FEMA director
|Businessman
|US Army Air Corps
|British Indian Army
|United States
|British India
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Belafonte}}
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|3|1}}
|September 29, 1922
|American singer
|Artist
|US Navy
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|V.J. Bella}}
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|29}}
|January 6, 1922
|American politician
|World War II flying ace
|US Marine Corps
|Luftwaffe
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Bennett}}
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|3}}
|November 11, 1923
|Singer
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Berg}}
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|30}}
|June 28, 1926
|Chemist
|Director, actor, producer
|US Navy
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alan Bergman}}
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|11}}
|October 3, 1924
|Songwriter
|Judge
|US Army
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|1}}
|Social activist
|Indian National Army
|Azad Hind
|-
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|Journalist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bryan Harvey Bjarnason}}
|{{wp|Walt Brown (politician)|Walt Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|2}}
|July 28, 1926
|Politician
|Politician
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Navy
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|28}}
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|February 17, 1924
|11th Earl of Elgin
|British Army, Scots Guards
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|17}}
|-
|{{wp|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury}}
|March 31, 1926
|British peer, businessman
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|14}}
|October 7, 1925
|Politician
|Control theorist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert J. Blackwell}}
|{{wp|Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|26}}
|October 4, 1920
|Government official
|Musician
|US Navy
|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|Eric Blackwood}}
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|7}}
|March 20, 1925
|Aviator
|Artist
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Marine Corps
Royal Air Force
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|20}}
United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Simon Bland}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|4}}
|Courtier
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|24}}
|January 5, 1925
|Politician
|Basketball coach
|Canadian Army
|US Coast Guard
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Hans Blum (musician)|Hans Blum}}
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|5|23}}
|October 1, 1924
|Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)
|39th U.S. President
|Kriegsmarine
|US Navy
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ronald Blythe}}
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|6}}
|February 14, 1925
|Author
|Journalist, author
|
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|14}}
|-
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|November 2, 1924
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|2}}
|-
|-
|[https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Boček Emil Boček]
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|25}}
|January 6, 1923
|Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot
|Surgeon, professor
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|1|6}}
|-
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|April 25, 1925
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|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|Robert William Bradford}}
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|17}}
|September 10, 1917
|Artist
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Canada
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1917|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lewis M. Branscomb}}
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|17}}
|April 17, 1924
|Scientist
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Denis Brian}}
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|11}}
|September 29, 1925
|Journalist, author
|Federal judge
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|1|6}}
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|11}}
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|28}}
|April 5, 1926
|Director, actor, producer
|Filmmaker, actor
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Geoff Brown (tennis)|Geoff Brown}}
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|4|4}}
|May 20, 1920
|Tennis player
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|June Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|2|16}}
|Actress
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Mervyn Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|24}}
|Diplomat, historian
|British Army
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|3}}
|December 21, 1920
|Judge
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Walt Brown}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|28}}
|Politician
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|21}}
|}
== D ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|17}}
|October 16, 1925
|11th Earl of Elgin
|Costume designer
|British Army, Scots Guards
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|31}}
|British peer, businessman
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|7}}
|Control theorist
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James L. Buckley}}
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|9}}
|November 17, 1923
|Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)
|Graphic designer, professor
|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|1923|11|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Veljko Bulajić}}
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|22}}
|June 23, 1928
|Film director
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Volkssturm
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1928|6|23}}
|{{wp|Jack Burke, Jr.}}
|-
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|29}}
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|PGA professional golfer
|October 16, 1926
|US Marine Corps
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|US Army Air Force
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Burns (architect)|Peter Burns}}
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|1924 (age 96–97)
|November 1, 1926
|Architect
|Musician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|US Navy
|Australia
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell}}
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|4}}
|September 19, 1924
|Musician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Julian J. Bussgang}}
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|3|26}}
|July 14, 1925
|Mathematician, author
|Politician
|Polish Armed Forces in the West
|US Navy
British Army
|United States
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|14}}
United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|David Butler (psephologist)|David Butler}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|17}}
|December 22, 1929
|Political scientist
|General
|British Army
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
Wehrmacht
|}
|Germany
 
|{{age in years and days|1929|12|22}}
== C ==
23 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|1}}
|July 12, 1920
|Basketball coach
|Businessman
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|03|20}}
|Artist
|US Marine Corps
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|10|1}}
|July 8, 1924
|39th U.S. President
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jean-Gabriel Castel}}
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|21}}
|June 17, 1920
|Law professor
|President of the NATO Assembly
|French Resistance
|Fleet Air Arm
|Free France
|-
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|14}}
|Journalist, author
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|2}}
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|6|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Friedrich Cerha}}
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|2|17}}
|August 23, 1922
|Composer
|Politician, lawyer
|Luftwaffe
|French Resistance
|Germany
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|8|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|1|1}}
|July 1, 1927
|Surgeon, professor
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Kenneth O. Chilstrom}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|20}}
|Air force officer
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|1}}
|}
== E ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Chinn (restaurateur)|Bob Chinn}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|2}}
|March 18, 1928
|Restaurateur
|Lawyer
|US Army
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|25}}
|February 14, 1924
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Lawyer
|Royal Air Force
|Philippine Navy
|United Kingdom
|Philippines
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|2|9}}
|October 16, 1925
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sterling R. Cockrill}}
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|7}}
|May 17, 1923
|Politician, artist
|Artist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|17}}
|}
 
== F ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|July 13, 1929
|Hungariologist
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|7|13}}
|-
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|June 7, 1924
|Poet, author
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|October 22, 1925
|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|Marthe Cohn}}
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|4|13}}
|December 25, 1915
|Author, spy
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|French Army
|United States Army Air Forces
|France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1915|12|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|9|10}}
|December 28, 1920
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Nurse, Academic
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Leon Comber}}
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|9|20}}
|February 12, 1930
|Author
|Painter, writer
|British Indian Army
|Volkssturm
|British India
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|2|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Connick Sr.}}
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|27}}
|September 18, 1922
|Attorney
|Physicist
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jerome Coopersmith}}
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|11}}
|February 18, 1922
|Dramatist
|Physical geographer
|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
|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|Tom Copeland}}
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|17}}
|May 31, 1925
|Politician
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|31}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.}}
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|29}}
|January 22, 1924
|Federal judge
|Ambassador
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|5}}
|May 27, 1924
|Filmmaker & actor
|Bassoonist
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|5|20}}
|June 9, 1923
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|Biologist, geneticist
|British Army
|US Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|21}}
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|}
 
== D ==
20 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|16}}
|Costume designer
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ernest L. Daman}}
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|14}}
|November 15, 1924
|Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor
|Cartoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|15}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|17}}
|July 4, 1924
|Graphic designer, professor
|Aerospace engineer
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|4}}
|-
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|April 6, 1924
|Judge
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bob Dawson (footballer)|Bob Dawson}}
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|3}}
|June 9, 1923
|Football player
|Bishop
|Flying Tigers
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|August 5, 1920
|Politician
|Australian Army
|Australian Army
|Australia
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1920|8|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eddie Deerfield}}
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|8|24}}
|September 3, 1924
|Government official
|Baseball player
|US Army Air Corps
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Vincent DeRosa}}
|{{wp|Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|10|5}}
|December 22, 1924
|Musician
|Historian
|US Army Air Corps
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Gene Derricotte}}
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|6|14}}
|May 4, 1925
|American football player, Tuskegee Airmen
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|4}}
|-
|{{wp|Frank J. Guarini}}
|August 20, 1924
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|US Navy
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|20}}
|}
== H ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|6|23}}
|June 18, 1929
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Volkssturm
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|10|16}}
|December 7, 1925
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|Politician
|US Army Air Force
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|{{wp|George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)|George Hardy}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|1}}
|June 8, 1925
|Musician
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|{{wp|Robert Harlow (writer)|Robert Harlow}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|19}}
|November 19, 1923
|Politician
|Writer, academic
|US Navy
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Dornbrand}}
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|10}}
|November 6, 1924
|Aerospace engineer
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|6}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|14}}
|March 12, 1928
|Politician
|Writer
|US Navy
|Heer
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|{{birth date and age|1929|12|22}}
|General
|Volkssturm
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|7|12}}
|November 23, 1923
|Businessman
|Artist
|US Marine Corps
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|United States
|New Zealand
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF officer)|John Hemingway}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|8}}
|July 17, 1919
|Politician
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|US Army
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|6|17}}
|President of the NATO Assembly
|Fleet Air Arm
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1919|7|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|8|23}}
|November 8, 1923
|Politician, lawyer
|Writer
|French Resistance
|Polish People's Army
|Free France
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Duncan, Jr.}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|{{birth date and age|1926|9|9}}
|April 7, 1929
|Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator
|Admiral
|US Army Air Corps
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|4|7}}
|-
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|May 23, 1921
|Researcher
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|5|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|1}}
|May 17, 1925
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|Physicist, academic
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|17}}
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|September 11, 1928
|Actor
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|11}}
|-
|{{wp|Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes}}
|November 26, 1923
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|26}}
|-
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|July 15, 1925
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|15}}
|}
|}


== E ==
== I ==
11 veterans
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Paul Ignatius}}
|November 11, 1920
|Government official
|US Navy
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|11}}
|}
 
== J ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ray Edenton}}
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|3}}
|September 9, 1925
|Musician
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Francis Edwards}}
|{{wp|Dub_Jones_(American_football)|Dub Jones}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|6|5}}
|December 29, 1924
|World War II flying ace
|American football player
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Navy
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eberhard Eimler}}
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)|George Joseph}}
|{{birth date and age|1930|11|30}}
|September 11, 1921
|General
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|Volkssturm
|US Army
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|18}}
|Lawyer
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|George Elder (baseball)|George Elder}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|10}}
|Baseball player
|US Marines
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|9|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elizabeth II}}
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|21}}
|May 2, 1925
|Queen of the Commonwealth Realms
|Professor, econometrician
|Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{wp|Billy "The Kid" Emerson|Billy Emerson}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|12|21}}
|Singer, songwriter
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|2}}
|}
== K ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|2|14}}
|November 5, 1922
|Lawyer
|Lawyer, judge
|Philippine Navy
|South African Army
|Philippines
|South Africa
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Carl Erskine}}
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|12|13}}
|January 26, 1921
|Baseball player
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|US Navy
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|16}}
|December 23, 1923
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|US Navy
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|-
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|23}}
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|17}}
|Artist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|}
|}


== F ==
== L ==
20 veterans
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Langes Horst Langes]
|{{birth date and age|1929|7|13}}
|December 2, 1928
|Hungariologist
|Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Volkssturm
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|12|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ben Ferencz}}
|{{wp|Peter Lax}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|11}}
|May 1, 1926
|Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials
|Mathematician
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|1}}
|-
|{{wp|Jean Lee (aircraftwoman)|Jean Lee}}
|July 26, 1924
|Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF
|Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David Ferry (poet)|David Ferry}}
|{{wp|James Lees}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|5}}
|February 14, 1924
|Poet & professor
|Maritime expert, curator
|US Army Air Forces
|Royal Navy
|United States
British Merchant Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|{{wp|Marv Levy}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|6|7}}
|August 3, 1925
|Poet & author
|Football coach
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Field (meteorologist)|Frank Field}}
|{{wp|Guenter Lewy}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|30}}
|August 22, 1923
|Meteorologist
|Author, professor
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|9|22}}
|British hereditary peer, businessman
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|5|28}}
|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]
|{{birth date and age|1924|6|24}}
|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]
|{{birth date and age|1919|5|9}}
|General
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|{{wp|Dick Lucas (minister)|Dick Lucas}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|22}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|1|19}}
|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|Bernt H. Lund}}
|August 14, 1924
|Civil servant, diplomat, politician
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|}
== M ==
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1915|12|25}}
|March 30, 1926
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|TV personality, actor
|United States Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|12|28}}
|August 22, 1928
|Nurse, Academic
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|{{birth date and age|1930|2|12}}
|August 22, 1925
|Painter, writer
|Physicist, author
|Volkssturm
|US Navy
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|9|18}}
|Physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Fox (television executive)|Paul Fox}}
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|27}}
|January 18, 1924
|Television executive
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|British Army
|Red Army
|United Kingdom
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|18}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|2|18}}
|April 21, 1925
|Physical geographer
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Australia
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|21}}
United Kingdom
|-
|-
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|3|4}}
|September 26, 1924
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|General
|US Army
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|United States
|Czechoslovakia
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Daniel Fuller}}
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|8|28}}
|November 12, 1925
|Theologian
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|12}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Andrew Fulton (admiral)|Andrew Fulton}}
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|1|23}}
|July 20, 1924
|Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983)
|Physicist
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Canada
|}
 
== G ==
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|31}}
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|1|22}}
|April 8, 1927
|Ambassador
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|4|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Norman Garbo}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|{{birth date and age|1919|2|15}}
|November 2, 1920
|Author & lecturer
|Anaesthetist
|US Army Air Forces
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|2}}
|-
|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}}
|March 20, 1921
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)
|French Army
Free French Army
 
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}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|7}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|3|27}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|9}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|12|28}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|10|27}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|15}}
|Cartoonist
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harry Gesner}}
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|28}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|9|6}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|4}}
|April 16, 1925
|Aerospace engineer
|General
|British Army
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|16}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|April 6, 1924 (age 97){{birth date and age|1924|4|6}}
|December 4, 1921
|Judge
|General
|US Army
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Charles Godfrey (physician)|Charles Godfrey}}
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|{{birth date and age|1917|9|24}}
|July 3, 1924
|Physician, professor, politician
|Climber, writer
|
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Canada
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Howard Golden}}
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|1925 (age 96–97)
|April 8, 1926
|Politician
|Protestant theologian
|US Navy
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John B. Goodenough}}
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|7|25}}
|November 2, 1923
|Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|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|Alfred T. Goodwin}}
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/森繁弘 Shigehiro Mori]
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|29}}
|January 7, 1928
|Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|US Army
|Imperial Japanese Army
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1928|1|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bert I. Gordon}}
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|9|24}}
|July 8, 1921
|Film director; ''Village of the Giants'', ''Empire of the Ants''
|Philosopher, sociologist
|US Army Air Corps
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|7|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|9}}
|October 1, 1930
|Bishop
|Mineralogist
|Flying Tigers
|Hitlerjugend
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Grade Friedrich Grade]
|{{birth date and age|1916|3|29}}
|Engineer and naval officer
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|David E. Grange, Jr.}}
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/村井澄夫 Sumio Murai]
|{{birth date and age|1925|4|9}}
|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}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|5|20}}
|March 3, 1924
|Athlete
|Japanese Prime Minister
|US Navy
|Imperial Japanese Army
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|8|5}}
|April 11, 1923
|Politician
|Businessman, billionaire
|Australian Army
|US Army
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|9|3}}
|Baseball player
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|11}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green}}
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|22}}
|January 4, 1920
|Historian
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)
|Royal Air Force
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|4}}
|}
== N ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Russell H. Greenan}}
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|17}}
|September 7, 1923
|Author
|Politician
|US Navy
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|{{wp|Lucien Nedzi}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|4}}
|May 28, 1925
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Shecky Greene}}
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|4|8}}
|June 10, 1926
|Comedian
|Musician, educator
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stu Griffing}}
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|11|9}}
|May 30, 1920
|Olympic rower
|Lawyer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Doris Grumbach}}
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|{{birth date and age|1918|7|12}}
|June 9, 1927
|Writer
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|6|9}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Frank Joseph Guarini}}
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|8|20}}
|January 8, 1924
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|Aviator and businessman
|US Navy
|Norwegian resistance movement
|United States
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|8}}
|}
|}


== H ==
== O ==
28 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|{{wp|Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|18}}
|October 27, 1925
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Sushi Chef
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Germany
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Hall (editor)|Barbara Hall}}
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|2|3}}
|October 8, 1925
|Crossword puzzle editor
|Author
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ian Hamilton (advocate)|Ian Hamilton}}
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|13}}
|September 12, 1926
|Lawyer, Scottish nationalist,  participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hanel Walter Hanel]
|{{birth date and age|1930|9|14}}
|Political caricaturist
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|12|7}}
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|12}}
|}
== P ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)|George Hardy}}
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|8}}
|August 29, 1924
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Surgeon
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy Reserve
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert Harlow (writer)|Robert Harlow}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|19}}
|Writer, academic
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|Sheldon Harnick}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|4|30}}
|Lyricist (''Fiddler on the Roof'')
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|6}}
|December 5, 1923
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|Bass player, arranger
|US Navy
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Chris Haughey}}
|{{wp|John Peoples (educator)|John Peoples}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|3}}
|August 26, 1926
|Baseball player
|President of Jackson State University
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|12}}
|July 19, 1925
|Writer
|Businessman
|Heer
|Royal Navy
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|19}}
|}
 
== R ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes}}
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|5}}
|May 30, 1923
|Actor
|Oncologist
|US Naval Air Corps
|Greek Resistance
|United States
|Greece
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|28}}
|August 23, 1924
|Artist
|Poet, journalist, war correspondent
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|New Zealand
|-
|{{wp|Robert Hébras}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|6|29}}
|Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor
|French Resistance
|French Resistance
|Free France
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|23}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF pilot)|John Hemingway}}
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|{{birth date and age|1919|7|17}}
|August 12, 1926
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Cricket player
|Royal Air Force
|Australian Army
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|12}}
|-
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|May 5, 1927
|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
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|8}}
|August 19, 1926
|Writer
|Businessman, investor
|Polish People's Army
|US Army
|Poland
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|James Hennessy (diplomat)|James Hennessy}}
|{{wp|Alan Rogers (football manager)|Alan Rogers}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|9|26}}
|December 31, 1924
|Diplomat, prison official
|Football manager
|British Army
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|31}}
|-
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|{{birth date and age|1929|4|7}}
|January 24, 1924
|Admiral
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|Volkssturm
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Germany
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|24}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Laurin L. Henry}}
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|5|23}}
|September 29, 1926
|Researcher
|United States Congressman
|US Navy
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|29}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elwood Hillis}}
|{{wp|William Russell (English actor)|William Russell}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|3|6}}
|November 19, 1924
|Indiana congressman (1971–1987)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|17}}
|Physicist, academic
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom}
|-
|{{wp|Stuart Hodes}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|27}}
|Dancer, choreographer, writer
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|9|11}}
|Actor
|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}}
|-
|-
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%A4%AB Masao Horie]
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|{{birth date and age|1915|6|16}}
|March 10, 1924
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973)
|Order of Glory recipient
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Red Army
|Japan
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes}}
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|11|26}}
|May 28, 1926
|Politician
|Baseball player
|Royal Australian Air Force
|US Navy
|Australia
|-
|{{wp|Evan Hultman}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|15}}
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Edwin Hunt (waterman)|Edwin Hunt}}
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|23}}
|October 1925
|Queen's Bargemaster
|Blogger, political candidate
|British Army
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1925|10|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Harold Hyman}}
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|7|24}}
|April 25, 1924
|American Civil War historian
|Baseball player
|US Marine Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|25}}
 
== I ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Paul Ignatius}}
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|11|11}}
|September 26, 1922
|Government official
|Professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|26}}
 
|-
== J ==
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
15 veterans
|November 14, 1924
{| class="wikitable"
|German television actor
!Veteran
|Heer
!Birth
|Germany
!Notability
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|14}}
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Al Jaffee}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|{{birth date and age|1921|3|13}}
|October 25, 1930
|Cartoonist
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|United States Armed Forces
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|25}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Stephen A. Jarislowsky}}
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|9}}
|September 4, 1924
|Businessman, billionaire
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|US Army
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|4}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Alexander Jefferson}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann]
|{{birth date and age|1921|11|15}}
|September 5, 1928
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Journalist
|US Army Air Corps
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|William A. Jenkins}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|{{birth date and age|1917|11|2}}
|June 5, 1929
|Admiral
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|US Coast Guard
|United States
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jetter Karl Jetter]
|{{birth date and age|1929|6|2}}
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|5}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Norman Jewison}}
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|7|21}}
|August 30, 1923
|Filmmaker
|Tennis player
|Royal Canadian Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|Canada
|-
|{{wp|David_Johnson_(photographer)|David Johnson}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|8|3}}
|Photographer
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|30}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)|Johnny Johnson}}
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|11|25}}
|April 19, 1923
|Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Royal Air Force
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|United Kingdom
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|19}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Marilyn P. Johnson}}
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|6|19}}
|May 1, 1923
|Diplomat
|TV director, writer
|US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|1}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Dub_Jones_(American_football)|Dub Jones}}
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|29}}
|July 7, 1927
|American football player
|Trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Lawrence W. Jones}}
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|1925 (age 96–97)
|September 26, 1925
|Physicist, professor
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|26}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|L. Q. Jones}}
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|{{birth date and age|1927|8|19}}
|June 27, 1924
|Actor
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|United States Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|27}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Raymond_Jones_(architect)|Raymond Jones}}
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|7|18}}
|March 3, 1924
|Architect
|Biophysicist
|Royal Australian Navy
|US Navy
|Australia
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Joseph (insurer)|George Joseph}}
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|{{birth date and age|1921|9|11}}
|June 8, 1919
|Founder of Mercury Insurance Group
|Author, Lawyer
|US Army
|Home Army
|United States
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1919|6|8}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|George Judge}}
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|5|2}}
|May 29, 1923
|Professor, econometrician
|Author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|29}}
 
|-
== K ==
|{{wp|Bill Spence (writer)|Bill Spence}}
12 veterans
|April 20, 1923
{| class="wikitable"
|Writer
!Veteran
|Royal Air Force
!Birth
|United Kingdom
!Notability
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|20}}
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|{{wp|Bernard Kalb}}
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|2|4}}
|September 10, 1926
|Journalist
|Author
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Adolfo Kaminsky}}
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|10|1}}
|February 28, 1925
|French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust
|Graphic artist
|French Resistance
|Home Army
French Army
|Poland
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|28}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Sydney Kentridge}}
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|11|5}}
|June 7, 1925
|Lawyer, judge
|Politician
|South African Army
|US Army Air Forces
|South Africa
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|7}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Elisabeth Kirkby}}
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|{{birth date and age|1921|1|26}}
|January 22, 1929
|Actress, writer, broadcaster
|General
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|22}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Henry Kissinger}}
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|5|27}}
|September 28, 1926
|Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
|General
|US Army
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Helma Kissner}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}}
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|28}}
|}
== T ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Klimczak Kazimierz Klimczak]
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|{{birth date and age|1914|2|15}}
|December 2, 1920
|Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising
|Poet, artist
|Polish Army
|Finnish Army
Home Army
|Finland
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|2}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Ted Knap}}
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|{{birth date and age|1920|5|26}}
|January 17, 1921
|Journalist
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|US Army
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|17}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Jill Knight}}
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|7|9}}
|July 10, 1926
|Politician, life peer
|Journalist, politician
|Women's Auxiliary Air Force
|Italian Resistance
|United Kingdom
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|10}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Kremen}}
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|1922 (age 99–100)
|December 18, 1927
|Writer
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist
|Women's Army Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1927|12|18}}
|{{wp|Werner Krolikowski}}
|{{birth date and age|1928|3|12}}
|Politician
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kroker Herbert Kroker]
|{{birth date and age|1929|8|24}}
|Politician
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|}
|}


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


== X ==
== Z ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Alex Xydias}}
|{{birth date and age|1922|3|22}}
|Auto racing driver
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|}
 
== Y ==
3 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|12|16}}
|Conservationist
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Robert M. Young}}
|{{birth date and age|1924|11|22}}
|Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|{{wp|Ihor Yukhnovskyi}}
|{{birth date and age|1925|9|1}}
|Physicist, politician
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== Z ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
|-
!Age
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Zick Rolf Zick]
|{{birth date and age|1921|4|16}}
|Journalist
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Zickler Heinz Zickler]
|{{birth date and age|1920|3|25}}
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|-
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|{{birth date and age|1923|6|20}}
|June 20, 1923
|Musicologist, conductor
|Musicologist, conductor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|20}}
|-
|-
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|{{birth date and age|1926|10|1}}
|October 1926
|Politician
|Politician
|National Revolutionary Army
|National Revolutionary Army
|Republic of China
|Republic of China
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1926|10|1}}
|-
|-
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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, 277 days
Valdas Adamkus November 3, 1926 President of Lithuania Lithuanian resistance Lithuania 97 years, 197 days
Lee Adams August 14, 1924 Musician US Army United States 99 years, 278 days
Marshall Allen May 25, 1924 Musician US Army United States 99 years, 359 days
Walter Althammer March 12, 1928 Politician Heer Germany 96 years, 67 days
Bud Anderson January 13, 1922 Fighter pilot US Army Air Forces United States 102 years, 126 days
Valérie André April 21, 1922 General, neurosurgeon, aviator French Resistance Free France 102 years, 27 days
Ray Anthony January 20, 1922 Bandleader and trumpeter US Navy United States 102 years, 119 days
George Ariyoshi March 12, 1926 Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) US Army United States 98 years, 67 days
Stanisław Aronson May 6, 1925 Order of Polonia Restituta recipient Home Army Poland 99 years, 12 days
Austin Asche November 28, 1925 Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge Royal Australian Air Force Australia 98 years, 172 days

B

21 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Vincent Ball December 4, 1923 Actor Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 166 days
Karlheinz Bauer April 24, 1928 Former head of Bauer Group Heer Germany 96 years, 24 days
William J. Bauer September 15, 1926 Federal judge US Army United States 97 years, 246 days
V. J. Bella July 29, 1927 American politician US Marine Corps United States 96 years, 294 days
Alan Bergman September 11, 1925 Songwriter US Army United States 98 years, 250 days
Rasammah Bhupalan May 1, 1927 Social activist Indian National Army Azad Hind 97 years, 17 days
Walter Bingham January 5, 1924 Journalist British Army United Kingdom 100 years, 134 days
Benjamin B. Blackburn February 14, 1927 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 94 days
Eric Blackwood December 7, 1921 Aviator Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Air Force

Canada

United Kingdom

102 years, 163 days
Harry Blank May 24, 1925 Politician Canadian Army Canada 98 years, 360 days
Daoud Bokhary January 15, 1920 Businessman British Indian Army British India 104 years, 124 days
Jacques Borker September 29, 1922 Artist French Resistance Free France 101 years, 232 days
Hugo Broch January 6, 1922 World War II flying ace Luftwaffe Germany 102 years, 133 days
Victor Brombert November 11, 1923 Professor US Army United States 100 years, 189 days
Mel Brooks June 28, 1926 Director, actor, producer US Army, Battle of the Bulge United States 97 years, 325 days
Stephen Brown October 3, 1924 Judge Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom 99 years, 228 days
Walt Brown July 28, 1926 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 295 days
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin February 17, 1924 11th Earl of Elgin British Army, Scots Guards United Kingdom 100 years, 91 days
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury March 31, 1926 British peer, businessman British Army United Kingdom 98 years, 48 days
Arthur E. Bryson October 7, 1925 Control theorist US Navy United States 98 years, 224 days
Charles Burrell October 4, 1920 Musician US Navy United States 103 years, 227 days

C

15 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Gerard Caris March 20, 1925 Artist US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 59 days
Lou Carnesecca January 5, 1925 Basketball coach US Coast Guard United States 99 years, 134 days
Jimmy Carter October 1, 1924 39th U.S. President US Navy United States 99 years, 230 days
Patrick Skene Catling February 14, 1925 Journalist, author Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 99 years, 94 days
Nadia Cattouse November 2, 1924 Actress, singer, songwriter Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 99 years, 198 days
Robert A. Chase January 6, 1923 Surgeon, professor US Army United States 101 years, 133 days
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher April 25, 1925 Businessman, trade unionist, tax official Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 23 days
John B. Cobb February 9, 1925 Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist US Army United States 99 years, 99 days
Marthe Cohn April 13, 1920 Author, spy French Army France 104 years, 35 days
Ena Collymore-Woodstock September 10, 1917 Solicitor, magistrate Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 106 years, 251 days
Tom Copeland April 17, 1924 Politician US Army United States 100 years, 31 days
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. September 29, 1925 Federal judge US Army United States 98 years, 232 days
Roger Corman April 5, 1926 Filmmaker, actor V-12 Navy College Training Program United States 98 years, 43 days
John Cruickshank May 20, 1920 Recipient of the Victoria Cross British Army

Royal Air Force

United Kingdom 103 years, 364 days
Iris Cummings December 21, 1920 Olympic swimmer, Aviator Women Airforce Service Pilots United States 103 years, 149 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, 215 days
Louis Danziger November 17, 1923 Graphic designer, professor US Army United States 100 years, 183 days
Klaus von Dohnanyi June 23, 1928 Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 330 days
Charles Dolan October 16, 1926 Businessman, Philanthropist US Army Air Force United States 97 years, 215 days
Lou Donaldson November 1, 1926 Musician US Navy United States 97 years, 199 days
William I. Donnermeyer Sr. September 19, 1924 Politician US Navy United States 99 years, 242 days
Bruce L. Douglas July 14, 1925 Politician US Navy United States 98 years, 309 days
Karl-Heinz Drews December 22, 1929 General Volkssturm

Wehrmacht

Germany 94 years, 148 days
Roy Drinkard July 12, 1920 Businessman US Marine Corps United States 103 years, 311 days
Charles C. Droz July 8, 1924 Politician US Army United States 99 years, 315 days
Patrick Duffy June 17, 1920 President of the NATO Assembly Fleet Air Arm United Kingdom 103 years, 336 days
Roland Dumas August 23, 1922 Politician, lawyer French Resistance Free France 101 years, 269 days
Winfield Dunn July 1, 1927 Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975) US Navy United States 96 years, 322 days

E

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Alfred Einwag March 18, 1928 Lawyer Heer Germany 96 years, 61 days
Juan Ponce Enrile February 14, 1924 Lawyer Philippine Navy Philippines 100 years, 94 days
Daniel J. Evans October 16, 1925 Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) US Navy United States 98 years, 215 days
Anthony Eyton May 17, 1923 Artist British Army United Kingdom 101 years, 1 day

F

10 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Josef-Gerhard Farkas July 13, 1929 Hungariologist Volkssturm Germany 94 years, 310 days
Edward Field June 7, 1924 Poet, author US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 346 days
Sergio Flamigni October 22, 1925 Politician, writer Italian Resistance Italian Resistance 98 years, 209 days
Samuel C. Florman January 19, 1925 Civil engineer, author US Navy United States 99 years, 120 days
James Clayton Flowers December 25, 1915 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Forces United States 108 years, 145 days
Loretta Ford December 28, 1920 Nurse, Academic US Army Air Forces United States 103 years, 142 days
Wieland Förster February 12, 1930 Painter, writer Volkssturm Germany 94 years, 96 days
John S. Foster Jr. September 18, 1922 Physicist US Army Air Forces United States 101 years, 243 days
J. Keith Fraser February 18, 1922 Physical geographer Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Air Force

Canada

United Kingdom

102 years, 90 days
Russell Freeburg March 4, 1923 Editor of the Chicago Tribune US Army United States 101 years, 75 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, 353 days
Samuel Rhea Gammon III January 22, 1924 Ambassador US Army United States 100 years, 117 days
Bernard Garfield May 27, 1924 Bassoonist US Army United States 99 years, 357 days
Stanley Michael Gartler June 9, 1923 Biologist, geneticist US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 344 days
Eddie Germano November 15, 1924 Cartoonist US Army United States 99 years, 185 days
Roy Gibson July 4, 1924 Aerospace engineer British Army United Kingdom 99 years, 319 days
I. Leo Glasser April 6, 1924 Judge US Army United States 100 years, 42 days
René Henry Gracida June 9, 1923 Bishop Flying Tigers United States 100 years, 344 days
Bill Grayden August 5, 1920 Politician Australian Army Australia 103 years, 287 days
Bill Greason September 3, 1924 Baseball player US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 258 days
Peter Green December 22, 1924 Historian Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 148 days
Maurice R. Greenberg May 4, 1925 CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) US Army United States 99 years, 14 days
Frank J. Guarini August 20, 1924 Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) US Navy United States 99 years, 272 days

H

15 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Jürgen Habermas June 18, 1929 Philosopher; sociologist Luftwaffenhelfer Germany 94 years, 335 days
G. Homer Harding December 7, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 163 days
George Hardy June 8, 1925 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen US Army Air Forces United States 98 years, 345 days
Robert Harlow November 19, 1923 Writer, academic Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 100 years, 181 days
Ted Hartley November 6, 1924 Pilot, banker, actor, film producer US Navy United States 99 years, 194 days
Helmut Hauptmann March 12, 1928 Writer Heer Germany 96 years, 67 days
Eric Heath November 23, 1923 Artist Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand 100 years, 177 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, 306 days
Józef Hen November 8, 1923 Writer Polish People's Army Poland 100 years, 192 days
Werner Henninger April 7, 1929 Admiral Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 41 days
Laurin L. Henry May 23, 1921 Researcher US Navy United States 102 years, 361 days
Cyril Hilsum May 17, 1925 Physicist, academic Royal Navy United Kingdom 99 years, 1 day
Earl Holliman September 11, 1928 Actor US Navy United States 95 years, 250 days
Tom Hughes November 26, 1923 Politician Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 174 days
Evan Hultman July 15, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 308 days

I

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Paul Ignatius November 11, 1920 Government official US Navy United States 103 years, 189 days

J

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Stephen A. Jarislowsky September 9, 1925 Businessman, billionaire US Army United States 98 years, 252 days
Dub Jones December 29, 1924 American football player US Navy United States 99 years, 141 days
George Joseph September 11, 1921 Founder of Mercury Insurance Group US Army United States 102 years, 250 days
George Judge May 2, 1925 Professor, econometrician US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 16 days

K

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Sydney Kentridge November 5, 1922 Lawyer, judge South African Army South Africa 101 years, 195 days
Elisabeth Kirkby January 26, 1921 Actress, writer, broadcaster Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 103 years, 113 days
Helma Kissner December 23, 1923 Accused of war crimes by SWC Wehrmacht Germany 100 years, 147 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, 168 days
Peter Lax May 1, 1926 Mathematician US Navy United States 98 years, 17 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, 297 days
James Lees February 14, 1924 Maritime expert, curator Royal Navy

British Merchant Navy

United Kingdom 100 years, 94 days
Marv Levy August 3, 1925 Football coach US Army Air Corps United States 98 years, 289 days
Guenter Lewy August 22, 1923 Author, professor British Army United Kingdom 100 years, 270 days
Nina Lobkovskaya March 8, 1925 Sniper Red Army Soviet Union 99 years, 71 days
Ernst Löschner June 20, 1929 Conductor Wehrmacht Germany 94 years, 333 days
Dick Lucas September 10, 1925 Anglican minister Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 251 days
William R. Lucas March 1, 1922 Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center US Navy United States 102 years, 78 days
Bernt H. Lund August 14, 1924 Civil servant, diplomat, politician Norwegian resistance movement Norway 99 years, 278 days

M

31 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Peter Marshall March 30, 1926 TV personality, actor US Army United States 98 years, 49 days
Ray Marshall August 22, 1928 US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) US Navy United States 95 years, 270 days
Gordon Eugene Martin August 22, 1925 Physicist, author US Navy United States 98 years, 270 days
Ivan Martynushkin January 18, 1924 Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp Red Army Soviet Union 100 years, 121 days
Anthony Mason April 21, 1925 Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Royal Australian Air Force Australia 99 years, 27 days
Miloslav Masopust September 26, 1924 General 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR Czechoslovakia 99 years, 235 days
Joseph Matarazzo November 12, 1925 Psychologist US Navy United States 98 years, 188 days
Robert D. Maurer July 20, 1924 Physicist US Army United States 99 years, 303 days
Charlie Maxwell April 8, 1927 Baseball Player US Army United States 97 years, 40 days
Otto Mayrhofer November 2, 1920 Anaesthetist Wehrmacht Germany 103 years, 198 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, 59 days
Robert McGinnis February 3, 1926 Artist, illustrator US Merchant Marine United States 98 years, 105 days
Francis Terry McNamara November 2, 1927 Diplomat US Navy United States 96 years, 198 days
Kirke Mechem August 16, 1925 Composer US Army United States 98 years, 276 days
Bill Mercer February 13, 1926 Sportscaster, educator, author US Navy United States 98 years, 95 days
Harald Metzkes January 23, 1929 Painter Heer Germany 95 years, 116 days
Ed Mickelson September 9, 1926 Baseball player US Army Air Forces United States 97 years, 252 days
J. William Middendorf September 22, 1924 Diplomat, politician US Navy United States 99 years, 239 days
Jim Miller May 30, 1919 Australian rules football player Australian Army

Royal Australian Air Force

Australia 104 years, 354 days
John H. Miller April 16, 1925 General US Marine Corps United States 99 years, 32 days
Sanford K. Moats December 4, 1921 General US Army Air Forces United States 102 years, 166 days
Gwen Moffat July 3, 1924 Climber, writer Auxiliary Territorial Service United Kingdom 99 years, 320 days
Jürgen Moltmann April 8, 1926 Protestant theologian Wehrmacht Germany 98 years, 40 days
Henry Moore November 2, 1923 Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf British Army

British Indian Army

United Kingdom

British India

100 years, 198 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, 132 days
Edgar Morin July 8, 1921 Philosopher, sociologist French Resistance Free France 102 years, 315 days
Georg Müller October 1, 1930 Mineralogist Hitlerjugend Germany 93 years, 230 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, 84 days
Tomiichi Murayama March 3, 1924 Japanese Prime Minister Imperial Japanese Army Japan 100 years, 76 days
David H. Murdock April 11, 1923 Businessman, billionaire US Army United States 101 years, 37 days
David Musuguri January 4, 1920 Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988) British Army United Kingdom 104 years, 135 days

N

6 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Bill Nankivell September 7, 1923 Politician Royal Australian Air Force Australia 100 years, 254 days
Lucien Nedzi May 28, 1925 Politician US Army United States 98 years, 356 days
Joe Negri June 10, 1926 Musician, educator US Army United States 97 years, 343 days
Frederick M. Nicholas May 30, 1920 Lawyer US Army United States 103 years, 354 days
George Nigh June 9, 1927 Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987) US Navy United States 96 years, 344 days
Peter L. Nissen January 8, 1924 Aviator and businessman Norwegian resistance movement

Royal Norwegian Air Force

Norway 100 years, 131 days

O

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Jiro Ono October 27, 1925 Sushi Chef Japanese Imperial Army Japan 98 years, 204 days
Edward Ormondroyd October 8, 1925 Author US Navy United States 98 years, 223 days
Donald Owens September 12, 1926 General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene US Army United States 97 years, 249 days

P

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Victor Parsonnet August 29, 1924 Surgeon US Navy Reserve United States 99 years, 263 days
Johnny Pate December 5, 1923 Bass player, arranger US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band United States 100 years, 165 days
John Peoples August 26, 1926 President of Jackson State University US Marine Corps United States 97 years, 266 days
Jack Petchey July 19, 1925 Businessman Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 304 days

R

10 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Dennis V. Razis May 30, 1923 Oncologist Greek Resistance Greece 100 years, 354 days
Madeleine Riffaud August 23, 1924 Poet, journalist, war correspondent French Resistance Free France 99 years, 269 days
Basil Rigg August 12, 1926 Cricket player Australian Army Australia 97 years, 280 days
Fred Risser May 5, 1927 Politician US Navy United States 97 years, 13 days
John Roberts April 4, 1924 Admiral Royal Navy United Kingdom 100 years, 44 days
Arthur Rock August 19, 1926 Businessman, investor US Army United States 97 years, 273 days
Alan Rogers December 31, 1924 Football manager Royal Navy United Kingdom 99 years, 139 days
Richard Rohmer January 24, 1924 Military writer; Ultimatum Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 100 years, 115 days
Philip Ruppe September 29, 1926 United States Congressman V-12 Navy College Training Program United States 97 years, 232 days
William Russell November 19, 1924 Actor Royal Air Force United Kingdom 99 years, 181 days

S

26 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Howard F. Sachs September 13, 1925 Judge US Navy United States 98 years, 248 days
Agadadash Samedov March 10, 1924 Order of Glory recipient Red Army Soviet Union 100 years, 69 days
Frank Saucier May 28, 1926 Baseball player US Navy United States 97 years, 356 days
Norman Scarth October 1925 Blogger, political candidate Royal Navy United Kingdom 98 years, 200 days to 98 years, 230 days
Art Schallock April 25, 1924 Baseball player US Navy United States 100 years, 23 days
Harold Zvi Schiffrin September 26, 1922 Professor US Army United States 101 years, 235 days
Rolf Schimpf November 14, 1924 German television actor Heer Germany 99 years, 186 days
Walter Franz Schleser October 25, 1930 Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten Volkssturm Germany 93 years, 206 days
Helmut Schlesinger September 4, 1924 President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Heer Germany 99 years, 257 days
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann September 5, 1928 Journalist Wehrmacht Germany 95 years, 256 days
Wolfgang Schumann June 5, 1929 Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate Wehrmacht Germany 94 years, 348 days
Vic Seixas August 30, 1923 Tennis player US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 262 days
Sen Sōshitsu XV April 19, 1923 Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school Imperial Japanese Navy Japan 101 years, 29 days
Ralph Senensky May 1, 1923 TV director, writer US Army United States 101 years, 17 days
Doc Severinsen July 7, 1927 Trumpeter US Army United States 96 years, 316 days
Bobby Shantz September 26, 1925 Baseball player US Army United States 98 years, 235 days
Charles Norman Shay June 27, 1924 Penobscot tribal elder, writer US Army United States 99 years, 326 days
Robert G. Shulman March 3, 1924 Biophysicist US Navy United States 100 years, 76 days
Władysław Siemaszko June 8, 1919 Author, Lawyer Home Army Poland 104 years, 345 days
Edward H. Sims May 29, 1923 Author US Army Air Forces United States 100 years, 355 days
Bill Spence April 20, 1923 Writer Royal Air Force United Kingdom 101 years, 28 days
Richard T. Spooner September 10, 1926 Author US Marine Corps United States 97 years, 251 days
Irena Stankiewicz February 28, 1925 Graphic artist Home Army Poland 99 years, 80 days
Willis H. Stephens June 7, 1925 Politician US Army Air Forces United States 98 years, 346 days
Heinz Stöcker January 22, 1929 General Volkssturm Germany 95 years, 117 days
Fritz Streletz September 28, 1926 General Wehrmacht Germany 97 years, 233 days

T

4 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Sulev Tailo December 2, 1920 Poet, artist Finnish Army Finland 103 years, 168 days
Dan Tolkowsky January 17, 1921 Commander of the Israeli Air Force Royal Air Force United Kingdom 103 years, 122 days
Aldo Tortorella July 10, 1926 Journalist, politician Italian Resistance Italian Resistance 97 years, 313 days
James Wesley Turpin December 18, 1927 Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist US Navy United States 96 years, 152 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, 47 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, 157 days
Enrico Vanzini November 18, 1922 Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando Royal Italian Army Italy 101 years, 182 days
Thomas Franklin Vaughns July 7, 1920 Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Force United States 103 years, 316 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, 160 days
Joe Wallach September 10, 1923 Businessman US Army United States 100 years, 251 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, 73 days
G. William Whitehurst March 12, 1925 Politician US Navy United States 99 years, 67 days
Charley Winner July 2, 1924 Football player US Army Air Forces United States 99 years, 321 days
Louis Witten April 13, 1921 Theoretical physicist US Army Air Forces United States 103 years, 35 days
Woody Woodbury February 9, 1924 Comedian, actor US Marine Corps United States 100 years, 99 days
Oscar Wyatt July 11, 1924 Businessman US Army Air Corps United States 99 years, 312 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, 57 days

Y

1 veteran

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Barbara Yeaman December 16, 1924 Conservationist Women Airforce Service Pilots United States 99 years, 154 days

Z

3 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
Franklin B. Zimmerman June 20, 1923 Musicologist, conductor US Army United States 100 years, 333 days
Zou Jiahua October 1926 Politician National Revolutionary Army Republic of China 97 years, 200 days to 97 years, 230 days
Leszek Żukowski February 11, 1929 President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers Gray Ranks Poland 95 years, 97 days
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