List of notable surviving veterans of World War II
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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.
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22 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah CD | October 2, 1923 (age 97) | 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 | US Army | United States |
| Valdas Adamkus | November 3, 1926 (age 94) | President of Lithuania | Lithuanian resistance | Lithuania |
| Lee Adams | August 14, 1924 (age 97) | Musician | US Army | United States |
| Hans Albert | February 8, 1921 (age 100) | Philosopher | Heer | Germany |
| Marshall Allen | May 25, 1924 (age 97) | Musician | US Army | United States |
| Wolfgang Altenburg | June 24, 1928 (age 93) | General | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| Walter Althammer | March 12, 1928 (age 93) | Politician | Heer | Germany |
| Aksel Andersen [pl] | 1924/1925 (age 96–97) | 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 | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Erwin Andrä [de] | May 20, 1921 (age 100) | Designer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Valérie André | April 21, 1922 (age 99) | General, neurosurgeon, aviator | French Resistance | Free France |
| Roger Angell | September 19, 1920 (age 100) | Journalist | US Army | United States |
| Ray Anthony | January 20, 1922 (age 99) | Bandleader and trumpeter | US Navy | United States |
| Stefan Arczyński | July 31, 1916 (age 105) | Photographer | Luftwaffe
Heer |
Germany |
| George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 (age 95) | Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) | US Army | United States |
| Michael Arnold [de] | December 27, 1928 (age 92) | Professor | Heer | Germany |
| Stanisław Aronson | May 6, 1925 (age 96) | Order of Polonia Restituta recipient | Home Army | Poland |
| Austin Asche | November 28, 1925 (age 95) | Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| 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
67 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert L. Backman | March 22, 1922 (age 99) | Lawyer, politician | US Army | United States |
| Peter Badie | May 17, 1925 (age 96) | Jazz bass guitarist | US Navy | United States |
| Dave Bailey | February 22, 1926 (age 95) | Musician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Millie Bailey | February 3, 1918 (age 103) | Civil servant | Women's Army Corps | United States |
| Walter Balderson | September 19, 1926 (age 94) | Television pioneer | US Navy | United States |
| Vincent Ball | December 4, 1923 (age 97) | Actor | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| James Bama | April 28, 1926 (age 95) | Artist | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Bernhard Banaschewski [de] | March 22, 1926 (age 95) | Mathematician | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
| Rudolf Barbarino [de] | March 19, 1920 (age 101) | Journalist | Heer | Germany |
| Bob Barker | December 12, 1923 (age 97) | Game show host | US Navy | United States |
| Haven J. Barlow | January 4, 1922 (age 99) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Phil Batt | March 4, 1927 (age 94) | 29th Governor of Idaho | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Karlheinz Bauer [de] | April 24, 1928 (age 93) | Former head of Bauer Group | Heer | Germany |
| William J. Bauer | September 15, 1926 (age 94) | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
| Julius W. Becton, Jr. | June 29, 1926 (age 95) | American military officer, former FEMA director | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 (age 94) | American singer | US Navy | United States |
| V.J. Bella | July 29, 1927 (age 94) | American politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Tony Bennett | August 3, 1926 (age 95) | Singer | US Army | United States |
| Paul Berg | June 30, 1926 (age 95) | Chemist | US Navy | United States |
| Alan Bergman | September 11, 1925 (age 96) | Songwriter | US Army | United States |
| Rasammah Bhupalan | May 1, 1927 (age 94) | Social activist | Indian National Army | Azad Hind |
| Ruth Bidgood | July 20, 1922 (age 99) | Poet, historian | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
| Max Bingham | March 18, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | 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 | Canada |
| Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Robert J. Blackwell | February 26, 1925 (age 96) | Government official | US Navy | United States |
| Eric Blackwood | December 7, 1921 (age 99) | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force |
Canada
United Kingdom |
| Simon Bland | December 4, 1923 (age 97) | Courtier | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Harry Blank | May 24, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
| Hans Blohm | November 12, 1927 (age 93) | Photographer and author | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| Hans Blum | May 23, 1928 (age 93) | Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino) | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| Robert Bly | December 23, 1926 (age 94) | Poet | US Navy | United States |
| Ronald Blythe | November 6, 1922 (age 98) | Author | United Kingdom | |
| Emil Boček [cs] | February 25, 1923 (age 98) | Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Daoud Bokhary | January 15, 1920 (age 101) | Businessman | British Indian Army | British India |
| Dave Bolen | December 23, 1923 (age 97) | Olympic runner and ambassador | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Jacques Borker | 1922 (age 98–99) | Artist | 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 | United Kingdom |
| Cloyd Boyer | September 1, 1927 (age 94) | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Robert William Bradford | December 17, 1923 (age 97) | Artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Lewis M. Branscomb | August 17, 1926 (age 95) | Scientist | US Navy | United States |
| Egidius Braun | February 27, 1925 (age 96) | President of the German Football Association | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Ted E. Brewerton | March 30, 1925 (age 96) | General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Denis Brian | December 11, 1923 (age 97) | Journalist, author | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Hugo Broch | January 6, 1922 (age 99) | World War II flying ace | Luftwaffe | Germany |
| Manuel Bromberg | March 6, 1917 (age 104) | Artist, professor | US Army | United States |
| Victor Brombert | November 11, 1923 (age 97) | Professor | US Army | United States |
| Lawrence Brooks | September 12, 1909 (age 112) | Oldest surviving American World War II veteran. | US Army | United States |
| Mel Brooks | June 28, 1926 (age 95) | Director, actor, producer | US Army, Battle of the Bulge | United States |
| Bud Brown | June 18, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Geoff Brown | April 4, 1927 (age 94) | Tennis player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| June Brown | February 16, 1927 (age 94) | Actress | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Mervyn Brown | September 24, 1923 (age 97) | Diplomat, historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Stephen Brown | October 3, 1924 (age 96) | Judge | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
| Walt Brown | July 28, 1926 (age 95) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Andrew Bruce | February 17, 1924 (age 97) | 11th Earl of Elgin | British Army, Scots Guards | United Kingdom |
| Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury | March 31, 1926 (age 95) | British peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Ashley Bryan | July 13, 1923 (age 98) | Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | US Army | United States |
| Arthur E. Bryson | October 7, 1925 (age 95) | Control theorist | US Navy | United States |
| James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 (age 98) | Politician; New York senator (1971–1977) | US Navy | United States |
| Frederick Buechner | July 11, 1926 (age 95) | Christian author, minister, and theologian | US Army | United States |
| Veljko Bulajić | March 22, 1928 (age 93) | Film director | 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 | United States |
| Julian J. Bussgang | March 26, 1925 (age 96) | Mathematician, author | Polish Armed Forces in the West
British Army |
Poland
United Kingdom |
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33 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Józef Caban | August 28, 1915 (age 106) | Polish social activist | Polish Army
Home Army |
Poland |
| Robert Cardenas | March 10, 1920 (age 101) | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Harry Carmean | August 5, 1922 (age 99) | Painter | US Army | United States |
| Lou Carnesecca | May 1, 1925 (age 96) | Basketball coach | US Coast Guard | United States |
| Gerard Caris | March 20, 1925 (age 96) | Artist | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 (age 96) | 39th U.S. President | US Navy | United States |
| Jean-Gabriel Castel | June 21, 1925 (age 96) | Law professor | French Resistance | Free France |
| Patrick Skene Catling | February 14, 1925 (age 96) | Journalist, author | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Nadia Cattouse | November 2, 1924 (age 96) | Actress, singer, songwriter | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Friedrich Cerha | February 17, 1926 (age 95) | Composer | Luftwaffe | Germany |
| Robert A. Chase | January 1, 1923 (age 98) | Surgeon, professor | US Army | United States |
| Kenneth O. Chilstrom | April 20, 1921 (age 100) | Air force officer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Bob Chinn | March 2, 1923 (age 98) | Restaurateur | US Army | United States |
| Reg Chrimes | 1924 (age 96–97) | Politician | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher | April 25, 1925 (age 96) | Businessman, trade unionist, tax official | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Marc Clark | October 23, 1923 (age 97) | Sculptor | British Army | United Kingdom |
| John B. Cobb | February 9, 1925 (age 96) | Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist | US Army | United States |
| Eric Cockeram | July 4, 1924 (age 97) | Member of Parliament | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Sterling R. Cockrill | April 7, 1925 (age 96) | Politician, artist | US Navy | United States |
| Avern Cohn | July 23, 1924 (age 97) | Judge | US Army | United States |
| Marthe Cohn | April 13, 1920 (age 101) | Author, spy | French Army | France |
| Ena Collymore-Woodstock | September 10, 1917 (age 104) | Solicitor, magistrate | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Leon Comber | September 20, 1921 (age 99) | Author | British Indian Army | British India |
| Fred Cone | June 21, 1926 (age 95) | American football player | US Army | United States |
| Harry Connick Sr. | March 27, 1926 (age 95) | Attorney | US Navy | United States |
| Jerome Coopersmith | August 11, 1925 (age 96) | Dramatist | US Army | United States |
| Tom Copeland | April 17, 1924 (age 97) | Politician | US Army | United States |
| John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr. | September 29, 1925 (age 95) | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
| Roger Corman | April 5, 1926 (age 95) | Filmmaker & actor | V-12 Navy College Training Program | United States |
| John Cruickshank | May 20, 1920 (age 101) | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | British Army
Royal Air Force |
United Kingdom |
| Charles Csuri | July 4, 1922 (age 99) | Artist | US Army | United States |
| Iris Cummings | December 21, 1920 (age 100) | Olympic swimmer, Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
| Peter Cundall | April 1, 1927 (age 94) | Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008) | British Army | United Kingdom |
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23 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllis Dalton | October 16, 1925 (age 95) | Costume designer | Women's Royal Naval Service | United States |
| Ernest L. Daman | March 14, 1923 (age 98) | Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor | US Army | United States |
| Henry Danton | March 30, 1919 (age 102) | Dancer, teacher | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Louis Danziger | November 17, 1923 (age 97) | Graphic designer, professor | US Army | United States |
| Bob Dawson | January 3, 1921 (age 100) | Football player | Australian Army | Australia |
| Eddie Deerfield | August 24, 1923 (age 98) | Government official | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Vincent DeRosa | October 5, 1920 (age 100) | Musician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Gene Derricotte | June 14, 1926 (age 95) | American football player, Tuskegee Airmen | US Army | United States |
| Klaus von Dohnanyi | June 23, 1928 (age 93) | Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Charles Dolan | October 16, 1926 (age 94) | Businessman, Philanthropist | US Army Air Force | United States |
| 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 | November 1, 1926 (age 94) | Musician | US Navy | United States |
| William I. Donnermeyer Sr. | September 19, 1924 (age 96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Harry Dornbrand | November 10, 1922 (age 98) | Aerospace engineer | US Navy | United States |
| Bruce L. Douglas | July 14, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Karl-Heinz Drews [de] | December 22, 1929 (age 91) | General | Volkssturm
Wehrmacht |
Germany |
| Roy Drinkard | July 12, 1920 (age 101) | Businessman | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Charles C. Droz | July 8, 1924 (age 97) | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Richard L. Duchossois | October 7, 1921 (age 99) | Sports businessman | US Army | United States |
| 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 |
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12 veterans
| Birth | Notability | Service | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Edenton | November 3, 1926 (age 94) | Musician | US Army | United States |
| James Francis Edwards | June 5, 1921 (age 100) | World War II flying ace | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| George Elder | March 10, 1921 (age 100) | Baseball player | US Marines | United States |
| Eberhard Eimler | November 30, 1930 (age 90) | General | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Alfred Einwag [de] | March 18, 1928 (age 93) | Lawyer | Heer | Germany |
| Princess Elizabeth | April 21, 1926 (age 95) | Queen of the Commonwealth Realms | Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Billy Emerson | December 21, 1925 (age 95) | Singer, songwriter | US Navy | United States |
| Juan Ponce Enrile | February 14, 1924 (age 97) | Lawyer | Philippine Navy | Philippines |
| Carl Erskine | December 13, 1926 (age 94) | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 (age 95) | Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) | US Navy | United States |
| Klas Ewert Everwyn [de] | March 10, 1930 (age 91) | Author | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Anthony Eyton | May 17, 1923 (age 98) | Artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
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21 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Falkenburg | January 29, 1926 (age 95) | Tennis player, entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Josef-Gerhard Farkas [de] | July 13, 1929 (age 92) | Hungariologist | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Benjamin B. Ferencz | March 11, 1920 (age 101) | Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials | US Army | United States |
| David Ferry | March 5, 1924 (age 97) | Poet & professor | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Edward Field | June 7, 1924 (age 97) | Poet & author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Frank Field | March 30, 1923 (age 98) | Meteorologist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Nathaniel Fiennes | September 22, 1920 (age 100) | British hereditary peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Mario Fiorentini [it] | May 28, 1918 (age 103) | Partisan, mathematician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Leonard Everett Fisher | June 24, 1924 (age 97) | Children's writer & illustrator | US Army | United States |
| Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg [de] | May 9, 1919 (age 102) | General | Heer | Germany |
| Sergio Flamigni | October 22, 1925 (age 95) | Politician & writer | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Samuel C. Florman | January 19, 1925 (age 96) | Civil engineer, author | US Navy | United States |
| Loretta Ford | December 28, 1920 (age 100) | Nurse, Academic | US Army Air Forces | 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 |
| James Clayton Flowers | December 25, 1915 (age 105) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | United States Army Air Forces | United States |
| Paul Fox | October 27, 1925 (age 95) | Television executive | British Army | United Kingdom |
| 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 |
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38 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnald Gabriel | May 31, 1925 (age 96) | Conductor of the US Air Force Band | US Army | United States |
| Samuel Rhea Gammon III | January 22, 1924 (age 97) | Ambassador | US Army | United States |
| Norman Garbo | February 15, 1919 (age 102) | Author & lecturer | 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 | United States |
| Stanley Michael Gartler | June 9, 1923 (age 98) | Biologist & geneticist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Philippe de Gaulle | December 28, 1921 (age 99) | Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
| Léon Gautier [fr] | October 27, 1922 (age 98) | Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
| Theodore H. Geballe | January 20, 1920 (age 101) | Physicist | US Army | United States |
| Eddie Germano | November 15, 1924 (age 96) | Cartoonist | US Army | United States |
| Harry Gesner | April 28, 1925 (age 96) | Architect | US Army | United States |
| Andrée Geulen-Herscovici | September 6, 1921 (age 100) | Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children | Belgian Resistance | Belgium |
| Roy Gibson | July 4, 1924 (age 97) | Aerospace engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
| I. Leo Glasser | April 6, 1924 (age 97) | Judge | US Army | United States |
| Charles Godfrey | September 24, 1917 (age 103) | Physician, professor, politician | Canada | |
| Howard Golden | 1925 (age 95–96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Harry E. Goldsworthy | April 3, 1914 (age 107) | Lieutenant General | US Army | United States |
| U. L. Gooch | September 13, 1923 (age 98) | Politician | US Army | United States |
| John B. Goodenough | July 25, 1922 (age 99) | Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | US Army | United States |
| Alfred T. Goodwin | June 29, 1923 (age 98) | Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991) | US Army | United States |
| Bert I. Gordon | September 24, 1922 (age 98) | Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Noah Gordon | November 11, 1926 (age 94) | Novelist | US Army | United States |
| René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 (age 98) | Bishop | Flying Tigers | United States |
| Friedrich Grade [de] | March 29, 1916 (age 105) | Engineer and naval officer | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| David E. Grange, Jr. | April 9, 1925 (age 96) | General | US Army | United States |
| Bud Grant | May 20, 1927 (age 94) | Athlete | US Navy | United States |
| John R. Gray | May 14, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Bill Grayden | August 5, 1920 (age 101) | Politician | Australian Army | Australia |
| Bill Greason | September 3, 1924 (age 97) | Baseball player | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Peter Green | December 22, 1924 (age 96) | Historian | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Russell H. Greenan | September 17, 1925 (age 95) | Author | US Navy | United States |
| Maurice R. Greenberg | May 4, 1925 (age 96) | CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) | US Army | United States |
| Shecky Greene | April 8, 1926 (age 95) | Comedian | US Navy | United States |
| Stu Griffing | November 9, 1926 (age 94) | Olympic rower | US Army | United States |
| Werner Grossmann | March 6, 1929 (age 92) | Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Doris Grumbach | July 12, 1918 (age 103) | Writer | Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service | United States |
| Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 (age 97) | Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) | US Navy | United States |
H
36 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jürgen Habermas | June 18, 1929 (age 92) | Philosopher; sociologist | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
| Barbara Hall | February 3, 1923 (age 98) | Crossword puzzle editor | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
| Gail Halvorsen | October 10, 1920 (age 100) | US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Ian Hamilton | September 13, 1925 (age 96) | Lawyer, Scottish nationalist, participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Walter Hanel [de] | September 30, 1930 (age 90) | Political caricaturist | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Arnold Hano | March 2, 1922 (age 99) | Writer | US Army | United States |
| Monique Hanotte | August 10, 1920 (age 101) | Member of Belgian Resistance | Belgian Resistance | Belgium |
| G. Homer Harding | December 7, 1925 (age 95) | Politician | US Army | United States |
| George Hardy | June 8, 1925 (age 96) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Robert Harlow | November 19, 1923 (age 97) | Writer, academic | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Sheldon Harnick | April 30, 1924 (age 97) | Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof) | US Army | United States |
| Ted Hartley | November 6, 1924 (age 96) | Pilot, banker, actor, film producer | US Navy | United States |
| Chris Haughey | October 3, 1925 (age 95) | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
| Helmut Hauptmann | March 12, 1928 (age 93) | Writer | Heer | Germany |
| Bill Hayes | June 5, 1925 (age 96) | Actor | US Naval Air Corps | United States |
| Thomas B. Hayward | May 3, 1924 (age 97) | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
| Eric Heath | November 28, 1923 (age 97) | Artist | Royal New Zealand Air Force | New Zealand |
| Robert Hébras | June 29, 1925 (age 96) | Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor | French Resistance | Free France |
| John Hemingway | July 17, 1919 (age 102) | Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Józef Hen | November 8, 1923 (age 97) | Writer | Polish People's Army | Poland |
| James Hennessy | September 26, 1923 (age 97) | Diplomat, prison official | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Werner Henninger [de] | April 7, 1929 (age 92) | Admiral | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Laurin L. Henry | May 23, 1921 (age 100) | Researcher | US Navy | United States |
| Elwood Hillis | March 6, 1926 (age 95) | Indiana congressman (1971–1987) | US Army | United States |
| Cyril Hilsum | May 17, 1925 (age 96) | Physicist, academic | Royal Navy | United Kingdom} |
| Stuart Hodes | November 27, 1924 (age 96) | Dancer, choreographer, writer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Earl Holliman | September 11, 1928 (age 93) | Actor | US Navy | United States |
| A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | September 21, 1923 (age 97) | Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974) | US Army | United States |
| Masao Horie [ja] | June 16, 1915 (age 106) | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973) | Imperial Japanese Army | 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 |
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1 veteran
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Robert Ignatius | November 11, 1920 (age 100) | Government official | US Navy | United States |
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16 veterans
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René de Obaldia | October 22, 1918 (age 102) | Playwright & poet | French Army | France |
| Helmut Oberlander | February 15, 1924 (age 97) | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Heer | Germany |
| 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
| 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
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Quie | September 18, 1923 (age 97) | Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | US Navy | United States |
R
29 veterans
| 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 |
| Józef Rusak [pl] | March 17, 1920 (age 101) | Member of Polish Resistance | Home Army | Poland |
| 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
64 veterans
| 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 |
| Charles Grier Sellers | September 9, 1923 (age 98) | Historian | US Army | 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
| 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
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yosh Uchida | April 1, 1920 (age 101) | Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | US Army | United States |
V
7 veterans
| 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
| 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 | United States |
| 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
1 veteran
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Xydias | March 22, 1922 (age 99) | Auto racing driver | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Y
4 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl P. Yates | December 23, 1923 (age 97) | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
| 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
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolf Zick [de] | April 16, 1921 (age 100) | Journalist | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
| Heinz Zickler [de] | March 25, 1920 (age 101) | Musician | Heer | Germany |
| Franklin B. Zimmerman | June 20, 1923 (age 98) | Musicologist, conductor | US Army | United States |
| Zou Jiahua | October 1926 (age 94) | Politician | National Revolutionary Army | Republic of China |
| Leszek Żukowski [pl] | February 11, 1929 (age 92) | President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | Gray Ranks | Poland |
| Stanisław Żurakowski [pl] | July 24, 1920 (age 101) | Polish lieutenant colonel | Polish Army
Anders' Army Polish Armed Forces in the West |
Poland |