List of notable surviving veterans of World War II
This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945).
List
Total of 674 veterans listed
A
24 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah CD | October 2, 1923 | Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Federated Malay States |
| S. Daniel Abraham[1] | August 15, 1924 | Businessman, philanthropist | US Army[2] |  United States |
| Valdas Adamkus | November 3, 1926 | President of Lithuania | Lithuanian resistance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lithuania |
| Lee Adams | August 14, 1924 | Musician | US Army | United States |
| Hans Albert | February 8, 1921 | Philosopher | Heer | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Germany |
| Marshall Allen | May 25, 1924 | Musician | US Army | United States |
| Wolfgang Altenburg | June 24, 1928 | General | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| Walter Althammer | March 12, 1928 | Politician | Heer | Germany |
| Aksel Andersen | Accused of War Crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany | |
| James A. Andersen | September 21, 1924 | Politician, judge | US Army | United States |
| Bud Anderson | January 13, 1922 | Fighter pilot | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| William S. Anderson | March 29, 1919 | President and chairman of the NCR Corporation | Royal Hong Kong Regiment | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} British Hong Kong |
| Valérie André | April 21, 1922 | General, neurosurgeon, aviator | French Resistance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Free France |
| Roger Angell | September 19, 1920 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
| Ray Anthony | January 20, 1922 | Bandleader and trumpeter | US Navy | United States |
| Stefan Arczyński | July 31, 1916 | Photographer | Luftwaffe Heer |
Germany |
| George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 | Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) | US Army | United States |
| Michael Arnold | December 27, 1928 | Professor | Heer | Germany |
| Stanisław Aronson | May 6, 1925 | Order of Polonia Restituta recipient | Home Army |  Poland |
| Austin Asche | November 28, 1925 | Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge | Royal Australian Air Force | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Yitzhak Arad | November 11, 1926 | Historian, author, general | Soviet partisans |  Soviet Union |
| Helmut Ashley | September 17, 1919 | Cinematographer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Vasily Astafyev | October 26, 1919 | Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| Roy Austen-Smith | June 28, 1924 | RAF air marshal | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |  United Kingdom |
B
75 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Bach | 1925 (age 95–96) | Psychologist, psychoanalyst | US Armed Forces | United States |
| Robert L. Backman | March 22, 1922 | Lawyer, politician | US Army | United States |
| Peter Badie | May 17, 1925 | Jazz bass guitarist | US Navy | United States |
| Dave Bailey | February 22, 1926 | Musician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Millie Bailey | February 3, 1918 | Civil servant | Women's Army Corps | United States |
| Victor Balashov | December 24, 1924 | Broadcaster | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| Walter Balderson | September 19, 1926 | Television pioneer | US Navy | United States |
| Vincent Ball | December 4, 1923 | Actor | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| Clinton Ballou | June 18, 1923 | Biochemist, professor | US Navy | United States |
| James Bama | April 28, 1926 | Artist | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Bob Barker | December 12, 1923 | Game show host | US Navy | United States |
| Haven J. Barlow | January 4, 1922 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Phil Batt | March 4, 1927 | 29th Governor of Idaho | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Karlheinz Bauer | April 24, 1928 | Former head of Bauer Group | Heer | Germany |
| William Joseph Bauer | September 15, 1926 | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
| Léonel Beaudoin | September 13, 1924 | Politician | Canadian Army | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Julius W. Becton, Jr. | June 29, 1926 | American military officer, former FEMA director | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 | American singer | US Navy | United States |
| V.J. Bella | July 29, 1927 | American politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Tony Bennett | August 3, 1926 | Singer | US Army | United States |
| Paul Berg | June 30, 1926 | Chemist | US Navy | United States |
| Alan Bergman | September 11, 1925 | Songwriter | US Army | United States |
| Rasammah Bhupalan | May 1, 1927 | Social activist | Indian National Army |  Azad Hind |
| Ruth Bidgood | July 20, 1922 | Poet, historian | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
| Max Bingham | March 18, 1927 | Politician | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
| Walter Bingham | 1924 (age 96–97) | Journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Bryan Harvey Bjarnason | April 2, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Timuel Black | December 7, 1918 | Historian, author, activist | US Army | United States |
| Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Robert J. Blackwell | February 26, 1925 | Government official | US Navy | United States |
| Eric Blackwood | December 7, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force |
Canada United Kingdom |
| Simon Bland | 1923 (age 97–98) | Courtier | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Harry Blank | May 24, 1925 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
| Hans Blohm | November 12, 1927 | Photographer and author | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| Hans Blum | May 23, 1928 | Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino) | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
| Naftali Blumenthal | March 1, 1922 | Politician | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
| Robert Bly | December 23, 1926 | Poet | US Navy | United States |
| Ronald Blythe | November 6, 1922 | Author | United Kingdom | |
| Vittore Bocchetta | November 15, 1918 | Sculptor, painter & academic | Italian Resistance |  Italian Resistance |
| Emil Boček | February 25, 1923 | Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Werner Böcking | January 24, 1929 [3] | Archaeologist, author | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Gottfried Böhm | January 23, 1920 | Architect | Heer | Germany |
| Daoud Bokhary | January 15, 1920 | Businessman | British Indian Army |  British India |
| Dave Bolen | December 23, 1923 | Olympic runner and ambassador | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Peter Jeffrey Booker | 1924 (age 96–97) | Engineer, historian | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Jacques Borker | 1922 (age 98–99) | Artist | French Resistance | Free France |
| George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth | October 31, 1919 | British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994) | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Cloyd Boyer | September 1, 1927 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Robert William Bradford | December 17, 1923 | Artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Lewis M. Branscomb | August 17, 1926 | Scientist | US Navy | United States |
| Egidius Braun | February 27, 1925 | President of the German Football Association | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Ted E. Brewerton | March 30, 1925 | General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Denis Brian | December 11, 1923 | Journalist, author | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Hugo Broch | January 6, 1922 | World War II flying ace | Luftwaffe | Germany |
| Manuel Bromberg | March 6, 1917 | Artist, professor | US Army | United States |
| Victor Brombert | November 11, 1923 | Professor | US Army | United States |
| Mel Brooks | June 28, 1926 | Director, actor, producer | US Army, Battle of the Bulge | United States |
| Bobby Brown | October 25, 1924 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Bud Brown | June 18, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Geoff Brown | April 4, 1927 | Tennis player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| June Brown | February 16, 1927 | Actress | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Mervyn Brown | September 24, 1923 | Diplomat, historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Stephen Brown | October 3, 1924 | Judge | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
| Walt Brown | July 28, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Andrew Bruce | February 17, 1924 | 11th Earl of Elgin | British Army, Scots Guards | United Kingdom |
| Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury | March 31, 1926 | British peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Ashley Bryan | July 13, 1923 | Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | US Army | United States |
| Arthur E. Bryson | October 7, 1925 | Control theorist | US Navy | United States |
| James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 | Politician; New York senator (1971–1977) | US Navy | United States |
| Frederick Buechner | July 11, 1926 | Christian author, minister, and theologian | US Army | United States |
| Veljko Bulajić | March 22, 1928 | Film director | Yugoslav Partisans | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| Jack Burke, Jr. | January 29, 1923 | 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 | Musician | US Navy | United States |
| Julian J. Bussgang | March 26, 1925 | Mathematician, author | Polish Armed Forces in the West British Army |
Poland United Kingdom |
C
39 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Cardenas | March 10, 1920 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Eric Carle | June 25, 1929 | Children's author & illustrator | Dug trenches on the Siegfried Line | Germany |
| Harry Carmean | August 5, 1922 | Painter | US Army | United States |
| Lou Carnesecca | May 1, 1925 | Basketball coach | US Coast Guard | United States |
| Gerard Caris | March 20, 1925 | Artist | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 | 39th U.S. President | US Navy | United States |
| Jean-Gabriel Castel | June 21, 1925 | Law professor | French Resistance | Free France |
| Patrick Skene Catling | February 14, 1925 | Journalist, author | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Nadia Cattouse | November 2, 1924 | Actress, singer, songwriter | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Raymond Cauchetier | January 10, 1920 | Photographer | French Resistance | Free France |
| Robert A. Chase | January 1, 1923 | Surgeon, professor | US Army | United States |
| J. D. Chesswas | 1919 (age 101–102) | Author, linguist | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Kenneth O. Chilstrom | April 20, 1921 | Air force officer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Bob Chinn | March 2, 1923 | Restaurateur | US Army | United States |
| Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher | April 25, 1925 | Businessman, trade unionist, tax official | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Marc Clark | October 23, 1923 | Sculptor | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Ramsey Clark | December 18, 1927 | 66th US Attorney General | US Marine Corps | United States |
| John B. Cobb | February 9, 1925 | Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist | US Army | United States |
| Eric Cockeram | July 4, 1924 | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom[4] | |
| Sterling R. Cockrill | April 7, 1925 | Politician, artist | US Navy | United States |
| Avern Cohn | July 23, 1924 | Judge | US Army | United States |
| Marthe Cohn | April 13, 1920 | Author, spy | French Army |  France |
| Tony Collins | March 19, 1926 | Football player, manager and scout | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Ena Collymore-Woodstock | September 10, 1917 | Solicitor, magistrate | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Leon Comber | September 20, 1921 | Author | British Indian Army | British India |
| Fred Cone | June 21, 1926 | American football player | US Army | United States |
| Robert H. Conn | June 8, 1925 | Government official | US Navy | United States |
| Harry Connick Sr. | March 27, 1926 | Attorney | US Navy | United States |
| Charles H. Coolidge | August 4, 1921 | Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | United States |
| Jerome Coopersmith | August 11, 1925 | Dramatist | US Army | United States |
| Tom Copeland | April 17, 1924 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr. | September 29, 1925 | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
| Roger Corman | April 5, 1926 | Filmmaker & actor | V-12 Navy College Training Program | United States |
| Jack Couffer | December 7, 1924 | Cinematographer, director, author | US Army | United States |
| John Cruickshank | May 20, 1920 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | British Army Royal Air Force |
United Kingdom |
| Charles Csuri | July 4, 1922 | Artist | US Army | United States |
| Iris Cummings | December 21, 1920 | Olympic swimmer, Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
| Peter Cundall | April 1, 1927 | Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008) | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Donald L. Custis | July 23, 1917 | Surgeon General of the United States Navy | US Navy | United States |
D
28 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllis Dalton | October 16, 1925 | Costume designer | Women's Royal Naval Service | United States |
| Ernest L. Daman | March 14, 1923 | Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor | US Army | United States |
| Henry Danton | March 30, 1919 | Dancer, teacher | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Louis Danziger | November 17, 1923 | Graphic designer, professor | US Army | United States |
| R. W. Davies | April 23, 1925 | Professor | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Bob Dawson | January 3, 1921 | Football player | Australian Army | Australia |
| Eddie Deerfield | August 24, 1923 | Government official | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Angelo Del Boca | May 23, 1925 | Historian | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Vincent DeRosa | October 5, 1920 | Musician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Gene Derricotte | June 14, 1926 | American football player, Tuskegee Airmen | US Army | United States |
| C. G. Devashar | June 19, 1924 | Air marshal | Royal Indian Air Force | British India |
| George Dickson | September 27, 1923 | Football player | US Army | United States |
| Allen Dines | November 20, 1921 | Politician | US Navy Reserve | United States |
| Klaus von Dohnanyi | June 23, 1928 | 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 | US Senator (1969–1996); 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee; 1996 Republican presidential nominee | US Army | United States |
| Lou Donaldson | November 1, 1926 | Musician | US Navy | United States |
| William I. Donnermeyer Sr. | September 19, 1924 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Harry Dornbrand | November 10, 1922 | Aerospace engineer | US Navy | United States |
| Bruce L. Douglas | July 14, 1925 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Karl-Heinz Drews | December 22, 1929 | General | Volkssturm Wehrmacht |
Germany |
| Roy Drinkard | July 12, 1920 | Businessman | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Charles C. Droz | July 8, 1924 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Richard L. Duchossois | October 7, 1921 | Sports businessman | US Army | United States |
| Patrick Duffy | June 17, 1920 | President of the NATO Assembly | Fleet Air Arm | United Kingdom |
| Roland Dumas | August 23, 1922 | Politician, lawyer | French Resistance | Free France |
| Charles Duncan, Jr. | September 9, 1926 | Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Winfield Dunn | July 1, 1927 | Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975) | US Navy | United States |
E
15 veterans
| Birth | Notability | Service | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Eby | November 9, 1918 | Pilot | US Navy | United States |
| Ray Edenton | November 3, 1926 | Musician | US Army | United States |
| Edwin Edwards | August 7, 1927 | Governor of Louisiana (1972–1980, 1984–1988; 1992–1996); congressman from Louisiana (1965–1972) | US Navy | United States |
| James Francis Edwards | June 5, 1921 | World War II flying ace | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| George Elder | March 10, 1921 | Baseball player | US Marines | United States |
| Eberhard Eimler | November 30, 1930 | General | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Alfred Einwag | March 18, 1928 | Lawyer | Heer | Germany |
| Princess Elizabeth | April 21, 1926 | Queen of the Commonwealth Realms | Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Billy Emerson | December 21, 1925 | Singer, songwriter | US Navy | United States |
| Juan Ponce Enrile | February 14, 1924 | Lawyer | Philippine Navy |  Philippines |
| Jerald Ericksen | December 20, 1924 | Mathematician | US Navy | United States |
| Carl Erskine | December 13, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 | Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) | US Navy | United States |
| Klas Ewert Everwyn | March 10, 1930 | Author | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Anthony Eyton | May 17, 1923 | Artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
F
27 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Falkenburg | January 29, 1926 | Tennis player, entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Josef-Gerhard Farkas | July 13, 1929 | Hungariologist | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Hubert Faure | May 28, 1914 | Legion of Honour recipient, Member of Commando Kieffer | French Army Free French Army |
France Free France |
| Nicholas Felice | February 5, 1927 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Benjamin B. Ferencz | March 11, 1920 | Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials | US Army | United States |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | March 24, 1919 | Poet | US Navy | United States |
| David Ferry | March 5, 1924 | Poet & professor | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Edward Field | June 7, 1924 | Poet & author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Frank Field | March 30, 1923 | Meteorologist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Nathaniel Fiennes | September 22, 1920 | British hereditary peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Mario Fiorentini | May 28, 1918 | Partisan, mathematician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Bernhard Fisch | August 22, 1926 | Writer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Leonard Everett Fisher | June 24, 1924 | Children's writer & illustrator | US Army | United States |
| Jimmy Fitzmorris | November 15, 1921 | Businessman, politician | US Army | United States |
| Sergio Flamigni | October 22, 1925 | Politician & writer | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Samuel C. Florman | January 19, 1925 | Civil engineer, author | US Navy | United States |
| Loretta Ford | December 28, 1920 | Nurse, Academic | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Patrick Forrest | 1923 (age 97–98) | Surgeon | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Wieland Förster | February 12, 1930 | Painter, writer | Volkssturm | Germany |
| John S. Foster Jr. | September 18, 1922 | Physicist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| James Clayton Flowers | December 25, 1915 | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | United States Army Air Forces | United States |
| Paul Fox | October 27, 1925 | Television executive | British Army | United Kingdom |
| J. Keith Fraser | February 18, 1922 | Physical geographer | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force |
Canada United Kingdom |
| Russell Freeburg | March 4, 1923 | Editor of the Chicago Tribune | US Army | United States |
| Jean Frydman | June 26, 1925 | Businessman | French Resistance | Free France |
| Daniel Fuller | August 28, 1925 | Theologian | US Navy | United States |
| Andrew Fulton | January 23, 1927 | Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983) | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
G
41 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnald Gabriel | May 31, 1925 | Conductor of the US Air Force Band | US Army | United States |
| Samuel Rhea Gammon III | January 22, 1924 | Ambassador | US Army | United States |
| Norman Garbo | February 15, 1919 | Author & lecturer | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Harold Garde | June 7, 1923 | Artist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Bernard Garfield | March 27, 1924 | Bassoonist | US Army | United States |
| Stanley Michael Gartler | June 9, 1923 | Biologist & geneticist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Philippe de Gaulle | December 28, 1921 | Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
| Léon Gautier | October 27, 1922 | Legion of Honour recipient, Member of Commando Kieffer | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
| Theodore H. Geballe | January 20, 1920 | Physicist | US Army | United States |
| Hubert Germain | August 6, 1920 | Former minister (1972–1974); Compagnon de la Libération | Free French Army | Free France |
| Eddie Germano | November 15, 1924 | Cartoonist | US Army | United States |
| Harry Gesner | April 28, 1925 | Architect | US Army | United States |
| Andrée Geulen-Herscovici | September 6, 1921 | Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children | Belgian Resistance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| Roy Gibson | July 4, 1924 | Aerospace engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
| I. Leo Glasser | April 6, 1924 | Judge | US Army | United States |
| Charles Godfrey | September 24, 1917 | Physician, professor, politician | Canada | |
| Howard Golden | 1925 (age 95–96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Harry E. Goldsworthy | April 3, 1914 | Lieutenant General | US Army | United States |
| Wiesław Gołas | October 9, 1930 | Actor | Gray Ranks | Poland |
| U. L. Gooch | September 13, 1923 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| John B. Goodenough | July 25, 1922 | Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | US Army | United States |
| Alfred T. Goodwin | June 29, 1923 | Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991) | US Army | United States |
| Bert I. Gordon | September 24, 1922 | Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Noah Gordon | November 11, 1926 | Novelist | US Army | United States |
| René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 | Bishop | Flying Tigers | United States |
| David E. Grange, Jr. | April 9, 1925 | General | US Army | United States |
| Anatoli Granovsky | 1922 (age 98–99) | Defected NKVD agent, author | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| John R. Gray | May 14, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Bill Grayden | August 5, 1920 | Politician | Australian Army | Australia |
| Bill Greason | September 3, 1924 | Baseball player | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Peter Green | December 22, 1924 | Historian | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Russell H. Greenan | September 17, 1925 | Author | US Navy | United States |
| Martin Greenberg | February 3, 1918 | Poet, translator | US Armed Forces | United States |
| Maurice R. Greenberg | May 4, 1925 | CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) | US Army | United States |
| Shecky Greene | April 8, 1926 | Comedian | US Navy | United States |
| Stu Griffing | November 9, 1926 | Olympic rower | US Army | United States |
| Hans-Werner Grosse | November 28, 1922 | Aviator | Luftwaffe | Germany |
| Werner Grossmann | March 6, 1929 | Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Johnny Groth | July 23, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Doris Grumbach | July 12, 1918 | Writer | Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service | United States |
| Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 | Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) | US Navy | United States |
H
38 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Hall | February 3, 1923 | Crossword puzzle editor | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
| Gail Halvorsen | October 10, 1920 | US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Ian Hamilton | September 13, 1925 | Lawyer, Scottish nationalist, participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Walter Hanel | September 30, 1930 | Political caricaturist | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Arnold Hano | March 2, 1922 | Writer | US Army | United States |
| G. Homer Harding | December 7, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| George Hardy | June 8, 1925 | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Robert Harlow | November 19, 1923 | Writer, academic | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Sheldon Harnick | April 30, 1924 | Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof) | US Army | United States |
| Ted Hartley | November 6, 1924 | Pilot, banker, actor, film producer | US Navy | United States |
| Karl-Günther von Hase | December 15, 1917 | German Ambassador to the UK (1970–1977) | Heer | Germany |
| Chris Haughey | October 3, 1925 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
| Helmut Hauptmann | March 12, 1928 | Writer | Heer | Germany |
| Bill Hayes | June 5, 1925 | Actor | US Naval Air Corps | United States |
| Thomas B. Hayward | May 3, 1924 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
| Eric Heath | November 28, 1923 | Artist | Royal New Zealand Air Force |  New Zealand |
| Robert Hébras | June 29, 1925 | Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor | French Resistance | Free France |
| Paul Hellyer | August 6, 1923 | Engineer and politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
| John Hemingway | July 17, 1919 | Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Józef Hen | November 8, 1923 | Writer | Polish People's Army | Poland |
| James Hennessy | September 26, 1923 | Diplomat, prison official | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Werner Henninger | April 7, 1929 | Admiral | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Laurin L. Henry | May 23, 1921 | Researcher | US Navy | United States |
| Elwood Hillis | March 6, 1926 | Indiana congressman (1971–1987) | US Army | United States |
| Cyril Hilsum | May 17, 1925 | Physicist, academic | Royal Navy | United Kingdom} |
| Georg Himmelheber | August 4, 1929 | Historian | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Stuart Hodes | November 27, 1924 | Dancer, choreographer, writer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Horst-Klaus Hofmann | November 20, 1928 | Secretary of the German YMCA | Heer | Germany |
| Earl Holliman | September 11, 1928 | Actor | US Navy | United States |
| A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | September 21, 1923 | Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974) | US Army | United States |
| Amos Horev | June 30, 1924 | Military officer | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
| Ted Horlick | September 28, 1925 | Admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Thomas W. Horton | December 29, 1919 | Pilot | Royal New Zealand Air Force | New Zealand |
| Tom Hughes | November 26, 1923 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| Evan Hultman | July 15, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Edwin Hunt | March 20, 1920 | Queen's Bargemaster | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Francis Huré | October 5, 1916 | Ambassador, writer | Free French Army | Free France |
| Harold Hyman | July 24, 1924 | American Civil War historian | US Marine Corps | United States |
I
3 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Robert Ignatius | November 11, 1920 | Government official | US Navy | United States |
| Paul Ioannidis | February 22, 1924 | Businessman | Greek People's Liberation Army | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece |
| Daniel Ivin | April 16, 1932 | Writer | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
J
17 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Jamison | July 3, 1925 | Artist | US Navy | United States |
| Stephen A. Jarislowsky | September 9, 1925 | Businessman, billionaire | US Army | United States |
| Alexander Jefferson | November 15, 1921 | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Edward B. Jelks | September 10, 1922 | Archaeologist | US Navy | United States |
| William A. Jenkins | November 2, 1917 | Admiral | US Coast Guard | United States |
| Karl Jetter | June 2, 1929 | Journalist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Norman Jewison | July 21, 1926 | Filmmaker | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
| David Johnson | 1926 (age 94–95) | Photographer | US Navy | United States |
| Johnny Johnson | November 25, 1921 | Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Marilyn P. Johnson | June 19, 1922 | Diplomat | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
| Bill Johnston | January 2, 1925 | Golfer | US Navy | United States |
| Marshall Johnston | July 20, 1922 | Diplomat | Australian Army | Australia |
| Dub Jones | December 29, 1924 | American football player | US Navy | United States |
| Lawrence W. Jones | 1925 (age 95–96) | Physicist, professor | US Army | United States |
| Raymond Jones | July 18, 1925 | Architect | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
| George Joseph | September 11, 1921 | Founder of Mercury Insurance Group | US Army | United States |
| George Judge | May 2, 1925 | Professor, econometrician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
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18 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajan Kadiragamar | 1922 (age 98–99) | Admiral | Royal Ceylon Navy | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ceylon |
| Bernard Kalb | February 4, 1922 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
| Adolfo Kaminsky | October 1, 1925 | French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust | French Resistance French Army |
Free France |
| Walter Kaufmann | January 24, 1924 | Writer | Australian Army | Australia |
| Sydney Kentridge | November 5, 1922 | Lawyer, judge | South African Army | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Africa |
| John Keston | December 5, 1924 | Actor, singer, runner | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Witold Kieżun | February 6, 1922 | Economist | Home Army | Poland |
| Elisabeth Kirkby | January 26, 1921 | Actress, writer, broadcaster | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Henry Kissinger | May 27, 1923 | Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | US Army | United States |
| Helma Kissner | December 23, 1923 (age 96) | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Kazimierz Klimczak | February 15, 1914 | Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising | Polish Army Home Army |
Poland |
| Ted Knap | May 26, 1920 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
| Jill Knight | July 9, 1923 | Politician, life peer | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Herbert Köfer | February 17, 1921 | Actor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Barbara Kremen | 1922 (age 98–99) | Writer | Women's Army Corps | United States |
| Herbert Kroker | August 24, 1929 | Politician | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Hardy Krüger | April 12, 1928 | German actor | Heer | Germany |
| Charlie Kulp | September 20, 1925 | Aerobatic pilot | US Navy | United States |
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32 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traute Lafrenz | May 3, 1919 | Member of the White Rose | Germany | |
| Robert J. Lagomarsino | September 4, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Archie Lamb | October 23, 1921 | Diplomat, writer and businessman | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
| Horst Langes | December 2, 1928 | Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Phyllis Latour | April 8, 1921 | 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 | June 3, 1929 | Artist | Germany | |
| Peter Lax | May 1, 1926 | Mathematician | US Navy | United States |
| Anthony Lazzaro | January 31, 1921 | Academic | US Navy | United States |
| Norman Lear | July 27, 1922 | Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Nikolai Lebedev | December 15, 1921 | Actor | Red Navy | Soviet Union |
| Jean Lee | July 26, 1924 | Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division | Canada |
| James Lees | February 14, 1924 | Maritime expert, curator | Royal Navy British Merchant Navy |
United Kingdom |
| Juhan Lepasaar | May 13, 1921 | Writer, journalist, former Gulag prisoner | Forest Brothers Luftwaffenhelfer |
 Estonia Germany |
| Ülo Lepik | July 11, 1921 | Mathematician, academician | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
| Ted Lerner | October 15, 1925 | Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals | US Army | United States |
| Sonny Lester | November 15, 1924 | Music producer | US Army | United States |
| Marv Levy | August 3, 1925 | Football coach | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Albert B. Lewis | October 16, 1925 | Politician, lawyer | US Army | United States |
| Guenter Lewy | August 22, 1923 | Author, professor | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Mark Litchman | April 14, 1925 | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | United States |
| Peter Lloyd | December 15, 1920 | Aviator | Australian Army | Australia |
| Nina Lobkovskaya | March 8, 1925 | Sniper | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi | 1922 (age 98–99) | Admiral | Royal Indian Navy | British India |
| Dick Long | May 4, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| Elgen Long | August 12, 1927 | Aviator, historian, author | US Navy | United States |
| Ernst Löschner | June 20, 1929 | Conductor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| David Elliot Loye | April 26, 1925 | Author, psychologist | US Navy | United States |
| Dick Lucas | September 10, 1925 | Anglican minister | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| William R. Lucas | March 1, 1922 | Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center | US Navy | United States |
| Johnny Lujack | January 4, 1925 | Football player | US Navy | United States |
| Bernt H. Lund | August 14, 1924 | Civil servant, diplomat, politician | Norwegian resistance movement |  Norway |
| Ted Luscombe | November 10, 1924 | Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990) | British Indian Army British Army |
British India United Kingdom |
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79 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terence Macartney-Filgate | August 6, 1924 | Film director | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Ian Verner Macdonald | January 19, 1925 | Diplomat, entrepreneur | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Navy |
Canada United Kingdom |
| Maharram Mammadyarov | October 17, 1924 | Chemist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| Branko Mamula | May 30, 1921 | Yugoslav Defense Minister (1982–1988) | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| George Mandel | February 11, 1920 | Author | US Army | United States |
| Emil Mangelsdorff | April 11, 1925 | Musician | Heer | Germany |
| Marion Mann | March 29, 1920 | Physician, pathologist | US Army | United States |
| Josip Manolić | March 22, 1920 | Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991) | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| Leroy J. Manor | February 21, 1921 | Air Force general | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Robert Marchand | November 26, 1911 | Cyclist | French Army | France |
| Irwin Marcus | March 18, 1919 | Physician | US Army | United States |
| Joseph Margolis | May 16, 1924 | Philosopher | US Army | United States |
| Lee Marmon | September 20, 1925 | Photographer, artist | US Army | United States |
| Leslie Marr | August 14, 1922 | Artist, racing driver, Baronet | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Steve Marsh | September 11, 1924 | Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| Peter Marshall | March 30, 1926 | TV personality & actor | US Army[5] | United States |
| Ray Marshall | August 22, 1928 | US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) | US Navy | United States |
| Gordon Eugene Martin | August 22, 1925 | Physicist, author | US Navy | United States |
| Knox Martin | February 12, 1923 | Artist | US Coast Guard | United States |
| Mac Martin | April 26, 1925 | Bluegrass musician | US Navy | United States |
| Angel Martín Taboas | June 18, 1918 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | US Armed Forces | United States |
| Jaswant Singh Marwah | January 21, 1921 | Journalist, author | British Indian Army | British India |
| Anthony Mason | April 21, 1925 | Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| Miloslav Masopust | September 26, 1924 | General | 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR |  Czechoslovakia |
| Joseph Matarazzo | November 12, 1925 | Psychologist | US Navy | United States |
| Helmut Matheis | November 21, 1917 | Typographer, calligrapher, graphic artist | Heer | Germany |
| Robert D. Maurer | July 20, 1924 | Physicist | US Army | United States |
| Charlie Maxwell | April 8, 1927 | Baseball Player | US Army | United States |
| Wendell Wise Mayes Jr. | March 2, 1924 | Radio and television executive | US Navy | United States |
| Kenneth Mayhew | January 18, 1917 | Knight of the Military William Order | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | March 20, 1921 | Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) | French Army Free French Army French Air Force |
France Free France |
| William V. McBride | May 25, 1922 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Lloyd McCuiston | March 26, 1918 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Charles McGee | December 7, 1919 | Air Force officer, Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Robert McGinnis | February 3, 1926 | Artist, illustrator | US Merchant Marine | United States |
| Fred McLafferty | May 11, 1923 | Chemist | US Army | United States |
| Art McNally | July 1, 1925 | American football referee | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Francis Terry McNamara | November 2, 1927 | Diplomat | US Navy | United States |
| Henry R. McPhee, Jr. | January 11, 1925 | Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower | US Navy | United States |
| Kirke Mechem | August 16, 1925 | Composer | US Army | United States |
| Hellmut Mehnert | February 22, 1928 | Physician, professor | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Bill Mercer | February 13, 1926 | Sportscaster, educator, & author | US Navy | United States |
| A. L. Mestel | September 17, 1926 | Pediatric surgeon | US Navy | United States |
| Harald Metzkes | January 23, 1929 | German painter | Heer | Germany |
| Ed Mickelson | September 9, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| J. William Middendorf II | September 22, 1924 | Diplomat & politician | US Navy | United States |
| Larry Miggins | August 20, 1925 | Baseball player | US Merchant Marine | United States |
| Jim Miller | May 30, 1919 | Australian rules football player | Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force |
Australia |
| John H. Miller | April 16, 1925 | General | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Newton N. Minow | January 17, 1926 | FCC chairman (1961–1963) | US Army | United States |
| Maria Mirecka-Loryś | February 7, 1916 | Lawyer, journalist | Home Army | Poland |
| John Matthew Mitchell | March 22, 1925 | Charity worker | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Hiroshi H. Miyamura | October 6, 1925 | Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | United States |
| Sanford K. Moats | December 4, 1921 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| David O. Moberg | February 13, 1922 | Sociologist | US Army | United States |
| Hans Modrow | January 27, 1928 | Prime Minister of East Germany | Heer | Germany |
| Gwen Moffat | July 3, 1924 | Climber, writer | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Jürgen Moltmann | April 8, 1926 | Protestant theologian | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| William Moncrief | March 27, 1920 | Businessman, billionaire | US Naval Reserve | United States |
| Danny Roy Moore | August 9, 1925 | Civil engineer, politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Henry Moore | November 2, 1923 | Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf | British Army British Indian Army |
United Kingdom British India |
| Bobby Morgan | June 29, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
| 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 |
| Edgar Morin | July 8, 1921 | Philosopher & sociologist | French Resistance | Free France |
| Joseph Wilson Morris | April 28, 1922 | Lawyer & federal judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
| Addold Mossin | December 12, 1919 | Neopagan priest | Finnish Army |  Finland |
| Ben R. Mottelson | July 9, 1926 | Physicist | US Navy | United States |
| Georg Müller | October 1, 1930 | Mineralogist | Hitlerjugend | Germany |
| Henry J. Muller | September 16, 1917 | General | US Army | United States |
| Paul Muller | March 11, 1923 | Actor | French Army | France |
| Charlie Munger | January 1, 1924 | Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Sumio Murai | 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 | Prime Minister | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
| David H. Murdock | April 11, 1923 | Billionaire & businessman | US Army | United States |
| Austin Murphy | June 17, 1927 | Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Thomas Murphy | May 31, 1925 | Broadcasting executive | US Navy | United States |
| Tony Murray | February 8, 1920 | Businessman, billionaire | French Army Royal Air Force |
France United Kingdom |
| David Musuguri | January 4, 1920 | Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988) | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Gordon Mydland | May 12, 1922 | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | United States |
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16 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nankivell | September 7, 1923 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
| Giorgio Napolitano | June 29, 1925 | 11th President of Italy (2006–2015) | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Lucien N. Nedzi | May 28, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Joe Negri | June 10, 1926 | Musician, educator | US Army | United States |
| Aryeh Nehemkin | November 2, 1925 | Politician | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
| Joan Neiman | September 9, 1920 | Senator | Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service) | Canada |
| Yakov Neishtadt | October 6, 1923 | Chess player | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| Harvey Frans Nelson Jr. | January 6, 1924 | Ambassador | US Navy | United States |
| Nerio Nesi | June 16, 1925 | Politician, businessman, banker | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Frederick M. Nicholas | May 30, 1920 | Lawyer | US Army | United States |
| Artturi Niemelä | August 23, 1923 | Homesteader and politician | Finnish Army | Finland |
| George Nigh | June 9, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Ian Nish | June 3, 1926 | Academic; specialist in Japanese studies | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Peter L. Nissen | January 8, 1924 | Aviator and businessman | Norwegian resistance movement Royal Norwegian Air Force |
Norway |
| John Albert Nordberg | June 18, 1926 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
| Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov | October 22, 1924 | Writer | Red Army | Soviet Union |
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10 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René de Obaldia | October 22, 1918 | Playwright & poet | French Army | France |
| Helmut Oberlander | February 15, 1924 | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Heer | Germany |
| Makoto Ogawa | February 1917 (age 103–104) | Pilot | Japanese Imperial Army | Japan |
| David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie | May 17, 1926 | Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household | British Army | United States |
| Jiro Ono | October 27, 1925 | Sushi Chef | Japanese Imperial Army | Japan |
| David Oreck | September 17, 1923 | Entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Edward Ormondroyd | October 8, 1925 | Author | US Navy | United States |
| Virgil Orr | February 2, 1923 | Professor, politician | US Army | United States |
| Hans Ots | December 5, 1921 | Engineer, scientist | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
| Donald Owens | September 12, 1926 | General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene | US Army | United States |
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28 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank D. Padgett | March 9, 1923 | Judge | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Boris Pahor | August 26, 1913 | Writer & publicist | Royal Italian Army Slovene Partisans |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Italy Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| Karolos Papoulias | June 4, 1929 | Former President of Greece | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
| Rudolph Pariser | December 8, 1923 | 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 | Surgeon | US Navy Reserve | United States |
| Johnny Pate | December 5, 1923 | Bass player & arranger | US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band | United States |
| Alastair Craig Paterson | January 15, 1924 | Civil engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
| John Malcolm Patterson | September 27, 1921 | Governor of Alabama (1959–1963) | US Army | United States |
| Philip Pearlstein | May 24, 1924 | Modern Realist painter | US Army | United States |
| Raymond E. Peet | January 27, 1921 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
| Johnny Peirson | July 21, 1925 | Hockey player | Canadian Army | Canada |
| Zbigniew Pełczyński | December 29, 1925 | Political philosopher, academic | Polish Resistance | Poland |
| John Peoples | August 26, 1926 | President of Jackson State University | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Simon Perchik | December 24, 1923 | Poet | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Solomon Perel | April 21, 1925 | Holocaust survivor, author | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Nehemiah Persoff | August 2, 1919 | Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl | US Army | United States |
| Jack Petchey | July 19, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Helmut Peters | July 23, 1930 | Sinologist, Marxist | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Prince Philip | June 10, 1921 | Duke of Edinburgh | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Leslie Phillips | April 20, 1924 | Actor | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Muriel Phillips | 1921 (age 99–100) | Author | US Army (nurse) | United States |
| Raimund Johannes Piirvee | March 1, 1923 | Forester, ecologist | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
| Bill Pitman | February 12, 1920 | Musician | US Armed Forces | United States |
| Sidney Poitier | February 20, 1927 | Actor | US Army | United States |
| Wanda Półtawska | November 2, 1921 | Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author | Polish Resistance | Poland |
| Martin Pope | August 22, 1918 | Physical chemist | US Armed Forces | United States |
| Aris Poulianos | July 24, 1924 | Anthropologist & archaeologist | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
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1 veteran
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Quie | September 18, 1923 | Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | US Navy | United States |
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31 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Rae | July 30, 1917 | Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
| Bhisadej Rajani | January 20, 1922 | Member of the Thai royal family | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | April 16, 1927 | Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
| Helmut Rasbol | 1925 (age 95) | Accused of War Crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | March 29, 1927 | Politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Dennis V. Razis | May 30, 1923 | Oncologist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
| Vasily Reshetnikov | December 23, 1919 | Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force | Soviet Air Forces | Soviet Union |
| Patrick Reyntiens | 1925 (age 95–96) | Stained glass artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Madeleine Riffaud | August 23, 1924 | Poet, journalist, & war correspondent | French Resistance | Free France |
| John Rigas | November 14, 1924 | CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002) | US Army | United States |
| Basil Rigg | August 12, 1926 | Cricket player | Australian Army | Australia |
| Fred Risser | May 5, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Edward L. Rissien | October 1924 (age 96) | Film producer and executive | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Johann Robert Riss | 1921 (age 99) | Accused of War Crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| John Roberts | April 4, 1924 | Admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Eddie Robinson | December 15, 1920 | American baseball player, coach, and manager | US Navy | United States |
| Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano | January 21, 1921 | Politician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Arthur Rock | August 19, 1926 | Businessman, investor | US Army | United States |
| Alan Rogers | December 31, 1924 | Football manager | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Richard Rohmer | January 24, 1924 | Military writer; Ultimatum | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
| Charles P. Roland | April 8, 1918 | Historian, professor | US Army | United States |
| Andrew Romanov | January 21, 1923 | Pretender to the Russian throne | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Roy Roper | September 11, 1923 | Rugby union player | Royal New Zealand Navy | New Zealand |
| Klaus Rose | June 3, 1928 | Professor of economics | Heer | Germany |
| Justus Rosenberg | 1921 (age 99–100) | Professor | French Resistance | Free France |
| J. Roy Rowland | February 3, 1926 | Georgia congressman (1981–1995) | US Army | United States |
| Rudolf Rückert | January 15, 1929 | Mayor of Salzgitter | Heer | Germany |
| Gerd Ruge | August 9, 1928 | German journalist, author and filmmaker | Heer | Germany |
| Richard E. Rumble | October 26, 1922 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
| William Russell | November 19, 1924 | Actor | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| F. James Rutherford | July 10, 1924 | Science professor, radar officer | US Navy | United States |
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71 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard F. Sachs | September 13, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
| Guy Sajer | January 13, 1927 | Military writer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Alex Salaueu | September 13, 1926 | Artist | Soviet partisans Red Army |
Soviet Union |
| Agadadash Samedov | March 10, 1924 | Order of Glory recipient | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| Sydney Samuelson | December 7, 1925 | Film commissioner | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Ashot Sarkisov | January 30, 1924 | Admiral, scientist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
| S. H. Sarma | December 1, 1922 | Admiral | Royal Indian Navy | British India |
| Frank Saucier | May 28, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
| Laurie Sawle | August 19, 1925 | Cricket player | Australian Army | Australia |
| Henry Sayler | January 16, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Norman Scarth | 1925 (age 95–96) | Blogger & political candidate | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Art Schallock | April 25, 1924 | Baseball player | US Navy[6] | United States |
| Harold Zvi Schiffrin | September 26, 1922 | Professor | US Army | United States |
| Rolf Schimpf | November 14, 1924 | German television actor | Germany | |
| Walter Franz Schleser | October 25, 1930 | Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Helmut Schlesinger | September 4, 1924 | President of the Deutsche Bundesbank | Germany | |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann | September 5, 1928 | Journalist | Germany | |
| Wolf Schneider | May 7, 1925 | Journalist | Luftwaffe | Germany |
| Arnold Schulman | August 11, 1925 | Writer | US Navy | United States |
| Harry D. Schultz | 1923 (age 97–98) | Financial adviser, author | Heer | Germany |
| Wolfgang Schumann | June 5, 1929 | Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Bernard L. Schwartz | December 12, 1926 | CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006) | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Ted Schwinden | August 31, 1925 | Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980) | US Army | United States |
| Vin Scully | November 29, 1927 | Sportscaster | US Navy | United States |
| Simone Segouin | October 3, 1925 | Resistance member | French Resistance | Free France |
| Vic Seixas | August 30, 1923 | Tennis player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Charles Grier Sellers | September 9, 1923 | Historian | US Army | United States |
| Sen Sōshitsu XV | April 19, 1923 | Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school | Imperial Japanese Navy | Japan |
| Ralph Senensky[7] | May 1, 1923 | TV director & writer | US Army | United States |
| Doc Severinsen | July 7, 1927 | Trumpeter | US Army | United States |
| Frank Shakespeare | April 9, 1925 | Diplomat, president of CBS | US Navy | United States |
| Edward Shames | June 13, 1922 | Member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment | US Army | United States |
| Bobby Shantz | September 26, 1925 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
| Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples | February 11, 1923 | British peer | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Charles Norman Shay | June 27, 1924 | Penobscot tribal elder, writer | US Army | United States |
| Jack Sheedy | September 28, 1926 | Sportsman | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
| Thomas D. Shepard | c. 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
| Robert G. Shulman | March 3, 1924 | Biophysicist | US Navy | United States |
| George P. Shultz | December 13, 1920 | 60th U.S. Secretary of State (1982–1989) | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Władysław Siemaszko | June 8, 1919 | Author, Lawyer | Home Army | Poland |
| Leon Silver | April 9, 1925 | Geologist | US Navy | United States |
| Maria Dorothea Simon | August 6, 1918 | Sociologist | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
| Edward H. Sims | May 29, 1923 | Author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Kirpal Singh | September 5, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| John K. Singlaub | July 10, 1921 | Army general | US Army | United States |
| Arthur Smith | May 8, 1915 | Football player | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Jeffrey G. Smith | October 14, 1921 | General | US Army | United States |
| Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 | Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995) | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Robert M. Solow | August 23, 1924 | Economist | US Army | United States |
| Gerhard Sommer | June 24, 1921 | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
| Mihai Șora | November 7, 1916 | Philosopher, writer | French Resistance | Free France |
| Cecil Souders | January 3, 1921 | Football player | US Navy | United States |
| Pierre Soulages | December 24, 1919 | Painter and sculptor | France | |
| Larry South | February 26, 1925 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
| Robert Hitchcock Spain | October 26, 1925 | Bishop | US Navy | United States |
| Bill Spence | April 20, 1923 | Writer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Ronald Spiers | July 9, 1925 | Diplomat; US Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983) | US Navy | United States |
| Peter Spoden | November 8, 1921 | Night fighter ace | Luftwaffe | Germany |
| Richard T. Spooner | September 10, 1925 | Author | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Wilfried Stallknecht | August 12, 1928 | Architect and designer | Heer | Germany |
| Jeremiah Stamler | October 27, 1919 | Cardiologist | US Army | United States |
| Irena Stankiewicz | February 28, 1925 | Graphic artist | Home Army | Poland |
| Colin Stannard | February 8, 1924 | Archdeacon of Carlisle | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Epaminondas Stassinopoulos | January 17, 1921 | Astrophysicist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
| William L. Stearman | June 22, 1922 | Government official, author | US Navy | United States |
| Willis H. Stephens, Sr. | June 7, 1925 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Guy Stern | January 14, 1922 | Literary scholar | US Army | United States |
| Alfred Stork | 1923 (age 97) | Accused of War Crimes by SWC | Wehrmach | Germany |
| Heinz Stöcker | January 22, 1929 | General | Volkssturm | Germany |
| Larry Storch | January 8, 1923 | Comedian and Actor; TV's F Troop | US Navy | United States |
| Lyle Elmer Strom | January 6, 1925 | Judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
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20 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulev Tailo | December 2, 1920 | Poet, artist | Finnish Army | Finland |
| Igal Talmi | January 31, 1925 | Nuclear physicist | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
| Cyril Tamplin | May 27, 1921 | Cricketer | British Armed Forces | United Kingdom |
| Jiro Tanaka | January 16, 1917 | Aircraft & automotive engineer | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
| Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 | Bishop | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Mikis Theodorakis | July 29, 1925 | Songwriter & composer | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
| Wayne Thiebaud | November 15, 1920 | Pop art painter | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Fletcher Thompson | February 5, 1925 | Politician & lawyer | US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Tim Thompson | March 1, 1924 | Major League baseball player | US Army | United States |
| John Thorn | April 28, 1925 | Headmaster, writer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Dan Tolkowsky | January 17, 1921 | Commander of the Israeli Air Force | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| Aldo Tortorella | July 10, 1926 | Journalist & politician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
| Simon Towneley | December 14, 1921 | Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Krastyu Trichkov | April 12, 1923 | Politician | Bulgarian Resistance |  Bulgaria |
| Vance Trimble | July 6, 1913 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
| Charley Trippi | December 14, 1921 | Football player | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Ankica Tuđman | July 24, 1926 | First Lady of Croatia | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| Joe Turkel | July 15, 1927 | Actor | US Army | United States |
| Ralph Turlington | October 5, 1920 | Politician | US Armed Forces | United States |
| James Wesley Turpin | December 18, 1928 | Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist | US Navy | United States |
U
1 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yosh Uchida | April 1, 1920 | Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | US Army | United States |
V
11 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Vaccaro | December 20, 1922 | Photographer | US Army | United States |
| Jaakko Valtanen | February 9, 1925 | General | Finnish Defence Forces | Finland |
| Ronald R. Van Stockum | July 8, 1916 | General | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Joe Vancisin | June 4, 1922 | Basketball coach and executive | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Dick Van Dyke | December 13, 1925 | Actor and comedian | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Enrico Vanzini | November 18, 1922 | 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 |
| Henri Vernes | October 16, 1918 | Action and science-fiction writer | Belgian Army | Belgium |
| George S. Vest | December 25, 1918 | Diplomat | US Army | United States |
| Robert-Rudolf Volk | February 8, 1921 | Sculptor and the oldest member of Estonian Defence League | Estonian Defence League Schutzmannschaft Forest Brothers |
Estonia Germany |
| Inez Voyce | August 16, 1924 | Baseball player | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
W
38 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Wagenstein | October 17, 1922 | Film director, author | Bulgarian Resistance | Bulgaria |
| Murray Walker | October 10, 1923 | Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Joe Wallach | September 10, 1923 | Businessman | US Army | United States |
| Martin Walser | March 24, 1927 | Writer | Heer | Germany |
| Sidney Walton | February 11, 1919 | Participated in the coin flip for Super Bowl LIV | US Army | United States |
| Wan Haifeng | September 1920 (age 100) | General | Red Army |  Republic of China |
| John Warner | February 18, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Stan Waterman | April 5, 1923 | Cinematographer | US Navy | United States |
| Josser Watling | May 11, 1925 | Association football player | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Billy Watson | December 25, 1923 | Child actor | US Army[8] | United States |
| Donald J. Watt | August 10, 1918 | Author | Australian Army | Australia |
| William H. Webster | March 26, 1924 | 3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | US Navy | United States |
| George Wein | October 3, 1925 | Jazz promoter and producer | US Army | United States |
| Jack B. Weinstein | August 10, 1921 | Federal judge | US Navy | United States |
| Jimmy Weldon | September 23, 1923 | Voice actor & ventriloquist | US Army Air Corps[9] | United States |
| Harry W. Wellford | August 6, 1924 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
| Paul W. Whear | November 13, 1925 | Composer | US Navy | United States |
| Lloyd F. Wheat | April 27, 1923 | Lawyer, politician | US Army | United States |
| Alan White | 1924 (age 96–97) | Writer | United Kingdom | |
| John White | 1924 (age 96–97) | Art historian | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
| G. William Whitehurst | March 12, 1925 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
| Leopold Wiel | May 14, 1916 | Architect and professor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
| Stephen Wilkinson | April 29, 1919 | Musician | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| E. J. Williams | January 28, 1918 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
| Joseph G. Williams | July 1, 1920 | Musician | US Army | United States |
| Hershel W. Williams | October 2, 1923 | Medal of Honor recipient | US Marine Corps | United States |
| G. I. Williamson | May 19, 1925 | Theologian, pastor, author | US Army | United States |
| Oscar Lawton Wilkerson | February 9, 1926 (age 94) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | United States Army Air Forces | United States |
| Dennis Wilson | June 1921 (age 99) | Poet | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Edwin Wilson | February 1, 1923 | Professor | US Navy | United States |
| Charley Winner | July 2, 1924 | Football player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Graham Winteringham | March 2, 1922 | Architect | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
| Louis Witten | April 13, 1921 | Theoretical physicist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
| Dale E. Wolf | September 6, 1924 | Governor of Delaware (1992–1993) | US Army | United States |
| Lester L. Wolff | January 4, 1919 | US House of Representative member from New York | US Air Force Auxiliary | United States |
| Woody Woodbury | February 9, 1924 | Comedian & actor | US Marine Corps | United States |
| Oscar Wyatt | July 11, 1924 | Businessman | US Army Air Corps | United States |
| Bill Wynne | March 29, 1922 | Former owner of Smoky the dog, author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
X
1 veteran
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Xydias | March 22, 1922 | Auto racing driver | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Y
5 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl P. Yates | December 23, 1923 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
| Barbara Yeaman | December 16, 1924 | Conservationist | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
| Tom York | November 30, 1924 | TV personality | US Navy | United States |
| Robert M. Young | November 22, 1924 | Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer | US Navy | United States |
| Ihor Yukhnovskyi | September 1, 1925 | Physicist, politician | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Z
5 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zvi Zamir | March 3, 1925 | General | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
| Donald Zec | March 12, 1919 | Journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
| Franklin B. Zimmerman | June 20, 1923 | Musicologist, conductor | US Army | United States |
| Zou Jiahua | October 1926 (age 94) | Politician | National Revolutionary Army | Republic of China |
| Leszek Żukowski | February 11, 1929 | President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | Gray Ranks | Poland |
References
- "S. Daniel Abraham, $1.5 billion – In Photos: The 17 Richest Living Veterans". Forbes. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- Broward Sun Sentinel: "S. Daniel Abraham: Philanthropist and peace maker" by Shani McManus April 20, 2010
- "Rastloser Chronist seiner Heimatstadt". rp-online.de (in German). 24 January 2019.
- "75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- Baseball in Wartime
- "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Reserve Corps Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- "William Watson Military Record". National Archives. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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