List of notable surviving veterans of World War II
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. (September 2018) |
This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945).
List[edit]
Total of 1189 veterans listed
A[edit]
41 Veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hiroshi Abe | c. 1922 | Soldier, convicted war criminal, later testified against the Japanese government | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Abdullah CD | October 2, 1923 | Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army | Federated Malay States |
Benjamin Abeles | June 23, 1925 | Physicist | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Henry Abraham | August 25, 1921 | Academic | US Army | United States |
Reuel Abraham | 1924 | Reported to be the first former Nazi to convert to Judaism | Luftwaffe | Germany |
S. Daniel Abraham[1] | August 15, 1924 | Businessman, philanthropist | US Army[2] | United States |
Robert Adair | August 14, 1924 | Physicist, sportswriter | US Army | United States |
Valdas Adamkus | November 3, 1926 | President of Lithuania | Lithuanian resistance | Lithuania |
Lee Adams | August 14, 1924 | Musician | US Army | United States |
Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar | July 13, 1922 | Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command | Egyptian Army | Egypt |
Werner Ahrens | August 28, 1915 | Journalist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Hans Albert | February 8, 1921 | Philosopher | Heer | Germany |
Vernon Alden | April 7, 1923 | Businessman, scholar, President of Ohio University | US Navy | United States |
Berni Alder | September 9, 1925 | Physicist | US Navy | United States |
Charlie Aldrich | June 3, 1918 | Musician | US Navy | United States |
Thomas A. Aldrich | November 30, 1923 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
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 |
Kenneth Alwyn | July 28, 1925 | Conductor, composer, writer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Nicholas Amer | September 29, 1923 | Actor | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Kurt Anclam | May 7, 1918 | Politician (GDR) | 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 | British Hong Kong |
Valérie André | April 21, 1922 | General, neurosurgeon, aviator | French Resistance | Free France |
Mark Andrews | May 19, 1926 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Roger Angell | September 19, 1920 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
Ray Anthony | January 20, 1922 | Bandleader and trumpeter | US Navy | United States |
Alexandr Antsupov | July 7, 1924 | Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Joe Arenas | December 12, 1925 | Football player | US Army | United States |
George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 | Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) | US Army | United States |
Michael Arnold (Mediziner) | December 27, 1928 | Professor | Heer | Germany |
Stanisław Aronson | May 6, 1925 | Order of Polonia Restituta recipient | Home Army | Poland |
Anatoliy Artemenko | December 19, 1918 | Soviet Air Force major-general; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Austin Asche | November 28, 1925 | Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Mikhail Ashik | June 24, 1925 | Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | Soviet Union |
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[edit]
122 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sheldon Bach | 1925 | 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 |
Thomas Baird | May 17, 1924 | Royal Navy admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Ronald James Baker | August 24, 1924 | Academic administrator | Royal Air Force | Canada |
Victor Balashov | December 24, 1924 | Broadcaster | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Ken Bald | August 1, 1920 | Comic book artist | US Marine Corps | United States |
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 |
Paul Bannai | July 4, 1920 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Russell Bannock | November 1, 1919 | Aviator & test pilot | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Bob Barker | December 12, 1923 | Game show host | US Navy | United States |
Haven J. Barlow | January 4, 1922 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Dave Bartholomew | December 24, 1918 | Musician, songwriter, & music producer | US Army | United States |
Harry Basch | January 16, 1926 | Actor & author | US Army Air Forces[3] | 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 |
Herbert Baumann | July 31, 1925 | Composer | Heer | Germany |
Hugh Beach | May 20, 1923 | Army general | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ed Bearss | June 26, 1923 | American historian | US Marine Corps | United States |
Léonel Beaudoin | September 13, 1924 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Julius W. Becton, Jr. | June 29, 1926 | American military officer, former FEMA director | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Berkley Bedell | March 5, 1921 | Politician; Iowa representative (1975–1987) | US Army | United States |
Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 | American singer | US Navy | United States |
Roy Beldam | March 29, 1925 | Judge | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Wendell Bell | September 27, 1924 | Futurist | US Navy | United States |
V.J. Bella | July 29, 1927 | American politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
Ralph Benjamin | November 17, 1922 | Electrical engineer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
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 |
Conway Berners-Lee | September 10, 1921 | Mathematician, computer scientist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Walter Bernstein | August 20, 1919 | Screenwriter; The Front, Semi-Tough | 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 | Journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Herbert Binkert | September 3, 1923 | German football player | Heer | Germany |
Robert Byron Bird | February 5, 1924 | Chemical engineer, professor | US Army | United States |
Bryan Harvey Bjarnason | April 2, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Jens Bjerre | March 16, 1921 | Author, filmmaker, explorer | Danish Resistance | Denmark |
Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Robert J. Blackwell | 1925 | Government official | US Navy | United States |
Eric Blackwood | December 7, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force |
Canada United Kingdom |
George W. Blair | August 24, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
George Blake | November 11, 1922 | Spy | Dutch Resistance Royal Navy |
Netherlands United Kingdom |
Harry Blank | May 24, 1925 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Marcian Bleahu | March 14, 1924 | Geologist, writer, politician | Romania | |
Henry W. Bloch | July 30, 1922 | Businessman; co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company | US Army Air Corps | United States |
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 | |
Philipp Bobkov | December 1, 1925 | First deputy KGB chairman (1985–1991) | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Vittore Bocchetta | November 15, 1918 | Sculptor, painter & academic | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Werner Böcking | 1929 | Archaeologist, author | Volkssturm | Germany |
Gottfried Böhm | January 23, 1920 | Architect | Heer | Germany |
Daoud Bokhary | c. 1919 | Businessman | British Indian Army | British India |
Frank Bolle | June 23, 1924 | Comic artist and illustrator | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Vladimir Boltyansky | April 26, 1925 | Mathematician & educator | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Yuri Bondarev | March 15, 1924 | Writer | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Peter Jeffrey Booker | 1924 | Engineer, historian | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Jacques Borker | 1922 | Artist | French Resistance | Free France |
Herbert Born | November 11, 1916 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Claus von Boro | January 1, 1918 | Film editor | Heer | Germany |
George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth | October 31, 1919 | British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994) | British Army | United Kingdom |
J. Allan Bosworth | 1925 | Author | US Navy | United States |
Scotty Bowers | July 1, 1923 | Author | US Marine Corps | United States |
David Bowker | March 15, 1922 | Olympic sailor | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Alan Stephenson Boyd | July 20, 1922 | Government official; Secretary of Transportation (1967–1969) | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Cloyd Boyer | September 1, 1927 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Robert William Bradford | December 17, 1923 | Artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Edwin Bramall | December 18, 1923 | Field Marshal | British Army | United Kingdom |
Eric Bransby | October 25, 1916 | Artist | US Army | United States |
Lewis M. Branscomb | August 17, 1926 | Scientist | US Navy | United States |
Eve Branson | July 12, 1923 | Philanthropist, advocate | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Egidius Braun | February 27, 1925 | President of the German Football Association | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Walter Brenner | July 21, 1923 | Professor, writer | US Armed Forces | United States |
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 |
David Briggs | 1917 | Headmaster of King's College School, Cambridge | British Army (medic) | United Kingdom |
John Briley | June 25, 1925 | Screenwriter | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Tony Britton | June 9, 1924 | Actor | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ivor Broadis | December 18, 1922 | Football player | 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 |
William Broomfield | April 28, 1922 | Politician; Michigan representative (1957–1993) | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Mel Brooks | June 28, 1926 | Director, actor, producer | US Army, Corporal, Battle of the Bulge | United States |
Bobby Brown | March 19, 1923 | Football player | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
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 |
Jim Brown | 1927 | Sportsman, politician | 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 |
Ronald Brown | August 7, 1926 | Bishop | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 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 |
Günter de Bruyn | November 1, 1926 | German Author | Wehrmacht | Germany |
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 |
Carl Olaf Bue Jr. | March 27, 1922 | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
Frederick Buechner | July 11, 1926 | Christian author, minister, and theologian | US Army | United States |
Ken Buehler | November 19, 1919 | National Basketball Association Player | US Navy | United States |
Veljko Bulajić | March 22, 1928 | Film director | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Romus Burgin | August 13, 1922 | Author | US Marine Corps | United States |
Jack Burke, Jr. | January 29, 1923 | PGA professional golfer | US Marine Corps | United States |
Alf Burnell | 1924 | Rugby league footballer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Peter Burns | 1924 | Architect | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Charles Burrell | October 4, 1920 | Musician | US Navy | United States |
Kenelm Burridge | October 31, 1922 | Anthropologist | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Julian J. Bussgang | March 26, 1925 | Mathematician, author | Polish Armed Forces in the West British Army |
Poland United Kingdom |
Alexander Butterfield | April 6, 1926 | Military officer | US Army Air Forces | United States |
C[edit]
84 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emil Cadkin | August 26, 1920 | Film score composer | US Army Air Forces | United States |
William W. Caldwell | November 10, 1925 | Judge | US Army | United States |
Preston Callison | January 22, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Thomas D. Calnan | December 16, 1915 | Author, prisoner-of-war | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
E. S. Campbell | December 28, 1921 | Survivor of the sinking of the SS Henry Bacon, author | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Ralph Caplan | January 4, 1925 | Design consultant, writer | US Marine Corps | United States |
Mortimer Caplin | July 11, 1916 | Tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (1961–1964) | US Navy | United States |
Ralph C. Capparelli | April 12, 1924 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
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 |
William Keir Carr | March 19, 1923 | Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978) | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Gerard Caris | March 20, 1925 | Artist | US Marine Corps | United States |
Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 | 39th U.S. President | US Navy | United States |
Desmond Cassidi | January 26, 1925 | Admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
William J. Castagna | June 25, 1924 | Federal judge | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Jean-Gabriel Castel | June 21, 1925 | Law professor | French Resistance | Free France |
Neus Català | October 6, 1915 | Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor | French Resistance | Free France |
Patrick Skene Catling | February 14, 1925 | Journalist, author | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Nadia Cattouse | November 2, 1924 | Actress, singer, song writer | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Raymond Cauchetier | January 10, 1920 | Photographer | French Resistance | Free France |
George Cawkwell | October 25, 1919 | Academic | Fiji Infantry Regiment | British Fiji |
Chuck Cecil | December 26, 1922 | Radio broadcaster | US Navy | United States |
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil | February 27, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Jordan Cekov | July 15, 1921 | Journalist | People's Liberation Army of Macedonia | Socialist Republic of Macedonia |
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont | December 5, 1919 | Historian, UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1964–1970), politician | British Army | United Kingdom |
Tony Charmoli | June 11, 1922 | Choreographer & TV dancer | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert A. Chase | January 1, 1923 | Surgeon, professor | US Army | United States |
Eugene Chelyshev | October 27, 1921 | Indologist & academician | Red Army | Soviet Union |
J. D. Chesswas | 1919 | 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 |
Henryk Chmielewski | June 7, 1923 | Comic book artist | Home Army | Poland |
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher | April 25, 1925 | Businessman, trade unionist, tax official | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
James Paul Churchill | August 10, 1924 | Judge | US Army | United States |
Edward Clark | May 6, 1926 | Artist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Marc Clark | October 23, 1923 | Sculptor | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ramsey Clark | December 18, 1927 | 66th US Attorney General | US Marine Corps | United States |
Densey Clyne | December 4, 1922 | Naturalist, photographer, writer | Australian Women's Army Service | Australia |
John B. Cobb | February 9, 1925 | Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist | US Army | United States |
Lila Cockrell | January 19, 1922 | Mayor of San Antonio (1989–1991) | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
Sterling R. Cockrill | April 7, 1925 | Politician, artist | US Navy | United States |
Geulah Cohen | December 25, 1925 | Politician, activist | Jewish Insurgency | Yishuv |
Avern Cohn | July 23, 1924 | Judge | US Army | United States |
Marthe Cohn | April 13, 1920 | Author, spy | French Army | France |
Galen Cole | 1925 | Philanthropist | US Army | United States |
Colin Collindridge | November 15, 1920 | Football player | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Ena Collymore-Woodstock | September 10, 1917 | Solicitor, magistrate | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Don Colo | January 5, 1925 | American football player | United States | |
Leon Comber | September 20, 1921 | Author | British Indian Army | British India |
Forrest Compton[4] | September 15, 1925 | Actor | US Army | United States |
Jim Conacher | May 5, 1921 | Hockey player | Canadian Army | Canada |
Clint Conatser | July 24, 1921 | Baseball player | US Coast Guard | United States |
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 |
Paul M. Cook | April 25, 1924 | Chemist | US Army | United States |
Charles H. Coolidge | August 4, 1921 | Soldier; Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | United States |
George Cooper | August 10, 1925 | General | British Army | United Kingdom |
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 |
Alec Coppen | January 29, 1923 | Psychiatrist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Anton Coppola | March 21, 1917 | Opera conductor, composer | Bandmaster in the US Army | United States |
Roger Corman | April 5, 1926 | Filmmaker & actor | V-12 Navy College Training Program | United States |
Carl Corley | December 15, 1921 | Author, illustrator | US Marine Corps | United States |
Peter Cory | October 25, 1925 | Judge | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Mary Cosh | March 3, 1919 | Journalist, historian, author | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Jack Couffer | December 7, 1924 | Cinematographer, director, author | US Army | United States |
John J. Creedon | August 1, 1924 | Former President and CEO of MetLife | US Navy | United States |
Jack Crimian | February 17, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Eberhard Cronshagen | June 25, 1913 | Actor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
James Cross | September 29, 1921 | Diplomat, kidnapped during the October Crisis | British Army | United Kingdom |
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 |
James Cumes | June 23, 1922 | Diplomat, economist, author | Australian Army | Australia |
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 |
Hugh Cunningham | November 4, 1921 | Lieutenant general, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements) (1976–1978) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Francis S. Currey | June 29, 1925 | World War II Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | United States |
Jal Cursetji | May 20, 1919 | Chief of Naval Staff, India (1976–79) | Royal Indian Navy | British India |
Patrick Cusick | 1921 | Civil engineer, city planner | US Navy | United States |
Donald L. Custis | July 23, 1917 | Surgeon General of the United States Navy | US Navy | United States |
D[edit]
50 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 |
Helmut Damrath | June 12, 1917 | Civil engineer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Vahe Danielyan | January 14, 1920 | Soldier, Soviet concentration camp survivor | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Henry Danton | March 30, 1919 | Dancer, teacher | British Army | United Kingdom |
Louis Danziger | November 17, 1923 | Graphic designer, professor | US Army | United States |
Hywel Davies | 1924 | Cardiologist | British Army | United Kingdom |
R. W. Davies | April 23, 1925 | Professor | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Don Marion Davis | October 9, 1917 | Actor | US Army | United States |
Bob Dawson | January 3, 1921 | Football player | Australian Army | Australia |
John Gunther Dean | February 24, 1926 | Diplomat | US Army | United States |
Eugene Peyton Deatrick | November 17, 1924 | Colonel | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Kurt Debes | January 8, 1916 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Eddie Deerfield | August 24, 1923 | Government official | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Gene Deitch | August 8, 1924 | Illustrator, animator, film director | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Angelo Del Boca | May 23, 1925 | Historian | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Billy DeMars | August 26, 1925 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Alfred Dennis | August 17, 1922 | Politician | Australian Army | Australia |
Frederick B. Dent | August 17, 1922 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Vincent DeRosa | October 5, 1920 | Musician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Gene Derricotte | June 14, 1926 | American football player | 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 |
Helmut Diefenthal | March 20, 1924 | Medical missonary | Heer | Germany |
Harrison Dillard | July 8, 1923 | Track and field athlete | US Army | United States |
David Dinkins | July 10, 1927 | Politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
John William Ditter, Jr. | October 19, 1921 | Federal judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
Klaus von Dohnanyi | June 23, 1928 | Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg | Volkssturm | Germany |
Bob Dole | July 22, 1923 | US Senator (1969–1996); 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee; 1996 Republican presidential nominee | US Army | United States |
Vladimir Dolgikh | December 5, 1924 | Political figure | Red Army | Soviet Union |
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 |
Kirk Douglas | December 9, 1916 | Actor | US Navy | United States |
Robert Wagner Dowling | September 28, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Rex Downing | April 25, 1925 | Actor | US Armed Forces | United States |
Hugh Downs | February 14, 1921 | Journalist and TV host | US Army | 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 | Army | United States |
Roger Du Boulay | March 20, 1922 | Diplomat and civil servant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
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 |
Karl Dunz | February 2, 1917 | Author | Wehrmacht | Germany |
A. Hunter Dupree | January 29, 1921 | Historian | US Navy | United States |
Pete Dye | December 29, 1925 | Golf course designer | US Army | United States |
E[edit]
27 veterans
Birth | Notability | Service | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Eden | May 15, 1925 | Conservative MP, nephew of Anthony Eden | 2nd Gurkha Rifles | United Kingdom |
George Edmondson Jr. | 1922 | Amateur cheerleader for the Florida Gators football team | US Navy | United States |
Allan Edwards | December 24, 1921 | Cricketer | Australian Army | Australia |
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 |
Warren William Eginton | February 16, 1924 | Federal judge | US Army | 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 |
Bump Elliott | January 30, 1925 | American football player and coach | US Marine Corps | United States |
Diet Eman | April 30, 1920 | Author | Dutch Resistance | Netherlands |
Billy Emerson | December 21, 1925 | Singer, songwriter | US Navy | United States |
Peter Engel | September 27, 1918 | Politician in Saarland | Waffen-SS | Germany |
Gerhard Enger | November 22, 1915 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Robert Engman | April 29, 1927 | Sculptor | US Navy | United States |
William Benner Enright | July 12, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Erhard Eppler | December 9, 1926 | Politician | Heer | Germany |
Jerald Ericksen | December 20, 1924 | Mathematician | US Navy | United States |
Carl Erskine | December 13, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Vladimir Etush | May 6, 1922 | Actor | Red Army | Soviet Union |
David Evans | December 20, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
David Evans | June 3, 1925 | Chief of the Air Staff of the RAAF (1982-1985); writer and defense consultant | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Daniel Evans | July 14, 1924 | Military officer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 | Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) | US Navy | United States |
Charles Evers | September 11, 1922 | Civil rights activist | US Army | United States |
Klas Ewert Everwyn | March 10, 1930 | Author | Volkssturm | Germany |
Anthony Eyton | May 17, 1923 | Artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
F[edit]
46 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Falkenburg | January 29, 1926 | Tennis player, entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Max Falkenstien | April 9, 1924 | Sports announcer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Josef-Gerhard Farkas | July 13, 1929 | Hungariologist | Volkssturm | Germany |
Paul Farnes | July 16, 1918 | World War II flying ace; one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Edward L. Feightner | October 14, 1919 | Rear Admiral | US Navy Reserve | United States |
David Sidney Feingold | November 15, 1922 | Biochemist | US Navy | United States |
Victor Feldbrill | April 4, 1924 | Conductor & violinist | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
Nicholas Felice | February 5, 1927 | Politician | US Army | United States |
George E. Felton | February 3, 1921 | Computer scientist | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
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 |
Paul Findley | June 13, 1921 | Politician; Illinois representative (1961–1983) | US Navy | United States |
Bernhard Fisch | August 22, 1926 | German writer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Oskar Fischer | March 19, 1923 | Minister of foreign affairs of the German Democratic Republic | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Howard M. Fish | August 1, 1923 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Leonard Everett Fisher | June 24, 1924 | Children's writer & illustrator | US Army | United States |
Ed Fitz Gerald | May 21, 1924 | Major League baseball player | 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 |
Peter Folkes | November 3, 1923 | Painter | British Army | United Kingdom |
James Foort | December 10, 1921 | Inventor, artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Jim Forbes | December 16, 1923 | Politician | Australian Army | Australia |
Loretta Ford | December 28, 1920 | Nurse, Academic | US Army Air Forces (nurse) | United States |
Patrick Forrest | 1923 | 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 |
Martin S. Fox | 1924 | Publisher | US Army | United States |
Maurice Sanford Fox | October 11, 1924 | Geneticist & molecular biologist | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Paul Fox | October 27, 1925 | Television executive | British Army | United Kingdom |
Sonny Fox | June 17, 1925 | Television host | US Army | United States |
Noble Frankland | July 4, 1922 | Historian | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
William Frankland | March 19, 1912 | Immunologist | British Army | United Kingdom |
John Franzese | February 6, 1917 | Underboss of the Colombo crime family | US Army | United States |
Donald M. Fraser | February 20, 1924 | Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1993) | US Navy | United States |
J. Keith Fraser | February 18, 1922 | Physical geographer | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force |
Canada United Kingdom |
Jesse Freitas Sr. | February 7, 1921 | Football player | US Army[5] | United States |
George Carr Frison | November 11, 1924 | Archaeologist | US Navy | United States |
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 the Royal Canadian Navy (1980–1983) | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
G[edit]
71 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Gabor | May 13, 1922 | Basketball player | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Arnald Gabriel | May 31, 1925 | Conductor of the US Air Force Band | US Army | United States |
Mason Gaffney | October 18, 1923 | Economist | United States | |
Jacek Gałązka | April 28, 1924 | Publicist, activist | Polish Armed Forces in the West | Poland |
Samuel Rhea Gammon III | January 22, 1924 | Ambassador | US Army | United States |
Peter Gammond | September 30, 1925 | Music critic, writer, artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
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 |
Makhmut Gareev | June 23, 1923 | Historian & military scientist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Bernard Garfield | March 27, 1924 | Bassoonist | US Army | United States |
Stanley Michael Gartler | June 9, 1923 | Biologist & geneticist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
William H. Gates, Sr. | November 30, 1925 | Philanthropist and father of Bill Gates | US Army | United States |
Philippe de Gaulle | December 28, 1921 | Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
Theodore H. Geballe | January 20, 1920 | Physicist | US Army | United States |
James George | September 14, 1918 | Diplomat | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | Canada |
Tuomas Gerdt | May 28, 1922 | Last living recipient of the Mannerheim Cross | Finnish Army | Finland |
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 |
Gustav Gerneth | October 15, 1905 | Oldest known living veteran of WW2 | Luftwaffe | Germany |
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 | Belgium |
William Gianelli | February 19, 1919 | Government official | US Army | United States |
Hutton Gibson | August 26, 1918 | Writer; father of Mel Gibson | US Army | United States |
Roy Gibson | July 4, 1924 | Aerospace engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | February 2, 1926 | French politician; President of France (1974–1981) | Free French Army French Resistance |
Free France |
Ivry Gitlis | August 25, 1922 | Virtuoso violinist | British Army | United Kingdom |
I. Leo Glasser | April 6, 1924 | Judge | US Army | United States |
Manolis Glezos | September 9, 1922 | Politician & writer | Greek Resistance | Greece |
Harry Glickman | May 13, 1924 | Journalist, promoter, sports executive | US Army | United States |
Fred Gloden | December 21, 1918 | American football player | US Navy | United States |
Howard Golden | 1925 | 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, professor | 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 |
Hartwig Gottwald | August 27, 1917 | Politician | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Gust Graas | December 19, 1924 | Painter, businessman | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Bernard F. Grabowski | June 11, 1923 | Politician; Connecticut Representative (1965–1967) | US Army | United States |
René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 | Bishop | Flying Tigers | United States |
Henry Graff | August 11, 1921 | Historian | US Army | United States |
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet | July 15, 1926 | Diplomat | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton | March 26, 1925 | Politician | British Army | United Kingdom |
David E. Grange, Jr. | April 9, 1925 | General | US Army | United States |
Anatoli Granovsky | 1922 | Defected NKVD agent, author | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Martin Graßnick | May 5, 1917 | Architect | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Ernest Graves Jr. | July 6, 1924 | General | US Army | United States |
John R. Gray | May 14, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Henry Gray | January 19, 1925 | Blues singer & pianist | 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 |
Prosper Grech | December 24, 1925 | Roman Catholic cardinal | British Army | United Kingdom |
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 |
Paul Greengard | December 11, 1925 | Scientist | US Navy | United States |
Stu Griffing | November 9, 1926 | Olympic rower | US Army | United States |
Hans Groebe | September 29, 1916 | Manager AEG-Telefunken | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Bill Groethe | November 2, 1923 | Photographer | US Army Air Forces | 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 |
Jacob W. Gruber | February 26, 1921 | Anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, educator | US Army | 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 |
James Gunn | July 12, 1923 | Science fiction writer & editor | US Navy | United States |
Erich Gusko | February 19, 1930 | Cinematographer | Volkssturm | Germany |
Richard K. Guy | September 30, 1916 | Mathematician | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
H[edit]
86 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Haigh | June 26, 1915 | Professional footballer | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
Barbara Hall | February 3, 1923 | Crossword puzzle editor | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Harber H. Hall | September 24, 1920 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Ralph Hall | May 3, 1923 | Politician; Texas representative (1981–2015) | US Navy | United States |
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 |
Eric P. Hamp | November 16, 1920 | Linguist | US Army | United States |
Walter Hanel | September 30, 1930 | Political caricaturist | Volkssturm | Germany |
Arnold Hano | March 2, 1922 | Writer | US Army | United States |
John Hanscomb | October 7, 1924 | Politician | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Claus Hansmann | June 15, 1918 | Photographer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
G. Homer Harding | December 7, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Robert Harlow | November 19, 1923 | Writer, academic | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Chuck Harmon | April 23, 1924 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Sheldon Harnick | April 30, 1924 | Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof) | US Army | United States |
Bert J. Harris Jr. | December 9, 1919 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Walter Harris | 1925 | Author, broadcaster | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Reg Harrison | May 22, 1923 | Association football player | British Army | United Kingdom |
Wes Harrison | January 1925 | Comedian, voice actor | US Navy | United States |
Ted Hartley | November 6, 1924 | Pilot, banker, actor, film producer | US Navy | United States |
R. James Harvey | July 4, 1922 | Politician & jurist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Karl-Günther von Hase | December 15, 1917 | German ambassador in London, 1970–1977 | Heer | Germany |
Don Hasenmayer | April 4, 1927 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Harry G. Haskell, Jr. | May 27, 1921 | Politician; Delaware representative (1957–1959) | US Coast Guard | United States |
Hau Pei-tsun | July 13, 1919 | Taiwanese general and politician; Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993) | National Revolutionary Army | Republic of China |
Howard Haugerud | August 22, 1924 | Government official, businessman | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Chris Haughey | October 3, 1925 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Helmut Hauptmann | March 12, 1928 | Writer | Heer | Germany |
Roy T. Haverkamp | December 10, 1924 | U.S Ambassador to Grenada (1984–1986) | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Sara Payne Hayden | August 29, 1919 | Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilot | United States |
Bernice Falk Haydu | December 15, 1920 | Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilot | United States |
Bill Hayes | June 5, 1925 | Actor | US Naval Air Corps | United States |
Thomas B. Hayward | May 3, 1924 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
Bruce Haywood | 1925 | President of Monmouth College | British Army | United Kingdom |
John P. Healey | March 7, 1922 | Aerospace executive manager | 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 |
Friedrich Hecht | August 29, 1918 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Val Heim | November 4, 1920 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Bert Hellinger | December 16, 1925 | Psychotherapist | German Armed Forces | Germany |
Paul Hellyer | August 6, 1923 | Engineer and politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Emile Hemmen | December 6, 1923 | Poet, writer | Luxembourg Resistance | Luxembourg |
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 |
Richard C. Henry | December 17, 1925 | General | US Army | United States |
Bob Hermann | January 3, 1923 | Businessman | US Navy | United States |
Hans-Joachim Heusing | August 24, 1928 | Climber, alpinist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Howard Hibbett | July 27, 1920 | Translator, Academic | US Army | United States |
Norman Hillier-Fry | August 12, 1923 | Diplomat | British Army | United Kingdom |
Elwood Hillis | March 6, 1926 | Indiana congressman (1971–1987) | US Army | United States |
Cyril Hilsum | May 17, 1925 | Physicist, academic | Royal navy | United Kingdom |
Lynn M. Hilton | November 3, 1924 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Georg Himmelheber | August 4, 1929 | Historian | Volkssturm | Germany |
Mike Hoare | March 17, 1919 | Mercenary | British Army | United Kingdom |
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 |
Hal Holbrook | February 17, 1925 | Actor | US Army | United States |
Ernest Hollings | January 1, 1922 | Politician; South Carolina governor (1959–1963) and senator (1966–2005) | US Army | United States |
Earl Holliman | September 11, 1928 | Actor | US Navy | United States |
James L. Holloway III | February 23, 1922 | Navy admiral | US Navy | United States |
A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | September 21, 1923 | Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974) | US Army | United States |
Tony Honoré | March 30, 1921 | Lawyer, jurist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Amos Horev | 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 |
János Horváth | November 7, 1921 | Politician | Hungarian Resistance | Hungary |
A. E. Hotchner | June 28, 1917 | Writer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Amo Houghton | August 7, 1926 | New York congressman (1987–2005) | US Marine Corps | United States |
Glyn Houston | October 23, 1925 | Actor | British Army | United States |
Lee Howard | November 11, 1923 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Michael Howard | November 29, 1922 | Historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
Sherman Howard | November 28, 1924 | American football player | US Army | United States |
Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones | November 1, 1923 | Diplomat | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Harry Hughes | November 13, 1926 | Politician; 57th Governor of Maryland (1979–1987) | US Naval Air Corps | United States |
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 |
David Hurst | March 9, 1926 | Actor | British Army | United Kingdom |
Earl Hutto | May 12, 1926 | Florida congressman (1979–1995) | US Navy | United States |
Dayton Hyde | 1925 | Author | US Army | United States |
Harold Hyman | July 24, 1924 | American Civil War historian | US Marine Corps | United States |
Samuel Hynes | August 29, 1924 | Author | US Marine Corps | United States |
Hyun Soong-jong | January 26, 1919 | Prime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993) | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
I[edit]
6 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Robert Ignatius | November 11, 1920 | Government official | US Navy | United States |
Robert F. Inger | September 10, 1920 | Herpetologist | US Army Corps of Engineers | United States |
Paul Ioannidis | February 22, 1924 | Businessman | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside | September 21, 1924 | British hereditary peer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Frank Ivancie | July 19, 1924 | Businessman, politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Daniel Ivin | April 16, 1932 | Writer | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
J[edit]
29 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elisabeth Jäger | September 25, 1924 | Journalist | Austrian Resistance | Austria |
Eberhard von Jähnichen | June 6, 1914 | Professor of civil engineering | Heer | Germany |
Philip Jamison | July 3, 1925 | Artist | US Navy | United States |
Stephen A. Jarislowsky | September 9, 1925 | Businessman, billionaire | US Army | United States |
Alex Jarratt | January 19, 1924 | Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (1983–2002) | Fleet Air Arm | United Kingdom |
Fred Jarvis | September 8, 1924 | General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (1975–1989) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | January 5, 1921 | Luxembourgian ruler (1964–2000) | British Army | United Kingdom |
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 |
Richard Jeranian | July 17, 1921 | Painter, draftsman, lithographer | French Air Force | Free France |
Ranjit Lal Jetley | March 10, 1923 | General | British Army | United Kingdom |
Norman Jewison | July 21, 1926 | Filmmaker | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
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 |
Merv Johnson | May 9, 1923 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Robert R. Johnson | July 7, 1920 | Last remaining survivor of USS Bear (1939-1941), multiple Antarctic expeditions with Admiral Byrd, and a point of land USGS named after him, Johnson Point, on Horseshoe Island | US Navy | 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 |
Edmund Jones | April 18, 1918 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Jack Jones | November 7, 1924 | Australian rules football player | Australian Army | Australia |
Kenneth V. Jones | May 14, 1924 | Composer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Lawrence W. Jones | 1925 | 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 |
Howie Judson | February 16, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
James Jungius | November 15, 1923 | Admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
K[edit]
41 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rajan Kadiragamar | 1922 | Admiral | Royal Ceylon Navy | Ceylon |
Bernard Kalb | February 4, 1922 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
Adolfo Kaminsky | October 1, 1925 | French World War II resistance fighter | French Resistance French Army |
Free France |
Stanislaw Kania | March 8, 1927 | First Secretary of the Polish United Worker's Party | Polish Resistance | Poland |
Emil Karewicz | March 13, 1923 | Actor | Polish Army | Poland |
Michael Karkoc | March 16, 1919 | War criminal | Waffen SS | Germany |
Bentley Kassal | February 28, 1917 | Lawyer, politician, judge | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Walter Kaufmann | January 24, 1924 | Writer | Australian Army | Australia |
William J. Keating | March 30, 1927 | Publisher & politician | US Navy | United States |
Ed Keats | January 30, 1915 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
Donald Keene | June 18, 1922 | Japanologist and translator | US Navy | United States |
Donald M. Kendall | March 16, 1921 | Businessman | US Navy | United States |
Sydney Kentridge | November 5, 1922 | Lawyer, judge | South African Army | South Africa |
John Keston | December 5, 1924 | Actor, singer, runner | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Johann Kiefer | November 6, 1914 | Politician | Heer | Germany |
Witold Kieżun | February 6, 1922 | Economist | Home Army | Poland |
Cuchlaine King | 1922 | Geomorphologist | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Raymond M. Kirk | October 31, 1923 | Surgeon, professor | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
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 |
Charles Kittel | July 18, 1916 | Physicist, professor | US Navy | United States |
Rudolf Kiwitter | March 27, 1918 | Politician in Saarland | Heer | Germany |
Friedrich Klausmeier | January 15, 1915 | Musicologist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Wilhelm Knabe | October 8, 1923 | Politician, Founder of the Green Party | Luftwaffe | Germany |
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 |
Karl Koller | April 16, 1919 | Downhill skier | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Joseph P. Kolter | September 3, 1926 | Politician; Pennsylvania representative (1983–1993) | US Army | United States |
Edwin Michael Kosik | May 5, 1925 | Judge | US Army | United States |
Alfred Kosing | December 15, 1928 | Philosopher | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Sergei Kramarenko | April 23, 1923 | Air Force officer | Soviet Air Force | Soviet Union |
Paul Kraszon | March 3, 1918 | SED-Polititian, GDR | Heer | Germany |
Barbara Kremen | 1922 | Writer | Women's Army Corps | United States |
Frederick Kroesen | February 11, 1923 | General | US Army | United States |
Herbert Kroker | August 24, 1929 | Politician | Volkssturm | Germany |
Hardy Krüger | April 12, 1928 | German actor | Heer | Germany |
Rosemary Kuhlmann | January 30, 1922 | Opera singer, Broadway musical actress | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
Helmut Kuhny | June 26, 1918 | Politician (GDR) | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Charlie Kulp | September 20, 1925 | Aerobatic pilot | US Navy | United States |
Jochen Kusber | January 6, 1928 | Painter | Wehrmacht | Germany |
L[edit]
57 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Lacy-Scott | August 18, 1920 | Cricketer | British Indian Army | British India |
Robert J. Lagomarsino | September 4, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Bruce Laingen | August 6, 1922 | Diplomat & academic | US Navy | United States |
Archie Lamb | October 23, 1921 | Diplomat, writer and businessman | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
Frank L. Lambert | July 10, 1918 | Chemist, professor | US Army | United States |
Jo Lancaster | February 4, 1919 | Aviator | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Robert Langbaum | February 23, 1924 | Author | US Army | United States |
Horst Langes | December 2, 1928 | Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Harold D. Langley | February 15, 1925 | Historian | US Army | United States |
Lyndon LaRouche | September 8, 1922 | Economist & perennial presidential candidate | US Army | United States |
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 |
George J. Laurer | September 23, 1925 | Developer of the barcode | US Army | United States |
Maury Laws | December 6, 1923 | Composer | US Army | United States |
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 |
Jim Leavelle | August 23, 1920 | Police detective; Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby | US Navy | United States |
Jean Lee | August 18, 1920 | Soldier | Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division | Canada |
Lee Teng-hui | January 15, 1923 | Republic of China (Taiwan) President | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
James Lees | 1924 | Maritime expert, curator | Royal Navy British Merchant Navy |
United Kingdom |
James F. Leonard | May 30, 1920 | Diplomat | US Army | United States |
Ted Lerner | October 15, 1925 | Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals | US Army | United States |
Lawrence LeShan | September 8, 1920 | Psychologist; pioneer of mind-body therapy | US Army | United States |
Boris Leskin | January 5, 1923 | Actor | Red Army | Soviet Union |
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 |
Peter Lichtner-Hoyer | December 28, 1925 | Sportsman & Colonel | Heer | Austria |
Bernard Lieder | February 19, 1923 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Hans A. Linde | April 15, 1924 | Attorney, judge | US Army | United States |
Lawrence Lindemer | August 21, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Heinz Maria Lins | November 25, 1916 | Baritone | Wehrmacht | Germany |
James Lipton | September 19, 1926 | Writer, lyricist, actor | US Army Air Force | United States |
Mark Litchman | April 14, 1925 | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | United States |
Ray Livingston | August 29, 1922 | Public servant | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Peter Lloyd | December 15, 1920 | Aviator | Australian Army | Australia |
Nina Lobkovskaya | March 8, 1924 | Sniper | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Logie Bruce Lockhart | October 12, 1921 | Writer, journalist, rugby union footballer | British Army | United Kingdom |
Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi | 1922 | Admiral | Royal Indian Navy | British India |
Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge | July 20, 1919 | Writer | Free France | Free France |
Catherine Small Long | February 7, 1924 | Politician | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
Dick Long | May 4, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Richard Longaker | July 1, 1924 | Political scientist, professor | US Armed Forces | United States |
Jakob Lotz | November 4, 1918 | Soccer player | 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 |
Albert Ludwig | November 14, 1919 | Politician | Canadian Army Royal Canadian Air Force |
Canada |
Johnny Lujack | January 4, 1925 | Football player | US Navy | United States |
Alan Wood Lukens | February 12, 1924 | Ambassador | US Army | United States |
Bernt H. Lund | August 14, 1924 | Civil servant, diplomat, politician | Norwegian resistance movement | Norway |
Philip K. Lundeberg | June 14, 1923 | Historian | US Navy | United States |
Ted Luscombe | November 10, 1920 | Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990) | British Indian Army British Army |
British India United Kingdom |
Reimar Lüst | March 25, 1923 | Astrophysicist, director of ESA | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
William Lyon | March 9, 1923 | General | US Army Air Corps | United States |
John Lysak | August 16, 1914 | Olympic canoeist | US Marine Corps | United States |
M[edit]
117 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Terence Macartney-Filgate | August 6, 1924 | Film director | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Douglas MacDiarmid | November 14, 1922 | Painter | Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Army |
New Zealand |
Ian Verner Macdonald | January 19, 1925 | Diplomat, entrepreneur | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Navy |
Canada United Kingdom |
Hubert B. MacNeill | March 4, 1922 | Physician, politician | Canada | |
Pessie Madan | September 26, 1916 | Chemist, physicist, engineer | British Indian Army | British India |
Robert F. Mager | June 10, 1923 | Psychologist, author | US Army | United States |
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 |
Levon Manaseryan | June 3, 1925 | Artist, professor | Soviet Union | |
George Mandel | February 11, 1920 | Author | US Army | United States |
Morton Mandel | September 19, 1921 | Businessman | US Army | United States |
Emil Mangelsdorff | April 11, 1925 | Musician | Heer | Germany |
Marion Mann | March 29, 1920 | Physician, pathologist | US Army | United States |
John Manners | September 25, 1914 | Cricketer; naval officer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
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 |
Dick Manville | December 25, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Robert Marchand | November 26, 1911 | Cyclist | French Army | France |
Gino Marchetti | January 2, 1926 | Football player | 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 |
Horst Marquardt | July 14, 1929 | Theologist, author | Volkssturm | Germany |
Karl Heinz Marquardt | November 9, 1927 | Artist and author | Heer | Germany |
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[6] | United States |
Gordon Eugene Martin | August 22, 1925 | Physicist, author | US Navy | United States |
Knox Martin | February 12, 1923 | Artist | US Army | United States |
Mac Martin | April 26, 1925 | Bluegrass musician | US Navy | 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 |
Joseph Matarazzo | November 12, 1925 | Psychologist | US Navy | United States |
John J. Maurer | July 11, 1922 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert D. Maurer | July 20, 1924 | Physicist | US Army | United States |
Robert D. Maxwell | October 26, 1920 | Soldier, Medal of Honor recipient | 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 |
James W. McCord, Jr. | June 26, 1924 | American politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Mike McCormack | December 14, 1921 | Politician; Washington representative (1971–1981) | US Army | United States |
Lloyd McCuiston | March 26, 1918 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Frank Hampton McFadden | November 20, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Charles McGee | December 7, 1919 | Air Force officer | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert McGinnis | February 3, 1926 | Artist, illustrator | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Billy McKee | 1921 | Leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army | Irish Republican Army | Irish Republic |
Fred McLafferty | May 11, 1923 | Chemist | US Army | United States |
Motto McLean | December 26, 1925 | Hockey player | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
Art McNally | July 1, 1925 | American football referee | US Marine Corps | United States |
Francis Terry McNamara | November 2, 1927 | Diplomat | US Navy | United States |
David McNee | March 23, 1925 | Police officer. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1977–1982) | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
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 |
Howie Meeker | November 4, 1923 | Hockey player, sports announcer, & politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
James Megellas | March 11, 1917 | Army officer | US Army | United States |
Hellmut Mehnert | February 22, 1928 | Physician, professor | Volkssturm | Germany |
Lis Mellemgaard | February 20, 1924 | Ophthalmologist | Danish Resistance | Denmark |
Joseph Mendenhall | January 15, 1920 | United States Ambassador to Madagascar (1972–1975) | US Army | United States |
Bill Mercer | February 13, 1926 | Sportscaster, educator, & author | US Navy | United States |
Sheila Mercier | January 1, 1919 | Actress | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | United Kingdom |
Jan Merlin | April 3, 1925 | Actor & author | US Navy | United States |
Jymie Merritt | May 3, 1926 | Musician, composer | US Army | United States |
A. L. Mestel | September 17, 1926 | Pediatric surgeon | US Navy | United States |
Johann Baptist Metz | August 5, 1928 | Theologian, Professor of Fundamental Theology | Heer | Germany |
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 |
Ken Middleditch | October 5, 1925 | Motorcycle speedway racer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Larry Miggins | August 20, 1925 | Baseball player | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina | December 22, 1925 | Hero of the Soviet Union recipient | Red Army Soviet Navy |
Soviet Union |
Adam David Miller | October 8, 1922 | Author | US Navy | United States |
Bob Miller | June 16, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Frank Miller | July 29, 1918 | Singer | US Army | United States |
Jim Miller | May 30, 1919 | Australian rules football player | Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force |
Australia |
John H. Miller | April 16, 1925 | Gerneral | US Marine Corps | United States |
John Millett | February 3, 1921 | Poet, editor | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
William Milliken | March 26, 1922 | Governor of Michigan (1969–1983) | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Vatroslav Mimica | June 25, 1923 | Film director, screenwriter | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Newton N. Minow | January 17, 1926 | FCC chairman (1961–1963) | US Army | United States |
Wataru Misaka | December 21, 1923 | Basketball player | US Army | United States |
John Matthew Mitchell | March 22, 1925 | Charity worker | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
William Mitchell | 1925 | Sculptor | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Wayne Mixson | June 16, 1922 | Politician; Florida governor (1987) | US Navy | United States |
Hiroshi H. Miyamura | October 6, 1925 | Soldier | 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 |
Dee Molenaar | June 21, 1918 | Mountaineer, author, artist | US Coast Guard | United States |
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 | 1921 | 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 |
Robert M. Morgenthau | July 31, 1919 | Lawyer; New York County District Attorney (1975–2009) | US Navy | 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 |
Jan Morris | October 2, 1926 | Historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
Joseph Wilson Morris | April 28, 1922 | Lawyer & federal judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
Milton Morris | April 2, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
Ben R. Mottelson | July 9, 1926 | Physicist | US Navy | United States |
John Llewellyn Moxey | February 26, 1925 | Film and TV director | British Armed Forces | United Kingdom |
Georg Müller (Mineraloge) | October 1, 1930 | Mineralogist | Hitlerjugend | Germany |
Henry J. Muller | 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 |
Lorne Munroe | November 24, 1924 | Cellist | US Army | 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 | United States 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 |
Duane Mutch | May 13, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Gordon Mydland | May 12, 1922 | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | United States |
Jack Myers | October 8, 1924 | American football player | US Navy | United States |
Samuel L. Myers Sr. | April 18, 1919 | Economist | US Army | United States |
N[edit]
31 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yasuhiro Nakasone | May 27, 1918 | Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987) | Imperial Japanese Navy | Japan |
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 |
Antonio Nardini | February 7, 1922 | Historian, author | Royal Italian Army | Italy |
Guy Natusch | February 7, 1921 | Architect | Royal New Zealand Navy | New Zealand |
John Neale | September 21, 1926 | Bishop | British Army | United Kingdom |
Wendell Nedderman | October 31, 1921 | Engineering educator | US Navy | United States |
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 |
Ya'akov Nehoshtan | April 22, 1925 | Politician, ambassador | Jewish Insurgency | Yishuv |
Joan Neiman | September 9, 1920 | Senator | Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service) | Canada |
Ira Neimark | December 12, 1921 | Businessman, author | US Army Air Corps | United States |
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 |
Don Newcombe | June 14, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
John Lang Nichol | January 7, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | Canada |
Frederick M. Nicholas | May 30, 1920 | Lawyer | US Army | United States |
Dick Nichols | April 29, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Howard Nielson | September 12, 1924 | Utah congressman (1983–1991) | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Artturi Niemelä | August 23, 1923 | Homesteader and politician | Finnish Army | Finland |
George Nigh | June 9, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Arthur Nims | January 3, 1923 | Judge | US Naval Reserve | 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 |
Paulo Nogueira Neto | April 16, 1922 | Environmentalist | Brazilian Army | Brazil |
John Albert Nordberg | June 18, 1926 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Irv Noren | November 29, 1924 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov | October 22, 1924 | Writer | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Harley D. Nygren | 1924 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
O[edit]
14 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
René de Obaldia | October 22, 1918 | Playwright & poet | French Army | France |
Helmut Oberlander | February 15, 1924 | Ethnic German from Ukraine. Accused of war crimes by SWC | Heer | Germany |
Hunter Pitts O'Dell | August 11, 1923 | Civil rights activist | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Makoto Ogawa | February 1917 | 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 |
Yuri Orlov | August 13, 1924 | Nuclear physicist, professor, dissident, activist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Edward Ormondroyd | 1925 | Author | US Navy | United States |
Uzzi Ornan | June 7, 1923 | Linguist, social activist | Jewish Insurgency | Yishuv |
Virgil Orr | February 2, 1923 | Professor, politician | Italian Air Force | Italy |
Giuseppe Ottaviani | May 20, 1916 | Masters athlete | US Army | United States |
Denys Ovenden | April 1, 1922 | Artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Oleg Ozerov | June 17, 1922 | Soldier | Red Army French Resistance |
Soviet Union Free France |
P[edit]
46 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adnan Pachachi | May 14, 1922 | Politician, diplomat | Kata'ib al-Shabab | Kingdom of Iraq |
Frank D. Padgett | March 9, 1923 | Judge | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Michael Fitzgerald Page | February 22, 1922 | Writer | British Merchant Navy | United Kingdom |
Boris Pahor | August 26, 1913 | Writer & publicist | Royal Italian Army Slovene Partisans |
Italy Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Paik Sun-yup | November 23, 1920 | First four-star general in the South Korean military | Manchukuo Imperial Army | Manchukuo |
Frank R. Palmer | April 9, 1922 | Linguist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Karolos Papoulias | June 4, 1929 | Former President of Greece | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
John Papworth | December 12, 1921 | Clergymen, writer, activist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Peter Paret | April 13, 1924 | Historian | US Army | United States |
Wilfried Parge | June 6, 1918 | Politician(CDU) | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Rudolph Pariser | December 8, 1923 | Physicist & polymer chemist | US Army | United States |
Douglas H. Parker | August 19, 1926 | Law school professor | US Navy | 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 | 1924 | Civil engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
John Malcolm Patterson | September 27, 1921 | Governor of Alabama (1959–1963) | US Army | United States |
Charles C. Pattillo | June 3, 1924 | Air Force general | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Philip Pearlstein | May 24, 1924 | Modern Realist painter | US Army | United States |
Thomas Pearson | July 1, 1914 | Army general & officer | British Army | United Kingdom |
Robert Newton Peck | February 17, 1928 | Author | 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 |
D. A. Pennebaker | July 15, 1925 | Filmmaker | US Navy | 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 |
Paatje Phefferkorn | February 26, 1922 | Martial artist | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force | Dutch East Indies |
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 | Author | US Army (nurse) | United States |
Lawrence W. Pierce | December 31, 1924 | Lawyer & federal judge | US Army | United States |
Bill Pitman | February 12, 1920 | Musician | US Armed Forces | United States |
Bucky Pizzarelli | January 9, 1926 | Musician | US Army | United States |
Eric Pleskow | April 24, 1924 | Film producer | US Army | United States |
Wanda Półtawska | November 2, 1921 | Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author | Polish Resistance | Poland |
Wayne C. Pomeroy | March 13, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
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 |
Lasse Pöysti | January 24, 1927 | Actor, director, theatre manager and writer | Finnish Army | Finland |
Donald Prell | July 7, 1924 | Venture capitalist & futurist | US Army | United States |
Robert I. Price | September 22, 1921 | Admiral | US Coast Guard | United States |
Reg Pugh | July 28, 1917 | Football player | British Army | United Kingdom |
William Pulgram | January 21, 1921 | Architect | US Army | United States |
Q[edit]
1 veteran
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Quie | September 18, 1923 | Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | US Navy | United States |
R[edit]
59 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Margarete Rabe | October 2, 1923 | Guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
Alfred Radley | 1924 | Clothing manufacturer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Bhisadej Rajani | January 20, 1922 | Member of the Thai royal family | British Army | United Kingdom |
James Ramsden | November 1, 1923 | Former Member of Parliament (1954–1974), last British Secretary of State for War (1963–64) | British Army | United Kingdom |
John Ernest Randall | May 22, 1924 | Ichthyologist | US Army | United States |
Karl Randolf | April 15, 1916 | Conductor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Georg Ratzinger | January 15, 1924 | Catholic priest | Reichsarbeitsdienst Luftwaffe |
Germany |
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | April 16, 1927 | Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Anton Rauscher | August 8, 1928 | Jesuit | Heer | Germany |
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | March 29, 1927 | Politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
Dennis V. Razis | May 30, 1923 | Oncologist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
Nipper Read | March 31, 1925 | Policeman, boxing administrator | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Manuel Real | January 27, 1924 | Judge | US Navy Reserve | United States |
Thomas Morrow Reavley | June 21, 1921 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Sumner Redstone | May 27, 1923 | Chairman & CEO of Viacom | US Army | United States |
Ogden R. Reid | June 24, 1925 | Politician & diplomat; New York Congressman (1963–1975) | US Army | United States |
Carl Reiner | March 20, 1922 | Film director & actor; TV's Your Show of Shows, The Dick van Dyke Show | US Army | United States |
Keith Remington | April 29, 1923 | Politician | Second Australian Imperial Force | Australia |
Vasily Reshetnikov | December 23, 1919 | Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force | Soviet Air Forces | Soviet Union |
Gene Reynolds | April 4, 1923 | Actor & TV writer, producer, & director | US Navy | United States |
Patrick Reyntiens | 1925 | Stained glass artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
George Barclay Richardson | September 19, 1924 | Economist | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
John Richardson | February 6, 1924 | Art historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
Fred Richmond | November 15, 1923 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Madeleine Riffaud | August 23, 1924 | Poet, journalist, & war correspondent | French Resistance | Free France |
Ray Rigby | April 16, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
John Rigas | November 14, 1924 | CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002) | US Army | United States |
Basil Rigg | August 12, 1926 | Cricket player | Australian Army | Australia |
Elfriede Rinkel | July 14, 1922 | Guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
Fred Risser | May 5, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Edward L. Rissien | October 1924 | Film producer and executive | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Sidney Rittenberg | August 14, 1921 | First American to join the Communist Party of China, journalist, consultant, author | US Army | United States |
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 |
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 | US Army | United States |
Andrew Romanov | January 21, 1923 | Pretender to the Russian throne | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Fred B. Rooney | November 6, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Clemens C. J. Roothaan | August 29, 1918 | Physicist | Dutch resistance | Netherlands |
Roy Roper | September 11, 1923 | Rugby union player | Royal New Zealand Navy | New Zealand |
Clive Rose | September 15, 1921 | Diplomat | British Army | United Kingdom |
Klaus Rose | June 3, 1928 | Professor of economics | Heer | Germany |
Werner Rosenberg | December 13, 1914 | Politician | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Justus Rosenberg | 1921 | Professor | French Resistance | Free France |
Rossana Rossanda | April 23, 1924 | Politician, journalist | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
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 |
Donald Russell | October 13, 1920 | Author, Academic | British Army | United Kingdom |
Jim Russell | May 28, 1920 | Racing Driver | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
John Russell | February 2, 1920 | Olympic equestrian | US Army | United States |
William Russell | November 19, 1924 | Actor | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Robert F. Ruth | March 4, 1921 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
F. James Rutherford | July 10, 1924 | Science professor, radar officer | US Navy | United States |
John Ruthven | November 12, 1924 | Wildlife painter | US Army | United States |
Bob Ryland | 1920 | Tennis player | US Army | United States |
S[edit]
108 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Sachal | November 15, 1924 | Artist | Red Army French Resistance |
Soviet Union Free France |
Howard F. Sachs | September 13, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Guy Sajer | January 13, 1927 | Military writer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Agadadash Samedov | March 10, 1924 | Soldier | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Sydney Samuelson | December 7, 1925 | Film commissioner | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Ugo Sansonetti | January 10, 1919 | Cavalry officer, masters athlete | Royal Italian Army | Italy |
C. Robert Sarcone | August 3, 1925 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Ashot Sarkisov | January 30, 1924 | Admiral, scientist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Frank Saucier | May 28, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Frank Saul | February 16, 1924 | Basketball player | US Army | United States |
Laurie Sawle | August 19, 1925 | Cricket player | Australian Army | Australia |
Henry Sayler | January 16, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert H. Scarborough | March 12, 1923 | Vice Admiral | US Navy | United States |
Norman Scarth | 1925 | Blogger & political candidate | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Ezra Schabas | April 24, 1924 | Musician, educator, author | US Navy | United States |
Jobst Schaefer | December 26, 1912 | Member of Landtag Lower-Saxony | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Art Schallock | April 25, 1924 | Baseball player | US Navy[7] | United States |
Harold Zvi Schiffrin | 1922 | Professor | US Army | United States |
Richard Schifter | July 31, 1923 | Lawyer | US Army | United States |
Rolf Schimpf | November 14, 1924 | German television actor | Germany | |
Ambrose Schindler | April 22, 1917 | American football player | US Navy | United States |
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 | Financial adviser, author | Heer | Germany |
Wolfgang Schumann | June 5, 1929 | Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Günther Schwägermann | July 24, 1915 | Adjutant for Joseph Goebbels | Waffen-SS | 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 |
Hans von Seggern | April 24, 1914 | Author | Wehrmacht | Germany |
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[8] | May 1, 1923 | TV director & writer | US Army | United States |
Doc Severinsen | July 7, 1927 | Trumpeter | US Army | United States |
Whitney North Seymour, Jr. | July 7, 1923 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Frank Shakespeare | April 9, 1925 | Diplomat, president of CBS | US Navy | United States |
Meir Shamgar | August 13, 1925 | President of the Israeli Supreme Court | Haganah Jewish Insurgency |
Mandatory Palestine Yishuv |
Edward Shames | June 13, 1922 | Soldier, Easy Company | 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 |
Kendall Shaw | 1924 | Painter | US Navy | United States |
Charles Norman Shay | June 27, 1924 | Penobscot tribal elder, writer | US Army | United States |
Jack Sheedy | September 28, 1926 | Sportsman | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
Winston L. Shelton | May 3, 1922 | Inventor, electrical engineer | US Army | United States |
Thomas D. Shepard | c. 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Harry W. Shlaudeman | May 17, 1926 | US ambassador to Nicaragua (1990–1992) | US Marine Corps | 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 |
Charlie Silvera | October 13, 1924 | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
John Simon | May 12, 1925 | Film, theater, literary critic, author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Edward H. Sims | May 29, 1923 | Author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Fred Singer | September 27, 1924 | Physicist, professor | US Navy | United States |
Kirpal Singh | September 5, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
John K. Singlaub | July 10, 1921 | Army general | US Army | United States |
Joe Sinnott | October 16, 1926 | Comic book artist | US Navy | United States |
Yuri Andreyevich Smirnov | 1923 | Linguist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Arthur Smith | May 8, 1915 | Football player | British Army | United Kingdom |
Gordon A. Smith | June 18, 1919 | Artist, teacher | Canadian Army | Canada |
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 |
Barbara Smoker | June 2, 1923 | Activist | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Robert M. Solow | August 23, 1924 | Economist | US Army | United States |
Gerhard Sommer | June 24, 1921 | Soldier | Waffen-SS | Germany |
Mihai Șora | November 7, 1916 | Philosopher, writer | French Resistance | Free France |
Alexei Sorokin | March 28, 1922 | Politician & admiral | Soviet Navy | Soviet Union |
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 |
Freddie Sowrey | September 14, 1922 | RAF Air marshal | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Robert Hitchcock Spain | October 26, 1925 | Bishop | US Navy | United States |
Arthur Donald Spatt | December 13, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Martin Spellman | October 8, 1925 | Actor | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Bill Spence | April 20, 1923 | Writer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Arnold Spielberg | February 6, 1917 | Electrical engineer | US Army | United States |
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 | 1925 | Author | US Marine Corps | United States |
Rosemarie Springer | July 15, 1920 | Olympic equestrian | Wehrmacht (nurse) | Germany |
Gus Stager | February 18, 1923 | Swimmer | US Army | 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 |
Janez Stanovnik | August 4, 1922 | Politician & economist | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Epaminondas Stassinopoulos | January 17, 1921 | Astrophysicist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
William L. Stearman | June 22, 1922 | Government official, author | US Navy | United States |
Jack Steinberger | May 25, 1921 | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1988) | US Army | United States |
Hans Steinbrecher | March 25, 1917 | Politician | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Herb Stempel | December 19, 1926 | Game show contestant | US Army | 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 |
John Paul Stevens | April 20, 1920 | U.S Supreme Court Justice | US Navy | United States |
Larry Storch | January 8, 1923 | Comedian and Actor; TV's F Troop | US Navy | United States |
Harold Strachan | December 1, 1925 | Writer, activist | South African Air Force | South Africa |
Lyle Elmer Strom | January 6, 1925 | Judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
John Hale Stutesman | December 16, 1920 | U.S State Department Consul | US Army | United States |
C. D. Subbaiah | March 6, 1924 | Fighter pilot, air marshal | Royal Indian Air Force | British India |
J. Denis Summers-Smith | October 25, 1920 | Ornithologist, Mechanical engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
Glenn E. Summers | February 19, 1925 | Politician | US Armed Forces | United States |
Jackie Sutton | May 28, 1920 | Boxer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Grigory Svirsky | September 29, 1921 | Writer | Soviet Air Force | Soviet Union |
T[edit]
46 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gorō Takeda | October 10, 1921 | General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1979–1981), Chief of Air Staff, JASDF (1978–1979) | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Angel Martín Taboas | June 18, 1918 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | US Armed Forces | United States |
Takis | October 25, 1925 | Artist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
Igal Talmi | January 31, 1925 | Nuclear physicist | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
Cyril Tamplin | May 27, 1921 | Cricketer | British Armed Forces | United Kingdom |
Takuma Tanada | October 30, 1919 | Biologist | US Army | United States |
Jiro Tanaka | January 16, 1917 | Aircraft & automotive engineer | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Endel Taniloo | January 5, 1923 | After the war survived a Soviet POW camp. Well-known sculptor | Estonian Legion | Estonia |
Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 | Bishop | British Army | United Kingdom |
Nicholas Taylor | November 11, 1927 | Politician, businessman, & geologist | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | Canada |
Robert L. Taylor | 1924 | Founder & president of Antique Airplane Association | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Frédéric Jacques Temple | August 18, 1921 | Poet, writer | French Expeditionary Corps | Free France |
Wayne Terwilliger | June 27, 1925 | Major League baseball player | US Marine Corps | United States |
Robert E. Thacker | February 21, 1918 | Aviator & test pilot | US Army Air Forces | United States |
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 |
Fritz Thiemes | October 29, 1914 | Politician in the GDR | Heer | Germany |
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 |
Brian Tierney | March 7, 1922 | Historian, medievalist | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
John Tillard | May 26, 1924 | Cricket player | British Army | United Kingdom |
Richard Timberlake | June 24, 1922 | Economist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Tun Tin | October 2, 1920 | 6th Prime Minister of Burma (1988), general, politician | Burma Independence Army | Burma |
Prem Tinsulanonda | August 26, 1920 | 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (1980–1988), politician, Regent of Thailand (2016), general | Royal Thai Army | Thailand |
Christopher Tolkien | November 21, 1924 | Editor, novelist, and academic | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Dan Tolkowsky | January 17, 1921 | Commander of the Israeli Air Force | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Alvin V. Tollestrup | March 22, 1924 | Physicist | US Navy | United States |
Marian Tomaszewski | August 13, 1922 | Soldier | Polish Land Forces Polish Armed Forces in the West |
Poland |
John Tooley | June 1, 1924 | General director of the Royal Opera House | British Army | United Kingdom |
Seymour Topping | December 11, 1921 | Journalist, professor | US Army | United States |
Aldo Tortorella | July 10, 1926 | Journalist & politician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Zollie Toth | January 26, 1924 | American football player | US Navy | United States[9] |
Simon Towneley | December 14, 1921 | Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Dick Trachok | December 27, 1925 | American football coach | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Trần Ngọc Châu | 1923 | Politician | Việt Minh | North Vietnam |
Gilbert R. Tredway | October 11, 1922 | Historian | US Army | United States |
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 |
Friedrich-Karl Trull | June 15, 1918 | Physician | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Ron Tudor | May 18, 1924 | Producer, engineer, record label owner, executive | Australian Army | Australia |
Joe Turkel | July 15, 1927 | Actor | US Army | United States |
Ralph Turlington | October 5, 1920 | Politician | US Armed Forces | United States |
Pete Turnham | January 1, 1921 | Politician | US Army | United States |
James Wesley Turpin | c. 1928 | Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist | US Navy | United States |
U[edit]
5 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yosh Uchida | April 1, 1920 | Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | US Army | United States |
Ragnar Ulstein | April 19, 1920 | Journalist, writer | Norwegian Army | Norway |
Blasius To Una | February 2, 1925 | Musician | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Brian Urquhart | February 28, 1919 | Soldier, diplomat | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ishinosuke Uwano | October 1922 | Soldier, prisoner of war | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
V[edit]
17 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Vaccaro | December 20, 1922 | Photographer | US Army | United States |
Jean Valentine | 1924 | Bombe operator | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Jaakko Valtanen | February 9, 1925 | General | Finnish Defence Forces | Finland |
Donald West VanArtsdalen | October 21, 1919 | Federal judge | Canadian Army 1940–42 US Army 1942–45 |
United States |
Ebert Van Buren | December 6, 1924 | Football player | US Army | United States |
Joe Vancisin | June 4, 1922 | Basketball coach and executive | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Richard Vande Hoef | May 15, 1925 | Politician | US Army | United States |
Dick Van Dyke | December 13, 1925 | Actor and comedian | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Neil D. Van Sickle | July 8, 1915 | Air force general | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Imre Varga | November 1, 1923 | Artist | Hungarian Air Force | Hungary |
Henri Vernes | October 16, 1918 | Action and science-fiction writer | Belgium | |
George S. Vest | December 25, 1918 | Diplomat | US Army | United States |
Claude Vigée | January 3, 1921 | Poet | French Resistance | Free France |
Weston E. Vivian | October 25, 1924 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Hans-Jochen Vogel | February 3, 1926 | Politician | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Francesco Vopli | October 13, 1914 | Pilot | Italian Air Force | Italy |
Inez Voyce | August 16, 1924 | Baseball player | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
W[edit]
64 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Henry Waddell | February 14, 1921 | Artist | US Army | United States |
John Waddy | June 17, 1920 | Author & military advisor | British Army | United Kingdom |
Jim Wade | February 14, 1926 | American football player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Angel Wagenstein | October 17, 1922 | Film director, author | Bulgarian Resistance | Bulgaria |
Peter Busby Waite | 1922 | Historian | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
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 |
Maxwell "Max" William Ward | November 22, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
John Warner | February 18, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Split Waterman | July 27, 1923 | Speedway rider | British Army | United Kingdom |
Stan Waterman | 1923 | Cinematographer | US Navy | United States |
Josser Watling | May 11, 1925 | Association football player | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Neal Watlington | December 25, 1922 | Major League Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Billy Watson | December 25, 1923 | Child actor | US Army[10] | United States |
Donald J. Watt | 1918 | Author | Australian Army | Australia |
Neville Way | March 16, 1924 | Surgeon, Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
James H. Weaver | August 8, 1927 | Politician; Oregon congressman (1975–1987) | US Navy | United States |
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 |
Everton Weekes | February 26, 1925 | Cricket player | British Army | United Kingdom |
Jürgen Wehrmann | December 13, 1917 | Professor | Heer | Germany |
Fritz Weikart | 1912 | Wrestler | Heer | Germany |
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[11] | United States |
Harry W. Wellford | August 6, 1924 | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Ed Westcott | January 20, 1922 | Photographer | US Army | United States |
Wally Westlake | November 8, 1920 | Major League baseball player | US Coast Guard | United States |
Ralph Weymouth | May 26, 1917 | Admiral, anti-nuclear weapon activist | 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 |
Jack Whitaker | May 18, 1924 | Sportscaster | US Army | United States |
John C. Whitcomb | June 22, 1924 | Theologian, author | US Army | United States |
Alan White | 1924 | Writer | United Kingdom | |
John White | 1924 | 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 | 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 |
Stan Williams | 1917 | Motorcycle racer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
G. I. Williamson | May 19, 1925 | Theologian, pastor, author | US Army | United States |
Gayraud Wilmore | December 20, 1921 | Historian, theologian, educator | US Army | United States |
Dennis Wilson | 1920 or 1921 | Poet | British Army | United Kingdom |
Edwin Wilson | February 1, 1923 | Professor | US Navy | United States |
Gerhard Windolf | January 13, 1924 | Masters athletics athlete | Germany | |
Charley Winner | July 2, 1924 | Football player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
William Winter | February 21, 1923 | Politician; Mississippi governor (1980–1984) | US Army | United States |
Graham Winteringham | 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 |
Releff Wolter-Peeksen | November 30, 1913 | Member of Landtag Lower Saxony | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Hoy Wong | August 22, 1916 | Bartender | US Air Force | United States |
Woody Woodbury | February 9, 1924 | Comedian & actor | US Marine Corps | United States |
Morgan Woodward | September 16, 1925 | Actor | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Herbert Worbs | December 1, 1915 | Soccer player | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Peregrine Worsthorne | December 22, 1923 | Journalist, writer, & broadcaster | British Army | United Kingdom |
Herman Wouk | May 27, 1915 | Author; The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War | US Navy | United States |
Ken Wright | September 6, 1925 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Wu Ningkun | September 1920 | Academic | National Revolutionary Army | Republic of China |
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[edit]
1 veteran
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Xydias | March 22, 1922 | Auto racing driver | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Y[edit]
12 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sol Yaged | December 8, 1922 | Jazz clarinetist | US Army | United States |
Abraham Yakin | July 31, 1924 | Artist | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
George Yankowski | November 19, 1922 | Major League baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Earl P. Yates | December 23, 1923 | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
Dmitry Yazov | November 8, 1924 | Soviet Union Marshal | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Chuck Yeager | February 13, 1923 | Air Force officer & test pilot; first person to exceed the speed of sound in flight | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Barbara Yeaman | December 16, 1924 | Conservationist | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
Bill Yoast | 1924 | High school football coach subject of the book and movie Remember the Titans | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Tom York | November 30, 1924 | TV personality | US Navy | United States |
Jim Youel | February 13, 1922 | Football player | 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[edit]
8 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinz Zache | October 16, 1916 | Author | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Zvi Zamir | March 3, 1925 | General | Haganah | Mandatory Palestine |
Donald Zec | March 12, 1919 | Journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Franco Zeffirelli | February 12, 1923 | Film director and producer; Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth | Italian resistance movement British Army |
Italian Resistance United Kingdom |
Franklin B. Zimmerman | June 20, 1923 | Musicologist, conductor | US Army | United States |
Roger H. Zion | September 17, 1921 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Zou Jiahua | October 1926 | Politician | National Revolutionary Army | Republic of China |
Leszek Żukowski | February 11, 1929 | President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | Gray Ranks | Poland |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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
- ^ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Reserve Corps Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Reserve Corps Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Todd Anton and Bill Nowlin, When Football Went to War, p. 249, at Google Books
- ^ https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=3&cat=all&tf=F&q=William+Watson+"California"+23&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=7865317&rlst=7865317,7581073,7999030
- ^ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.