List of notable surviving veterans of World War II

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945).

List

Total of 1189 veterans listed

A

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	(1923-10-02) October 2, 1923	Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya	Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army	Federated Malay States
Benjamin Abeles	(1925-06-23) June 23, 1925	Physicist	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Henry Abraham	(1921-08-25) 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	(1924-08-15) August 15, 1924	Businessman, philanthropist	US Army	United States
Robert Adair	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Physicist, sportswriter	US Army	United States
Valdas Adamkus	(1926-11-03) November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania
Lee Adams	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States
Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar	(1922-07-13) July 13, 1922	Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command	Egyptian Army	Egypt
Werner Ahrens	(1915-08-28) August 28, 1915	Journalist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Hans Albert	(1921-02-08) February 8, 1921	Philosopher	Heer	Germany
Vernon Alden	(1923-04-07) April 7, 1923	Businessman, scholar, President of Ohio University	US Navy	United States
Berni Alder	(1925-09-09) September 9, 1925	Physicist	US Navy	United States
Charlie Aldrich	(1918-06-03) June 3, 1918	Musician	US Navy	United States
Thomas A. Aldrich	(1923-11-30) November 30, 1923	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
Marshall Allen	(1924-05-25) May 25, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States
Wolfgang Altenburg	(1928-06-24) June 24, 1928	General	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Walter Althammer	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Politician	Heer	Germany
Kenneth Alwyn	(1925-07-28) July 28, 1925	Conductor, composer, writer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Nicholas Amer	(1923-09-29) September 29, 1923	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Kurt Anclam	(1918-05-07) May 7, 1918	Politician (GDR)	Wehrmacht	Germany
James A. Andersen	(1924-09-21) September 21, 1924	Politician, judge	US Army	United States
Bud Anderson	(1922-01-13) January 13, 1922	Fighter pilot	US Army Air Forces	United States
William S. Anderson	(1919-03-29) March 29, 1919	President and chairman of the NCR Corporation	Royal Hong Kong Regiment	British Hong Kong
Valérie André	(1922-04-21) April 21, 1922	General, neurosurgeon, aviator	French Resistance	Free France
Mark Andrews	(1926-05-19) May 19, 1926	Politician	US Army	United States
Roger Angell	(1920-09-19) September 19, 1920	Journalist	US Army	United States
Ray Anthony	(1922-01-20) January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	US Navy	United States
Alexandr Antsupov	(1924-07-07) July 7, 1924	Hero of the Soviet Union	Red Army	Soviet Union
Joe Arenas	(1925-12-12) December 12, 1925	Football player	US Army	United States
George Ariyoshi	(1926-03-12) March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)	US Army	United States
Michael Arnold (Mediziner)	(1928-12-27) December 27, 1928	Professor	Heer	Germany
Stanisław Aronson	(1925-05-06) May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland
Anatoliy Artemenko	(1918-12-19) December 19, 1918	Soviet Air Force major-general; Hero of the Soviet Union	Red Army	Soviet Union
Austin Asche	(1925-11-28) November 28, 1925	Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Mikhail Ashik	(1925-06-24) June 24, 1925	Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union	Red Army	Soviet Union
Yitzhak Arad	(1926-11-11) November 11, 1926	Historian, author, general	Soviet partisans	Soviet Union
Helmut Ashley	(1919-09-17) September 17, 1919	Cinematographer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Vasily Astafyev	(1919-10-26) October 26, 1919	Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union	Red Army	Soviet Union
Roy Austen-Smith	(1924-06-28) June 28, 1924	RAF air marshal	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom

B

122 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sheldon Bach	1925	Psychologist, psychoanalyst	US Armed Forces	United States
Robert L. Backman	(1922-03-22) March 22, 1922	Lawyer, politician	US Army	United States
Peter Badie	(1925-05-17) May 17, 1925	Jazz bass guitarist	US Navy	United States
Dave Bailey	(1926-02-22) February 22, 1926	Musician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Thomas Baird	(1924-05-17) May 17, 1924	Royal Navy admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ronald James Baker	(1924-08-24) August 24, 1924	Academic administrator	Royal Air Force	Canada
Victor Balashov	(1924-12-24) December 24, 1924	Broadcaster	Red Army	Soviet Union
Ken Bald	(1920-08-01) August 1, 1920	Comic book artist	US Marine Corps	United States
Walter Balderson	(1926-09-19) September 19, 1926	Television pioneer	US Navy	United States
Vincent Ball	(1923-12-04) December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Clinton Ballou	(1923-06-18) June 18, 1923	Biochemist, professor	US Navy	United States
James Bama	(1926-04-28) April 28, 1926	Artist	US Army Air Corps	United States
Paul Bannai	(1920-07-04) July 4, 1920	Politician	US Army	United States
Russell Bannock	(1919-11-01) November 1, 1919	Aviator & test pilot	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Bob Barker	(1923-12-12) December 12, 1923	Game show host	US Navy	United States
Haven J. Barlow	(1922-01-04) January 4, 1922	Politician	US Navy	United States
Dave Bartholomew	(1918-12-24) December 24, 1918	Musician, songwriter, & music producer	US Army	United States
Harry Basch	(1926-01-16) January 16, 1926	Actor & author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Phil Batt	(1927-03-04) March 4, 1927	29th Governor of Idaho	US Army Air Forces	United States
Karlheinz Bauer	(1928-04-24) April 24, 1928	Former head of Bauer Group	Heer	Germany
William Joseph Bauer	(1926-09-15) September 15, 1926	Federal judge	US Army	United States
Herbert Baumann	(1925-07-31) July 31, 1925	Composer	Heer	Germany
Hugh Beach	(1923-05-20) May 20, 1923	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
Ed Bearss	(1923-06-26) June 26, 1923	American historian	US Marine Corps	United States
Léonel Beaudoin	(1924-09-13) September 13, 1924	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Julius W. Becton, Jr.	(1926-06-29) June 29, 1926	American military officer, former FEMA director	US Army Air Corps	United States
Berkley Bedell	(1921-03-05) March 5, 1921	Politician; Iowa representative (1975–1987)	US Army	United States
Harry Belafonte	(1927-03-01) March 1, 1927	American singer	US Navy	United States
Roy Beldam	(1925-03-29) March 29, 1925	Judge	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Wendell Bell	(1924-09-27) September 27, 1924	Futurist	US Navy	United States
V.J. Bella	(1927-07-29) July 29, 1927	American politician	US Marine Corps	United States
Ralph Benjamin	(1922-11-17) November 17, 1922	Electrical engineer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Tony Bennett	(1926-08-03) August 3, 1926	Singer	US Army	United States
Paul Berg	(1926-06-30) June 30, 1926	Chemist	US Navy	United States
Alan Bergman	(1925-09-11) September 11, 1925	Songwriter	US Army	United States
Conway Berners-Lee	(1921-09-10) September 10, 1921	Mathematician, computer scientist	British Army	United Kingdom
Walter Bernstein	(1919-08-20) August 20, 1919	Screenwriter; The Front, Semi-Tough	US Army	United States
Rasammah Bhupalan	(1927-05-01) May 1, 1927	Social activist	Indian National Army	Azad Hind
Ruth Bidgood	(1922-07-20) July 20, 1922	Poet, historian	Women's Royal Naval Service	United Kingdom
Max Bingham	(1927-03-18) March 18, 1927	Politician	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Walter Bingham	1924	Journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Herbert Binkert	(1923-09-03) September 3, 1923	German football player	Heer	Germany
Robert Byron Bird	(1924-02-05) February 5, 1924	Chemical engineer, professor	US Army	United States
Bryan Harvey Bjarnason	(1924-04-02) April 2, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Jens Bjerre	(1921-03-16) March 16, 1921	Author, filmmaker, explorer	Danish Resistance	Denmark
Benjamin B. Blackburn	(1927-02-14) February 14, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
Robert J. Blackwell	1925	Government official	US Navy	United States
Eric Blackwood	(1921-12-07) December 7, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom
George W. Blair	(1921-08-24) August 24, 1921	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
George Blake	(1922-11-11) November 11, 1922	Spy	Dutch Resistance Royal Navy	Netherlands United Kingdom
Harry Blank	(1925-05-24) May 24, 1925	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Marcian Bleahu	(1924-03-14) March 14, 1924	Geologist, writer, politician		Romania
Henry W. Bloch	(1922-07-30) July 30, 1922	Businessman; co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company	US Army Air Corps	United States
Hans Blohm	(1927-11-12) November 12, 1927	Photographer and author	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Hans Blum	(1928-05-23) May 23, 1928	Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Naftali Blumenthal	(1922-03-01) March 1, 1922	Politician	Haganah	Mandatory Palestine
Robert Bly	(1926-12-23) December 23, 1926	Poet	US Navy	United States
Ronald Blythe	(1922-11-06) November 6, 1922	Author		United Kingdom
Philipp Bobkov	(1925-12-01) December 1, 1925	First deputy KGB chairman (1985–1991)	Red Army	Soviet Union
Vittore Bocchetta	(1918-11-15) November 15, 1918	Sculptor, painter & academic	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Werner Böcking	1929	Archaeologist, author	Volkssturm	Germany
Gottfried Böhm	(1920-01-23) January 23, 1920	Architect	Heer	Germany
Daoud Bokhary	c. 1919	Businessman	British Indian Army	British India
Frank Bolle	(1924-06-23) June 23, 1924	Comic artist and illustrator	US Army Air Forces	United States
Vladimir Boltyansky	(1925-04-26) April 26, 1925	Mathematician & educator	Red Army	Soviet Union
Yuri Bondarev	(1924-03-15) 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	(1916-11-11) November 11, 1916	Politician in the GDR	Wehrmacht	Germany
Claus von Boro	(1918-01-01) January 1, 1918	Film editor	Heer	Germany
George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth	(1919-10-31) 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	(1923-07-01) July 1, 1923	Author	US Marine Corps	United States
David Bowker	(1922-03-15) March 15, 1922	Olympic sailor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Alan Stephenson Boyd	(1922-07-20) July 20, 1922	Government official; Secretary of Transportation (1967–1969)	US Army Air Forces	United States
Cloyd Boyer	(1927-09-01) September 1, 1927	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Robert William Bradford	(1923-12-17) December 17, 1923	Artist	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Edwin Bramall	(1923-12-18) December 18, 1923	Field Marshal	British Army	United Kingdom
Eric Bransby	(1916-10-25) October 25, 1916	Artist	US Army	United States
Lewis M. Branscomb	(1926-08-17) August 17, 1926	Scientist	US Navy	United States
Eve Branson	(1923-07-12) July 12, 1923	Philanthropist, advocate	Women's Royal Naval Service	United Kingdom
Egidius Braun	(1925-02-27) February 27, 1925	President of the German Football Association	Wehrmacht	Germany
Walter Brenner	(1923-07-21) July 21, 1923	Professor, writer	US Armed Forces	United States
Ted E. Brewerton	(1925-03-30) March 30, 1925	General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Denis Brian	(1923-12-11) 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	(1925-06-25) June 25, 1925	Screenwriter	US Army Air Forces	United States
Tony Britton	(1924-06-09) June 9, 1924	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Ivor Broadis	(1922-12-18) December 18, 1922	Football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Hugo Broch	(1922-01-06) January 6, 1922	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Manuel Bromberg	(1917-03-06) March 6, 1917	Artist, professor	US Army	United States
Victor Brombert	(1923-11-11) November 11, 1923	Professor	US Army	United States
William Broomfield	(1922-04-28) April 28, 1922	Politician; Michigan representative (1957–1993)	US Army Air Corps	United States
Mel Brooks	(1926-06-28) June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	US Army, Corporal, Battle of the Bulge	United States
Bobby Brown	(1923-03-19) March 19, 1923	Football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bobby Brown	(1924-10-25) October 25, 1924	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Bud Brown	(1927-06-18) June 18, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
Geoff Brown	(1927-04-04) April 4, 1927	Tennis player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Jim Brown	1927	Sportsman, politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
June Brown	(1927-02-16) February 16, 1927	Actress	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Mervyn Brown	(1923-09-24) September 24, 1923	Diplomat, historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Ronald Brown	(1926-08-07) August 7, 1926	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Stephen Brown	(1924-10-03) October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Walt Brown	(1926-07-28) July 28, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States
Andrew Bruce	(1924-02-17) February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury	(1926-03-31) March 31, 1926	British peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom
Günter de Bruyn	(1926-11-01) November 1, 1926	German Author	Wehrmacht	Germany
Ashley Bryan	(1923-07-13) July 13, 1923	Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum	US Army	United States
Arthur E. Bryson	(1925-10-07) October 7, 1925	Control theorist	US Navy	United States
James L. Buckley	(1923-03-09) March 9, 1923	Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)	US Navy	United States
Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	(1922-03-27) March 27, 1922	Federal judge	US Army	United States
Frederick Buechner	(1926-07-11) July 11, 1926	Christian author, minister, and theologian	US Army	United States
Ken Buehler	(1919-11-19) November 19, 1919	National Basketball Association Player	US Navy	United States
Veljko Bulajić	(1928-03-22) March 22, 1928	Film director	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Romus Burgin	(1922-08-13) August 13, 1922	Author	US Marine Corps	United States
Jack Burke, Jr.	(1923-01-29) 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	(1920-10-04) October 4, 1920	Musician	US Navy	United States
Kenelm Burridge	(1922-10-31) October 31, 1922	Anthropologist	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Julian J. Bussgang	(1925-03-26) March 26, 1925	Mathematician, author	Polish Armed Forces in the West British Army	Poland United Kingdom
Alexander Butterfield	(1926-04-06) April 6, 1926	Military officer	US Army Air Forces	United States

C

84 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Emil Cadkin	(1920-08-26) August 26, 1920	Film score composer	US Army Air Forces	United States
William W. Caldwell	(1925-11-10) November 10, 1925	Judge	US Army	United States
Preston Callison	(1923-01-22) January 22, 1923	Politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Thomas D. Calnan	(1915-12-16) December 16, 1915	Author, prisoner-of-war	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
E. S. Campbell	(1921-12-28) December 28, 1921	Survivor of the sinking of the SS Henry Bacon, author	US Merchant Marine	United States
Ralph Caplan	(1925-01-04) January 4, 1925	Design consultant, writer	US Marine Corps	United States
Mortimer Caplin	(1916-07-11) July 11, 1916	Tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (1961–1964)	US Navy	United States
Ralph C. Capparelli	(1924-04-12) April 12, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States
Robert Cardenas	(1920-03-10) March 10, 1920	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
Eric Carle	(1929-06-25) June 25, 1929	Children's author & illustrator	Dug trenches on the Siegfried Line	Germany
Harry Carmean	(1922-08-05) August 5, 1922	Painter	US Army	United States
Lou Carnesecca	(1925-05-01) May 1, 1925	Basketball coach	US Coast Guard	United States
William Keir Carr	(1923-03-19) March 19, 1923	Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978)	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Gerard Caris	(1925-03-20) March 20, 1925	Artist	US Marine Corps	United States
Jimmy Carter	(1924-10-01) October 1, 1924	39th U.S. President	US Navy	United States
Desmond Cassidi	(1925-01-26) January 26, 1925	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William J. Castagna	(1924-06-25) June 25, 1924	Federal judge	US Army Air Forces	United States
Jean-Gabriel Castel	(1925-06-21) June 21, 1925	Law professor	French Resistance	Free France
Neus Català	(1915-10-06) October 6, 1915	Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor	French Resistance	Free France
Patrick Skene Catling	(1925-02-14) February 14, 1925	Journalist, author	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Nadia Cattouse	(1924-11-02) November 2, 1924	Actress, singer, song writer	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Raymond Cauchetier	(1920-01-10) January 10, 1920	Photographer	French Resistance	Free France
George Cawkwell	(1919-10-25) October 25, 1919	Academic	Fiji Infantry Regiment	British Fiji
Chuck Cecil	(1922-12-26) December 26, 1922	Radio broadcaster	US Navy	United States
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil	(1925-02-27) February 27, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Jordan Cekov	(1921-07-15) July 15, 1921	Journalist	People's Liberation Army of Macedonia	Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont	(1919-12-05) December 5, 1919	Historian, UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1964–1970), politician	British Army	United Kingdom
Tony Charmoli	(1922-06-11) June 11, 1922	Choreographer & TV dancer	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert A. Chase	(1923-01-01) January 1, 1923	Surgeon, professor	US Army	United States
Eugene Chelyshev	(1921-10-27) October 27, 1921	Indologist & academician	Red Army	Soviet Union
J. D. Chesswas	1919	Author, linguist	British Army	United Kingdom
Kenneth O. Chilstrom	(1921-04-20) April 20, 1921	Air force officer	US Army Air Corps	United States
Bob Chinn	(1923-03-02) March 2, 1923	Restaurateur	US Army	United States
Henryk Chmielewski	(1923-06-07) June 7, 1923	Comic book artist	Home Army	Poland
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher	(1925-04-25) April 25, 1925	Businessman, trade unionist, tax official	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
James Paul Churchill	(1924-08-10) August 10, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States
Edward Clark	(1926-05-06) May 6, 1926	Artist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Marc Clark	(1923-10-23) October 23, 1923	Sculptor	British Army	United Kingdom
Ramsey Clark	(1927-12-18) December 18, 1927	66th US Attorney General	US Marine Corps	United States
Densey Clyne	(1922-12-04) December 4, 1922	Naturalist, photographer, writer	Australian Women's Army Service	Australia
John B. Cobb	(1925-02-09) February 9, 1925	Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist	US Army	United States
Lila Cockrell	(1922-01-19) January 19, 1922	Mayor of San Antonio (1989–1991)	US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)	United States
Sterling R. Cockrill	(1925-04-07) April 7, 1925	Politician, artist	US Navy	United States
Geulah Cohen	(1925-12-25) December 25, 1925	Politician, activist	Jewish Insurgency	Yishuv
Avern Cohn	(1924-07-23) July 23, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States
Marthe Cohn	(1920-04-13) April 13, 1920	Author, spy	French Army	France
Galen Cole	1925	Philanthropist	US Army	United States
Colin Collindridge	(1920-11-15) November 15, 1920	Football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ena Collymore-Woodstock	(1917-09-10) September 10, 1917	Solicitor, magistrate	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Don Colo	(1925-01-05) January 5, 1925	American football player		United States
Leon Comber	(1921-09-20) September 20, 1921	Author	British Indian Army	British India
Forrest Compton	(1925-09-15) September 15, 1925	Actor	US Army	United States
Jim Conacher	(1921-05-05) May 5, 1921	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Clint Conatser	(1921-07-24) July 24, 1921	Baseball player	US Coast Guard	United States
Fred Cone	(1926-06-21) June 21, 1926	American football player	US Army	United States
Robert H. Conn	(1925-06-08) June 8, 1925	Government official	US Navy	United States
Harry Connick Sr.	(1926-03-27) March 27, 1926	Attorney	US Navy	United States
Paul M. Cook	(1924-04-25) April 25, 1924	Chemist	US Army	United States
Charles H. Coolidge	(1921-08-04) August 4, 1921	Soldier; Medal of Honor recipient	US Army	United States
George Cooper	(1925-08-10) August 10, 1925	General	British Army	United Kingdom
Jerome Coopersmith	(1925-08-11) August 11, 1925	Dramatist	US Army	United States
Tom Copeland	(1924-04-17) April 17, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.	(1925-09-29) September 29, 1925	Federal judge	US Army	United States
Alec Coppen	(1923-01-29) January 29, 1923	Psychiatrist	British Army	United Kingdom
Anton Coppola	(1917-03-21) March 21, 1917	Opera conductor, composer	Bandmaster in the US Army	United States
Roger Corman	(1926-04-05) April 5, 1926	Filmmaker & actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
Carl Corley	(1921-12-15) December 15, 1921	Author, illustrator	US Marine Corps	United States
Peter Cory	(1925-10-25) October 25, 1925	Judge	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Mary Cosh	(1919-03-03) March 3, 1919	Journalist, historian, author	Women's Royal Naval Service	United Kingdom
Jack Couffer	(1924-12-07) December 7, 1924	Cinematographer, director, author	US Army	United States
John J. Creedon	(1924-08-01) August 1, 1924	Former President and CEO of MetLife	US Navy	United States
Jack Crimian	(1926-02-17) February 17, 1926	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Eberhard Cronshagen	(1913-06-25) June 25, 1913	Actor	Wehrmacht	Germany
James Cross	(1921-09-29) September 29, 1921	Diplomat, kidnapped during the October Crisis	British Army	United Kingdom
John Cruickshank	(1920-05-20) May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	British Army Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Charles Csuri	(1922-07-04) July 4, 1922	Artist	US Army	United States
James Cumes	(1922-06-23) June 23, 1922	Diplomat, economist, author	Australian Army	Australia
Iris Cummings	(1920-12-21) December 21, 1920	Olympic swimmer, Aviator	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States
Peter Cundall	(1927-04-01) April 1, 1927	Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008)	British Army	United Kingdom
Hugh Cunningham	(1921-11-04) November 4, 1921	Lieutenant general, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements) (1976–1978)	British Army	United Kingdom
Francis S. Currey	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	World War II Medal of Honor recipient	US Army	United States
Jal Cursetji	(1919-05-20) 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	(1917-07-23) July 23, 1917	Surgeon General of the United States Navy	US Navy	United States

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50 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Phyllis Dalton	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925	Costume designer	Women's Royal Naval Service	United States
Ernest L. Daman	(1923-03-14) March 14, 1923	Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor	US Army	United States
Helmut Damrath	(1917-06-12) June 12, 1917	Civil engineer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Vahe Danielyan	(1920-01-14) January 14, 1920	Soldier, Soviet concentration camp survivor	Red Army	Soviet Union
Henry Danton	(1919-03-30) March 30, 1919	Dancer, teacher	British Army	United Kingdom
Louis Danziger	(1923-11-17) November 17, 1923	Graphic designer, professor	US Army	United States
Hywel Davies	1924	Cardiologist	British Army	United Kingdom
R. W. Davies	(1925-04-23) April 23, 1925	Professor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Don Marion Davis	(1917-10-09) October 9, 1917	Actor	US Army	United States
Bob Dawson	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
John Gunther Dean	(1926-02-24) February 24, 1926	Diplomat	US Army	United States
Eugene Peyton Deatrick	(1924-11-17) November 17, 1924	Colonel	US Army Air Forces	United States
Kurt Debes	(1916-01-08) January 8, 1916	Politician in the GDR	Wehrmacht	Germany
Eddie Deerfield	(1923-08-24) August 24, 1923	Government official	US Army Air Corps	United States
Gene Deitch	(1924-08-08) August 8, 1924	Illustrator, animator, film director	US Army Air Forces	United States
Angelo Del Boca	(1925-05-23) May 23, 1925	Historian	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Billy DeMars	(1925-08-26) August 26, 1925	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Alfred Dennis	(1922-08-17) August 17, 1922	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Frederick B. Dent	(1922-08-17) August 17, 1922	Politician	US Navy	United States
Vincent DeRosa	(1920-10-05) October 5, 1920	Musician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Gene Derricotte	(1926-06-14) June 14, 1926	American football player	US Army	United States
C. G. Devashar	(1924-06-19) June 19, 1924	Air marshal	Royal Indian Air Force	British India
George Dickson	(1923-09-27) September 27, 1923	Football player	US Army	United States
Helmut Diefenthal	(1924-03-20) March 20, 1924	Medical missonary	Heer	Germany
Harrison Dillard	(1923-07-08) July 8, 1923	Track and field athlete	US Army	United States
David Dinkins	(1927-07-10) July 10, 1927	Politician	US Marine Corps	United States
John William Ditter, Jr.	(1921-10-19) October 19, 1921	Federal judge	US Naval Reserve	United States
Klaus von Dohnanyi	(1928-06-23) June 23, 1928	Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg	Volkssturm	Germany
Bob Dole	(1923-07-22) July 22, 1923	US Senator (1969–1996); 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee; 1996 Republican presidential nominee	US Army	United States
Vladimir Dolgikh	(1924-12-05) December 5, 1924	Political figure	Red Army	Soviet Union
Lou Donaldson	(1926-11-01) November 1, 1926	Musician	US Navy	United States
William I. Donnermeyer Sr.	(1924-09-19) September 19, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States
Harry Dornbrand	(1922-11-10) November 10, 1922	Aerospace engineer	US Navy	United States
Bruce L. Douglas	(1925-07-14) July 14, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
Kirk Douglas	(1916-12-09) December 9, 1916	Actor	US Navy	United States
Robert Wagner Dowling	(1924-09-28) September 28, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Rex Downing	(1925-04-25) April 25, 1925	Actor	US Armed Forces	United States
Hugh Downs	(1921-02-14) February 14, 1921	Journalist and TV host	US Army	United States
Karl-Heinz Drews	(1929-12-22) December 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm Wehrmacht	Germany
Roy Drinkard	(1920-07-12) July 12, 1920	Businessman	US Marine Corps	United States
Charles C. Droz	(1924-07-08) July 8, 1924	Politician	Army	United States
Roger Du Boulay	(1922-03-20) March 20, 1922	Diplomat and civil servant	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Richard L. Duchossois	(1921-10-07) October 7, 1921	Sports businessman	US Army	United States
Patrick Duffy	(1920-06-17) June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom
Roland Dumas	(1922-08-23) August 23, 1922	Politician, lawyer	French Resistance	Free France
Charles Duncan, Jr.	(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926	Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator	US Army Air Corps	United States
Winfield Dunn	(1927-07-01) July 1, 1927	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	US Navy	United States
Karl Dunz	(1917-02-02) February 2, 1917	Author	Wehrmacht	Germany
A. Hunter Dupree	(1921-01-29) January 29, 1921	Historian	US Navy	United States
Pete Dye	(1925-12-29) December 29, 1925	Golf course designer	US Army	United States

E

27 veterans

	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
John Eden	(1925-05-15) 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	(1921-12-24) December 24, 1921	Cricketer	Australian Army	Australia
Edwin Edwards	(1927-08-07) August 7, 1927	Governor of Louisiana (1972–1980, 1984–1988; 1992–1996); congressman from Louisiana (1965–1972)	US Navy	United States
James Francis Edwards	(1921-06-05) June 5, 1921	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Warren William Eginton	(1924-02-16) February 16, 1924	Federal judge	US Army	United States
Eberhard Eimler	(1930-11-30) November 30, 1930	General	Volkssturm	Germany
Alfred Einwag	(1928-03-18) March 18, 1928	Lawyer	Heer	Germany
Princess Elizabeth	(1926-04-21) April 21, 1926	Queen of the Commonwealth Realms	Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Bump Elliott	(1925-01-30) January 30, 1925	American football player and coach	US Marine Corps	United States
Diet Eman	(1920-04-30) April 30, 1920	Author	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
Billy Emerson	(1925-12-21) December 21, 1925	Singer, songwriter	US Navy	United States
Peter Engel	(1918-09-27) September 27, 1918	Politician in Saarland	Waffen-SS	Germany
Gerhard Enger	(1915-11-22) November 22, 1915	Politician in the GDR	Wehrmacht	Germany
Robert Engman	(1927-04-29) April 29, 1927	Sculptor	US Navy	United States
William Benner Enright	(1925-07-12) July 12, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States
Erhard Eppler	(1926-12-09) December 9, 1926	Politician	Heer	Germany
Jerald Ericksen	(1924-12-20) December 20, 1924	Mathematician	US Navy	United States
Carl Erskine	(1926-12-13) December 13, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Vladimir Etush	(1922-05-06) May 6, 1922	Actor	Red Army	Soviet Union
David Evans	(1924-12-20) December 20, 1924	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
David Evans	(1925-06-03) June 3, 1925	Chief of the Air Staff of the RAAF (1982-1985); writer and defense consultant	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Daniel Evans	(1924-07-14) July 14, 1924	Military officer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Daniel J. Evans	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925	Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)	US Navy	United States
Charles Evers	(1922-09-11) September 11, 1922	Civil rights activist	US Army	United States
Klas Ewert Everwyn	(1930-03-10) March 10, 1930	Author	Volkssturm	Germany
Anthony Eyton	(1923-05-17) May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army	United Kingdom

F

46 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bob Falkenburg	(1926-01-29) January 29, 1926	Tennis player, entrepreneur	US Army Air Forces	United States
Max Falkenstien	(1924-04-09) April 9, 1924	Sports announcer	US Army Air Corps	United States
Josef-Gerhard Farkas	(1929-07-13) July 13, 1929	Hungariologist	Volkssturm	Germany
Paul Farnes	(1918-07-16) 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	(1919-10-14) October 14, 1919	Rear Admiral	US Navy Reserve	United States
David Sidney Feingold	(1922-11-15) November 15, 1922	Biochemist	US Navy	United States
Victor Feldbrill	(1924-04-04) April 4, 1924	Conductor & violinist	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Nicholas Felice	(1927-02-05) February 5, 1927	Politician	US Army	United States
George E. Felton	(1921-02-03) February 3, 1921	Computer scientist	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Benjamin B. Ferencz	(1920-03-11) March 11, 1920	Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials	US Army	United States
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	(1919-03-24) March 24, 1919	Poet	US Navy	United States
David Ferry	(1924-03-05) March 5, 1924	Poet & professor	US Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Field	(1924-06-07) June 7, 1924	Poet & author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Field	(1923-03-30) March 30, 1923	Meteorologist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Nathaniel Fiennes	(1920-09-22) September 22, 1920	British hereditary peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom
Paul Findley	(1921-06-13) June 13, 1921	Politician; Illinois representative (1961–1983)	US Navy	United States
Bernhard Fisch	(1926-08-22) August 22, 1926	German writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Oskar Fischer	(1923-03-19) March 19, 1923	Minister of foreign affairs of the German Democratic Republic	Wehrmacht	Germany
Howard M. Fish	(1923-08-01) August 1, 1923	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
Leonard Everett Fisher	(1924-06-24) June 24, 1924	Children's writer & illustrator	US Army	United States
Ed Fitz Gerald	(1924-05-21) May 21, 1924	Major League baseball player	US Army	United States
Jimmy Fitzmorris	(1921-11-15) November 15, 1921	Businessman, politician	US Army	United States
Sergio Flamigni	(1925-10-22) October 22, 1925	Politician & writer	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Samuel C. Florman	(1925-01-19) January 19, 1925	Civil engineer, author	US Navy	United States
Peter Folkes	(1923-11-03) November 3, 1923	Painter	British Army	United Kingdom
James Foort	(1921-12-10) December 10, 1921	Inventor, artist	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Jim Forbes	(1923-12-16) December 16, 1923	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Loretta Ford	(1920-12-28) December 28, 1920	Nurse, Academic	US Army Air Forces (nurse)	United States
Patrick Forrest	1923	Surgeon	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Wieland Förster	(1930-02-12) February 12, 1930	Painter, writer	Volkssturm	Germany
John S. Foster Jr.	(1922-09-18) September 18, 1922	Physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Martin S. Fox	1924	Publisher	US Army	United States
Maurice Sanford Fox	(1924-10-11) October 11, 1924	Geneticist & molecular biologist	US Army Air Corps	United States
Paul Fox	(1925-10-27) October 27, 1925	Television executive	British Army	United Kingdom
Sonny Fox	(1925-06-17) June 17, 1925	Television host	US Army	United States
Noble Frankland	(1922-07-04) July 4, 1922	Historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
William Frankland	(1912-03-19) March 19, 1912	Immunologist	British Army	United Kingdom
John Franzese	(1917-02-06) February 6, 1917	Underboss of the Colombo crime family	US Army	United States
Donald M. Fraser	(1924-02-20) February 20, 1924	Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1993)	US Navy	United States
J. Keith Fraser	(1922-02-18) February 18, 1922	Physical geographer	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom
Jesse Freitas Sr.	(1921-02-07) February 7, 1921	Football player	US Army	United States
George Carr Frison	(1924-11-11) November 11, 1924	Archaeologist	US Navy	United States
Russell Freeburg	(1923-03-04) March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	US Army	United States
Jean Frydman	(1925-06-26) June 26, 1925	Businessman	French Resistance	Free France
Daniel Fuller	(1925-08-28) August 28, 1925	Theologian	US Navy	United States
Andrew Fulton	(1927-01-23) January 23, 1927	Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (1980–1983)	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada

G

71 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Billy Gabor	(1922-05-13) May 13, 1922	Basketball player	US Army Air Corps	United States
Arnald Gabriel	(1925-05-31) May 31, 1925	Conductor of the US Air Force Band	US Army	United States
Mason Gaffney	(1923-10-18) October 18, 1923	Economist		United States
Jacek Gałązka	(1924-04-28) April 28, 1924	Publicist, activist	Polish Armed Forces in the West	Poland
Samuel Rhea Gammon III	(1924-01-22) January 22, 1924	Ambassador	US Army	United States
Peter Gammond	(1925-09-30) September 30, 1925	Music critic, writer, artist	British Army	United Kingdom
Norman Garbo	(1919-02-15) February 15, 1919	Author & lecturer	US Army Air Forces	United States
Harold Garde	(1923-06-07) June 7, 1923	Artist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Makhmut Gareev	(1923-06-23) June 23, 1923	Historian & military scientist	Red Army	Soviet Union
Bernard Garfield	(1924-03-27) March 27, 1924	Bassoonist	US Army	United States
Stanley Michael Gartler	(1923-06-09) June 9, 1923	Biologist & geneticist	US Army Air Forces	United States
William H. Gates, Sr.	(1925-11-30) November 30, 1925	Philanthropist and father of Bill Gates	US Army	United States
Philippe de Gaulle	(1921-12-28) December 28, 1921	Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle	Free French Naval Forces	Free France
Theodore H. Geballe	(1920-01-20) January 20, 1920	Physicist	US Army	United States
James George	(1918-09-14) September 14, 1918	Diplomat	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Tuomas Gerdt	(1922-05-28) May 28, 1922	Last living recipient of the Mannerheim Cross	Finnish Army	Finland
Hubert Germain	(1920-08-06) August 6, 1920	Former minister (1972–1974); Compagnon de la Libération	Free French Army	Free France
Eddie Germano	(1924-11-15) November 15, 1924	Cartoonist	US Army	United States
Gustav Gerneth	(1905-10-15) October 15, 1905	Oldest known living veteran of WW2	Luftwaffe	Germany
Harry Gesner	(1925-04-28) April 28, 1925	Architect	US Army	United States
Andrée Geulen-Herscovici	(1921-09-06) September 6, 1921	Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children	Belgian Resistance	Belgium
William Gianelli	(1919-02-19) February 19, 1919	Government official	US Army	United States
Hutton Gibson	(1918-08-26) August 26, 1918	Writer; father of Mel Gibson	US Army	United States
Roy Gibson	(1924-07-04) July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	(1926-02-02) February 2, 1926	French politician; President of France (1974–1981)	Free French Army French Resistance	Free France
Ivry Gitlis	(1922-08-25) August 25, 1922	Virtuoso violinist	British Army	United Kingdom
I. Leo Glasser	(1924-04-06) April 6, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States
Manolis Glezos	(1922-09-09) September 9, 1922	Politician & writer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Harry Glickman	(1924-05-13) May 13, 1924	Journalist, promoter, sports executive	US Army	United States
Fred Gloden	(1918-12-21) December 21, 1918	American football player	US Navy	United States
Howard Golden	1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
Harry E. Goldsworthy	(1914-04-03) April 3, 1914	Lieutenant General	US Army	United States
Wiesław Gołas	(1930-10-09) October 9, 1930	Actor	Gray Ranks	Poland
U. L. Gooch	(1923-09-13) September 13, 1923	Politician	US Army	United States
John B. Goodenough	(1922-07-25) July 25, 1922	Physicist, professor	US Army	United States
Alfred T. Goodwin	(1923-06-29) June 29, 1923	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)	US Army	United States
Bert I. Gordon	(1922-09-24) September 24, 1922	Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants	US Army Air Corps	United States
Hartwig Gottwald	(1917-08-27) August 27, 1917	Politician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Gust Graas	(1924-12-19) December 19, 1924	Painter, businessman	Wehrmacht	Germany
Bernard F. Grabowski	(1923-06-11) June 11, 1923	Politician; Connecticut Representative (1965–1967)	US Army	United States
René Henry Gracida	(1923-06-09) June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States
Henry Graff	(1921-08-11) August 11, 1921	Historian	US Army	United States
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet	(1926-07-15) July 15, 1926	Diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton	(1925-03-26) March 26, 1925	Politician	British Army	United Kingdom
David E. Grange, Jr.	(1925-04-09) April 9, 1925	General	US Army	United States
Anatoli Granovsky	1922	Defected NKVD agent, author	Red Army	Soviet Union
Martin Graßnick	(1917-05-05) May 5, 1917	Architect	Wehrmacht	Germany
Ernest Graves Jr.	(1924-07-06) July 6, 1924	General	US Army	United States
John R. Gray	(1925-05-14) May 14, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Henry Gray	(1925-01-19) January 19, 1925	Blues singer & pianist	US Army	United States
Bill Grayden	(1920-08-05) August 5, 1920	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Bill Greason	(1924-09-03) September 3, 1924	Baseball player	US Marine Corps	United States
Prosper Grech	(1925-12-24) December 24, 1925	Roman Catholic cardinal	British Army	United Kingdom
Peter Green	(1924-12-22) December 22, 1924	Historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Russell H. Greenan	(1925-09-17) September 17, 1925	Author	US Navy	United States
Martin Greenberg	(1918-02-03) February 3, 1918	Poet, translator	US Armed Forces	United States
Maurice R. Greenberg	(1925-05-04) May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	US Army	United States
Shecky Greene	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Comedian	US Navy	United States
Paul Greengard	(1925-12-11) December 11, 1925	Scientist	US Navy	United States
Stu Griffing	(1926-11-09) November 9, 1926	Olympic rower	US Army	United States
Hans Groebe	(1916-09-29) September 29, 1916	Manager AEG-Telefunken	Wehrmacht	Germany
Bill Groethe	(1923-11-02) November 2, 1923	Photographer	US Army Air Forces	United States
Hans-Werner Grosse	(1922-11-28) November 28, 1922	Aviator	Luftwaffe	Germany
Werner Grossmann	(1929-03-06) March 6, 1929	Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security	Volkssturm	Germany
Johnny Groth	(1926-07-23) July 23, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Jacob W. Gruber	(1921-02-26) February 26, 1921	Anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, educator	US Army	United States
Doris Grumbach	(1918-07-12) July 12, 1918	Writer	Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service	United States
Frank Joseph Guarini	(1924-08-20) August 20, 1924	Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)	US Navy	United States
James Gunn	(1923-07-12) July 12, 1923	Science fiction writer & editor	US Navy	United States
Erich Gusko	(1930-02-19) February 19, 1930	Cinematographer	Volkssturm	Germany
Richard K. Guy	(1916-09-30) September 30, 1916	Mathematician	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom

H

86 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
George Haigh	(1915-06-26) June 26, 1915	Professional footballer	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Barbara Hall	(1923-02-03) February 3, 1923	Crossword puzzle editor	Women's Royal Naval Service	United Kingdom
Harber H. Hall	(1920-09-24) September 24, 1920	Politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Ralph Hall	(1923-05-03) May 3, 1923	Politician; Texas representative (1981–2015)	US Navy	United States
Gail Halvorsen	(1920-10-10) October 10, 1920	US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"	US Army Air Forces	United States
Ian Hamilton	(1925-09-13) September 13, 1925	lawyer, Scottish nationalist, participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950	British Army	United Kingdom
Eric P. Hamp	(1920-11-16) November 16, 1920	Linguist	US Army	United States
Walter Hanel	(1930-09-30) September 30, 1930	Political caricaturist	Volkssturm	Germany
Arnold Hano	(1922-03-02) March 2, 1922	Writer	US Army	United States
John Hanscomb	(1924-10-07) October 7, 1924	Politician	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Claus Hansmann	(1918-06-15) June 15, 1918	Photographer	Wehrmacht	Germany
G. Homer Harding	(1925-12-07) December 7, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Robert Harlow	(1923-11-19) November 19, 1923	Writer, academic	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Chuck Harmon	(1924-04-23) April 23, 1924	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Sheldon Harnick	(1924-04-30) April 30, 1924	Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof)	US Army	United States
Bert J. Harris Jr.	(1919-12-09) December 9, 1919	Politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Walter Harris	1925	Author, broadcaster	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reg Harrison	(1923-05-22) May 22, 1923	Association football player	British Army	United Kingdom
Wes Harrison	January 1925	Comedian, voice actor	US Navy	United States
Ted Hartley	(1924-11-06) November 6, 1924	Pilot, banker, actor, film producer	US Navy	United States
R. James Harvey	(1922-07-04) July 4, 1922	Politician & jurist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Karl-Günther von Hase	(1917-12-15) December 15, 1917	German ambassador in London, 1970–1977	Heer	Germany
Don Hasenmayer	(1927-04-04) April 4, 1927	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Harry G. Haskell, Jr.	(1921-05-27) May 27, 1921	Politician; Delaware representative (1957–1959)	US Coast Guard	United States
Hau Pei-tsun	(1919-07-13) July 13, 1919	Taiwanese general and politician; Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993)	National Revolutionary Army	Republic of China
Howard Haugerud	(1924-08-22) August 22, 1924	Government official, businessman	US Army Air Forces	United States
Chris Haughey	(1925-10-03) October 3, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Helmut Hauptmann	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Writer	Heer	Germany
Roy T. Haverkamp	(1924-12-10) December 10, 1924	U.S Ambassador to Grenada (1984–1986)	US Army Air Forces	United States
Sara Payne Hayden	(1919-08-29) August 29, 1919	Aviator	Women Airforce Service Pilot	United States
Bernice Falk Haydu	(1920-12-15) December 15, 1920	Aviator	Women Airforce Service Pilot	United States
Bill Hayes	(1925-06-05) June 5, 1925	Actor	US Naval Air Corps	United States
Thomas B. Hayward	(1924-05-03) May 3, 1924	Admiral	US Navy	United States
Bruce Haywood	1925	President of Monmouth College	British Army	United Kingdom
John P. Healey	(1922-03-07) March 7, 1922	Aerospace executive manager	US Navy	United States
Eric Heath	(1923-11-28) November 28, 1923	Artist	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
Robert Hébras	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor	French Resistance	Free France
Friedrich Hecht	(1918-08-29) August 29, 1918	Politician in the GDR	Wehrmacht	Germany
Val Heim	(1920-11-04) November 4, 1920	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Bert Hellinger	(1925-12-16) December 16, 1925	Psychotherapist	German Armed Forces	Germany
Paul Hellyer	(1923-08-06) August 6, 1923	Engineer and politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Emile Hemmen	(1923-12-06) December 6, 1923	Poet, writer	Luxembourg Resistance	Luxembourg
Józef Hen	(1923-11-08) November 8, 1923	Writer	Polish People's Army	Poland
James Hennessy	(1923-09-26) September 26, 1923	Diplomat, prison official	British Army	United Kingdom
Werner Henninger	(1929-04-07) April 7, 1929	Admiral	Volkssturm	Germany
Laurin L. Henry	(1921-05-23) May 23, 1921	Researcher	US Navy	United States
Richard C. Henry	(1925-12-17) December 17, 1925	General	US Army	United States
Bob Hermann	(1923-01-03) January 3, 1923	Businessman	US Navy	United States
Hans-Joachim Heusing	(1928-08-24) August 24, 1928	Climber, alpinist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Howard Hibbett	(1920-07-27) July 27, 1920	Translator, Academic	US Army	United States
Norman Hillier-Fry	(1923-08-12) August 12, 1923	Diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Elwood Hillis	(1926-03-06) March 6, 1926	Indiana congressman (1971–1987)	US Army	United States
Cyril Hilsum	(1925-05-17) May 17, 1925	Physicist, academic	Royal navy	United Kingdom
Lynn M. Hilton	(1924-11-03) November 3, 1924	Politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Georg Himmelheber	(1929-08-04) August 4, 1929	Historian	Volkssturm	Germany
Mike Hoare	(1919-03-17) March 17, 1919	Mercenary	British Army	United Kingdom
Stuart Hodes	(1924-11-27) November 27, 1924	Dancer, choreographer, writer	US Army Air Corps	United States
Horst-Klaus Hofmann	(1928-11-20) November 20, 1928	Secretary of the German YMCA	Heer	Germany
Hal Holbrook	(1925-02-17) February 17, 1925	Actor	US Army	United States
Ernest Hollings	(1922-01-01) January 1, 1922	Politician; South Carolina governor (1959–1963) and senator (1966–2005)	US Army	United States
Earl Holliman	(1928-09-11) September 11, 1928	Actor	US Navy	United States
James L. Holloway III	(1922-02-23) February 23, 1922	Navy admiral	US Navy	United States
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	(1923-09-21) September 21, 1923	Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974)	US Army	United States
Tony Honoré	(1921-03-30) March 30, 1921	Lawyer, jurist	British Army	United Kingdom
Amos Horev	1924	Military officer	Haganah	Mandatory Palestine
Ted Horlick	(1925-09-28) September 28, 1925	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Thomas W. Horton	(1919-12-29) December 29, 1919	Pilot	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
János Horváth	(1921-11-07) November 7, 1921	Politician	Hungarian Resistance	Hungary
A. E. Hotchner	(1917-06-28) June 28, 1917	Writer	US Army Air Corps	United States
Amo Houghton	(1926-08-07) August 7, 1926	New York congressman (1987–2005)	US Marine Corps	United States
Glyn Houston	(1925-10-23) October 23, 1925	Actor	British Army	United States
Lee Howard	(1923-11-11) November 11, 1923	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Michael Howard	(1922-11-29) November 29, 1922	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Sherman Howard	(1924-11-28) November 28, 1924	American football player	US Army	United States
Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones	(1923-11-01) November 1, 1923	Diplomat	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Harry Hughes	(1926-11-13) November 13, 1926	Politician; 57th Governor of Maryland (1979–1987)	US Naval Air Corps	United States
Tom Hughes	(1923-11-26) November 26, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Evan Hultman	(1925-07-15) July 15, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Edwin Hunt	(1920-03-20) March 20, 1920	Queen's Bargemaster	British Army	United Kingdom
Francis Huré	(1916-10-05) October 5, 1916	Ambassador, writer	Free French Army	Free France
David Hurst	(1926-03-09) March 9, 1926	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Earl Hutto	(1926-05-12) May 12, 1926	Florida congressman (1979–1995)	US Navy	United States
Dayton Hyde	1925	Author	US Army	United States
Harold Hyman	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	American Civil War historian	US Marine Corps	United States
Samuel Hynes	(1924-08-29) August 29, 1924	Author	US Marine Corps	United States
Hyun Soong-jong	(1919-01-26) January 26, 1919	Prime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan

I

6 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Paul Robert Ignatius	(1920-11-11) November 11, 1920	Government official	US Navy	United States
Robert F. Inger	(1920-09-10) September 10, 1920	Herpetologist	US Army Corps of Engineers	United States
Paul Ioannidis	(1924-02-22) February 22, 1924	Businessman	Greek People's Liberation Army	Greece
Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside	(1924-09-21) September 21, 1924	British hereditary peer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Frank Ivancie	(1924-07-19) July 19, 1924	Businessman, politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Daniel Ivin	(1932-04-16) April 16, 1932	Writer	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

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29 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Elisabeth Jäger	(1924-09-25) September 25, 1924	Journalist	Austrian Resistance	Austria
Eberhard von Jähnichen	(1914-06-06) June 6, 1914	Professor of civil engineering	Heer	Germany
Philip Jamison	(1925-07-03) July 3, 1925	Artist	US Navy	United States
Stephen A. Jarislowsky	(1925-09-09) September 9, 1925	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States
Alex Jarratt	(1924-01-19) January 19, 1924	Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (1983–2002)	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom
Fred Jarvis	(1924-09-08) September 8, 1924	General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (1975–1989)	British Army	United Kingdom
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	(1921-01-05) January 5, 1921	Luxembourgian ruler (1964–2000)	British Army	United Kingdom
Alexander Jefferson	(1921-11-15) November 15, 1921	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	US Army Air Corps	United States
Edward B. Jelks	(1922-09-10) September 10, 1922	Archaeologist	US Navy	United States
William A. Jenkins	(1917-11-02) November 2, 1917	Admiral	US Coast Guard	United States
Richard Jeranian	(1921-07-17) July 17, 1921	Painter, draftsman, lithographer	French Air Force	Free France
Ranjit Lal Jetley	(1923-03-10) March 10, 1923	General	British Army	United Kingdom
Norman Jewison	(1926-07-21) July 21, 1926	Filmmaker	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Johnny Johnson	(1921-11-25) November 25, 1921	Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Marilyn P. Johnson	(1922-06-19) June 19, 1922	Diplomat	US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)	United States
Merv Johnson	(1923-05-09) May 9, 1923	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Robert R. Johnson	(1920-07-07) 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	(1925-01-02) January 2, 1925	Golfer	US Navy	United States
Marshall Johnston	(1922-07-20) July 20, 1922	Diplomat	Australian Army	Australia
Dub Jones	(1924-12-29) December 29, 1924	American football player	US Navy	United States
Edmund Jones	(1918-04-18) April 18, 1918	Politician	US Army	United States
Jack Jones	(1924-11-07) November 7, 1924	Australian rules football player	Australian Army	Australia
Kenneth V. Jones	(1924-05-14) May 14, 1924	Composer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Lawrence W. Jones	1925	Physicist, professor	US Army	United States
Raymond Jones	(1925-07-18) July 18, 1925	Architect	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
George Joseph	(1921-09-11) September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	US Army	United States
George Judge	(1925-05-02) May 2, 1925	Professor, econometrician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Howie Judson	(1926-02-16) February 16, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
James Jungius	(1923-11-15) November 15, 1923	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom

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41 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rajan Kadiragamar	1922	Admiral	Royal Ceylon Navy	Ceylon
Bernard Kalb	(1922-02-04) February 4, 1922	Journalist	US Army	United States
Adolfo Kaminsky	(1925-10-01) October 1, 1925	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance French Army	Free France
Stanislaw Kania	(1927-03-08) March 8, 1927	First Secretary of the Polish United Worker's Party	Polish Resistance	Poland
Emil Karewicz	(1923-03-13) March 13, 1923	Actor	Polish Army	Poland
Michael Karkoc	(1919-03-16) March 16, 1919	War criminal	Waffen SS	Germany
Bentley Kassal	(1917-02-28) February 28, 1917	Lawyer, politician, judge	US Army Air Forces	United States
Walter Kaufmann	(1924-01-24) January 24, 1924	Writer	Australian Army	Australia
William J. Keating	(1927-03-30) March 30, 1927	Publisher & politician	US Navy	United States
Ed Keats	(1915-01-30) January 30, 1915	Admiral	US Navy	United States
Donald Keene	(1922-06-18) June 18, 1922	Japanologist and translator	US Navy	United States
Donald M. Kendall	(1921-03-16) March 16, 1921	Businessman	US Navy	United States
Sydney Kentridge	(1922-11-05) November 5, 1922	Lawyer, judge	South African Army	South Africa
John Keston	(1924-12-05) December 5, 1924	Actor, singer, runner	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Johann Kiefer	(1914-11-06) November 6, 1914	Politician	Heer	Germany
Witold Kieżun	(1922-02-06) February 6, 1922	Economist	Home Army	Poland
Cuchlaine King	1922	Geomorphologist	Women's Royal Naval Service	United Kingdom
Raymond M. Kirk	(1923-10-31) October 31, 1923	Surgeon, professor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Elisabeth Kirkby	(1921-01-26) January 26, 1921	Actress, writer, broadcaster	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Henry Kissinger	(1923-05-27) May 27, 1923	Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient	US Army	United States
Charles Kittel	(1916-07-18) July 18, 1916	Physicist, professor	US Navy	United States
Rudolf Kiwitter	(1918-03-27) March 27, 1918	Politician in Saarland	Heer	Germany
Friedrich Klausmeier	(1915-01-15) January 15, 1915	Musicologist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Wilhelm Knabe	(1923-10-08) October 8, 1923	Politician, Founder of the Green Party	Luftwaffe	Germany
Ted Knap	(1920-05-26) May 26, 1920	Journalist	US Army	United States
Jill Knight	(1923-07-09) July 9, 1923	Politician, life peer	Women's Auxiliary Air Force	United Kingdom
Herbert Köfer	(1921-02-17) February 17, 1921	Actor	Wehrmacht	Germany
Karl Koller	(1919-04-16) April 16, 1919	Downhill skier	Wehrmacht	Germany
Joseph P. Kolter	(1926-09-03) September 3, 1926	Politician; Pennsylvania representative (1983–1993)	US Army	United States
Edwin Michael Kosik	(1925-05-05) May 5, 1925	Judge	US Army	United States
Alfred Kosing	(1928-12-15) December 15, 1928	Philosopher	Wehrmacht	Germany
Sergei Kramarenko	(1923-04-23) April 23, 1923	Air Force officer	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
Paul Kraszon	(1918-03-03) March 3, 1918	SED-Polititian, GDR	Heer	Germany
Barbara Kremen	1922	Writer	Women's Army Corps	United States
Frederick Kroesen	(1923-02-11) February 11, 1923	General	US Army	United States
Herbert Kroker	(1929-08-24) August 24, 1929	Politician	Volkssturm	Germany
Hardy Krüger	(1928-04-12) April 12, 1928	German actor	Heer	Germany
Rosemary Kuhlmann	(1922-01-30) January 30, 1922	Opera singer, Broadway musical actress	US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)	United States
Helmut Kuhny	(1918-06-26) June 26, 1918	Politician (GDR)	Wehrmacht	Germany
Charlie Kulp	(1925-09-20) September 20, 1925	Aerobatic pilot	US Navy	United States
Jochen Kusber	(1928-01-06) January 6, 1928	Painter	Wehrmacht	Germany

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57 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
David Lacy-Scott	(1920-08-18) August 18, 1920	Cricketer	British Indian Army	British India
Robert J. Lagomarsino	(1926-09-04) September 4, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States
Bruce Laingen	(1922-08-06) August 6, 1922	Diplomat & academic	US Navy	United States
Archie Lamb	(1921-10-23) October 23, 1921	Diplomat, writer and businessman	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Frank L. Lambert	(1918-07-10) July 10, 1918	Chemist, professor	US Army	United States
Jo Lancaster	(1919-02-04) February 4, 1919	Aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Robert Langbaum	(1924-02-23) February 23, 1924	Author	US Army	United States
Horst Langes	(1928-12-02) December 2, 1928	Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany
Harold D. Langley	(1925-02-15) February 15, 1925	Historian	US Army	United States
Lyndon LaRouche	(1922-09-08) September 8, 1922	Economist & perennial presidential candidate	US Army	United States
Phyllis Latour	(1921-04-08) 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	(1925-09-23) September 23, 1925	Developer of the barcode	US Army	United States
Maury Laws	(1923-12-06) December 6, 1923	Composer	US Army	United States
Peter Lax	(1926-05-01) May 1, 1926	Mathematician	US Navy	United States
Anthony Lazzaro	(1921-01-31) January 31, 1921	Academic	US Navy	United States
Norman Lear	(1922-07-27) July 27, 1922	Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons	US Army Air Forces	United States
Jim Leavelle	(1920-08-23) August 23, 1920	Police detective; Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby	US Navy	United States
Jean Lee	(1920-08-18) August 18, 1920	Soldier	Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division	Canada
Lee Teng-hui	(1923-01-15) 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	(1920-05-30) May 30, 1920	Diplomat	US Army	United States
Ted Lerner	(1925-10-15) October 15, 1925	Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals	US Army	United States
Lawrence LeShan	(1920-09-08) September 8, 1920	Psychologist; pioneer of mind-body therapy	US Army	United States
Boris Leskin	(1923-01-05) January 5, 1923	Actor	Red Army	Soviet Union
Sonny Lester	(1924-11-15) November 15, 1924	Music producer	US Army	United States
Marv Levy	(1925-08-03) August 3, 1925	Football coach	US Army Air Corps	United States
Albert B. Lewis	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925	Politician, lawyer	US Army	United States
Guenter Lewy	(1923-08-22) August 22, 1923	Author, professor	British Army	United Kingdom
Peter Lichtner-Hoyer	(1925-12-28) December 28, 1925	Sportsman & Colonel	Heer	Austria
Bernard Lieder	(1923-02-19) February 19, 1923	Politician	US Army	United States
Hans A. Linde	(1924-04-15) April 15, 1924	Attorney, judge	US Army	United States
Lawrence Lindemer	(1921-08-21) August 21, 1921	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Heinz Maria Lins	(1916-11-25) November 25, 1916	Baritone	Wehrmacht	Germany
James Lipton	(1926-09-19) September 19, 1926	Writer, lyricist, actor	US Army Air Force	United States
Mark Litchman	(1925-04-14) April 14, 1925	Politician, lawyer	US Navy	United States
Ray Livingston	(1922-08-29) August 29, 1922	Public servant	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Peter Lloyd	(1920-12-15) December 15, 1920	Aviator	Australian Army	Australia
Nina Lobkovskaya	(1924-03-08) March 8, 1924	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Logie Bruce Lockhart	(1921-10-12) 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	(1919-07-20) July 20, 1919	Writer	Free France	Free France
Catherine Small Long	(1924-02-07) February 7, 1924	Politician	US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)	United States
Dick Long	(1924-05-04) May 4, 1924	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Richard Longaker	(1924-07-01) July 1, 1924	Political scientist, professor	US Armed Forces	United States
Jakob Lotz	(1918-11-04) November 4, 1918	Soccer player	Wehrmacht	Germany
David Elliot Loye	(1925-04-26) April 26, 1925	Author, psychologist	US Navy	United States
Dick Lucas	(1925-09-10) September 10, 1925	Anglican minister	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William R. Lucas	(1922-03-01) March 1, 1922	Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center	US Navy	United States
Albert Ludwig	(1919-11-14) November 14, 1919	Politician	Canadian Army Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Johnny Lujack	(1925-01-04) January 4, 1925	Football player	US Navy	United States
Alan Wood Lukens	(1924-02-12) February 12, 1924	Ambassador	US Army	United States
Bernt H. Lund	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Civil servant, diplomat, politician	Norwegian resistance movement	Norway
Philip K. Lundeberg	(1923-06-14) June 14, 1923	Historian	US Navy	United States
Ted Luscombe	(1920-11-10) November 10, 1920	Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990)	British Indian Army British Army	British India United Kingdom
Reimar Lüst	(1923-03-25) March 25, 1923	Astrophysicist, director of ESA	Kriegsmarine	Germany
William Lyon	(1923-03-09) March 9, 1923	General	US Army Air Corps	United States
John Lysak	(1914-08-16) August 16, 1914	Olympic canoeist	US Marine Corps	United States

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117 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Terence Macartney-Filgate	(1924-08-06) August 6, 1924	Film director	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Douglas MacDiarmid	(1922-11-14) November 14, 1922	Painter	Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Army	New Zealand
Ian Verner Macdonald	(1925-01-19) January 19, 1925	Diplomat, entrepreneur	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Navy	Canada United Kingdom
Hubert B. MacNeill	(1922-03-04) March 4, 1922	Physician, politician		Canada
Pessie Madan	(1916-09-26) September 26, 1916	Chemist, physicist, engineer	British Indian Army	British India
Robert F. Mager	(1923-06-10) June 10, 1923	Psychologist, author	US Army	United States
Maharram Mammadyarov	(1924-10-17) October 17, 1924	Chemist	Red Army	Soviet Union
Branko Mamula	(1921-05-30) May 30, 1921	Yugoslav Defense Minister (1982–1988)	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Levon Manaseryan	(1925-06-03) June 3, 1925	Artist, professor		Soviet Union
George Mandel	(1920-02-11) February 11, 1920	Author	US Army	United States
Morton Mandel	(1921-09-19) September 19, 1921	Businessman	US Army	United States
Emil Mangelsdorff	(1925-04-11) April 11, 1925	Musician	Heer	Germany
Marion Mann	(1920-03-29) March 29, 1920	Physician, pathologist	US Army	United States
John Manners	(1914-09-25) September 25, 1914	Cricketer; naval officer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Josip Manolić	(1920-03-22) March 22, 1920	Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Leroy J. Manor	(1921-02-21) February 21, 1921	Air Force general	US Army Air Forces	United States
Dick Manville	(1926-12-25) December 25, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Robert Marchand	(1911-11-26) November 26, 1911	Cyclist	French Army	France
Gino Marchetti	(1926-01-02) January 2, 1926	Football player	US Army	United States
Joseph Margolis	(1924-05-16) May 16, 1924	Philosopher	US Army	United States
Lee Marmon	(1925-09-20) September 20, 1925	Photographer, artist	US Army	United States
Horst Marquardt	(1929-07-14) July 14, 1929	Theologist, author	Volkssturm	Germany
Karl Heinz Marquardt	(1927-11-09) November 9, 1927	Artist and author	Heer	Germany
Leslie Marr	(1922-08-14) August 14, 1922	Artist, racing driver, Baronet	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Steve Marsh	(1924-09-11) September 11, 1924	Australian rules football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Peter Marshall	(1926-03-30) March 30, 1926	TV personality & actor	US Army	United States
Gordon Eugene Martin	(1925-08-22) August 22, 1925	Physicist, author	US Navy	United States
Knox Martin	(1923-02-12) February 12, 1923	Artist	US Army	United States
Mac Martin	(1925-04-26) April 26, 1925	Bluegrass musician	US Navy	United States
Jaswant Singh Marwah	(1921-01-21) January 21, 1921	Journalist, author	British Indian Army	British India
Anthony Mason	(1925-04-21) April 21, 1925	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Joseph Matarazzo	(1925-11-12) November 12, 1925	Psychologist	US Navy	United States
John J. Maurer	(1922-07-11) July 11, 1922	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert D. Maurer	(1924-07-20) July 20, 1924	Physicist	US Army	United States
Robert D. Maxwell	(1920-10-26) October 26, 1920	Soldier, Medal of Honor recipient	US Army	United States
Wendell Wise Mayes Jr.	(1924-03-02) March 2, 1924	Radio and television executive	US Navy	United States
Kenneth Mayhew	(1917-01-18) January 18, 1917	Knight of the Military William Order	British Army	United Kingdom
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow	(1921-03-20) March 20, 1921	Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)	French Army Free French Army French Air Force	France Free France
William V. McBride	(1922-05-25) May 25, 1922	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
James W. McCord, Jr.	(1924-06-26) June 26, 1924	American politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
Mike McCormack	(1921-12-14) December 14, 1921	Politician; Washington representative (1971–1981)	US Army	United States
Lloyd McCuiston	(1918-03-26) March 26, 1918	Politician	US Navy	United States
Frank Hampton McFadden	(1925-11-20) November 20, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States
Charles McGee	(1919-12-07) December 7, 1919	Air Force officer	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert McGinnis	(1926-02-03) 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	(1923-05-11) May 11, 1923	Chemist	US Army	United States
Motto McLean	(1925-12-26) December 26, 1925	Hockey player	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Art McNally	(1925-07-01) July 1, 1925	American football referee	US Marine Corps	United States
Francis Terry McNamara	(1927-11-02) November 2, 1927	Diplomat	US Navy	United States
David McNee	(1925-03-23) March 23, 1925	Police officer. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1977–1982)	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Henry R. McPhee, Jr.	(1925-01-11) January 11, 1925	Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower	US Navy	United States
Kirke Mechem	(1925-08-16) August 16, 1925	Composer	US Army	United States
Howie Meeker	(1923-11-04) November 4, 1923	Hockey player, sports announcer, & politician	Canadian Army	Canada
James Megellas	(1917-03-11) March 11, 1917	Army officer	US Army	United States
Hellmut Mehnert	(1928-02-22) February 22, 1928	Physician, professor	Volkssturm	Germany
Lis Mellemgaard	(1924-02-20) February 20, 1924	Ophthalmologist	Danish Resistance	Denmark
Joseph Mendenhall	(1920-01-15) January 15, 1920	United States Ambassador to Madagascar (1972–1975)	US Army	United States
Bill Mercer	(1926-02-13) February 13, 1926	Sportscaster, educator, & author	US Navy	United States
Sheila Mercier	(1919-01-01) January 1, 1919	Actress	Women's Auxiliary Air Force	United Kingdom
Jan Merlin	(1925-04-03) April 3, 1925	Actor & author	US Navy	United States
Jymie Merritt	(1926-05-03) May 3, 1926	Musician, composer	US Army	United States
A. L. Mestel	(1926-09-17) September 17, 1926	Pediatric surgeon	US Navy	United States
Johann Baptist Metz	(1928-08-05) August 5, 1928	Theologian, Professor of Fundamental Theology	Heer	Germany
Harald Metzkes	(1929-01-23) January 23, 1929	German painter	Heer	Germany
Ed Mickelson	(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926	Baseball player	US Army Air Forces	United States
J. William Middendorf II	(1924-09-22) September 22, 1924	Diplomat & politician	US Navy	United States
Ken Middleditch	(1925-10-05) October 5, 1925	Motorcycle speedway racer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Larry Miggins	(1925-08-20) August 20, 1925	Baseball player	US Merchant Marine	United States
Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina	(1925-12-22) December 22, 1925	Hero of the Soviet Union recipient	Red Army Soviet Navy	Soviet Union
Adam David Miller	(1922-10-08) October 8, 1922	Author	US Navy	United States
Bob Miller	(1926-06-16) June 16, 1926	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Frank Miller	(1918-07-29) July 29, 1918	Singer	US Army	United States
Jim Miller	(1919-05-30) May 30, 1919	Australian rules football player	Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
John H. Miller	(1925-04-16) April 16, 1925	Gerneral	US Marine Corps	United States
John Millett	(1921-02-03) February 3, 1921	Poet, editor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
William Milliken	(1922-03-26) March 26, 1922	Governor of Michigan (1969–1983)	US Army Air Corps	United States
Vatroslav Mimica	(1923-06-25) June 25, 1923	Film director, screenwriter	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Newton N. Minow	(1926-01-17) January 17, 1926	FCC chairman (1961–1963)	US Army	United States
Wataru Misaka	(1923-12-21) December 21, 1923	Basketball player	US Army	United States
John Matthew Mitchell	(1925-03-22) March 22, 1925	Charity worker	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William Mitchell	1925	Sculptor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Wayne Mixson	(1922-06-16) June 16, 1922	Politician; Florida governor (1987)	US Navy	United States
Hiroshi H. Miyamura	(1925-10-06) October 6, 1925	Soldier	US Army	United States
Sanford K. Moats	(1921-12-04) December 4, 1921	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
David O. Moberg	(1922-02-13) February 13, 1922	Sociologist	US Army	United States
Hans Modrow	(1928-01-27) January 27, 1928	Prime Minister of East Germany	Heer	Germany
Gwen Moffat	(1924-07-03) July 3, 1924	Climber, writer	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Dee Molenaar	(1918-06-21) June 21, 1918	Mountaineer, author, artist	US Coast Guard	United States
Jürgen Moltmann	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Protestant theologian	Wehrmacht	Germany
William Moncrief	(1920-03-27) March 27, 1920	Businessman, billionaire	US Naval Reserve	United States
Danny Roy Moore	(1925-08-09) 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	(1926-06-29) June 29, 1926	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Robert M. Morgenthau	(1919-07-31) July 31, 1919	Lawyer; New York County District Attorney (1975–2009)	US Navy	United States
Shigehiro Mori	(1928-01-07) 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	(1921-07-08) July 8, 1921	Philosopher & sociologist	French Resistance	Free France
Jan Morris	(1926-10-02) October 2, 1926	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Joseph Wilson Morris	(1922-04-28) April 28, 1922	Lawyer & federal judge	US Naval Reserve	United States
Milton Morris	(1924-04-02) April 2, 1924	Politician	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Ben R. Mottelson	(1926-07-09) July 9, 1926	Physicist	US Navy	United States
John Llewellyn Moxey	(1925-02-26) February 26, 1925	Film and TV director	British Armed Forces	United Kingdom
Georg Müller (Mineraloge)	(1930-10-01) October 1, 1930	Mineralogist	Hitlerjugend	Germany
Henry J. Muller	1917	General	US Army	United States
Paul Muller	(1923-03-11) March 11, 1923	Actor	French Army	France
Charlie Munger	(1924-01-01) January 1, 1924	Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway	US Army Air Corps	United States
Lorne Munroe	(1924-11-24) 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	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Prime Minister	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
David H. Murdock	(1923-04-11) April 11, 1923	Billionaire & businessman	US Army	United States
Austin Murphy	(1927-06-17) June 17, 1927	Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania	United States Marine Corps	United States
Thomas Murphy	(1925-05-31) May 31, 1925	Broadcasting executive	US Navy	United States
Tony Murray	(1920-02-08) February 8, 1920	Businessman, billionaire	French Army Royal Air Force	France United Kingdom
Duane Mutch	(1925-05-13) May 13, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Gordon Mydland	(1922-05-12) May 12, 1922	Politician, lawyer	US Navy	United States
Jack Myers	(1924-10-08) October 8, 1924	American football player	US Navy	United States
Samuel L. Myers Sr.	(1919-04-18) April 18, 1919	Economist	US Army	United States

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31 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yasuhiro Nakasone	(1918-05-27) May 27, 1918	Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987)	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Bill Nankivell	(1923-09-07) September 7, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Giorgio Napolitano	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	11th President of Italy (2006–2015)	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Antonio Nardini	(1922-02-07) February 7, 1922	Historian, author	Royal Italian Army	Italy
Guy Natusch	(1921-02-07) February 7, 1921	Architect	Royal New Zealand Navy	New Zealand
John Neale	(1926-09-21) September 21, 1926	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
Wendell Nedderman	(1921-10-31) October 31, 1921	Engineering educator	US Navy	United States
Lucien N. Nedzi	(1925-05-28) May 28, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Joe Negri	(1926-06-10) June 10, 1926	Musician, educator	US Army	United States
Aryeh Nehemkin	(1925-11-02) November 2, 1925	Politician	Haganah	Mandatory Palestine
Ya'akov Nehoshtan	(1925-04-22) April 22, 1925	Politician, ambassador	Jewish Insurgency	Yishuv
Joan Neiman	(1920-09-09) September 9, 1920	Senator	Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)	Canada
Ira Neimark	(1921-12-12) December 12, 1921	Businessman, author	US Army Air Corps	United States
Yakov Neishtadt	(1923-10-06) October 6, 1923	Chess player	Red Army	Soviet Union
Harvey Frans Nelson Jr.	(1924-01-06) January 6, 1924	Ambassador	US Navy	United States
Nerio Nesi	(1925-06-16) June 16, 1925	Politician, businessman, banker	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Don Newcombe	(1926-06-14) June 14, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
John Lang Nichol	(1924-01-07) January 7, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Frederick M. Nicholas	(1920-05-30) May 30, 1920	Lawyer	US Army	United States
Dick Nichols	(1926-04-29) April 29, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States
Howard Nielson	(1924-09-12) September 12, 1924	Utah congressman (1983–1991)	US Army Air Corps	United States
Artturi Niemelä	(1923-08-23) August 23, 1923	Homesteader and politician	Finnish Army	Finland
George Nigh	(1927-06-09) June 9, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
Arthur Nims	(1923-01-03) January 3, 1923	Judge	US Naval Reserve	United States
Ian Nish	(1926-06-03) June 3, 1926	Academic; specialist in Japanese studies	British Army	United Kingdom
Peter L. Nissen	(1924-01-08) January 8, 1924	Aviator and businessman	Norwegian resistance movement Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway
Paulo Nogueira Neto	(1922-04-16) April 16, 1922	Environmentalist	Brazilian Army	Brazil
John Albert Nordberg	(1926-06-18) June 18, 1926	Judge	US Navy	United States
Irv Noren	(1924-11-29) November 29, 1924	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov	(1924-10-22) October 22, 1924	Writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
Harley D. Nygren	1924	Admiral	US Navy	United States

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14 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
René de Obaldia	(1918-10-22) October 22, 1918	Playwright & poet	French Army	France
Helmut Oberlander	(1924-02-15) February 15, 1924	Ethnic German from Ukraine. Accused of war crimes by SWC	Heer	Germany
Hunter Pitts O'Dell	(1923-08-11) 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	(1926-05-17) May 17, 1926	Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household	British Army	United States
Jiro Ono	(1925-10-27) October 27, 1925	Sushi Chef	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan
David Oreck	(1923-09-17) September 17, 1923	Entrepreneur	US Army Air Forces	United States
Yuri Orlov	(1924-08-13) August 13, 1924	Nuclear physicist, professor, dissident, activist	Red Army	Soviet Union
Edward Ormondroyd	1925	Author	US Navy	United States
Uzzi Ornan	(1923-06-07) June 7, 1923	Linguist, social activist	Jewish Insurgency	Yishuv
Virgil Orr	(1923-02-02) February 2, 1923	Professor, politician	Italian Air Force	Italy
Giuseppe Ottaviani	(1916-05-20) May 20, 1916	Masters athlete	US Army	United States
Denys Ovenden	(1922-04-01) April 1, 1922	Artist	British Army	United Kingdom
Oleg Ozerov	(1922-06-17) June 17, 1922	Soldier	Red Army French Resistance	Soviet Union Free France

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46 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Adnan Pachachi	(1922-05-14) May 14, 1922	Politician, diplomat	Kata'ib al-Shabab	Kingdom of Iraq
Frank D. Padgett	(1923-03-09) March 9, 1923	Judge	US Army Air Forces	United States
Michael Fitzgerald Page	(1922-02-22) February 22, 1922	Writer	British Merchant Navy	United Kingdom
Boris Pahor	(1913-08-26) August 26, 1913	Writer & publicist	Royal Italian Army Slovene Partisans	Italy Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Paik Sun-yup	(1920-11-23) November 23, 1920	First four-star general in the South Korean military	Manchukuo Imperial Army	Manchukuo
Frank R. Palmer	(1922-04-09) April 9, 1922	Linguist	British Army	United Kingdom
Karolos Papoulias	(1929-06-04) June 4, 1929	Former President of Greece	Greek People's Liberation Army	Greece
John Papworth	(1921-12-12) December 12, 1921	Clergymen, writer, activist	British Army	United Kingdom
Peter Paret	(1924-04-13) April 13, 1924	Historian	US Army	United States
Wilfried Parge	(1918-06-06) June 6, 1918	Politician(CDU)	Wehrmacht	Germany
Rudolph Pariser	(1923-12-08) December 8, 1923	Physicist & polymer chemist	US Army	United States
Douglas H. Parker	(1926-08-19) August 19, 1926	Law school professor	US Navy	United States
Victor Parsonnet	(1924-08-29) August 29, 1924	Surgeon	US Navy Reserve	United States
Johnny Pate	(1923-12-05) 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	(1921-09-27) September 27, 1921	Governor of Alabama (1959–1963)	US Army	United States
Charles C. Pattillo	(1924-06-03) June 3, 1924	Air Force general	US Army Air Forces	United States
Philip Pearlstein	(1924-05-24) May 24, 1924	Modern Realist painter	US Army	United States
Thomas Pearson	(1914-07-01) July 1, 1914	Army general & officer	British Army	United Kingdom
Robert Newton Peck	(1928-02-17) February 17, 1928	Author	US Army	United States
Raymond E. Peet	(1921-01-27) January 27, 1921	Admiral	US Navy	United States
Johnny Peirson	(1925-07-21) July 21, 1925	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Zbigniew Pełczyński	(1925-12-29) December 29, 1925	Political philosopher, academic	Polish Resistance	Poland
D. A. Pennebaker	(1925-07-15) July 15, 1925	Filmmaker	US Navy	United States
Simon Perchik	(1923-12-24) December 24, 1923	Poet	US Army Air Forces	United States
Solomon Perel	(1925-04-21) April 21, 1925	Holocaust survivor, author	Wehrmacht	Germany
Nehemiah Persoff	(1919-08-02) August 2, 1919	Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl	US Army	United States
Jack Petchey	(1925-07-19) July 19, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Helmut Peters	(1930-07-23) July 23, 1930	Sinologist, Marxist	Volkssturm	Germany
Paatje Phefferkorn	(1922-02-26) February 26, 1922	Martial artist	Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force	Dutch East Indies
Prince Philip	(1921-06-10) June 10, 1921	Duke of Edinburgh	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Leslie Phillips	(1924-04-20) April 20, 1924	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Muriel Phillips	1921	Author	US Army (nurse)	United States
Lawrence W. Pierce	(1924-12-31) December 31, 1924	Lawyer & federal judge	US Army	United States
Bill Pitman	(1920-02-12) February 12, 1920	Musician	US Armed Forces	United States
Bucky Pizzarelli	(1926-01-09) January 9, 1926	Musician	US Army	United States
Eric Pleskow	(1924-04-24) April 24, 1924	Film producer	US Army	United States
Wanda Półtawska	(1921-11-02) November 2, 1921	Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author	Polish Resistance	Poland
Wayne C. Pomeroy	(1923-03-13) March 13, 1923	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Martin Pope	(1918-08-22) August 22, 1918	Physical chemist	US Armed Forces	United States
Aris Poulianos	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	Anthropologist & archaeologist	Greek People's Liberation Army	Greece
Lasse Pöysti	(1927-01-24) January 24, 1927	Actor, director, theatre manager and writer	Finnish Army	Finland
Donald Prell	(1924-07-07) July 7, 1924	Venture capitalist & futurist	US Army	United States
Robert I. Price	(1921-09-22) September 22, 1921	Admiral	US Coast Guard	United States
Reg Pugh	(1917-07-28) July 28, 1917	Football player	British Army	United Kingdom
William Pulgram	(1921-01-21) January 21, 1921	Architect	US Army	United States

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1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Al Quie	(1923-09-18) September 18, 1923	Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983)	US Navy	United States

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59 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Margarete Rabe	(1923-10-02) October 2, 1923	Guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp	Schutzstaffel	Germany
Alfred Radley	1924	Clothing manufacturer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bhisadej Rajani	(1922-01-20) January 20, 1922	Member of the Thai royal family	British Army	United Kingdom
James Ramsden	(1923-11-01) 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	(1924-05-22) May 22, 1924	Ichthyologist	US Army	United States
Karl Randolf	(1916-04-15) April 15, 1916	Conductor	Wehrmacht	Germany
Georg Ratzinger	(1924-01-15) January 15, 1924	Catholic priest	Reichsarbeitsdienst Luftwaffe	Germany
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger	(1927-04-16) April 16, 1927	Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Anton Rauscher	(1928-08-08) August 8, 1928	Jesuit	Heer	Germany
Arthur Ravenel, Jr.	(1927-03-29) March 29, 1927	Politician	US Marine Corps	United States
Dennis V. Razis	(1923-05-30) May 30, 1923	Oncologist	Greek Resistance	Greece
Nipper Read	(1925-03-31) March 31, 1925	Policeman, boxing administrator	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Manuel Real	(1924-01-27) January 27, 1924	Judge	US Navy Reserve	United States
Thomas Morrow Reavley	(1921-06-21) June 21, 1921	Judge	US Navy	United States
Sumner Redstone	(1923-05-27) May 27, 1923	Chairman & CEO of Viacom	US Army	United States
Ogden R. Reid	(1925-06-24) June 24, 1925	Politician & diplomat; New York Congressman (1963–1975)	US Army	United States
Carl Reiner	(1922-03-20) March 20, 1922	Film director & actor; TV's Your Show of Shows, The Dick van Dyke Show	US Army	United States
Keith Remington	(1923-04-29) April 29, 1923	Politician	Second Australian Imperial Force	Australia
Vasily Reshetnikov	(1919-12-23) December 23, 1919	Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force	Soviet Air Forces	Soviet Union
Gene Reynolds	(1923-04-04) 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	(1924-09-19) September 19, 1924	Economist	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
John Richardson	(1924-02-06) February 6, 1924	Art historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Fred Richmond	(1923-11-15) November 15, 1923	Politician	US Navy	United States
Madeleine Riffaud	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Poet, journalist, & war correspondent	French Resistance	Free France
Ray Rigby	(1923-04-16) April 16, 1923	Politician	US Army Air Corps	United States
John Rigas	(1924-11-14) November 14, 1924	CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002)	US Army	United States
Basil Rigg	(1926-08-12) August 12, 1926	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Elfriede Rinkel	(1922-07-14) July 14, 1922	Guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp	Schutzstaffel	Germany
Fred Risser	(1927-05-05) 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	(1921-08-14) August 14, 1921	First American to join the Communist Party of China, journalist, consultant, author	US Army	United States
John Roberts	(1924-04-04) April 4, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Eddie Robinson	(1920-12-15) December 15, 1920	American baseball player, coach, and manager	US Navy	United States
Arthur Rock	(1926-08-19) August 19, 1926	Businessman, investor	US Army	United States
Alan Rogers	(1924-12-31) December 31, 1924	Football manager	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Richard Rohmer	(1924-01-24) January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Charles P. Roland	(1918-04-08) April 8, 1918	Historian	US Army	United States
Andrew Romanov	(1923-01-21) January 21, 1923	Pretender to the Russian throne	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Fred B. Rooney	(1925-11-06) November 6, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Clemens C. J. Roothaan	(1918-08-29) August 29, 1918	Physicist	Dutch resistance	Netherlands
Roy Roper	(1923-09-11) September 11, 1923	Rugby union player	Royal New Zealand Navy	New Zealand
Clive Rose	(1921-09-15) September 15, 1921	Diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Klaus Rose	(1928-06-03) June 3, 1928	Professor of economics	Heer	Germany
Werner Rosenberg	(1914-12-13) December 13, 1914	Politician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Justus Rosenberg	1921	Professor	French Resistance	Free France
Rossana Rossanda	(1924-04-23) April 23, 1924	Politician, journalist	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
J. Roy Rowland	(1926-02-03) February 3, 1926	Georgia congressman (1981–1995)	US Army	United States
Rudolf Rückert	(1929-01-15) January 15, 1929	Mayor of Salzgitter	Heer	Germany
Gerd Ruge	(1928-08-09) August 9, 1928	German journalist, author and filmmaker	Heer	Germany
Richard E. Rumble	(1922-10-26) October 26, 1922	Admiral	US Navy	United States
Donald Russell	(1920-10-13) October 13, 1920	Author, Academic	British Army	United Kingdom
Jim Russell	(1920-05-28) May 28, 1920	Racing Driver	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Russell	(1920-02-02) February 2, 1920	Olympic equestrian	US Army	United States
William Russell	(1924-11-19) November 19, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Robert F. Ruth	(1921-03-04) March 4, 1921	Politician	US Navy	United States
F. James Rutherford	(1924-07-10) July 10, 1924	Science professor, radar officer	US Navy	United States
John Ruthven	(1924-11-12) November 12, 1924	Wildlife painter	US Army	United States
Bob Ryland	1920	Tennis player	US Army	United States

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108 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alexander Sachal	(1924-11-15) November 15, 1924	Artist	Red Army French Resistance	Soviet Union Free France
Howard F. Sachs	(1925-09-13) September 13, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States
Guy Sajer	(1927-01-13) January 13, 1927	Military writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Agadadash Samedov	(1924-03-10) March 10, 1924	Soldier	Red Army	Soviet Union
Sydney Samuelson	(1925-12-07) December 7, 1925	Film commissioner	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ugo Sansonetti	(1919-01-10) January 10, 1919	Cavalry officer, masters athlete	Royal Italian Army	Italy
C. Robert Sarcone	(1925-08-03) August 3, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
Ashot Sarkisov	(1924-01-30) January 30, 1924	Admiral, scientist	Red Army	Soviet Union
Frank Saucier	(1926-05-28) May 28, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Frank Saul	(1924-02-16) February 16, 1924	Basketball player	US Army	United States
Laurie Sawle	(1925-08-19) August 19, 1925	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Henry Sayler	(1921-01-16) January 16, 1921	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert H. Scarborough	(1923-03-12) March 12, 1923	Vice Admiral	US Navy	United States
Norman Scarth	1925	Blogger & political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ezra Schabas	(1924-04-24) April 24, 1924	Musician, educator, author	US Navy	United States
Jobst Schaefer	(1912-12-26) December 26, 1912	Member of Landtag Lower-Saxony	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Art Schallock	(1924-04-25) April 25, 1924	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Harold Zvi Schiffrin	1922	Professor	US Army	United States
Richard Schifter	(1923-07-31) July 31, 1923	Lawyer	US Army	United States
Rolf Schimpf	(1924-11-14) November 14, 1924	German television actor		Germany
Ambrose Schindler	(1917-04-22) April 22, 1917	American football player	US Navy	United States
Walter Franz Schleser	(1930-10-25) October 25, 1930	Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten	Volkssturm	Germany
Helmut Schlesinger	(1924-09-04) September 4, 1924	President of the Deutsche Bundesbank		Germany
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann	(1928-09-05) September 5, 1928	Journalist		Germany
Wolf Schneider	(1925-05-07) May 7, 1925	Journalist	Luftwaffe	Germany
Arnold Schulman	(1925-08-11) August 11, 1925	Writer	US Navy	United States
Harry D. Schultz	1923	Financial adviser, author	Heer	Germany
Wolfgang Schumann	(1929-06-05) June 5, 1929	Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany
Günther Schwägermann	(1915-07-24) July 24, 1915	Adjutant for Joseph Goebbels	Waffen-SS	Germany
Bernard L. Schwartz	(1926-12-12) December 12, 1926	CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)	US Army Air Corps	United States
Ted Schwinden	(1925-08-31) August 31, 1925	Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)	US Army	United States
Vin Scully	(1927-11-29) November 29, 1927	Sportscaster	US Navy	United States
Hans von Seggern	(1914-04-24) April 24, 1914	Author	Wehrmacht	Germany
Simone Segouin	(1925-10-03) October 3, 1925	Resistance member	French Resistance	Free France
Vic Seixas	(1923-08-30) August 30, 1923	Tennis player	US Army Air Forces	United States
Charles Grier Sellers	(1923-09-09) September 9, 1923	Historian	US Army	United States
Sen Sōshitsu XV	(1923-04-19) April 19, 1923	Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Ralph Senensky	(1923-05-01) May 1, 1923	TV director & writer	US Army	United States
Doc Severinsen	(1927-07-07) July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	US Army	United States
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.	(1923-07-07) July 7, 1923	Politician	US Army	United States
Frank Shakespeare	(1925-04-09) April 9, 1925	Diplomat, president of CBS	US Navy	United States
Meir Shamgar	(1925-08-13) August 13, 1925	President of the Israeli Supreme Court	Haganah Jewish Insurgency	Mandatory Palestine Yishuv
Edward Shames	(1922-06-13) June 13, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	US Army	United States
Bobby Shantz	(1925-09-26) September 26, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples	(1923-02-11) February 11, 1923	British peer	Women's Auxiliary Air Force	United Kingdom
Kendall Shaw	1924	Painter	US Navy	United States
Charles Norman Shay	(1924-06-27) June 27, 1924	Penobscot tribal elder, writer	US Army	United States
Jack Sheedy	(1926-09-28) September 28, 1926	Sportsman	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Winston L. Shelton	(1922-05-03) May 3, 1922	Inventor, electrical engineer	US Army	United States
Thomas D. Shepard	c. 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Harry W. Shlaudeman	(1926-05-17) May 17, 1926	US ambassador to Nicaragua (1990–1992)	US Marine Corps	United States
Robert G. Shulman	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	US Navy	United States
George P. Shultz	(1920-12-13) December 13, 1920	60th U.S. Secretary of State (1982–1989)	US Marine Corps	United States
Władysław Siemaszko	(1919-06-08) June 8, 1919	Author, Lawyer	Home Army	Poland
Leon Silver	(1925-04-09) April 9, 1925	Geologist	US Navy	United States
Charlie Silvera	(1924-10-13) October 13, 1924	Baseball player	US Army Air Forces	United States
John Simon	(1925-05-12) May 12, 1925	Film, theater, literary critic, author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Edward H. Sims	(1923-05-29) May 29, 1923	Author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Fred Singer	(1924-09-27) September 27, 1924	Physicist, professor	US Navy	United States
Kirpal Singh	(1925-09-05) September 5, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
John K. Singlaub	(1921-07-10) July 10, 1921	Army general	US Army	United States
Joe Sinnott	(1926-10-16) October 16, 1926	Comic book artist	US Navy	United States
Yuri Andreyevich Smirnov	1923	Linguist	Red Army	Soviet Union
Arthur Smith	(1915-05-08) May 8, 1915	Football player	British Army	United Kingdom
Gordon A. Smith	(1919-06-18) June 18, 1919	Artist, teacher	Canadian Army	Canada
Jeffrey G. Smith	(1921-10-14) October 14, 1921	General	US Army	United States
Neal Edward Smith	(1920-03-23) March 23, 1920	Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995)	US Army Air Forces	United States
Barbara Smoker	(1923-06-02) June 2, 1923	Activist	Women's Royal Naval Service	United Kingdom
Robert M. Solow	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Economist	US Army	United States
Gerhard Sommer	(1921-06-24) June 24, 1921	Soldier	Waffen-SS	Germany
Mihai Șora	(1916-11-07) November 7, 1916	Philosopher, writer	French Resistance	Free France
Alexei Sorokin	(1922-03-28) March 28, 1922	Politician & admiral	Soviet Navy	Soviet Union
Cecil Souders	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Football player	US Navy	United States
Pierre Soulages	(1919-12-24) December 24, 1919	Painter and sculptor		France
Larry South	(1925-02-26) February 26, 1925	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Freddie Sowrey	(1922-09-14) September 14, 1922	RAF Air marshal	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Robert Hitchcock Spain	(1925-10-26) October 26, 1925	Bishop	US Navy	United States
Arthur Donald Spatt	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States
Martin Spellman	(1925-10-08) October 8, 1925	Actor	US Army Air Corps	United States
Bill Spence	(1923-04-20) April 20, 1923	Writer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Arnold Spielberg	(1917-02-06) February 6, 1917	Electrical engineer	US Army	United States
Ronald Spiers	(1925-07-09) July 9, 1925	Diplomat; US Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983)	US Navy	United States
Peter Spoden	(1921-11-08) November 8, 1921	Night fighter ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Richard T. Spooner	1925	Author	US Marine Corps	United States
Rosemarie Springer	(1920-07-15) July 15, 1920	Olympic equestrian	Wehrmacht (nurse)	Germany
Gus Stager	(1923-02-18) February 18, 1923	Swimmer	US Army	United States
Wilfried Stallknecht	(1928-08-12) August 12, 1928	Architect and designer	Heer	Germany
Jeremiah Stamler	(1919-10-27) October 27, 1919	Cardiologist	US Army	United States
Irena Stankiewicz	(1925-02-28) February 28, 1925	Graphic artist	Home Army	Poland
Colin Stannard	(1924-02-08) February 8, 1924	Archdeacon of Carlisle	British Army	United Kingdom
Janez Stanovnik	(1922-08-04) August 4, 1922	Politician & economist	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Epaminondas Stassinopoulos	(1921-01-17) January 17, 1921	Astrophysicist	Greek Resistance	Greece
William L. Stearman	(1922-06-22) June 22, 1922	Government official, author	US Navy	United States
Jack Steinberger	(1921-05-25) May 25, 1921	Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1988)	US Army	United States
Hans Steinbrecher	(1917-03-25) March 25, 1917	Politician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Herb Stempel	(1926-12-19) December 19, 1926	Game show contestant	US Army	United States
Willis H. Stephens, Sr.	(1925-06-07) June 7, 1925	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Stern	(1922-01-14) January 14, 1922	Literary scholar	US Army	United States
John Paul Stevens	(1920-04-20) April 20, 1920	U.S Supreme Court Justice	US Navy	United States
Larry Storch	(1923-01-08) January 8, 1923	Comedian and Actor; TV's F Troop	US Navy	United States
Harold Strachan	(1925-12-01) December 1, 1925	Writer, activist	South African Air Force	South Africa
Lyle Elmer Strom	(1925-01-06) January 6, 1925	Judge	US Naval Reserve	United States
John Hale Stutesman	(1920-12-16) December 16, 1920	U.S State Department Consul	US Army	United States
C. D. Subbaiah	(1924-03-06) March 6, 1924	Fighter pilot, air marshal	Royal Indian Air Force	British India
J. Denis Summers-Smith	(1920-10-25) October 25, 1920	Ornithologist, Mechanical engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Glenn E. Summers	(1925-02-19) February 19, 1925	Politician	US Armed Forces	United States
Jackie Sutton	(1920-05-28) May 28, 1920	Boxer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Grigory Svirsky	(1921-09-29) September 29, 1921	Writer	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union

T

46 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Gorō Takeda	(1921-10-10) 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	(1918-06-18) June 18, 1918	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	US Armed Forces	United States
Takis	(1925-10-25) October 25, 1925	Artist	Greek Resistance	Greece
Igal Talmi	(1925-01-31) January 31, 1925	Nuclear physicist	Haganah	Mandatory Palestine
Cyril Tamplin	(1921-05-27) May 27, 1921	Cricketer	British Armed Forces	United Kingdom
Takuma Tanada	(1919-10-30) October 30, 1919	Biologist	US Army	United States
Jiro Tanaka	(1917-01-16) January 16, 1917	Aircraft & automotive engineer	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Endel Taniloo	(1923-01-05) January 5, 1923	After the war survived a Soviet POW camp. Well-known sculptor	Estonian Legion	Estonia
Maurice Taylor	(1926-05-05) May 5, 1926	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
Nicholas Taylor	(1927-11-11) 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	(1921-08-18) August 18, 1921	Poet, writer	French Expeditionary Corps	Free France
Wayne Terwilliger	(1925-06-27) June 27, 1925	Major League baseball player	US Marine Corps	United States
Robert E. Thacker	(1918-02-21) February 21, 1918	Aviator & test pilot	US Army Air Forces	United States
Mikis Theodorakis	(1925-07-29) July 29, 1925	Songwriter & composer	Greek People's Liberation Army	Greece
Wayne Thiebaud	(1920-11-15) November 15, 1920	Pop art painter	US Army Air Corps	United States
Fritz Thiemes	(1914-10-29) October 29, 1914	Politician in the GDR	Heer	Germany
Fletcher Thompson	(1925-02-05) February 5, 1925	Politician & lawyer	US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps	United States
Tim Thompson	(1924-03-01) March 1, 1924	Major League baseball player	US Army	United States
John Thorn	(1925-04-28) April 28, 1925	Headmaster, writer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Brian Tierney	(1922-03-07) March 7, 1922	Historian, medievalist	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Tillard	(1924-05-26) May 26, 1924	Cricket player	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Timberlake	(1922-06-24) June 24, 1922	Economist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Tun Tin	(1920-10-02) October 2, 1920	6th Prime Minister of Burma (1988), general, politician	Burma Independence Army	Burma
Prem Tinsulanonda	(1920-08-26) August 26, 1920	16th Prime Minister of Thailand (1980–1988), politician, Regent of Thailand (2016), general	Royal Thai Army	Thailand
Christopher Tolkien	(1924-11-21) November 21, 1924	Editor, novelist, and academic	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Dan Tolkowsky	(1921-01-17) January 17, 1921	Commander of the Israeli Air Force	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Alvin V. Tollestrup	(1924-03-22) March 22, 1924	Physicist	US Navy	United States
Marian Tomaszewski	(1922-08-13) August 13, 1922	Soldier	Polish Land Forces Polish Armed Forces in the West	Poland
John Tooley	(1924-06-01) June 1, 1924	General director of the Royal Opera House	British Army	United Kingdom
Seymour Topping	(1921-12-11) December 11, 1921	Journalist, professor	US Army	United States
Aldo Tortorella	(1926-07-10) July 10, 1926	Journalist & politician	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Zollie Toth	(1924-01-26) January 26, 1924	American football player	US Navy	United States
Simon Towneley	(1921-12-14) December 14, 1921	Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997)	British Army	United Kingdom
Dick Trachok	(1925-12-27) December 27, 1925	American football coach	US Army Air Corps	United States
Trần Ngọc Châu	1923	Politician	Việt Minh	North Vietnam
Gilbert R. Tredway	(1922-10-11) October 11, 1922	Historian	US Army	United States
Krastyu Trichkov	(1923-04-12) April 12, 1923	Politician	Bulgarian Resistance	Bulgaria
Vance Trimble	(1913-07-06) July 6, 1913	Journalist	US Army	United States
Charley Trippi	(1921-12-14) December 14, 1921	Football player	US Army Air Corps	United States
Friedrich-Karl Trull	(1918-06-15) June 15, 1918	Physician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Ron Tudor	(1924-05-18) May 18, 1924	Producer, engineer, record label owner, executive	Australian Army	Australia
Joe Turkel	(1927-07-15) July 15, 1927	Actor	US Army	United States
Ralph Turlington	(1920-10-05) October 5, 1920	Politician	US Armed Forces	United States
Pete Turnham	(1921-01-01) 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

5 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yosh Uchida	(1920-04-01) April 1, 1920	Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer	US Army	United States
Ragnar Ulstein	(1920-04-19) April 19, 1920	Journalist, writer	Norwegian Army	Norway
Blasius To Una	(1925-02-02) February 2, 1925	Musician	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Brian Urquhart	(1919-02-28) February 28, 1919	Soldier, diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Ishinosuke Uwano	October 1922	Soldier, prisoner of war	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan

V

17 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Tony Vaccaro	(1922-12-20) December 20, 1922	Photographer	US Army	United States
Jean Valentine	1924	Bombe operator	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Jaakko Valtanen	(1925-02-09) February 9, 1925	General	Finnish Defence Forces	Finland
Donald West VanArtsdalen	(1919-10-21) October 21, 1919	Federal judge	Canadian Army 1940–42 US Army 1942–45	United States
Ebert Van Buren	(1924-12-06) December 6, 1924	Football player	US Army	United States
Joe Vancisin	(1922-06-04) June 4, 1922	Basketball coach and executive	US Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Vande Hoef	(1925-05-15) May 15, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Dick Van Dyke	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	Actor and comedian	US Army Air Corps	United States
Neil D. Van Sickle	(1915-07-08) July 8, 1915	Air force general	US Army Air Forces	United States
Imre Varga	(1923-11-01) November 1, 1923	Artist	Hungarian Air Force	Hungary
Henri Vernes	(1918-10-16) October 16, 1918	Action and science-fiction writer		Belgium
George S. Vest	(1918-12-25) December 25, 1918	Diplomat	US Army	United States
Claude Vigée	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Poet	French Resistance	Free France
Weston E. Vivian	(1924-10-25) October 25, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States
Hans-Jochen Vogel	(1926-02-03) February 3, 1926	Politician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Francesco Vopli	(1914-10-13) October 13, 1914	Pilot	Italian Air Force	Italy
Inez Voyce	(1924-08-16) August 16, 1924	Baseball player	US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve)	United States

W

64 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
John Henry Waddell	(1921-02-14) February 14, 1921	Artist	US Army	United States
John Waddy	(1920-06-17) June 17, 1920	Author & military advisor	British Army	United Kingdom
Jim Wade	(1926-02-14) February 14, 1926	American football player	US Army Air Forces	United States
Angel Wagenstein	(1922-10-17) October 17, 1922	Film director, author	Bulgarian Resistance	Bulgaria
Peter Busby Waite	1922	Historian	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Murray Walker	(1923-10-10) October 10, 1923	Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Joe Wallach	(1923-09-10) September 10, 1923	Businessman	US Army	United States
Martin Walser	(1927-03-24) March 24, 1927	Writer	Heer	Germany
Maxwell "Max" William Ward	(1921-11-22) November 22, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
John Warner	(1927-02-18) February 18, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
Split Waterman	(1923-07-27) July 27, 1923	Speedway rider	British Army	United Kingdom
Stan Waterman	1923	Cinematographer	US Navy	United States
Josser Watling	(1925-05-11) May 11, 1925	Association football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Neal Watlington	(1922-12-25) December 25, 1922	Major League Baseball player	US Army	United States
Billy Watson	(1923-12-25) December 25, 1923	Child actor	US Army	United States
Donald J. Watt	1918	Author	Australian Army	Australia
Neville Way	(1924-03-16) March 16, 1924	Surgeon, Australian rules football player	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
James H. Weaver	(1927-08-08) August 8, 1927	Politician; Oregon congressman (1975–1987)	US Navy	United States
William H. Webster	(1924-03-26) 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	(1925-02-26) February 26, 1925	Cricket player	British Army	United Kingdom
Jürgen Wehrmann	(1917-12-13) December 13, 1917	Professor	Heer	Germany
Fritz Weikart	1912	Wrestler	Heer	Germany
George Wein	(1925-10-03) October 3, 1925	Jazz promoter and producer	US Army	United States
Jack B. Weinstein	(1921-08-10) August 10, 1921	Federal judge	US Navy	United States
Jimmy Weldon	(1923-09-23) September 23, 1923	Voice actor & ventriloquist	US Army Air Corps	United States
Harry W. Wellford	(1924-08-06) August 6, 1924	Judge	US Navy	United States
Ed Westcott	(1922-01-20) January 20, 1922	Photographer	US Army	United States
Wally Westlake	(1920-11-08) November 8, 1920	Major League baseball player	US Coast Guard	United States
Ralph Weymouth	(1917-05-26) May 26, 1917	Admiral, anti-nuclear weapon activist	US Navy	United States
Paul W. Whear	(1925-11-13) November 13, 1925	Composer	US Navy	United States
Lloyd F. Wheat	(1923-04-27) April 27, 1923	Lawyer, politician	US Army	United States
Jack Whitaker	(1924-05-18) May 18, 1924	Sportscaster	US Army	United States
John C. Whitcomb	(1924-06-22) 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	(1925-03-12) March 12, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
Leopold Wiel	(1916-05-14) May 14, 1916	Architect and professor	Wehrmacht	Germany
Stephen Wilkinson	(1919-04-29) April 29, 1919	Musician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
E. J. Williams	1918	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Joseph G. Williams	(1920-07-01) July 1, 1920	Musician	US Army	United States
Hershel W. Williams	(1923-10-02) 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	(1925-05-19) May 19, 1925	Theologian, pastor, author	US Army	United States
Gayraud Wilmore	(1921-12-20) December 20, 1921	Historian, theologian, educator	US Army	United States
Dennis Wilson	1920 or 1921	Poet	British Army	United Kingdom
Edwin Wilson	(1923-02-01) February 1, 1923	Professor	US Navy	United States
Gerhard Windolf	(1924-01-13) January 13, 1924	Masters athletics athlete		Germany
Charley Winner	(1924-07-02) July 2, 1924	Football player	US Army Air Forces	United States
William Winter	(1923-02-21) February 21, 1923	Politician; Mississippi governor (1980–1984)	US Army	United States
Graham Winteringham	1922	Architect	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Louis Witten	(1921-04-13) April 13, 1921	Theoretical physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Dale E. Wolf	(1924-09-06) September 6, 1924	Governor of Delaware (1992–1993)	US Army	United States
Lester L. Wolff	(1919-01-04) January 4, 1919	US House of Representative member from New York	US Air Force Auxiliary	United States
Releff Wolter-Peeksen	(1913-11-30) November 30, 1913	Member of Landtag Lower Saxony	Wehrmacht	Germany
Hoy Wong	(1916-08-22) August 22, 1916	Bartender	US Air Force	United States
Woody Woodbury	(1924-02-09) February 9, 1924	Comedian & actor	US Marine Corps	United States
Morgan Woodward	(1925-09-16) September 16, 1925	Actor	US Army Air Corps	United States
Herbert Worbs	(1915-12-01) December 1, 1915	Soccer player	Wehrmacht	Germany
Peregrine Worsthorne	(1923-12-22) December 22, 1923	Journalist, writer, & broadcaster	British Army	United Kingdom
Herman Wouk	(1915-05-27) May 27, 1915	Author; The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War	US Navy	United States
Ken Wright	(1925-09-06) September 6, 1925	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Wu Ningkun	September 1920	Academic	National Revolutionary Army	Republic of China
Oscar Wyatt	(1924-07-11) July 11, 1924	Businessman	US Army Air Corps	United States
Bill Wynne	(1922-03-29) March 29, 1922	Former owner of Smoky the dog, author	US Army Air Forces	United States

X

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alex Xydias	(1922-03-22) March 22, 1922	Auto racing driver	US Army Air Forces	United States

Y

12 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sol Yaged	(1922-12-08) December 8, 1922	Jazz clarinetist	US Army	United States
Abraham Yakin	(1924-07-31) July 31, 1924	Artist	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
George Yankowski	(1922-11-19) November 19, 1922	Major League baseball player	US Navy	United States
Earl P. Yates	(1923-12-23) December 23, 1923	Admiral	US Navy	United States
Dmitry Yazov	(1924-11-08) November 8, 1924	Soviet Union Marshal	Red Army	Soviet Union
Chuck Yeager	(1923-02-13) 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	(1924-12-16) 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	(1924-11-30) November 30, 1924	TV personality	US Navy	United States
Jim Youel	(1922-02-13) February 13, 1922	Football player	US Navy	United States
Robert M. Young	(1924-11-22) November 22, 1924	Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer	US Navy	United States
Ihor Yukhnovskyi	(1925-09-01) September 1, 1925	Physicist, politician	Red Army	Soviet Union

Z

8 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Heinz Zache	(1916-10-16) October 16, 1916	Author	Wehrmacht	Germany
Zvi Zamir	(1925-03-03) March 3, 1925	General	Haganah	Mandatory Palestine
Donald Zec	(1919-03-12) March 12, 1919	Journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Franco Zeffirelli	(1923-02-12) 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	(1923-06-20) June 20, 1923	Musicologist, conductor	US Army	United States
Roger H. Zion	(1921-09-17) September 17, 1921	Politician	US Navy	United States
Zou Jiahua	October 1926	Politician	National Revolutionary Army	Republic of China
Leszek Żukowski	(1929-02-11) February 11, 1929	President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers	Gray Ranks	Poland

See also

• List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars

External links

• Football and America: World War II