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This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 594 veterans are listed.
This is a list of '''notable surviving veterans of World War II''' (1939–1945). A total of 223 veterans are listed.


== A ==
== A ==
22 veterans
11 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Abdullah CD
|{{wp|S. Daniel Abraham}}
|October 2, 1923 (age 97)
|August 15, 1924
|Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya
|Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
|Federated Malay States
|-
|S. Daniel Abraham
|August 15, 1924 (age 97)
|Businessman, philanthropist
|Businessman, philanthropist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|15}}
|-
|-
|Valdas Adamkus
|{{wp|Valdas Adamkus}}
|November 3, 1926 (age 94)
|November 3, 1926
|President of Lithuania
|President of Lithuania
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuanian resistance
|Lithuania
|Lithuania
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|3}}
|-
|-
|Lee Adams
|{{wp|Lee Adams}}
|August 14, 1924 (age 97)
|August 14, 1924
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|14}}
|-
|-
|Hans Albert
|{{wp|Marshall Allen}}
|February 8, 1921 (age 100)
|May 25, 1924
|Philosopher
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Marshall Allen
|May 25, 1924 (age 97)
|Musician
|Musician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|25}}
|-
|-
|Wolfgang Altenburg
|{{wp|Walter Althammer}}
|June 24, 1928 (age 93)
|March 12, 1928
|General
|Kriegsmarine
|Germany
|-
|Walter Althammer
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|Politician
|Politician
|Heer
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|-
|Aksel Andersen [pl]
|{{wp|Bud Anderson}}
|1924/1925 (age 96–97)
|January 13, 1922
|Accused of War Crimes by SWC
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|James A. Andersen
|September 21, 1924 (age 96)
|Politician, judge
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Bud Anderson
|January 13, 1922 (age 99)
|Fighter pilot
|Fighter pilot
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|13}}
|-
|-
|Erwin Andrä [de]
|{{wp|Valérie André}}
|May 20, 1921 (age 100)
|April 21, 1922
|Designer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Valérie André
|April 21, 1922 (age 99)
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|General, neurosurgeon, aviator
|French Resistance
|French Resistance
|Free France
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|4|21}}
|-
|-
|Roger Angell
|{{wp|Ray Anthony}}
|September 19, 1920 (age 100)
|January 20, 1922
|Journalist
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Ray Anthony
|January 20, 1922 (age 99)
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|Bandleader and trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|20}}
|-
|-
|Stefan Arczyński
|{{wp|George Ariyoshi}}
|July 31, 1916 (age 105)
|March 12, 1926
|Photographer
|Luftwaffe
Heer
|Germany
|-
|George Ariyoshi
|March 12, 1926 (age 95)
|Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
|Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|12}}
|-
|-
|Michael Arnold [de]
|{{wp|Stanisław Aronson}}
|December 27, 1928 (age 92)
|May 6, 1925
|Professor
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Stanisław Aronson
|May 6, 1925 (age 96)
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Order of Polonia Restituta recipient
|Home Army
|Home Army
|Poland
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|6}}
|-
|-
|Austin Asche
|{{wp|Austin Asche}}
|November 28, 1925 (age 95)
|November 28, 1925
|Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge
|Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|Australia
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|28}}
|Helmut Ashley
|September 17, 1919 (age 101)
|Cinematographer
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|-
|Vasily Astafyev [ru]
|October 26, 1919 (age 101)
|Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
|}


== B ==
== B ==
65 veterans
21 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Robert L. Backman
|{{wp|Vincent Ball}}
|March 22, 1922 (age 99)
|December 4, 1923
|Lawyer, politician
|Actor
|US Army
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United States
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|4}}
|-
|-
|Peter Badie
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Bauer_(Unternehmer) Karlheinz Bauer]
|May 17, 1925 (age 96)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Dave Bailey
|{{wp|William J. Bauer}}
|February 22, 1926 (age 95)
|September 15, 1926
|Musician
|Federal judge
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|15}}
|-
|-
|Millie Bailey
|{{wp|V. J. Bella}}
|February 3, 1918 (age 103)
|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}}
|-
|-
|Walter Balderson
|{{wp|Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman}}
|September 19, 1926 (age 94)
|September 11, 1925
|Television pioneer
|Songwriter
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|11}}
|-
|-
|Vincent Ball
|{{wp|Rasammah Bhupalan}}
|December 4, 1923 (age 97)
|May 1, 1927
|Actor
|Social activist
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Indian National Army
|Australia
|Azad Hind
|-
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|1}}
|James Bama
|April 28, 1926 (age 95)
|Artist
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|-
|-
|Bernhard Banaschewski [de]
|{{wp|Walter Bingham (journalist)|Walter Bingham}}
|March 22, 1926 (age 95)
|January 5, 1924
|Mathematician
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|Rudolf Barbarino [de]
|March 19, 1920 (age 101)
|Journalist
|Journalist
|Heer
|British Army
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|5}}
|-
|-
|Bob Barker
|{{wp|Benjamin B. Blackburn}}
|December 12, 1923 (age 97)
|February 14, 1927
|Game show host
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Haven J. Barlow
|January 4, 1922 (age 99)
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Phil Batt
|{{wp|Eric Blackwood}}
|March 4, 1927 (age 94)
|December 7, 1921
|29th Governor of Idaho
|Aviator
|US Army Air Forces
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|United States
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|7}}
|-
|-
|Karlheinz Bauer [de]
|{{wp|Harry Blank}}
|April 24, 1928 (age 93)
|May 24, 1925
|Former head of Bauer Group
|Politician
|Heer
|Canadian Army
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|24}}
|-
|{{wp|Daoud Bokhary}}
|January 15, 1920
|Businessman
|British Indian Army
|British India
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|15}}
|-
|{{wp|Jacques Borker}}
|September 29, 1922
|Artist
|French Resistance
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|29}}
|-
|{{wp|Hugo Broch}}
|January 6, 1922
|World War II flying ace
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1922|1|6}}
|-
|-
|William J. Bauer
|{{wp|Victor Brombert}}
|September 15, 1926 (age 94)
|November 11, 1923
|Federal judge
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|11}}
|-
|-
|Julius W. Becton, Jr.
|{{wp|Mel Brooks}}
|June 29, 1926 (age 95)
|June 28, 1926
|American military officer, former FEMA director
|Director, actor, producer
|US Army Air Corps
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|28}}
|-
|{{wp|Stephen Brown (judge)|Stephen Brown}}
|October 3, 1924
|Judge
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|3}}
|-
|-
|Harry Belafonte
|{{wp|Walt Brown (politician)|Walt Brown}}
|March 1, 1927 (age 94)
|July 28, 1926
|American singer
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|28}}
|-
|-
|V.J. Bella
|{{wp|Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin}}
|July 29, 1927 (age 94)
|February 17, 1924
|American politician
|11th Earl of Elgin
|US Marine Corps
|British Army, Scots Guards
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|17}}
|-
|{{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}}
|-
|-
|Tony Bennett
|{{wp|Arthur E. Bryson}}
|August 3, 1926 (age 95)
|October 7, 1925
|Singer
|Control theorist
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|7}}
|-
|-
|Paul Berg
|{{wp|Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell}}
|June 30, 1926 (age 95)
|October 4, 1920
|Chemist
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|10|4}}
|}
== C ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Alan Bergman
|{{wp|Gerard Caris}}
|September 11, 1925 (age 96)
|March 20, 1925
|Songwriter
|Artist
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|20}}
|-
|-
|Rasammah Bhupalan
|{{wp|Lou Carnesecca}}
|May 1, 1927 (age 94)
|January 5, 1925
|Social activist
|Basketball coach
|Indian National Army
|US Coast Guard
|Azad Hind
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|5}}
|-
|-
|Ruth Bidgood
|{{wp|Jimmy Carter}}
|July 20, 1922 (age 99)
|October 1, 1924
|Poet, historian
|39th U.S. President
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Navy
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|10|1}}
|-
|-
|Max Bingham
|{{wp|Patrick Skene Catling}}
|March 18, 1927 (age 94)
|February 14, 1925
|Politician
|Journalist, author
|Royal Australian Navy
|Australia
|-
|Walter Bingham
|1924 (age 96–97)
|Journalist
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Bryan Harvey Bjarnason
|April 2, 1924 (age 97)
|Politician
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Benjamin B. Blackburn
|{{wp|Nadia Cattouse}}
|February 14, 1927 (age 94)
|November 2, 1924
|Politician
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|US Navy
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|2}}
|-
|-
|Robert J. Blackwell
|{{wp|Robert A. Chase}}
|February 26, 1925 (age 96)
|January 6, 1923
|Government official
|Surgeon, professor
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|1|6}}
|-
|-
|Eric Blackwood
|{{wp|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher}}
|December 7, 1921 (age 99)
|April 25, 1925
|Aviator
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|Simon Bland
|December 4, 1923 (age 97)
|Courtier
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|25}}
|-
|-
|Harry Blank
|{{wp|John B. Cobb}}
|May 24, 1925 (age 96)
|February 9, 1925
|Politician
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|Canadian Army
|US Army
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|9}}
|-
|-
|Hans Blohm
|{{wp|Marthe Cohn}}
|November 12, 1927 (age 93)
|April 13, 1920
|Photographer and author
|Author, spy
|Kriegsmarine
|French Army
|Germany
|France
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|13}}
|-
|-
|Hans Blum
|{{wp|Ena Collymore-Woodstock}}
|May 23, 1928 (age 93)
|September 10, 1917
|Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Kriegsmarine
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1917|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Robert Bly
|{{wp|Tom Copeland}}
|December 23, 1926 (age 94)
|April 17, 1924
|Poet
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|17}}
|-
|-
|Ronald Blythe
|{{wp|John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.}}
|November 6, 1922 (age 98)
|September 29, 1925
|Author
|Federal judge
|
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|29}}
|Emil Boček [cs]
|February 25, 1923 (age 98)
|Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Daoud Bokhary
|{{wp|Roger Corman}}
|January 15, 1920 (age 101)
|April 5, 1926
|Businessman
|Filmmaker, actor
|British Indian Army
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|British India
|-
|Dave Bolen
|December 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Olympic runner and ambassador
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|5}}
|-
|-
|Jacques Borker
|{{wp|John Cruickshank}}
|1922 (age 98–99)
|May 20, 1920
|Artist
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth
|October 31, 1919 (age 101)
|British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994)
|British Army
|British Army
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|20}}
|-
|-
|Robert William Bradford
|{{wp|Iris Cummings}}
|December 17, 1923 (age 97)
|December 21, 1920
|Artist
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|Canada
|-
|Lewis M. Branscomb
|August 17, 1926 (age 95)
|Scientist
|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
|-
|-
|Egidius Braun
|{{wp|Phyllis Dalton}}
|February 27, 1925 (age 96)
|October 16, 1925
|President of the German Football Association
|Costume designer
|Wehrmacht
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|Germany
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|Denis Brian
|December 11, 1923 (age 97)
|Journalist, author
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Hugo Broch
|{{wp|Louis Danziger}}
|January 6, 1922 (age 99)
|November 17, 1923
|World War II flying ace
|Graphic designer, professor
|Luftwaffe
|Germany
|-
|Manuel Bromberg
|March 6, 1917 (age 104)
|Artist, professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|17}}
|-
|-
|Victor Brombert
|{{wp|Klaus von Dohnanyi}}
|November 11, 1923 (age 97)
|June 23, 1928
|Professor
|Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg
|US Army
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|6|23}}
|-
|-
|Lawrence Brooks
|{{wp|Charles Dolan}}
|September 12, 1909 (age 112)
|October 16, 1926
|Oldest surviving American World War II veteran.
|Businessman, Philanthropist
|US Army
|US Army Air Force
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|16}}
|-
|-
|Mel Brooks
|{{wp|Lou Donaldson}}
|June 28, 1926 (age 95)
|November 1, 1926
|Director, actor, producer
|Musician
|US Army, Battle of the Bulge
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|11|1}}
|-
|-
|Bud Brown
|{{wp|William I. Donnermeyer Sr.}}
|June 18, 1927 (age 94)
|September 19, 1924
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|19}}
|-
|-
|Geoff Brown
|{{wp|Bruce L. Douglas}}
|April 4, 1927 (age 94)
|July 14, 1925
|Tennis player
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|US Navy
|Australia
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|14}}
|-
|-
|June Brown
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Drews Karl-Heinz Drews]
|February 16, 1927 (age 94)
|December 22, 1929
|Actress
|General
|Royal Navy
|Volkssturm
|United Kingdom
Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|12|22}}
|-
|-
|Mervyn Brown
|{{wp|Roy Drinkard}}
|September 24, 1923 (age 97)
|July 12, 1920
|Diplomat, historian
|Businessman
|British Army
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|United States
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|12}}
|Stephen Brown
|October 3, 1924 (age 96)
|Judge
|Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|United Kingdom
|-
|-
|Walt Brown
|{{wp|Charles C. Droz}}
|July 28, 1926 (age 95)
|July 8, 1924
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|8}}
|-
|-
|Andrew Bruce
|{{wp|Patrick Duffy (British politician)|Patrick Duffy}}
|February 17, 1924 (age 97)
|June 17, 1920
|11th Earl of Elgin
|President of the NATO Assembly
|British Army, Scots Guards
|Fleet Air Arm
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1920|6|17}}
|-
|-
|Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury
|{{wp|Roland Dumas}}
|March 31, 1926 (age 95)
|August 23, 1922
|British peer, businessman
|Politician, lawyer
|British Army
|French Resistance
|United Kingdom
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1922|8|23}}
|-
|-
|Ashley Bryan
|{{wp|Winfield Dunn}}
|July 13, 1923 (age 98)
|July 1, 1927
|Children's book writer & illustrator; ''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum''
|Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Arthur E. Bryson
|October 7, 1925 (age 95)
|Control theorist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|1}}
|}
== E ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|James L. Buckley
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Einwag Alfred Einwag]
|March 9, 1923 (age 98)
|March 18, 1928
|Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)
|Lawyer
|US Navy
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|18}}
|-
|-
|Frederick Buechner
|{{wp|Juan Ponce Enrile}}
|July 11, 1926 (age 95)
|February 14, 1924
|Christian author, minister, and theologian
|Lawyer
|US Army
|Philippine Navy
|United States
|Philippines
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|14}}
|-
|-
|Veljko Bulajić
|{{wp|Daniel J. Evans}}
|March 22, 1928 (age 93)
|October 16, 1925
|Film director
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Yugoslav Partisans
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
|-
|Jack Burke, Jr.
|January 29, 1923 (age 98)
|PGA professional golfer
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|-
|Peter Burns
|1924 (age 96–97)
|Architect
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|Charles Burrell
|October 4, 1920 (age 100)
|Musician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|16}}
|-
|-
|Julian J. Bussgang
|{{wp|Anthony Eyton}}
|March 26, 1925 (age 96)
|May 17, 1923
|Mathematician, author
|Artist
|Polish Armed Forces in the West
|British Army
British Army
|United Kingdom
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|17}}
United Kingdom
|}
|}


== C ==
== F ==
32 veterans
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Józef Caban
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef-Gerhard_Farkas Josef-Gerhard Farkas]
|August 28, 1915 (age 106)
|July 13, 1929
|Polish social activist
|Hungariologist
|Polish Army
|Volkssturm
Home Army
|Germany
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1929|7|13}}
|-
|-
|Robert Cardenas
|{{wp|Edward_Field_(poet)|Edward Field}}
|March 10, 1920 (age 101)
|June 7, 1924
|General
|Poet, author
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|7}}
|-
|-
|Harry Carmean
|{{wp|Sergio Flamigni}}
|August 5, 1922 (age 99)
|October 22, 1925
|Painter
|Politician, writer
|US Army
|Italian Resistance
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|22}}
|-
|{{wp|Samuel C. Florman}}
|January 19, 1925
|Civil engineer, author
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|1|19}}
|-
|-
|Lou Carnesecca
|{{wp|James Clayton Flowers}}
|May 1, 1925 (age 96)
|December 25, 1915
|Basketball coach
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Coast Guard
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1915|12|25}}
|-
|-
|Gerard Caris
|{{wp|Loretta Ford}}
|March 20, 1925 (age 96)
|December 28, 1920
|Artist
|Nurse, Academic
|US Marine Corps
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|28}}
|-
|{{wp|Wieland Förster}}
|February 12, 1930
|Painter, writer
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|2|12}}
|-
|-
|Jimmy Carter
|{{wp|John S. Foster Jr.}}
|October 1, 1924 (age 96)
|September 18, 1922
|39th U.S. President
|Physicist
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|18}}
|-
|-
|Jean-Gabriel Castel
|{{wp|J. Keith Fraser}}
|June 21, 1925 (age 96)
|February 18, 1922
|Law professor
|Physical geographer
|French Resistance
|Free France
|-
|Patrick Skene Catling
|February 14, 1925 (age 96)
|Journalist, author
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
|Canada
United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1922|2|18}}
|-
|-
|Nadia Cattouse
|{{wp|Russell Freeburg}}
|November 2, 1924 (age 96)
|March 4, 1923
|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|3|4}}
|}
 
== G ==
13 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Arnald Gabriel}}
|May 31, 1925
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|31}}
|-
|-
|Friedrich Cerha
|{{wp|Samuel Rhea Gammon III}}
|February 17, 1926 (age 95)
|January 22, 1924
|Composer
|Ambassador
|Luftwaffe
|US Army
|Germany
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|22}}
|-
|-
|Robert A. Chase
|{{wp|Bernard Garfield}}
|January 1, 1923 (age 98)
|May 27, 1924
|Surgeon, professor
|Bassoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|5|27}}
|-
|-
|Kenneth O. Chilstrom
|{{wp|Stanley Michael Gartler}}
|April 20, 1921 (age 100)
|June 9, 1923
|Air force officer
|Biologist, geneticist
|US Army Air Corps
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|Bob Chinn
|{{wp|Eddie Germano}}
|March 2, 1923 (age 98)
|November 15, 1924
|Restaurateur
|Cartoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|15}}
|-
|-
|Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher
|{{wp|Roy Gibson}}
|April 25, 1925 (age 96)
|July 4, 1924
|Businessman, trade unionist, tax official
|Aerospace engineer
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|-
|Marc Clark
|October 23, 1923 (age 97)
|Sculptor
|British Army
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|4}}
|-
|-
|John B. Cobb
|{{wp|I. Leo Glasser}}
|February 9, 1925 (age 96)
|April 6, 1924
|Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist
|Judge
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|6}}
|-
|{{wp|René Henry Gracida}}
|June 9, 1923
|Bishop
|Flying Tigers
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|9}}
|-
|-
|Eric Cockeram
|{{wp|Bill Grayden}}
|July 4, 1924 (age 97)
|August 5, 1920
|Member of Parliament
|Politician
|British Army
|Australian Army
|United Kingdom
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1920|8|5}}
|-
|-
|Sterling R. Cockrill
|{{wp|Bill Greason}}
|April 7, 1925 (age 96)
|September 3, 1924
|Politician, artist
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|3}}
|-
|{{wp|Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green}}
|December 22, 1924
|Historian
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|22}}
|-
|-
|Avern Cohn
|{{wp|Maurice R. Greenberg}}
|July 23, 1924 (age 97)
|May 4, 1925
|Judge
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|4}}
|-
|-
|Marthe Cohn
|{{wp|Frank J. Guarini}}
|April 13, 1920 (age 101)
|August 20, 1924
|Author, spy
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|French Army
|US Navy
|France
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|20}}
|}
 
== H ==
15 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Ena Collymore-Woodstock
|{{wp|Jürgen Habermas}}
|September 10, 1917 (age 104)
|June 18, 1929
|Solicitor, magistrate
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|18}}
|-
|-
|Leon Comber
|{{wp|G. Homer Harding}}
|September 20, 1921 (age 99)
|December 7, 1925
|Author
|Politician
|British Indian Army
|British India
|-
|Fred Cone
|June 21, 1926 (age 95)
|American football player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|7}}
|-
|-
|Harry Connick Sr.
|{{wp|George Hardy (Tuskegee Airman)|George Hardy}}
|March 27, 1926 (age 95)
|June 8, 1925
|Attorney
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|8}}
|-
|-
|Jerome Coopersmith
|{{wp|Robert Harlow (writer)|Robert Harlow}}
|August 11, 1925 (age 96)
|November 19, 1923
|Dramatist
|Writer, academic
|US Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|19}}
|-
|-
|Tom Copeland
|{{wp|Ted Hartley}}
|April 17, 1924 (age 97)
|November 6, 1924
|Politician
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|6}}
|-
|-
|John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.
|{{wp|Helmut Hauptmann}}
|September 29, 1925 (age 95)
|March 12, 1928
|Federal judge
|Writer
|US Army
|Heer
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|3|12}}
|-
|-
|Roger Corman
|{{wp|Eric Heath (artist)|Eric Heath}}
|April 5, 1926 (age 95)
|November 23, 1923
|Filmmaker & actor
|Artist
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|United States
|New Zealand
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|23}}
|-
|-
|John Cruickshank
|{{wp|John Hemingway (RAF officer)|John Hemingway}}
|May 20, 1920 (age 101)
|July 17, 1919
|Recipient of the Victoria Cross
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|British Army
|Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1919|7|17}}
|-
|-
|Charles Csuri
|{{wp|Józef Hen}}
|July 4, 1922 (age 99)
|November 8, 1923
|Artist
|Writer
|US Army
|Polish People's Army
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|8}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henninger Werner Henninger]
|April 7, 1929
|Admiral
|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}}
|-
|-
|Iris Cummings
|{{wp|Cyril Hilsum}}
|December 21, 1920 (age 100)
|May 17, 1925
|Olympic swimmer, Aviator
|Physicist, academic
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|17}}
|-
|{{wp|Earl Holliman}}
|September 11, 1928
|Actor
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|11}}
|-
|-
|Peter Cundall
|{{wp|Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes}}
|April 1, 1927 (age 94)
|November 26, 1923
|Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008)
|Politician
|British Army
|Royal Australian Air Force
|United Kingdom
|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}}
|}
|}


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


== E ==
== M ==
12 veterans
31 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Ray Edenton
|{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}}
|November 3, 1926 (age 94)
|March 30, 1926
|Musician
|TV personality, actor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|3|30}}
|-
|-
|James Francis Edwards
|{{wp|Ray Marshall}}
|June 5, 1921 (age 100)
|August 22, 1928
|World War II flying ace
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|US Navy
|Canada
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1928|8|22}}
|-
|-
|George Elder
|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}}
|March 10, 1921 (age 100)
|August 22, 1925
|Baseball player
|Physicist, author
|US Marines
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|22}}
|-
|-
|Eberhard Eimler
|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}}
|November 30, 1930 (age 90)
|January 18, 1924
|General
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp
|Volkssturm
|Red Army
|Germany
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|18}}
|-
|-
|Alfred Einwag [de]
|{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}}
|March 18, 1928 (age 93)
|April 21, 1925
|Lawyer
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
|Heer
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Germany
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|21}}
|-
|-
|Princess Elizabeth
|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}}
|April 21, 1926 (age 95)
|September 26, 1924
|Queen of the Commonwealth Realms
|General
|Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR
|United Kingdom
|Czechoslovakia
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|26}}
|-
|-
|Billy Emerson
|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}}
|December 21, 1925 (age 95)
|November 12, 1925
|Singer, songwriter
|Psychologist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|11|12}}
|-
|-
|Juan Ponce Enrile
|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}}
|February 14, 1924 (age 97)
|July 20, 1924
|Lawyer
|Physicist
|Philippine Navy
|US Army
|Philippines
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|20}}
|-
|-
|Carl Erskine
|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}}
|December 13, 1926 (age 94)
|April 8, 1927
|Baseball player
|Baseball Player
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|4|8}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer]
|November 2, 1920
|Anaesthetist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1920|11|2}}
|-
|{{wp|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
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|3}}
|-
|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}}
|November 2, 1927
|Diplomat
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|11|2}}
|-
|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}}
|August 16, 1925
|Composer
|US Army
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|8|16}}
|-
|-
|Daniel J. Evans
|{{wp|Bill Mercer}}
|October 16, 1925 (age 95)
|February 13, 1926
|Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)
|Sportscaster, educator, author
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|2|13}}
|-
|-
|Klas Ewert Everwyn [de]
|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}}
|March 10, 1930 (age 91)
|January 23, 1929
|Author
|Painter
|Volkssturm
|Heer
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|23}}
|-
|-
|Anthony Eyton
|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}}
|May 17, 1923 (age 98)
|September 9, 1926
|Artist
|Baseball player
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|}
 
== F ==
21 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Bob Falkenburg
|January 29, 1926 (age 95)
|Tennis player, entrepreneur
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|9}}
|-
|-
|Josef-Gerhard Farkas [de]
|{{wp|J. William Middendorf}}
|July 13, 1929 (age 92)
|September 22, 1924
|Hungariologist
|Diplomat, politician
|Volkssturm
|US Navy
|Germany
|-
|Benjamin B. Ferencz
|March 11, 1920 (age 101)
|Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|22}}
|-
|-
|David Ferry
|{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}}
|March 5, 1924 (age 97)
|May 30, 1919
|Poet & professor
|Australian rules football player
|US Army Air Forces
|Australian Army
|United States
Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1919|5|30}}
|-
|-
|Edward Field
|{{wp|John H. Miller}}
|June 7, 1924 (age 97)
|April 16, 1925
|Poet & author
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|4|16}}
|-
|-
|Frank Field
|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}}
|March 30, 1923 (age 98)
|December 4, 1921
|Meteorologist
|General
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|4}}
|-
|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}}
|July 3, 1924
|Climber, writer
|Auxiliary Territorial Service
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|3}}
|-
|-
|Nathaniel Fiennes
|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}}
|September 22, 1920 (age 100)
|April 8, 1926
|British hereditary peer, businessman
|Protestant theologian
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|4|8}}
|-
|{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}}
|November 2, 1923
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf
|British Army
|British Army
British Indian Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
British India
|{{age in years and days|1923|11|2}}
|-
|-
|Mario Fiorentini [it]
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/森繁弘 Shigehiro Mori]
|May 28, 1918 (age 103)
|January 7, 1928
|Partisan, mathematician
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)
|Italian Resistance
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Italian Resistance
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1928|1|7}}
|-
|-
|Leonard Everett Fisher
|{{wp|Edgar Morin}}
|June 24, 1924 (age 97)
|July 8, 1921
|Children's writer & illustrator
|Philosopher, sociologist
|US Army
|French Resistance
|United States
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1921|7|8}}
|-
|-
|Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg [de]
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller]
|May 9, 1919 (age 102)
|October 1, 1930
|General
|Mineralogist
|Heer
|Hitlerjugend
|Germany
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|1}}
|-
|-
|Sergio Flamigni
|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/村井澄夫 Sumio Murai]
|October 22, 1925 (age 95)
|February 24, 1925
|Politician & writer
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)
|Italian Resistance
|Imperial Japanese Army
|Italian Resistance
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|24}}
|-
|-
|Samuel C. Florman
|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}}
|January 19, 1925 (age 96)
|March 3, 1924
|Civil engineer, author
|Japanese Prime Minister
|US Navy
|Imperial Japanese Army
|United States
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
|-
|-
|Loretta Ford
|{{wp|David H. Murdock}}
|December 28, 1920 (age 100)
|April 11, 1923
|Nurse, Academic
|Businessman, billionaire
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Wieland Förster
|February 12, 1930 (age 91)
|Painter, writer
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|John S. Foster Jr.
|September 18, 1922 (age 98)
|Physicist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|11}}
|-
|-
|James Clayton Flowers
|{{wp|David Musuguri}}
|December 25, 1915 (age 105)
|January 4, 1920
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (1980–1988)
|United States Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Paul Fox
|October 27, 1925 (age 95)
|Television executive
|British Army
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|-
|{{age in years and days|1920|1|4}}
|J. Keith Fraser
|}
|February 18, 1922 (age 99)
|Physical geographer
|Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
|Canada
United Kingdom
|-
|Russell Freeburg
|March 4, 1923 (age 98)
|Editor of the ''Chicago Tribune''
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Daniel Fuller
|August 28, 1925 (age 96)
|Theologian
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Andrew Fulton
|January 23, 1927 (age 94)
|Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983)
|Royal Canadian Navy
|Canada
|}


== G ==
== N ==
37 veterans
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Bill Nankivell}}
|September 7, 1923
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|7}}
|-
|-
|Arnald Gabriel
|{{wp|Lucien Nedzi}}
|May 31, 1925 (age 96)
|May 28, 1925
|Conductor of the US Air Force Band
|Politician
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|5|28}}
|-
|-
|Samuel Rhea Gammon III
|{{wp|Joe Negri}}
|January 22, 1924 (age 97)
|June 10, 1926
|Ambassador
|Musician, educator
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|6|10}}
|-
|-
|Norman Garbo
|{{wp|Frederick M. Nicholas}}
|February 15, 1919 (age 102)
|May 30, 1920
|Author & lecturer
|Lawyer
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Harold Garde
|June 7, 1923 (age 98)
|Artist
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|-
|Bernard Garfield
|March 27, 1924 (age 97)
|Bassoonist
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|5|30}}
|-
|-
|Stanley Michael Gartler
|{{wp|George Nigh}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|June 9, 1927
|Biologist & geneticist
|Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)
|US Army Air Forces
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|6|9}}
|-
|-
|Philippe de Gaulle
|{{wp|Peter L. Nissen}}
|December 28, 1921 (age 99)
|January 8, 1924
|Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle
|Aviator and businessman
|Free French Naval Forces
|Norwegian resistance movement
|Free France
Royal Norwegian Air Force
|Norway
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|8}}
|}
 
== O ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Léon Gautier [fr]
|{{wp|Jiro Ono (chef)|Jiro Ono}}
|October 27, 1922 (age 98)
|October 27, 1925
|Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer
|Sushi Chef
|Free French Naval Forces
|Japanese Imperial Army
|Free France
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|27}}
|-
|-
|Theodore H. Geballe
|{{wp|Edward Ormondroyd}}
|January 20, 1920 (age 101)
|October 8, 1925
|Physicist
|Author
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|8}}
|-
|-
|Eddie Germano
|{{wp|Donald Owens}}
|November 15, 1924 (age 96)
|September 12, 1926
|Cartoonist
|General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|12}}
|}
== P ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Harry Gesner
|{{wp|Victor Parsonnet}}
|April 28, 1925 (age 96)
|August 29, 1924
|Architect
|Surgeon
|US Army
|US Navy Reserve
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|29}}
|-
|-
|Andrée Geulen-Herscovici
|{{wp|Johnny Pate}}
|September 6, 1921 (age 100)
|December 5, 1923
|Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children
|Bass player, arranger
|Belgian Resistance
|US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band
|Belgium
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|12|5}}
|-
|-
|Roy Gibson
|{{wp|John Peoples (educator)|John Peoples}}
|July 4, 1924 (age 97)
|August 26, 1926
|Aerospace engineer
|President of Jackson State University
|British Army
|US Marine Corps
|United Kingdom
|-
|I. Leo Glasser
|April 6, 1924 (age 97)
|Judge
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|26}}
|-
|-
|Charles Godfrey
|{{wp|Jack Petchey}}
|September 24, 1917 (age 103)
|July 19, 1925
|Physician, professor, politician
|Businessman
|
|Royal Navy
|Canada
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|7|19}}
|}
 
== R ==
10 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}}
|May 30, 1923
|Oncologist
|Greek Resistance
|Greece
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|30}}
|-
|{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}}
|August 23, 1924
|Poet, journalist, war correspondent
|French Resistance
|Free France
|{{age in years and days|1924|8|23}}
|-
|{{wp|Basil Rigg}}
|August 12, 1926
|Cricket player
|Australian Army
|Australia
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|12}}
|-
|-
|Howard Golden
|{{wp|Fred Risser}}
|1925 (age 95–96)
|May 5, 1927
|Politician
|Politician
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|5|5}}
|-
|-
|Harry E. Goldsworthy
|{{wp|John Roberts (Royal Navy officer)|John Roberts}}
|April 3, 1914 (age 107)
|April 4, 1924
|Lieutenant General
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|4}}
|-
|{{wp|Arthur Rock}}
|August 19, 1926
|Businessman, investor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|8|19}}
|-
|-
|U. L. Gooch
|{{wp|Alan Rogers (football manager)|Alan Rogers}} 
|September 13, 1923 (age 98)
|December 31, 1924
|Politician
|Football manager
|US Army
|Royal Navy
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|31}}
|-
|-
|John B. Goodenough
|{{wp|Richard Rohmer}}
|July 25, 1922 (age 99)
|January 24, 1924
|Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum''
|US Army
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|United States
|Canada
|{{age in years and days|1924|1|24}}
|-
|-
|Alfred T. Goodwin
|{{wp|Philip Ruppe}}
|June 29, 1923 (age 98)
|September 29, 1926
|Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)
|United States Congressman
|US Army
|V-12 Navy College Training Program
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|29}}
|-
|-
|Bert I. Gordon
|{{wp|William Russell (English actor)|William Russell}}
|September 24, 1922 (age 98)
|November 19, 1924
|Film director; ''Village of the Giants,'' ''Empire of the Ants''
|Actor
|US Army Air Corps
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|19}}
|}
 
== S ==
26 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Noah Gordon
|{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}}
|November 11, 1926 (age 94)
|September 13, 1925
|Novelist
|Judge
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|13}}
|-
|-
|René Henry Gracida
|{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}}
|June 9, 1923 (age 98)
|March 10, 1924
|Bishop
|Order of Glory recipient
|Flying Tigers
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|10}}
|-
|{{wp|Frank Saucier}}
|May 28, 1926
|Baseball player
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|5|28}}
|-
|-
|Friedrich Grade [de]
|{{wp|Norman Scarth}}
|March 29, 1916 (age 105)
|October 1925
|Engineer and naval officer
|Blogger, political candidate
|Kriegsmarine
|Royal Navy
|Germany
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1925|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1925|10|1}}
|-
|-
|David E. Grange, Jr.
|{{wp|Art Schallock}}
|April 9, 1925 (age 96)
|April 25, 1924
|General
|Baseball player
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Bud Grant
|May 20, 1927 (age 94)
|Athlete
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|4|25}}
|-
|-
|John R. Gray
|{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}}
|May 14, 1925 (age 96)
|September 26, 1922
|Politician
|Professor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1922|9|26}}
|-
|-
|Bill Grayden
|{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}}
|August 5, 1920 (age 101)
|November 14, 1924
|Politician
|German television actor
|Australian Army
|Heer
|Australia
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|11|14}}
|-
|-
|Bill Greason
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser]
|September 3, 1924 (age 97)
|October 25, 1930
|Baseball player
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten
|US Marine Corps
|Volkssturm
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1930|10|25}}
|-
|{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}}
|September 4, 1924
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
|Heer
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1924|9|4}}
|-
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann]
|September 5, 1928
|Journalist
|Wehrmacht
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1928|9|5}}
|-
|-
|Peter Green
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann]
|December 22, 1924 (age 96)
|June 5, 1929
|Historian
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
|Royal Air Force
|Wehrmacht
|United Kingdom
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|6|5}}
|-
|-
|Russell H. Greenan
|{{wp|Vic Seixas}}
|September 17, 1925 (age 95)
|August 30, 1923
|Author
|Tennis player
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|8|30}}
|-
|-
|Maurice R. Greenberg
|{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}}
|May 4, 1925 (age 96)
|April 19, 1923
|CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school
|Imperial Japanese Navy
|Japan
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|19}}
|-
|{{wp|Ralph Senensky}}
|May 1, 1923
|TV director, writer
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|1}}
|-
|-
|Shecky Greene
|{{wp|Doc Severinsen}}
|April 8, 1926 (age 95)
|July 7, 1927
|Comedian
|Trumpeter
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|7|7}}
|-
|-
|Stu Griffing
|{{wp|Bobby Shantz}}
|November 9, 1926 (age 94)
|September 26, 1925
|Olympic rower
|Baseball player
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|9|26}}
|-
|-
|Werner Grossmann
|{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}}
|March 6, 1929 (age 92)
|June 27, 1924
|Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer
|Volkssturm
|US Army
|Germany
|-
|Doris Grumbach
|July 12, 1918 (age 103)
|Writer
|Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|6|27}}
|-
|-
|Frank Joseph Guarini
|{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}}
|August 20, 1924 (age 97)
|March 3, 1924
|Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)
|Biophysicist
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|}
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|3}}
 
== H ==
36 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|-
|Jürgen Habermas
|{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}}
|June 18, 1929 (age 92)
|June 8, 1919
|Philosopher; sociologist
|Author, Lawyer
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Home Army
|Germany
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1919|6|8}}
|-
|-
|Barbara Hall
|{{wp|Edward H. Sims}}
|February 3, 1923 (age 98)
|May 29, 1923
|Crossword puzzle editor
|Author
|Women's Royal Naval Service
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom
|-
|Gail Halvorsen
|October 10, 1920 (age 100)
|US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|5|29}}
|-
|-
|Ian Hamilton
|{{wp|Bill Spence (writer)|Bill Spence}}
|September 13, 1925 (age 96)
|April 20, 1923
|Lawyer, Scottish nationalist,  participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950
|Writer
|British Army
|Royal Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1923|4|20}}
|-
|-
|Walter Hanel [de]
|{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}}
|September 30, 1930 (age 90)
|September 10, 1926
|Political caricaturist
|Author
|Volkssturm
|US Marine Corps
|Germany
|-
|Arnold Hano
|March 2, 1922 (age 99)
|Writer
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Monique Hanotte
|{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}}
|August 10, 1920 (age 101)
|February 28, 1925
|Member of Belgian Resistance
|Graphic artist
|Belgian Resistance
|Home Army
|Belgium
|Poland
|{{age in years and days|1925|2|28}}
|-
|-
|G. Homer Harding
|{{wp|Willis H. Stephens}}
|December 7, 1925 (age 95)
|June 7, 1925
|Politician
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|George Hardy
|June 8, 1925 (age 96)
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|US Army Air Forces
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|6|7}}
|-
|-
|Robert Harlow
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker]
|November 19, 1923 (age 97)
|January 22, 1929
|Writer, academic
|General
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|Volkssturm
|Canada
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1929|1|22}}
|-
|-
|Sheldon Harnick
|{{wp|Fritz Streletz}}
|April 30, 1924 (age 97)
|September 28, 1926
|Lyricist (''Fiddler on the Roof'')
|General
|US Army
|Wehrmacht
|United States
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1926|9|28}}
|}
 
== T ==
4 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Ted Hartley
|[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo]
|November 6, 1924 (age 96)
|December 2, 1920
|Pilot, banker, actor, film producer
|Poet, artist
|US Navy
|Finnish Army
|United States
|Finland
|{{age in years and days|1920|12|2}}
|-
|-
|Chris Haughey
|{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}}
|October 3, 1925 (age 95)
|January 17, 1921
|Baseball player
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force
|US Army
|Royal Air Force
|United States
|United Kingdom
|{{age in years and days|1921|1|17}}
|-
|-
|Helmut Hauptmann
|{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}}
|March 12, 1928 (age 93)
|July 10, 1926
|Writer
|Journalist, politician
|Heer
|Italian Resistance
|Germany
|Italian Resistance
|{{age in years and days|1926|7|10}}
|-
|-
|Bill Hayes
|{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}}
|June 5, 1925 (age 96)
|December 18, 1927
|Actor
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist
|US Naval Air Corps
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1927|12|18}}
|}
== U ==
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Thomas B. Hayward
|{{wp|Yosh Uchida}}
|May 3, 1924 (age 97)
|April 1, 1920
|Admiral
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer
|US Navy
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|4|1}}
|}
== V ==
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Eric Heath
|{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}}
|November 28, 1923 (age 97)
|December 13, 1925
|Artist
|Actor and comedian
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|US Army Air Corps
|New Zealand
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|12|13}}
|-
|-
|Robert Hébras
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini]
|June 29, 1925 (age 96)
|November 18, 1922
|Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando
|French Resistance
|Royal Italian Army
|Free France
|Italy
|{{age in years and days|1922|11|18}}
|-
|-
|John Hemingway
|{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}}
|July 17, 1919 (age 102)
|July 7, 1920
|Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen
|Royal Air Force
|United States Army Air Force
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1920|7|7}}
|}
 
== W ==
8 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Józef Hen
|{{wp|Herbert Wahler}}
|November 8, 1923 (age 97)
|December 10, 1921
|Writer
|Accused of war crimes by SWC
|Polish People's Army
|Einsatzgruppe
|Poland
|Germany
|{{age in years and days|1921|12|10}}
|-
|-
|James Hennessy
|{{wp|Joe Wallach}}
|September 26, 1923 (age 97)
|September 10, 1923
|Diplomat, prison official
|Businessman
|British Army
|US Army
|United Kingdom
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|9|10}}
|-
|-
|Werner Henninger [de]
|{{wp|William H. Webster}}
|April 7, 1929 (age 92)
|March 6, 1924
|Admiral
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
|Volkssturm
|Germany
|-
|Laurin L. Henry
|May 23, 1921 (age 100)
|Researcher
|US Navy
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|3|6}}
|-
|-
|Elwood Hillis
|{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}}
|March 6, 1926 (age 95)
|March 12, 1925
|Indiana congressman (1971–1987)
|Politician
|US Army
|US Navy
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1925|3|12}}
|-
|-
|Cyril Hilsum
|{{wp|Charley Winner}}
|May 17, 1925 (age 96)
|July 2, 1924
|Physicist, academic
|Football player
|Royal Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United Kingdom}
|-
|Stuart Hodes
|November 27, 1924 (age 96)
|Dancer, choreographer, writer
|US Army Air Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|2}}
|-
|-
|Earl Holliman
|{{wp|Louis Witten}}
|September 11, 1928 (age 93)
|April 13, 1921
|Actor
|Theoretical physicist
|US Navy
|US Army Air Forces
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1921|4|13}}
|-
|-
|A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
|{{wp|Woody Woodbury}}
|September 21, 1923 (age 97)
|February 9, 1924
|Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974)
|Comedian, actor
|US Army
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|2|9}}
|-
|-
|Masao Horie [ja]
|{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}}
|June 16, 1915 (age 106)
|July 11, 1924
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973)
|Businessman
|Imperial Japanese Army
|US Army Air Corps
|Japan
|-
|Ted Horlick
|September 28, 1925 (age 95)
|Admiral
|Royal Navy
|United Kingdom
|-
|Thomas W. Horton
|December 29, 1919 (age 101)
|Pilot
|Royal New Zealand Air Force
|New Zealand
|-
|Tom Hughes
|November 26, 1923 (age 97)
|Politician
|Royal Australian Air Force
|Australia
|-
|Evan Hultman
|July 15, 1925 (age 96)
|Politician
|US Army
|United States
|-
|Edwin Hunt
|March 20, 1920 (age 101)
|Queen's Bargemaster
|British Army
|United Kingdom
|-
|Francis Huré
|October 5, 1916 (age 104)
|Ambassador, writer
|Free French Army
|Free France
|-
|Harold Hyman
|July 24, 1924 (age 97)
|American Civil War historian
|US Marine Corps
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|7|11}}
|}
|}


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


== X ==
== Y ==
1 veteran
1 veteran
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Alex Xydias
|{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}}
|March 22, 1922 (age 99)
|December 16, 1924
|Auto racing driver
|Conservationist
|US Army Air Forces
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1924|12|16}}
|}
|}


== Y ==
== Z ==
3 veterans
3 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Veteran
!Birth
!Born
!Notability
!Service
!Country
|-
|Barbara Yeaman
|December 16, 1924 (age 96)
|Conservationist
|Women Airforce Service Pilots
|United States
|-
|Robert M. Young
|November 22, 1924 (age 96)
|Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer
|US Navy
|United States
|-
|Ihor Yukhnovskyi
|September 1, 1925 (age 96)
|Physicist, politician
|Red Army
|Soviet Union
|}
 
== Z ==
6 veterans
{| class="wikitable"
!Veteran
!Birth
!Notability
!Notability
!Service
!Service
!Country
!Country
!Age
|-
|-
|Rolf Zick [de]
|{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}}
|April 16, 1921 (age 100)
|June 20, 1923
|Journalist
|Luftwaffenhelfer
|Germany
|-
|Heinz Zickler [de]
|March 25, 1920 (age 101)
|Musician
|Heer
|Germany
|-
|Franklin B. Zimmerman
|June 20, 1923 (age 98)
|Musicologist, conductor
|Musicologist, conductor
|US Army
|US Army
|United States
|United States
|{{age in years and days|1923|6|20}}
|-
|-
|Zou Jiahua
|{{wp|Zou Jiahua}}
|October 1926 (age 94)
|October 1926
|Politician
|Politician
|National Revolutionary Army
|National Revolutionary Army
|Republic of China
|Republic of China
|{{age in years and days|1926|10|31}} to {{age in years and days|1926|10|1}}
|-
|-
|Leszek Żukowski [pl]
|[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski]
|February 11, 1929 (age 92)
|February 11, 1929
|President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers
|President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers
|Gray Ranks
|Gray Ranks
|Poland
|Poland
|-
|{{age in years and days|1929|2|11}}
|Stanisław Żurakowski [pl]
|July 24, 1920 (age 101)
|Polish lieutenant colonel
|Polish Army
Anders' Army
Polish Armed Forces in the West
|Poland
|}
|}
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Lists]]

Revision as of 01:19, 5 May 2024

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

A

11 veterans

Veteran Born Notability Service Country Age
S. Daniel Abraham August 15, 1924 Businessman, philanthropist US Army United States 99 years, 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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