List of last surviving veterans of World War II

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This is a list of last surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945) among various groups of veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II and, as of 2021, there are still approximately 240,000 surviving veterans in the United States alone.[1][2] Only people who are (or were) the last surviving member of a notable group of veterans are listed.

Last survivors[]

Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance
Bud Anderson (1922-01-13) January 13, 1922 (age 100) Last surviving American triple flying ace.[3] US Army Air Forces  United States
Jale Bainisika 1914/1915 2020 (age 105) Last surviving veteran from Fiji.[4] Fiji Infantry Regiment  Fiji
(1924-10-19) October 19, 1924 (age 97) Last surviving Monuments Man.[5][note 1] US Army  United States
Clarence Beavers (1921-06-12)June 12, 1921 December 4, 2017(2017-12-04) (aged 96) Last surviving original member of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.[7] US Army  United States
(1922-10-22)October 22, 1922 December 8, 2015(2015-12-08) (aged 93) Last surviving soldier who stormed the Reichstag.[8] Red Army  Soviet Union
(1923-11-09)November 9, 1923 August 6, 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 96) Last surviving participant in Operation Jaywick.[9] Royal Australian Navy  Australia
Betty Tackaberry Blake (1920-10-29)October 29, 1920 April 9, 2015(2015-04-09) (aged 94) Last surviving member of the original WASP class.[10] Women Airforce Service Pilots  United States
 [cs] (1923-02-25) February 25, 1923 (age 99) Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Ted Briggs (1923-03-01)March 1, 1923 October 4, 2008(2008-10-04) (aged 85) Last surviving sailor of HMS Hood.[11] Royal Navy  United Kingdom
Galina Brok-Beltsova 1925 (age 96–97) Last surviving member of the Night Witches.[12] Soviet Air Forces  Soviet Union
(1920-02-03)February 3, 1920 May 7, 2011(2011-05-07) (aged 91) Last surviving crew member of the Old 666.[13][unreliable source?] US Army Air Forces  United States
(1919-07-04)July 4, 1919 February 20, 2016(2016-02-20) (aged 96) Last surviving pilot of Operation Vengeance.[14][15][note 2] US Army Air Forces  United States
Eric Carter (1920-02-12)February 12, 1920 July 26, 2021(2021-07-26) (aged 101) Last surviving member of No. 151 Wing. Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
(1922-07-24) July 24, 1922 (age 99) Last surviving US Marine flying ace.[16] US Marine Corps  United States
Charles Chibitty (1921-11-20)November 20, 1921 July 20, 2005(2005-07-20) (aged 83) Last surviving Comanche code talker.[17] US Army  United States
Dick Churchill (1920-01-21)January 21, 1920 February 12, 2019(2019-02-12) (aged 99) Last surviving participant of the Stalag Luft III escape.[18] Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Mark W. Clark (1896-05-01)May 1, 1896 April 17, 1984(1984-04-17) (aged 87) Last surviving four-star officer of the United States.[19] US Army  United States
Richard E. Cole (1915-09-07)September 7, 1915 April 9, 2019(2019-04-09) (aged 103) Last surviving Doolittle Raider.[20] US Army Air Forces  United States
(1920-11-19)November 19, 1920 December 22, 2011(2011-12-22) (aged 91) Last surviving Marine from the USS Arizona.[21] US Marine Corps  United States
John Cruickshank (1920-05-20) May 20, 1920 (age 101) Last surviving Victoria Cross recipient.[22] Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
 [ro] (1919-02-05)February 5, 1919 September 24, 2021(2021-09-24) (aged 102) Last surviving flying ace of the Romanian Air Force.[23] Romanian Air Force  Romania
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-10-14)October 14, 1890 March 28, 1969(1969-03-28) (aged 78) Last surviving five-star officer of the United States.[note 3] US Army  United States
(1924-09-24) September 24, 1924 (age 97) Last surviving member of Easy Company.[24][note 4] US Army  United States
(1919-05-12)May 12, 1919 February 3, 2022(2022-02-03) (aged 102)[25] Last surviving pilot of the Aztec Eagles.[26][27] Mexican Air Force  Mexico
 [fr] (1922-10-27) October 27, 1922 (age 99) Last surviving member of Commando Kieffer.[28] Free French Naval Forces  Free France
Tuomas Gerdt (1922-05-28)May 28, 1922 November 1, 2020(2020-11-01) (aged 98) Last surviving recipient of the Mannerheim Cross.[29] Finnish Army  Finland
Hubert Germain (1920-08-06)August 6, 1920 October 12, 2021(2021-10-12) (aged 101) Last surviving Companion of the Order of Liberation.[30] French Resistance  Free France
(1921-04-24) April 24, 1921 (age 100) Last survivor of the Ambon Island POW camp.[31] Australian Army  Australia
February 1925 (aged 97–98) Last surviving member of the Māori Battalion.[32][33] New Zealand Military Forces  New Zealand
Rafael Gómez Nieto (1921-01-21)January 21, 1921 March 31, 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 99) Last surviving member of La Nueve.[34] Free French Forces  Free France
(1923-02-06) February 6, 1923 (age 99) Last surviving witness to the German surrender.[35] US Army  United States
Robert John Hanson (1920-05-25)May 25, 1920 October 1, 2005(2005-10-01) (aged 85) Last surviving crew member of the Memphis Belle US Army Air Forces  United States
Kaname Harada (1916-08-11)August 11, 1916 May 3, 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 99) Last surviving Japanese combat pilot who participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor.[36] Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service  Japan
Reinhard Hardegen (1913-03-18)March 18, 1913 June 9, 2018(2018-06-09) (aged 105) Last surviving U-boat captain.[37] Kriegsmarine  Germany
(1924-10-10)October 10, 1924 May 8, 2021(2021-05-08) (aged 96) Last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis.[38] US Marine Corps  United States
Shunroku Hata (1879-07-26)July 26, 1879 May 10, 1962(1962-05-10) (aged 82) Last surviving marshal (gensui) of Japan.[39] Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
John Hemingway (1919-07-17) July 17, 1919 (age 102) Last surviving pilot of The Few.[note 5] Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Jack Hinton (1909-09-17)September 17, 1909 June 28, 1997(1997-06-28) (aged 87) Last surviving New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient. New Zealand Military Forces  New Zealand
1918/1919 (age 102–103) Last surviving member of 1st Battalion, Gambia Regiment.[42] British Army  The Gambia
Johnny Johnson (1921-11-25) November 25, 1921 (age 100) Last surviving member of the Dambuster Raids.[43][note 6] Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Edward Kenna (1919-07-06)July 6, 1919 July 8, 2009(2009-07-08) (aged 90) Last surviving Australian Victoria Cross recipient. Australian Army  Australia
Norman Kleiss (1916-03-07)March 7, 1916 April 22, 2016(2016-04-22) (aged 100) Last surviving Battle of Midway dive bomber pilot.[45] US Navy  United States
Leon Kopelman (1924-04-26)April 26, 1924 August 13, 2021(2021-08-13) (aged 97) Last surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.[46][note 7] Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB)  Poland
Phyllis Latour (1921-04-08) April 8, 1921 (age 100) Last surviving woman SOE agent.[47] WAAF, SOE, French Resistance  United Kingdom
 Free France
1925 (aged 96) Last surviving convicted Korean war criminal.[48][49] Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
 [nl] (1915-12-07)December 7, 1915 May 5, 2019(2019-05-05) (aged 103) Last surviving Dutch pilot of the Battle for The Hague.[50] Army Aviation Brigade  Netherlands
1920/1921 (aged 100) Last surviving Thai soldier to have fought at the Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan during the Japanese invasion of Thailand.[51][52] Royal Thai Air Force  Thailand
(1920-10-08)October 8, 1920 February 6, 2020(2020-02-06) (aged 99) Last surviving member of the Flying Tigers.[53][note 8] First American Volunteer Group
US Army Air Forces 		 China
 United States
(1914-07-11)July 11, 1914 March 8, 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 98) Last surviving Angel of Bataan and Corregidor.[58] US Army  United States
Ivan Martynushkin (1923-12-23) December 23, 1923 (age 98) Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[59][note 9] Red Army  Soviet Union
Zoë Maynard 1926 (aged 92) Last surviving female veteran from The Bahamas.[60] Auxiliary Territorial Service  Bahamas
Michael I of Romania (1921-10-25)October 25, 1921 December 5, 2017(2017-12-05) (aged 96) Last surviving recipient of the Order of Victory. Romanian Armed Forces  Romania
Rochus Misch (1917-07-29)July 29, 1917 September 5, 2013(2013-09-05) (aged 96) Last surviving former occupant of the Führerbunker. Schutzstaffel  Germany
1919/1920 (aged 93) Last surviving Brazilian pilot.[61] Brazilian Air Force  Brazil
(1924-06-21)June 21, 1924 December 30, 2013(2013-12-30) (aged 89) Last surviving veteran from Papua New Guinea.[62] Australian Army  Territory of Papua
1920 (1920) (aged 100) Last surviving veteran of the Battle of Pasir Panjang.[63] Royal Malay Regiment United Kingdom British Malaya
1921 (1921) (aged 98) Last surviving Japanese veteran of the Battle of Peleliu.[64] Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
Chester Nez (1921-01-23)January 23, 1921 June 4, 2014(2014-06-04) (aged 93) Last surviving original Navajo code talker.[65] US Marine Corps  United States
Gerard Norton (1915-09-07)September 7, 1915 October 29, 2004(2004-10-29) (aged 89) Last surviving South African Victoria Cross recipient South African Army  Union of South Africa
Henry Parham (1921-11-15)November 15, 1921 July 4, 2021(2021-07-04) (aged 99) Last surviving African American D-Day veteran.[66] US Army  United States
Steve Pisanos (1919-11-10)November 10, 1919 June 6, 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 96) Last surviving Eagle Squadrons pilot.[67] Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
(1925-12-25) December 25, 1925 (age 96) Last surviving veteran of the Battle of Remagen.[68] US Army  United States
Willie Rogers (1915-04-12)April 12, 1915 November 18, 2016(2016-11-18) (aged 101) Last surviving original member of the Tuskegee airmen.[69] US Army Air Forces  United States
Joachim Rønneberg (1919-08-30)August 30, 1919 October 21, 2018(2018-10-21) (aged 99) Last surviving member of Operation Gunnerside.[70] Norwegian Resistance  Norway
Justus Rosenberg (1921-01-23)January 23, 1921 October 30, 2021(2021-10-30) (aged 100) Last surviving member of the Emergency Rescue Committee.[71] French Resistance  Free France
c. 1921 Last surviving member of Z Special Unit.[72][73] Australian Army  Australia
1920 (age 101–102) Last surviving original member of the Special Air Service.[74] British Army  United Kingdom
Jorge Sanjinez Lenz (1917-01-24)January 24, 1917 August 24, 2020(2020-08-24) (aged 103) Last surviving Latin American D-Day veteran.[75] Independent Belgian Brigade  Belgium
(1921-09-07) September 7, 1921 (age 100) Last surviving member of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization.[76] US Navy[77]  United States
Umrao Singh (1920-11-21)November 21, 1920 November 21, 2005(2005-11-21) (aged 85) Last surviving Indian Victoria Cross recipient.[78] British Indian Army  British India
Ernest Smith (1914-05-03)May 3, 1914 August 3, 2005(2005-08-03) (aged 91) Last surviving Canadian Victoria Cross recipient. Canadian Army  Canada
 [de] (1925-02-05)February 5, 1925 November 18, 2021(2021-11-18) (aged 96) Last surviving German member of the French Resistance.[79] French Resistance
German Army 		 Free France
 Germany
(1918-07-13)July 13, 1918 July 20, 2018(2018-07-20) (aged 100) Last surviving member of the Military Police Corps.[80] United States Army  United States
(1921-01-08)January 8, 1921 March 4, 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 101) Last surviving member of Cichociemni.
Arsène Tchakarian (1916-12-21)December 21, 1916 August 4, 2018(2018-08-04) (aged 101) Last surviving member of Groupe Manouchian.[81] French Resistance  Free France
Heinrich Trettner (1907-09-19)September 19, 1907 September 18, 2006(2006-09-18) (aged 98) Last surviving general of the Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe  Germany
1922 (aged 97) Last surviving member of Samoa's .[82][83]  American Samoa
Theodore Van Kirk (1921-02-27)February 27, 1921 July 28, 2014(2014-07-28) (aged 93) Last surviving crew member of the Enola Gay.[84] US Army Air Forces  United States
(1917-03-21)March 21, 1917 September 29, 2016(2016-09-29) (aged 99) Last surviving Royal Navy participant in the Dunkirk evacuation.[85] Royal Navy  United Kingdom
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922-07-10)July 10, 1922 March 8, 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 90) Last surviving member of the 20 July plot.[86] German Army  Germany
Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895-09-30)September 30, 1895 December 5, 1977(1977-12-05) (aged 82) Last surviving Marshal of the Soviet Union during the war Red Army  Soviet Union
(1923-05-29)May 29, 1923[87] October 5, 2018(2018-10-05) (aged 95) Last surviving Underwater Demolition Team member.[88] US Navy  United States
Hershel W. Williams (1923-10-02) October 2, 1923 (age 98) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient.[89][note 10] US Marine Corps  United States
1925/1926 (age 95–96) Last survivor of the Sandakan POW Camp.[91] Australian Army  Australia
(1922-02-20)February 20, 1922 September 14, 2018(2018-09-14) (aged 96) Last surviving member of the unit.[92] Home Army  Poland

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020) was the last surviving woman of the Monuments Men.[6]
  2. ^ Canning was the last surviving pilot. The last pilot credited with a confirmed kill in the operation was Rex T. Barber (1917–2001).
  3. ^ Eisenhower was the last surviving General of the Army. Omar Bradley (1893–1981) was promoted to the rank after the war, in 1950. Chester Nimitz (1885–1966) was the last surviving Fleet Admiral.
  4. ^ Freeman was an enlisted soldier. The last surviving commissioned officer of Easy Company was Edward Shames (1922–2021).[24]
  5. ^ Hemingway is the last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. He is also the last British pilot and the last Irish pilot. Paul Farnes (1918–2020) was the last surviving flying ace.[40] Tadeusz Sawicz (1914–2011) was the last surviving Polish pilot.[41]
  6. ^ Johnson was a bomb aimer. The last surviving Dambuster pilot was Les Munro (1919–2015).[44]
  7. ^ Previously, Simcha Rotem (1924–2018) was believed to be the last surviving uprising fighter.
  8. ^ Losonsky is recognized as the last surviving Flying Tiger by the United States Air Force. Other veterans identified as last surviving members include Chen Ping Ching (born c. 1917),[54] Stephen Bonner (1918–2021),[55] Carl Kice Brown (1917–2017),[56] and Long Qiming (c. 1923–2014).[57]
  9. ^ Previously, David Dushman (1923–2021) was believed to be the last surviving liberator of Auschwitz.
  10. ^ Williams is also the last surviving Marine recipient. The last surviving Army Medal of Honor recipient was Charles Coolidge (1921–2021). Coolidge was also the last surviving recipient who had been awarded the medal during the war.[90]

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