List of surviving veterans of World War II

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

List

Total of 998 veterans listed

A

39 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Fortunato Abat	(1925-06-10) June 10, 1925	Secretary of National Defense, Ambassador, & Commanding General of the Philippine Army	Philippine Commonwealth Army	Philippines
Henry Abraham	(1921-08-25) August 25, 1921	Judiciary scholar, author & university professor	United States Army	United States
S. Daniel Abraham	(1924-08-15) August 15, 1924	Arab-Israeli peace activist, philanthropist, founder of Slim Fast, author, & billionaire	United States Army	United States
Robert Adair	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Physicist, university professor, baseball scholar, & author; The Physics of Baseball	United States Army	United States
Theo Adam	(1926-04-01) April 1, 1926	Bass-baritone	Wehrmacht	Germany
Valdas Adamkus	(1926-11-03) November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-2009)	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania
Dick Adams	(1920-04-08) April 8, 1920	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Lee Adams	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	American lyricist & songwriter; Bye Bye Birdie, co-writer Those Were the Days	United States Army	United States
Richard Adams	(1920-05-09) May 9, 1920	Author; Watership Down	British Army	United Kingdom
Bob Addis	(1925-11-06) November 6, 1925	American baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Ben Agajanian	(1919-08-28) August 28, 1919	American football player	United States Army	United States
Daniel Akaka	(1924-09-11) September 11, 1924	United States Senator (1990–2013)	United States Army	United States
Hans Albert	(1921-02-08) February 8, 1921	Philosopher	German Army	Germany
Brian Aldiss	(1925-08-18) August 18, 1925	Science fiction novelist & short story author	British Army	United Kingdom
David Alexander	(1926-11-28) November 28, 1926	British general, Director of the English-Speaking Union, & Commandant of the Scottish Police College	Royal Marines	United Kingdom
Frank Allen	(1926-12-05) December 5, 1926	Australian rules football player	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Marshall Allen	(1924-05-25) May 25, 1924	Avant-garde & free jazz alto saxophone player	United States Army	United States
Marty Allen	(1922-03-23) March 23, 1922	Comic; half of the Allen and Rossi comedy duo	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Edward A. Allworth	(1920-12-01) December 1, 1920	Historian	United States Army	United States
Walter Althammer	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Politician, Member of the Bundestag	German Army	Germany
Nicholas Amer	(1923-09-29) September 29, 1923	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bud Anderson	(1922-01-13) January 13, 1922	American World War II triple ace fighter pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John B. Anderson	(1922-02-15) February 15, 1922	United States Congressman (1961–1981), Independent Party presidential candidate (1980)	United States Army	United States
Michael Anderson	(1920-01-30) January 30, 1920	Film director; Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run	British Army	United Kingdom
Philip W. Anderson	(1923-12-13) December 13, 1923	Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics	United States Navy	United States
Richard Lloyd Anderson	1926 (age 98–99)	University professor	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Mark Andrews	(1926-05-19) May 19, 1926	United States Congressman (1963–1981), United States Senator (1981–1987)	United States Army	United States
Roger Angell	(1920-09-19) September 19, 1920	Sportswriter and editor; The New Yorker	United States Army	United States
Ray Anthony	(1922-01-20) January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	United States Navy	United States
Karl-Otto Apel	(1922-03-15) March 15, 1922	Philosopher	German Army	Germany
Joe Arenas	(1925-12-12) December 12, 1925	Football player	United States Army	United States
Moshe Arens	(1925-12-27) December 27, 1925	Israeli Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, & member of the Knesset	United States Army	United States
George Ariyoshi	(1926-03-12) March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986), first American of Asian descent elected governor of a U.S. state	United States Army	United States
pl	(1925-05-06) May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland
Sark Arslanian	(1924-02-04) February 4, 1924	Football coach	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Horace Ashenfelter	(1923-01-23) January 23, 1923	Olympic gold medalist; 3,000-meter steeplechase	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Harold Atcherley	(1918-08-30) August 30, 1918	Businessman, public figure, & arts administrator	British Army	United Kingdom
Xavier Atencio	(1919-09-04) September 4, 1919	Disney animator & imagineer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Henry Atkinson	(1923-04-22) April 22, 1923	Preeminent Canadian fighter ace of World War II	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada

B

111 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sheldon Bach	(1925-05-18) May 18, 1925	Psychologist	European Theatre of Operations	United States
Charles Bachman	(1924-12-11) December 11, 1924	Computer scientist	U.S. Army	United States
Robert L. Backman	(1922-03-22) March 22, 1922	Lawyer, politician	U.S. Army	United States
Peter Badie	(1925-05-17) May 17, 1925	Jazz bass guitarist	United States Navy, 1942–45	United States
Joe Bailon	(1923-03-18) March 18, 1923	Car customizer; created the candy apple red paint color	U.S. Army	United States
Thomas Baird	(1924-05-17) May 17, 1924	Royal Navy admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Zorawar Chand Bakhshi	(1921-10-21) October 21, 1921	Indian Army officer	British Indian Army	British India
Richard Baker	(1925-06-15) June 15, 1925	Broadcaster & radio personality	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Ronald James Baker	(1924-08-24) August 24, 1924	Academic administrator	Royal Air Force	Canada
Russell Baker	(1925-08-14) August 14, 1925	Author & columnist	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Walter Balderson	(1926-09-19) September 19, 1926	Television pioneer	United States Navy	United States
Alvin Baldus	(1926-04-27) April 27, 1926	Politician	United States Merchant Marine, 1944–1946	United States
Vincent Ball	(1923-12-04) December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
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	United States Navy	United States
Doug Barnard, Jr.	(1922-03-20) March 20, 1922	American politician; Georgia representative (1977–1993)	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Vic Barnhart	(1922-09-01) September 1, 1922	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Dave Bartholomew	(1920-12-24) December 24, 1920	Musician, songwriter, & music producer	United States Army	United States
Michael Barthorp		Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Karl-Ludwig Barths	(1920-05-13) May 13, 1920	President of Volkswagen Canada Ltd.	Heer	Germany
Harry Basch	(1926-01-16) January 16, 1926	Actor & author	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Yvonne Baseden	(1922-01-20) January 20, 1922	Special Operations Executives assistant	French Resistance & Women's Auxiliary Air Force	France
Weston Bate	(1924-09-24) September 24, 1924	Historian	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Phil Batt	(1927-03-04) March 4, 1927	29th Governor of Idaho	United States Army Air Forces, 1945–46	United States
Ludwig Bauer	(1923-02-16) February 16, 1923	Soldier; recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	German Army	Germany
Zygmunt Bauman	(1925-11-19) November 19, 1925	Social theorist	Polish Armed Forces in the East	Poland
Herbert Baumann	(1925-07-31) July 31, 1925	Composer	Heer	Germany
Geoffrey Bayldon	(1924-01-07) January 7, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Hugh Beach	(1923-05-20) May 20, 1923	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Beale	1920	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ed Bearss	(1923-06-26) June 26, 1923	American historian	United States Marine Corps	United States
Léonel Beaudoin	(1924-09-13) September 13, 1924	Politician & insurance agent	Canadian Army, 1943–1944	Canada
Beryl Beaurepaire	(1923-09-24) September 24, 1923	Feminist	Royal Australian Air Force (Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force)	Australia
Arthur Becker-Neetz	(1920-12-31) December 31, 1920	Recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	German Army	Germany
Julius W. Becton, Jr.	(1926-06-29) June 29, 1926	American military officer, former FEMA director	Army Air Corps, 1944–1946	United States
Harry Belafonte	(1927-03-01) March 1, 1927	American singer	United States Navy	United States
Wendell Bell	(1924-09-27) September 27, 1924	Futurist	United States Navy	United States
V.J. Bella	(1927-07-29) July 29, 1927	American politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Tony Bennett	(1926-08-03) August 3, 1926	American singer	United States Army	United States
Roy Bentley	(1924-05-17) May 17, 1924	Football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Paul Berg	(1926-06-30) June 30, 1926	Chemist	United States Navy	United States
John Berger	(1926-11-05) November 5, 1926	Novelist, critic	British Army	United Kingdom
Alan Bergman	(1925-09-11) September 11, 1925	Songwriter	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Shelley Berman	(1925-02-03) February 3, 1925	Comedian	United States Navy	United States
Walter Bernstein	(1919-08-20) August 20, 1919	Screenwriter; The Front, Semi-Tough	United States Army	United States
Neil Berry	(1922-01-11) January 11, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Berkley Bedell	(1921-03-05) March 5, 1921	Politician; Iowa representative (1975–1987)	United States Army	United States
Heinz Billing	(1914-04-07) April 7, 1914	German physicist and computer scientist		Germany
Max Bingham	(1927-03-18) March 18, 1927	Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmani	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Herbert Binkert	(1923-09-03) September 3, 1923	German football player	Heer	Germany
Benjamin B. Blackburn	(1927-02-14) February 14, 1927	Politician	United States Navy, 1944 to 1946	United States
George Blake	(1922-11-11) November 11, 1922	Spy	Dutch Resistance	United Kingdom
Henry W. Bloch	(1922-07-30) July 30, 1922	Businessman; co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Hans Blohm	(1927-11-12) November 12, 1927	Photographer and author	German Navy	Germany
Robert Bly	(1926-12-23) December 23, 1926	Poet	United States Navy	United States
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	Italy
Paul Bocuse	(1926-02-11) February 11, 1926	Chef	French Army	France
Gottfried Böhm	(1920-01-23) January 23, 1920	German Architect	Heer	Germany
Vladimir Boltyansky	(1925-04-26) April 26, 1925	Mathematician & educator	Red Army	Soviet Union
Michael Bond	(1926-01-13) January 13, 1926	Author	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Yuri Bondarev	(1924-03-15) March 15, 1924	Writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
John Tyler Bonner	(1920-05-12) May 12, 1920	Educator	United States Army Air Corps, 1942–1946	United States
Clive Bossom	(1918-02-04) February 4, 1918	Politician	British Army	United Kingdom
Lyle Bouck	(1923-12-17) December 17, 1923	Military officer	United States Army; fought in the Battle of the Bulge	United States
Cliff Bourland	(1921-01-01) January 1, 1921	Olympic sprinter	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Bower	(1924-11-08) November 8, 1924	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army, 1940–43	Canada
Scotty Bowers	(1923-07-01) July 1, 1923	Author	United States Marine Corps	United States
Alan Stephenson Boyd	(1922-07-20) July 20, 1922	Government official; Secretary of Transportation (1967–1969)	United States Army Air Forces, 1942–1945	United States
Winnett Boyd	(1916-10-17) October 17, 1916	Engineer	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Cloyd Boyer	(1927-09-01) September 1, 1927	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Karl Dietrich Bracher	(1922-03-13) March 13, 1922	political scientist and historian	German Army	Germany
John Brademas	(1927-03-02) March 2, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Edwin Bramall	(1923-12-18) December 18, 1923	Field Marshal	British Army	United Kingdom
Oscar Brand	(1920-02-07) February 7, 1920	Folk singer	United States Army	United States
Lewis M. Branscomb	(1926-08-17) August 17, 1926	Scientist	United States Navy	United States
T. Berry Brazelton	(1918-05-10) May 10, 1918	Pediatrician, columnist, and television host	United States Navy	United States
Larry Brink	(1923-09-12) September 12, 1923	Football player		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
Al Brodax	(1926-02-14) February 14, 1926	Film and television producer	United States Army	United States
William Broomfield	(1922-04-28) April 28, 1922	Politician; Michigan representative (1957–1993)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Chummy Broomhall	(1919-12-03) December 3, 1919	Cross country skier	United States Army	United States
Mel Brooks	(1926-06-28) June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	United States 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	United States Navy	United States
Bud Brown	(1927-06-18) June 18, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Keith L. Brown	(1925-06-18) June 18, 1925	US ambassador to Denmark (1989–1992)	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Ronald Brown	(1926-08-07) August 7, 1926	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Roscoe Brown	(1922-03-09) March 9, 1922	Surviving member Tuskegee Airmen group	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Stephen Brown	(1924-10-03) October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Andrew Bruce	(1924-02-17) February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom
Jerome Bruner	(1915-10-01) October 1, 1915	Cognitive psychologist	Psychological Warfare Division	United States
Tim Bruxner	(1923-05-18) May 18, 1923	Politician	Second Australian Imperial Force and Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
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	United States Army	United States
John Harland Bryant	(1925-03-08) March 8, 1925	Physician	United States Navy	United States
Arthur E. Bryson	(1925-10-07) October 7, 1925	Control theorist	United States Navy	United States
James L. Buckley	(1923-03-09) March 9, 1923	Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)	United States Navy, 1942–1946	United States
David P. Buckson	(1920-07-25) July 25, 1920	Politician; Delaware governor (1960–1961)	United States Army	United States
Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	(1922-03-27) March 27, 1922	Federal judge	United States Army, 1942–1946	United States
Veljko Bulajić	(1928-03-22) March 22, 1928	Film director	Partisans	Croatia
Branse Burbridge	(1921-02-04) February 4, 1921	Fighter pilot and flying ace	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Donald Burgett	(1925-04-05) April 5, 1925	Writer, paratrooper	United States Army, 101st Airborne Division	United States
Romus Burgin	(1922-08-13) August 13, 1922	Author	United States Marine Corps	United States
Jack Burke, Jr.	(1923-01-29) January 29, 1923	PGA professional golfer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wally Burr	(1924-06-02) June 2, 1924	Voice actor & director	United States Cavalry	United States
Alexander Butterfield	(1926-04-06) April 6, 1926	Military officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
George H. W. Bush	(1924-06-12) June 12, 1924	41st U.S. President	United States Navy, Lieutenant, 1942–1945	United States
Brendan Byrne	(1924-04-01) April 1, 1924	Politician; governor of New Jersey (1974–1982)	United States Army Air Corps	United States

C

54 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Emil Cadkin	(1920-08-26) August 26, 1920	Film score composer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Fred Caligiuri	(1918-10-22) October 22, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Arnold Callin	(1924-08-25) August 25, 1924	Manx politician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Joseph Campanella	(1927-11-21) November 21, 1927	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Edward du Cann	(1924-05-28) May 28, 1924	Politician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Mortimer Caplin	(1916-07-11) July 11, 1916	Tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (1961–1964)	United States Navy	United States
Pierre Cardin	(1922-07-02) July 2, 1922	Fashion designer	Red Cross	France
Eric Carle	(1929-06-25) June 25, 1929	Children's author & illustrator	Dug trenches on the Siegfried Line	United States
Arvid Carlsson	(1923-01-25) January 25, 1923	Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist	Swedish Armed Forces	Sweden
Lou Carnesecca	(1925-05-01) May 1, 1925	Basketball coach	United States Coast Guard, 1943–1946	United States
Eddie Carnett	(1916-10-21) October 21, 1916	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
William Keir Carr	(1923-03-19) March 19, 1923	Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978)	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington	(1919-06-06) June 6, 1919	Politician; Father of the House of Lords (2007–present)	Grenadier Guards	United Kingdom
Jimmy Carter	(1924-10-01) October 1, 1924	39th U.S. President	United States Navy	United States
William J. Castagna	(1924-06-25) June 25, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jean-Gabriel Castel	1925	Law professor	French Resistance	France
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil	(1925-02-27) February 27, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United States
Robert Foster Chapman	(1926-04-24) April 24, 1926	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Tony Charmoli	(1922-06-11) June 11, 1922	Choreographer & TV dancer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Eugene Chelyshev	(1921-10-27) October 27, 1921	Indologist & academician	Red Army	Soviet Union
Don Cherry	(1924-01-11) January 11, 1924	Singer & golfer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jack T. Chick	(1924-04-13) April 13, 1924	Publisher, writer	Private, United States Army	United States
Kenneth O. Chilstrom	(1921-04-20) April 20, 1921	Air force officer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	(1920-12-09) December 9, 1920	Italian prime minister (1993–1994) and president (1999–2006)	Italian resistance movement	Italy
Edward Clark	(1926-05-06) May 6, 1926	Artist	United States Army Air Forces, stationed in Guam	United States
Ramsey Clark	(1927-12-18) December 18, 1927	66th United States Attorney General	United States Marine Corps	United States
Raymond F. Clevenger	(1926-06-06) June 6, 1926	Politician	United States Army Medical Corps	United States
Richard J. Coffee	(1925-02-14) February 14, 1925	Politician	Ensign in the United States Merchant Marine	United States
Dick Cole	(1926-05-06) May 6, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Richard E. Cole	(1915-09-07) September 7, 1915	Co-pilot on Doolittle Raid	Doolittle Raid	United States
Charles J. Colgan	(1926-09-25) September 25, 1926	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
John Collias	(1918-06-12) June 12, 1918	Painter & illustrator	United States Army	United States
Don Colo	(1925-01-05) January 5, 1925	American football player		United States
Forrest Compton	(1925-09-15) September 15, 1925	Actor	United States 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	United States Coast Guard	United States
Fred Cone	(1926-06-21) June 21, 1926	American football player	United States Army	United States
Mike Connors	(1925-08-15) August 15, 1925	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Samuel Conti	(1922-07-16) July 16, 1922	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Charles H. Coolidge	(1921-08-04) August 4, 1921	Soldier	United States Army (36th Infantry Division), Medal of Honor recipient.	United States
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.	(1925-09-29) September 29, 1925	Federal judge	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Parzival Copes	(1924-01-22) January 22, 1924	Economist	Dutch Resistance	Canada
Anton Coppola	(1917-03-21) March 21, 1917	Opera conductor & composer	Bandmaster in the United States Army	United States
Irwin Corey	(1914-07-29) July 29, 1914	Comedian & actor	United States Army	United States
Roger Corman	(1926-04-05) April 5, 1926	Filmmaker & actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
Jack Costanzo	(1919-09-24) September 24, 1919	Percussionist	United States Navy	United States
John J. Creedon	(1924-08-01) August 1, 1924	Former President and CEO of MetLife	United States Navy, USS Caliente (AO-53)	United States
Jack Crimian	(1926-02-17) February 17, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
John Cruickshank	(1920-05-20) May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	Royal Air Force, 1939–1946	United Kingdom
Peter Cundall	(1927-04-01) April 1, 1927	Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008)	British Army	Australia
Walter Curley	(1922-09-17) September 17, 1922	US Ambassador to France (1989–1993)	United States Marine Corps, 1943–1946	United States
Francis S. Currey	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	World War II Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army	United States
Jal Cursetji	(1919-05-20) May 20, 1919	Chief of Naval Staff, India (1976-79)	Royal Indian Navy	British India
John Thomas Curtin	(1921-08-24) August 24, 1921	Federal judge	United States Marine Corps	United States

D

43 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Kurt Dahlmann	(1918-03-04) March 4, 1918	Journalist, newspaper editor, & political activist	Luftwaffe	Germany
Dieter Damerius	(1924-04-17) April 17, 1924	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
Bill Dana	(1924-10-05) October 5, 1924	Actor, comedian, & screenwriter	United States Army	United States
Jack Davis	(1924-12-02) December 2, 1924	Cartoonist	United States Navy	United States
Jackson B. Davis	(1918-03-27) March 27, 1918	Attorney, State Senator	United States Navy	United States
Philip J. Davis	(1923-01-02) January 2, 1923	Mathematician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bob Dawson	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Howard Dawson	(1922-10-23) October 23, 1922	Senior judge of the United States Tax Court	United States Army	United States
John Gunther Dean	(1926-02-24) February 24, 1926	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Ion Lazarevich Degen	(1925-06-04) June 4, 1925	Medical doctor & writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
Hans Georg Dehmelt	(1922-09-09) September 9, 1922	Nobel Prize-winning physicist	German Army	Germany
Billy DeMars	(1925-08-26) August 26, 1925	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Frederick B. Dent	(1926-08-17) August 17, 1926	former United States Secretary of Commerce	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Michel Déon	(1919-08-04) August 4, 1919	Writer	French Army	France
Gene Derricotte	(1926-06-14) June 14, 1926	American football player	United States Army	United States
Louis A. DeSimone	(1922-02-21) February 21, 1922	Bishop	United States Army	United States
Richard DeVos	(1926-03-04) March 4, 1926	Businessman, philanthropist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George Dickson	(1923-09-27) September 27, 1923	Football player	United States Army	United States
Harrison Dillard	(1923-07-08) July 8, 1923	Track and field athlete	United States Army	United States
John Dingell	(1926-07-08) July 8, 1926	Politician	United States Army	United States
David Dinkins	(1927-07-10) July 10, 1927	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
John William Ditter, Jr.	(1921-10-19) October 19, 1921	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Neagu Djuvara	(1916-08-18) August 18, 1916	Historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat.	Romanian Land Forces	Romania
Bobby Doerr	(1918-04-07) April 7, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Bob Dole	(1923-07-22) July 22, 1923	Politician, Kansas representative, senator, and 1996 Republican presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Vladimir Dolgikh	(1924-12-05) December 5, 1924	Political figure	Red Army	Soviet Union
Haddon Donald	(1917-03-20) March 20, 1917	Politician	New Zealand Army	New Zealand
J. P. Donleavy	(1926-04-23) April 23, 1926	Novelist, playwright	United States Navy	United States
Fred J. Doocy	(1913-05-05) May 5, 1913	Politician	United States Army	United States
Gregor Dorfmeister	(1929-03-07) March 7, 1929	Journalist writer	Volkssturm	Germany
Bob Dorough	(1923-12-12) December 12, 1923	Jazz pianist, composer & singer	United States Army	United States
Tankred Dorst	(1925-12-19) December 19, 1925	Playwright and storyteller	German Army	Germany
Roy Dotrice	(1923-05-26) May 26, 1923	Actor (TV's Dickens of London, Beauty and the Beast)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Kirk Douglas	(1916-12-09) December 9, 1916	Oscar-nominated actor; Champion, Lust for Life	United States Navy	United States
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd	(1919-12-07) December 7, 1919	Political economist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hugh Downs	(1921-02-14) February 14, 1921	Journalist and TV host; 20/20	United States Army	United States
Nick Drahos	(1918-12-06) December 6, 1918	American football player	United States Army	United States
Richard L. Duchossois	(1921-10-07) October 7, 1921	Sports businessman	United States Army	United States
Patrick Duffy	(1920-06-17) June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom
Alene Duerk	(1920-03-29) March 29, 1920	Director of United Services Life Insurance Company	United States Navy	United States
Charles Duncan, Jr.	(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926	Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator	United States Army Air Corps	United States
David Douglas Duncan	(1916-01-23) January 23, 1916	Photojournalist	United States Marine Corps	United States
Winfield Dunn	(1927-07-01) July 1, 1927	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	United States Navy	United States

E

28 veterans

	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
George J. Eade	(1921-10-27) October 27, 1921	U.S. Air Force General	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jack Eames	(1922-12-22) December 22, 1922	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
James Eberle	(1927-05-31) May 31, 1927	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
John Eden	(1925-05-15) May 15, 1925	Conservative MP, Nephew of Anthony Eden	2nd Gurkha Rifles	United Kingdom
Edwin Edwards	(1927-08-07) August 7, 1927	Governor of Louisiana, 4 terms	United States Navy Air Corps	United States
James Francis Edwards	(1921-06-05) June 5, 1921	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Nate Edwards	(1922-08-24) August 24, 1922	Hardware architect & computer scientist	United States Naval Reserve, 1942–46	United States
Warren William Eginton	(1924-02-16) February 16, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army, 1943–46	United States
John Ehle	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	Writer	Rifleman in the United States Army	United States
Horst Ehmke	(1927-02-04) February 4, 1927	Law professor, former minister of Germany	German Army	Germany
Herbert Ehrenberg	(1926-12-21) December 21, 1926	German politician	German Army	Germany
Manfred Eigen	(1927-07-09) July 9, 1927	German biophysical chemist, Nobel prize laureate	Heer	Germany
Garnett Thomas Eisele	(1923-11-03) November 3, 1923	United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas	Private in United States Army (1942–1946)	United States
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	United States Marines; served in China	United States
William J. Ely	(1911-12-29) December 29, 1911	Lieutenant general; Oldest living graduate of West Point	United States Army	United States
Bill Endicott	(1918-09-04) September 4, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert Engman	1927	Sculptor	United States Navy	United States
Erhard Eppler	(1926-12-09) December 9, 1926	Politician	German Army	Germany
Jerald Ericksen	(1924-12-20) December 20, 1924	Mathematician	United States Navy	United States
Carl Erskine	(1926-12-13) December 13, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Vladimir Etush	(1922-05-06) May 6, 1922	Actor	Red Army	Soviet Union
David Evans	(1925-06-03) June 3, 1925	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	United States Navy	United States
Charles Evers	(1922-09-11) September 11, 1922	Civil rights activist	United States Army	United States
Douglas Everett	(1927-08-12) August 12, 1927	Senator, lawyer, and automobile dealer	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Anthony Eyton	(1923-05-17) May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army, 1942–47	United Kingdom

F

40 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Max Falkenstien	(1924-04-09) April 9, 1924	Sports announcer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
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	United States Navy Reserve	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	United States Army	United States
Charles Reis Felix	(1923-04-29) April 29, 1923	Writer	United States Army	United States
Benjamin B. Ferencz	(1920-03-11) March 11, 1920	Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials	United States Army	United States
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	(1919-03-24) March 24, 1919	Poet	United States Navy	United States
Robert H. Ferrell	(1921-05-08) May 8, 1921	Historian	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dave Ferriss	(1921-12-05) December 5, 1921	Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox (1945–1950)	Served, but was discharged early due to asthma	United States
David Ferry	(1924-03-05) March 5, 1924	Poet & professor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Field	(1924-06-07) June 7, 1924	Poet & author	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Field	(1923-03-30) March 30, 1923	Meteorologist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Paul Findley	(1921-06-13) June 13, 1921	Politician; Illinois representative (1961–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Bernhard Fisch	(1926-08-22) August 22, 1926	German writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Leonard Everett Fisher	(1924-06-24) June 24, 1924	Children's writer & illustrator	United States Army	United States
Ed Fitz Gerald	(1924-05-21) May 21, 1924	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Jimmy Fitzmorris	(1921-11-15) November 15, 1921	Businessman, politician	United States Army, 1942–1945	United States
Sergio Flamigni	(1925-10-22) October 22, 1925	Politician & writer	Italian Resistance	Italy
Mitchell Flint	(1923-06-27) June 27, 1923	Lawyer; fighter pilot	United States Navy	United States
François Flohic	(1920-08-02) August 2, 1920	Admiral	Free French Naval Forces	France
Jim Forbes	(1923-12-16) December 16, 1923	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Doug Ford	(1922-06-22) June 22, 1922	Golfer	United States Coast Guard	United States
Charles Foster	(1923-01-17) January 17, 1923	Publicist & writer	Royal Air Force	Canada
Bernard Fox	(1927-05-11) May 11, 1927	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Richard Kenneth Fox	(1925-10-22) October 22, 1925	US ambassador to Trinidad (1977–1979)	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Maurice Sanford Fox	(1924-10-11) October 11, 1924	Geneticist & molecular biologist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Sonny Fox	(1925-06-17) June 17, 1925	Television host	United States Army	United States
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	United States Army	United States
Donald M. Fraser	(1924-02-20) February 20, 1924	Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1993)	United States Navy	United States
Jesse Freitas	(1921-02-07) February 7, 1921	Football player	United States Army	United States
Louis Frémaux	(1921-08-13) August 13, 1921	Music conductor	French Resistance	France
Jacque Fresco	(1916-03-13) March 13, 1916	Futurologist	United States Army Air Force	United States
George Carr Frison	(1924-11-11) November 11, 1924	Archaeologist	United States Navy	United States
Russell Freeburg	(1923-03-04) March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	United States Army	United States
Warren Frost	(1925-05-25) May 25, 1925	Actor	United States Navy	United States
John P. Fullam	(1921-12-10) December 10, 1921	Judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Edward Simons Fulmer	(1919-04-16) April 16, 1919	Knight of the Military William Order	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Fulton	(1927-01-27) January 27, 1927	Mayor of Nashville (1975–1987)	United States Navy	United States

G

55 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Billy Gabor	(1922-05-13) May 13, 1922	Basketball player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Cornelius Edward Gallagher	(1921-03-02) March 2, 1921	Politician; New Jersey representative (1959–1973)	United States Army	United States
Ziba Ganiyeva	(1923-08-20) August 20, 1923	Philologist & World War II sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Norman Garbo	(1919-02-15) February 15, 1919	Author & lecturer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dave Garcia	(1920-09-15) September 15, 1920	Baseball player & coach	United States 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	United States Army	United States
Leonard I. Garth	(1921-04-07) April 7, 1921	Judge	United States Army	United States
Stanley Michael Gartler	(1923-06-09) June 9, 1923	Biologist & geneticist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ned Garver	(1925-12-25) December 25, 1925	Baseball player	United States Armed Forces	United States
William H. Gass	(1924-07-30) July 30, 1924	Novelist, essayist	United States Navy	United States
William H. Gates, Sr.	(1925-11-30) November 30, 1925	Philanthropist and father of Bill Gates	United States Army	United States
Armand Gatti	(1924-01-26) January 26, 1924	Playwright, poet, journalist, & filmmmaker	French Resistance	France
Philippe de Gaulle	(1921-12-28) December 28, 1921	Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle	French Navy	Free France
Tuomas Gerdt	(1922-05-28) May 28, 1922	Last living recipient of the Mannerheim Cross	Finnish Army	Finland
fr	(1920-08-06) August 6, 1920	Former minister (1972-1974); Compagnon de la Libération	Forces françaises libres	France
Hutton Gibson	(1918-08-26) August 26, 1918	Writer; father of Mel Gibson	United States Army Signal Corps	United States
Roy Gibson	(1924-07-04) July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Lewis Gilbert	(1920-03-06) March 6, 1920	Film director	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Benjamin A. Gilman	(1922-12-06) December 6, 1922	Politician; New York representative (1973–2003)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Alastair Gillespie	(1922-05-01) May 1, 1922	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
John Gillespie	(1925-01-26) January 26, 1925	Farmer, Business Owner, Truck Driver	United States Navy	United States
Sam Glanzman	(1924-12-05) December 5, 1924	Comic-book artist	United States Navy	United States
I. Leo Glasser	(1924-04-06) April 6, 1924	Judge	United States Army	United States
Roy J. Glauber	(1925-09-01) September 1, 1925	Physicist	United States Army	United States
John Glenn	(1921-07-18) July 18, 1921	Astronaut and politician; Ohio senator (1974–1999)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Manolis Glezos	(1922-09-09) September 9, 1922	Politician & writer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Hans Goksøyr	(1923-02-10) February 10, 1923	Businessman	Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway
Tony Golab	(1919-01-17) January 17, 1919	Football player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Bill Gold	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Film poster designer; Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca	United States Army	United States
Slavko Goldstein	(1928-08-22) August 22, 1928	Writer & publisher	Partisans	Croatia
Wiesław Gołas	(1930-10-09) October 9, 1930	Actor	Gray Ranks	Poland
Alfred T. Goodwin	(1923-06-29) June 29, 1923	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)	United States Army, 1943–1946	United States
Bert I. Gordon	(1922-09-24) September 24, 1922	Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Don Gordon	(1926-11-13) November 13, 1926	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Peter Gorski	(1921-11-07) November 7, 1921	Film director	German Army	Germany
Karl Otto Götz	(1914-02-22) February 22, 1914	Painter	Luftwaffe	Germany
Bernard F. Grabowski	(1923-06-11) June 11, 1923	Politician	United States Army	United States
René Henry Gracida	(1923-06-09) June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States
David E. Grange, Jr.	(1925-04-09) April 9, 1925	General	United States Army	United States
Daniil Granin	(1919-01-01) January 1, 1919	Writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
Henry Gray	(1925-01-19) January 19, 1925	Blues singer & pianist	United States Army	United States
Bill Greason	(1924-09-03) September 3, 1924	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Maurice R. Greenberg	(1925-05-04) May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	United States Army, 1942–1945	United States
Shecky Greene	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Comedian	United States Navy	United States
Paul Greengard	(1925-12-11) December 11, 1925	Scientist	United States Navy	United States
John Gridunov	(1926-10-06) October 6, 1926	Cosmonaut	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
Stu Griffing	(1926-11-09) November 9, 1926	Olympic rower	United States Army	United States
Oskar Groning	(1921-06-10) June 10, 1921	Soldier & "the accountant of Auschwitz"	Waffen SS	Germany
Werner Grossmann	(1929-03-06) March 6, 1929	Former Eaast German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security	Volkssturm	Germany
Johnny Groth	(1926-07-23) July 23, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Frank Joseph Guarini	(1924-08-20) August 20, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Junius Foy Guin, Jr.	(1924-02-02) February 2, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
James Gunn	(1923-07-12) July 12, 1923	Science fiction writer & editor	United States Navy	United States
John Gwilliam	(1923-02-28) February 28, 1923	Rugby player	British Army	United Kingdom

H

68 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bill Hachten	(1924-11-30) November 30, 1924	Football player	United States Army	United States
Monty Hall	(1921-08-25) August 25, 1921	Game show host; Let's Make a Deal	Canadian Army	Canada
Ralph Hall	(1923-05-03) May 3, 1923	Politician; Texas representative (1981–2015)	United States Navy	United States
Günter Halm	(1922-08-27) August 27, 1922	Grenadier	Heer	Germany
Gail Halvorsen	(1920-10-10) October 10, 1920	US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Peter Hansen	(1921-12-05) December 5, 1921	Actor; When Worlds Collide, TV's General Hospital	United States Marine Corps	United States
Orval H. Hansen	(1926-08-03) August 3, 1926	Politician	United States Navy	United States
William Harbison	(1921-03-11) March 11, 1921	Aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reinhard Hardegen	(1913-03-18) March 18, 1913	U-boat commander	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Robert Hardy	(1925-10-29) October 29, 1925	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John C. Harkness	(1916-11-30) November 30, 1916	Architect	United States Army	United States
Chuck Harmon	(1924-04-23) April 23, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Sheldon Harnick	(1924-04-30) April 30, 1924	Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof)	United States Army	United States
Louis Harris	(1921-01-06) January 6, 1921	Businessman & pollster	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Freddie Hart	(1926-12-21) December 21, 1926	Country musician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wolf C. Hartwig	(1919-09-08) September 8, 1919	Film Producer	Interpreter, Heer	Germany
R. James Harvey	(1922-07-04) July 4, 1922	Politician & jurist	United States 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	United States Navy	United States
Harry G. Haskell, Jr.	(1921-05-27) May 27, 1921	Politician	United States Coast Guard	United States
Bernhard Hassenstein	(1922-05-31) May 31, 1922	Behaviorist and biologist	German Army	Germany
Chris Haughey	(1925-10-03) October 3, 1925	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Helmut Hauptmann	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Writer	German Army	Germany
Roy T. Haverkamp	(1924-12-10) December 10, 1924	U.S Ambassador to Grenada 1984-1986	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Hayes	(1925-06-05) June 5, 1925	Actor	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Robert Hébras	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor	French Resistance	France
Ken Hechler	(1914-09-20) September 20, 1914	Politician; West Virginia representative (1959–1977)	United States Army	United States
Eberhard Heder	(1918-06-30) June 30, 1918	Sturmbannführer	Waffen-SS	Germany
Hugh Hefner	(1926-04-09) April 9, 1926	American magazine publisher, founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises	United States Army	United States
Götz Heidelberg	(1923-03-01) March 1, 1923	Engineer and entrepreneur	Heer	Germany
Val Heim	(1920-11-04) November 4, 1920	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Henry Heimlich	(1920-02-03) February 3, 1920	Physician; originated anti-choking maneuver	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Anton Heinemann	(1921-01-29) January 29, 1921	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Germany
Bert Hellinger	(1925-12-16) December 16, 1925	Psychotherapist	German Armed Forces	Germany
Fritz Hellwig	(1912-08-03) August 3, 1912	Politician and European Commissioner	German Armed Forces	Germany
Paul Hellyer	(1923-08-06) August 6, 1923	Engineer and politician	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
Jon Hendricks	(1921-09-16) September 16, 1921	Jazz singer and lyricist	United States Army	United States
Herbert Herz	1924	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
Johnny Hetki	(1922-05-12) May 12, 1922	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
James Clinkscales Hill	(1924-01-08) January 8, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Steven Hill	(1922-02-24) February 24, 1922	Actor; Billy Bathgate, TV's Mission Impossible, Law & Order	United States Navy	United States
Arthur Hiller	(1923-11-22) November 22, 1923	Film director	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Elwood Hillis	(1926-03-06) March 6, 1926	Indiana congressman (1971–1987)	United States Army	United States
Andrew J. Hinshaw	(1923-08-04) August 4, 1923	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Deane R. Hinton	(1923-03-12) March 12, 1923	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
William Hoeveler	(1922-08-23) August 23, 1922	Lawyer & judge	United States Marine Corps	United States
Philip H. Hoff	(1924-06-29) June 29, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Hilmar Hoffmann	(1925-08-25) August 25, 1925	Cultural worker	German Army	Germany
Hal Holbrook	(1925-02-17) February 17, 1925	Actor	United States Army	United States
Ernest Hollings	(1922-01-01) January 1, 1922	Politician; South Carolina governor (1959–1963) and senator (1966–2005)	United States Army	United States
Earl Holliman	(1928-09-11) September 11, 1928	Actor	United States Navy	United States
James L. Holloway III	(1922-02-21) February 21, 1922	Navy admiral	United States Navy	United States
Olivia Hooker	(1915-02-15) February 15, 1915	Psychologist	United States Coast Guard	United States
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	(1923-09-21) September 21, 1923	Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974)	United States Army	United States
Bob Hoover	(1922-01-24) January 24, 1922	Test pilot and air show pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Amo Houghton	(1926-08-07) August 7, 1926	New York congressman (1987–2005)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Euan Howard	(1923-11-26) November 26, 1923	Politician; 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Lee Howard	(1923-11-11) November 11, 1923	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Michael Howard	(1922-11-29) November 29, 1922	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Walter Huddleston	(1926-04-15) April 15, 1926	Politician	United States Army	United States
Harry Hughes	(1926-11-13) November 13, 1926	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Tom Hughes	(1923-11-26) November 26, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Johan van Hulst	(1911-01-28) January 28, 1911	Politician	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
Hans-Joachim Hunger	(1921-03-08) March 8, 1921	Soldier, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	Heer	Germany
David Hurst	(1926-03-09) March 9, 1926	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington	(1915-03-28) March 28, 1915	Lawyer	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Earl Hutto	(1926-05-12) May 12, 1926	Florida congressman (1979–1995)	United States Navy	United States
Harold Hyman	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	American Civil War historian	United States Marine Corps	United States

I

8 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Paul Robert Ignatius	(1920-11-11) November 11, 1920	Government official	United States Navy	United States
Robert F. Inger	(1920-09-10) September 10, 1920	Herpetologist	United States Army Corps of Engineers	United States
Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside	(1924-09-21) September 21, 1924	British hereditary peer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Peter Isaacson	(1920-07-31) July 31, 1920	Newspaper publisher	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Daniel Ivin	(1932-04-16) April 16, 1932	Writer	Partisans	Croatia
Frederick Irving	(1921-05-02) May 2, 1921	Ambassador to Iceland (1972–1976)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George S. Irving	(1922-11-01) November 1, 1922	Actor		United States
Nobuaki Iwatake	1923	Soldier & translator	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan

J

17 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Arthur J. Jackson	(1924-10-18) October 18, 1924	Marine	United States Marine Corps	United States
Joe M. Jackson	(1923-03-14) March 14, 1923	Air Force Colonel; Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Clifton James	(1921-05-29) May 29, 1921	Actor; Live and Let Die, The Untouchables	United States Army	United States
pl	(1923-04-16) April 16, 1923	Actress	Home Army	Poland
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	(1921-01-05) January 5, 1921	Luxembourgian ruler (1964–2000)	Irish Guards	Luxembourg
Edward B. Jelks	(1922-09-10) September 10, 1922	Archaeologist	United States Navy	United States
Lawrence Jenkins	(1924-01-29) January 29, 1924	Pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Norman Jewison	(1926-07-21) July 21, 1926	Filmmaker	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Merv Johnson	(1923-05-09) May 9, 1923	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Bill Johnston	(1925-01-02) January 2, 1925	Golfer	United States Navy	United States
Charles Wycliffe Joiner	(1916-02-14) February 14, 1916	Federal judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Raymond Jones	(1925-07-18) July 18, 1925	Architect	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Piet de Jong	(1915-04-03) April 3, 1915	Politician; Dutch prime minister (1967–1971)	Captain, Royal Netherlands Navy	Netherlands
George Joseph	(1921-09-11) September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	United States Army	United States
Howie Judson	(1926-02-16) February 16, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
James Jungius	(1923-11-15) November 15, 1923	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Alex Jupp	(1927-05-30) May 30, 1927	Politician	Canadian Army, 1944–46	Canada

K

34 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rajan Kadiragamar	1922	Admiral	Royal Ceylon Navy	Ceylon
Otto Kaiser	(1924-11-30) November 30, 1924	Old Testament scholar	Heer	Germany
Bernard Kalb	(1922-02-04) February 4, 1922	Journalist	United States Army	United States
Adolfo Kaminsky	(1925-10-01) October 1, 1925	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
Hermann Kant	(1926-06-14) June 14, 1926	German Writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
James Karen	(1923-11-28) November 28, 1923	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	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	United States Navy	United States
Donald Keene	(1922-06-18) June 18, 1922	Japanologist and translator	United States Navy	United States
Everett A. Kelly	(1926-09-02) September 2, 1926	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Heinz Kessler	(1920-01-26) January 26, 1920	East German Minister of Defence	Wehrmacht, Red Army	Germany, Soviet Union
Asghar Khan	(1921-01-17) January 17, 1921	Aviator & military historian	Royal Air Force	British India
Adolph Kiefer	(1918-06-27) June 27, 1918	Olympic gold-medal swimmer	United States Navy	United States
Andrew Killgore	(1919-11-07) November 7, 1919	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
Clive King	(1924-04-24) April 24, 1924	Author	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Frederick King	(1923-06-01) June 1, 1923	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force, 1942–46	Canada
Henry Kissinger	(1923-05-27) May 27, 1923	Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient	United States Army	United States
Johann-Alfred Klaus	(1918-09-04) September 4, 1918	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Germany
Wolfgang Klausewitz	(1922-07-20) July 20, 1922	zoologist	German Army	Germany
Patricia Knatchbull	(1924-02-14) February 14, 1924	Countess Mountbatten of Burma	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Siegfried Köhler	(1923-07-30) July 30, 1923	Conductor and composer	Heer	Germany
Mauno Koivisto	(1923-11-25) November 25, 1923	9th President of Finland	Winter War, Continuation War	Finland
Joseph P. Kolter	(1926-09-03) September 3, 1926	Politician	United States Army, 1944–1947	United States
Franciszek Kornicki	(1916-12-18) December 18, 1916	Air force officer	Royal Air Force & Polish Air Force	Poland
Väinö Koskela	(1921-03-31) March 31, 1921	Olympic long-distance runner		Finland
Sergei Kramarenko	(1923-04-23) April 23, 1923	Air Force officer	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
Ken Kranz	(1923-09-12) September 12, 1923	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Gerhard Krems	(1920-05-04) May 4, 1920	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Germany
Erwin Kreßmann	(1918-06-02) June 2, 1918	Served in Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 519. Awarded with Knight's Cross.	Heer	Germany
Hardy Krüger	(1928-04-12) April 12, 1928	German actor	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
John Kundla	(1916-07-03) July 3, 1916	College and professional basketball coach	United States Navy	United States
Bob Kuzava	(1923-05-28) May 28, 1923	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Larry Kwong	(1923-06-17) June 17, 1923	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada

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36 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Max Labovitch	(1924-01-18) January 18, 1924	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Frederick Bernard Lacey	(1920-09-08) September 8, 1920	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Robert J. Lagomarsino	(1926-09-04) September 4, 1926	Politician	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Bruce Laingen	(1922-08-06) August 6, 1922	Diplomat & academic	United States Navy	United States
Melvin R. Laird	(1922-09-01) September 1, 1922	Politician; Wisconsin representative (1953–1969) and Secretary of Defense (1969–1973)	United States Navy	United States
Gilles Lamontagne	(1919-04-17) April 17, 1919	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Gérald Laniel	(1924-08-08) August 8, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Claude Lanzmann	(1925-10-27) October 27, 1925	Film director	French Resistance	France
Lyndon LaRouche	(1922-09-08) September 8, 1922	Economist & perennial presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Don C. Laubman	(1921-10-16) October 16, 1921	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Keith Lawrence	(1919-11-25) November 25, 1919	Royal Air Force Officer; one of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Paul Laxalt	(1922-08-02) August 2, 1922	American politician; Nevada governor (1967–1971) and senator (1974–1987)	United States Army	United States
Norman Lear	(1922-07-27) July 27, 1922	Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons	United States 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	United States Navy	United States
Peter Le Cheminant	(1920-06-17) June 17, 1920	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Leon M. Lederman	(1922-07-15) July 15, 1922	Nobel Prize-winning physicist	United States Army	United States
Stan Lee	(1922-12-28) December 28, 1922	Comic book writer; co-created Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men	United States Army	United States
Hannie van Leeuwen	(1926-01-18) January 18, 1926	Politician	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
George N. Leighton	(1912-10-22) October 22, 1912	Jurist	United States Army	United States
Hellmut von Leipzig	(1921-07-18) July 18, 1921	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
James F. Leonard	(1920-05-30) May 30, 1920	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Lawrence LeShan	(1920-09-08) September 8, 1920	Psychologist; pioneer of mind-body therapy	United States Army	United States
Anatoli Levitin	(1922-07-16) July 16, 1922	Painter & art educator	Red Army	Soviet Union
Marv Levy	(1925-08-03) August 3, 1925	Football coach	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Bernard Lewis	(1916-05-31) May 31, 1916	Islamic and Middle Eastern historian	Royal Armoured Corps and Intelligence Corps	United Kingdom
Peter Lichtner-Hoyer	(1925-12-28) December 28, 1925	Sportsman & Colonel		Austria
Hans Lipschis	(1919-11-07) November 7, 1919	Born in Lithuania. Former cook in a concentration camp, accused by SWC of war crimes	Waffen-SS	Germany
Nina Lobkovskaya	1925	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Frank LoVuolo	(1924-05-01) May 1, 1924	Football player	United States Army	United States
Turk Lown	(1924-05-30) May 30, 1924	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Bill Lucas	(1917-01-16) January 16, 1917	Olympic long-distance runner	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
William R. Lucas	(1922-03-01) March 1, 1922	Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Lujack	(1925-01-04) January 4, 1925	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Tom Luken	(1925-07-09) July 9, 1925	Ohio congressman (1977–1991)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Reimar Lüst	(1923-03-25) March 25, 1923	Astrophysicist, director of ESA	Kriegsmarine	Germany
John Lysak	(1914-08-16) August 16, 1914	Olympic canoeist	United States Marine Corps	United States

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91 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Eddie Macon	(1927-03-07) March 7, 1927	Football player	United States Army	United States
Harry Macpherson	(1926-07-10) July 10, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Donald Malarkey	(1921-07-31) July 31, 1921	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Albert Mampre	(1922-05-25) May 25, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Branko Mamula	(1921-05-30) May 30, 1921	Army officer & politician	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Venero Mangano	(1921-09-07) September 7, 1921	Mobster	United States Army	United States
George Mandler	(1924-06-11) June 11, 1924	Psychologist	United States Army Military Intelligence Service	United States
Leroy J. Manor	(1921-02-21) February 21, 1921	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Mann	(1920-07-19) July 19, 1920	Violinist; Juilliard String Quartet co-founder	United States Army	United States
Josip Manolić	(1920-03-22) March 22, 1920	Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Dick Manville	(1925-12-25) December 25, 1925	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Gino Marchetti	(1926-01-02) January 2, 1926	Football player	United States Army	United States
Marc L. Marks	(1927-02-12) February 12, 1927	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Karl Heinz Marquardt	(1927-11-09) November 9, 1927	Artist and author	German Army	Germany
John Otho Marsh, Jr.	(1926-08-07) August 7, 1926	Politician	United States Army	United States
Peter Marshall	(1926-03-30) March 30, 1926	TV personality & actor	United States Army	United States
James D. Martin	(1918-09-01) September 1, 1918	Politician	United States Army	United States
Mac Martin	(1925-04-26) April 26, 1925	Bluegrass musician	United States Navy	United States
Leslie H. Martinson	(1915-01-16) January 16, 1915	TV & movie director; PT 109, Batman: The Movie	United States Army	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
William S. Massey	(1920-08-23) August 23, 1920	Mathematician	United States Navy	United States
Joe Masteroff	(1919-12-11) December 11, 1919	Playwright	United States Army Air Forces	United States
David Mattingley	1923	Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Robert D. Maxwell	(1920-10-26) October 26, 1920	Soldier, Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army	United States
Kenneth Mayhew	(1917-01-18) January 18, 1917	Knight of the Military William Order	British Army	United Kingdom
Windy McCall	(1925-07-18) July 18, 1925	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
James W. McCord, Jr.	(1924-01-26) January 26, 1924	American politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Mike McCormack	(1921-12-14) December 14, 1921	Politician; Washington representative (1971–1981)	United States Army	United States
Joe McCorquodale	(1920-12-02) December 2, 1920	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Charles McGee	(1919-12-07) December 7, 1919	Air Force officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Seth J. McKee	(1916-11-06) November 6, 1916	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Joseph McManus	(1920-02-09) February 9, 1920	Politician & federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Brockway McMillan	(1915-03-30) March 30, 1915	Government official & scientist	United States Navy	United States
Francis Terry McNamara	(1927-11-02) November 2, 1927	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
William Hardy McNeill	(1917-10-31) October 31, 1917	Historian	United States Army	United States
Henry R. McPhee, Jr.	(1925-01-11) January 11, 1925	Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower	United States Navy	United States
Kirke Mechem	(1925-08-16) August 16, 1925	Composer	United States 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	United States Army	United States
John Melcher	(1924-09-06) September 6, 1924	Politician; Montana representative	United States Army, 76th Infantry Division	United States
Sam Mele	(1922-01-21) January 21, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Walter Mengden	(1926-10-25) October 25, 1926	Lawyer & politician	United States Navy	United States
Bill Mercer	(1926-02-13) February 13, 1926	Sportscaster, educator, & author	United States Navy	United States
Jan Merlin	(1925-04-03) April 3, 1925	Actor & author	United States Navy	United States
A. L. Mestel	(1926-09-17) September 17, 1926	Pediatric surgeon	United States Navy	United States
Johann Baptist Metz	(1928-08-05) August 5, 1928	Theologian, Professor of Fundamental Theology	German Army	Germany
Harald Metzkes	(1929-01-23) January 23, 1929	German painter	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
Michael I of Romania	(1921-10-25) October 25, 1921	King of Romania (1927–1930, 1940–1947)		Romania
Robert H. Michel	(1923-03-02) March 2, 1923	Politician; Illinois representative (1957–1995)	United States Army	United States
Ed Mickelson	(1926-09-02) September 2, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
J. William Middendorf II	(1924-09-22) September 22, 1924	Diplomat & politician	United States Navy	United States
Harry J. Middleton	(1921-10-24) October 24, 1921	Journalist; speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson (1967–1969)	United States Army	United States
Ed Mierkowicz	(1924-03-06) March 6, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Larry Miggins	(1925-08-20) August 20, 1925	Baseball player	Merchant Navy	United States
Prince Mikasa	(1915-12-02) December 2, 1915	Japanese royal	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina	(1925-12-22) December 22, 1925	Order of Lenin recipient	Soviet Navy	Soviet Union
Abner J. Mikva	(1926-01-21) January 21, 1926	Politician & judge	United States Army Air Corps, 1944–1945	United States
R. Burnett Miller	(1923-09-02) September 2, 1923	Mayor of Sacramento, California	United States Army	United States
Bob Miller	(1926-06-16) June 16, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Frank Miller	(1918-07-29) July 29, 1918	Singer	United States Army	United States
William Milliken	(1922-03-26) March 26, 1922	Governor of Michigan (1969–1983)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Newton N. Minow	(1926-01-17) January 17, 1926	FCC chairman (1961–1963)	United States Army	United States
Wataru Misaka	(1923-12-21) December 21, 1923	Basketball player	United States Army	United States
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	(1918-10-18) October 18, 1918	Prime minister of Greece (1990–1993)	Greek Resistance	Greece
Wayne Mixson	(1922-06-16) June 16, 1922	Politician; Florida governor (1987)	United States Navy	United States
Hiroshi H. Miyamura	(1925-10-06) October 6, 1925	Soldier	United States Army	United States
Hans Modrow	(1928-01-27) January 27, 1928	Prime Minister of East Germany	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
John Moffat	(1919-06-17) June 17, 1919	Aviator & Navy officer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Fenton Mole	(1925-06-14) June 14, 1925	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jürgen Moltmann	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Protestant theologian	Wehrmacht	Germany
Thomas S. Monson	(1927-08-21) August 21, 1927	Religious leader, author and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)	United States Navy	United States
Eric Moon	(1923-03-06) March 6, 1923	Librarian & editor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
fr	(1920-04-08) April 8, 1920	Former representative; last chancellor of the Order of the Liberation	Free France	France
Roger Moore	(1927-10-14) October 14, 1927	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Bobby Morgan	(1926-06-29) June 29, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert Burren Morgan	(1925-10-05) October 5, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Robert M. Morgenthau	(1919-07-31) July 31, 1919	Lawyer; New York County District Attorney (1975–2009)	United States Navy	United States
Edgar Morin	(1921-07-08) July 8, 1921	Philosopher & sociologist	French Resistance	France
Geno Morosi	(1920-07-07) July 7, 1920	Survived Pearl Harbor attack aboard same ship as brother, Albert	United States Navy	United States
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	United States 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	United States Navy, 1943–1945	Denmark
John Llewellyn Moxey	(1925-02-26) February 26, 1925	Film and TV director	British Armed Forces	Argentina
Charlie Munger	(1924-01-01) January 1, 1924	Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Walter Munk	(1917-10-19) October 19, 1917	Oceanographer	United States Army	United States
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	United States Army	United States
Chet Murphy	(1917-11-15) November 15, 1917	Tennis player, coach, & author	United States Navy	United States
Jack Myers	(1924-10-08) October 8, 1924	American football player	United States Navy	United States

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24 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Steve Nagy	(1919-05-28) May 28, 1919	American baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Yasuhiro Nakasone	(1918-05-27) May 27, 1918	Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 – 1987	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Giorgio Napolitano	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	11th President of Italy (2006–2015)	Italian Resistance	Italy
pl	(1924-10-17) October 17, 1924	author	Home Army	Poland
John Neale	(1926-09-21) September 21, 1926	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
William Joseph Nealon, Jr.	(1923-07-31) July 31, 1923	Federal judge	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wendell Nedderman	(1921-10-31) October 31, 1921	Engineering educator	United States Navy	United States
Lucien N. Nedzi	(1925-05-28) May 28, 1925	Politician	United States Army	United States
Tom Neil	(1920-07-14) July 14, 1920	World War II flying ace	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Joan Neiman	(1920-09-09) September 9, 1920	Senator	Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)	Canada
Ernst Neizvestny	(1925-04-09) April 9, 1925	Sculptor	Red Army	Soviet Union
Don Newcombe	(1926-06-14) June 14, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Kenneth Newman	(1926-08-15) August 15, 1926	Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982–1987)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Lang Nichol	(1924-01-07) January 7, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Dick Nichols	(1926-04-29) April 29, 1926	Politician	United States Navy, 1944–1947	United States
Howard Nielson	(1924-09-12) September 12, 1924	Utah congressman (1983–1991)	United States 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	United States Navy	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
Weston Noble	(1922-11-30) November 30, 1922	Choral conductor	United States Army	United States
Irv Noren	(1924-11-29) November 29, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
James E. Nugent	(1922-06-24) June 24, 1922	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Francis W. Nye	(1918-06-29) June 29, 1918	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States

O

12 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
Hugh O'Brian	(1925-04-19) April 19, 1925	Actor	United States Marine Corps	United States
Gerald O'Brien	(1924-12-02) December 2, 1924	Politician	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
Edmund F. O'Connor	(1922-03-31) March 31, 1922	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hunter Pitts O'Dell	(1923-08-11) August 11, 1923	Civil rights activist	United States Merchant Marines	United States
Teodor Oizerman	(1914-05-14) May 14, 1914	Philosopher & academician	Red Army	Soviet Union
Len Okrie	(1923-07-16) July 16, 1923	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Gene Olaff	(1920-09-23) September 23, 1920	Soccer player & goalkeeper	United States Navy	United States
pl	1924	former president of World Association of Home Army Soldiers, Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland
David Oreck	(1923-09-17) September 17, 1923	Entrepreneur	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Arvine Overton	(1906-05-11) May 11, 1906	Oldest living US veteran of WW2	United States Army	United States

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54 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Frank D. Padgett	(1923-03-09) March 9, 1923	Judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Boris Pahor	(1913-08-26) August 26, 1913	Writer & publicist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Paik Sun-yup	(1920-11-23) November 23, 1920	First four-star general in the South Korean military	Manchukuo Imperial Army	Manchukuo
Geoffrey Palmer	(1927-06-04) June 4, 1927	Actor	Royal Marines	United Kingdom
Owen M. Panner	(1924-07-28) July 28, 1924	Attorney & jurist	United States Army	United States
Peter Paret	(1924-04-13) April 13, 1924	Historian	United States Army	United States
Rudolph Pariser	(1923-12-08) December 8, 1923	Physicist & polymer chemist	United States Army	United States
Douglas H. Parker	(1926-08-19) August 19, 1926	Law school professor	United States Navy	United States
Raymond Parkinson	(1922-03-22) March 22, 1922	Psychiatrist & politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Ara Parseghian	(1923-05-21) May 21, 1923	NFL football player	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Pate	(1923-12-05) December 5, 1923	Bass player & arranger	United States Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States
Alastair Craig Paterson	1924	Civil engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Stylianos Pattakos	(1912-11-08) November 8, 1912	Principal in Greek military junta of 1967–1974	Commissioned officer	Greece
Harvey Patterson	(1924-09-12) September 12, 1924	Politician	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	Canada
John Malcolm Patterson	(1921-09-27) September 27, 1921	Governor of Alabama (1959–1963)	United States Army	United States
Charles C. Pattillo	(1924-06-03) June 3, 1924	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Art Paul	(1925-01-18) January 18, 1925	Graphics designer	United States Army	United States
Cyril Pavlov	(1919-09-08) September 8, 1919	Orthodox priest & Christian mystic		Soviet Union
"Sunshine" Sonny Payne	(1925-11-29) November 29, 1925	Radio presenter	United States Army, 1942–48	United States
Philip Pearlstein	(1924-05-24) May 24, 1924	Modern Realist painter	United States 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	United States Army	United States
Hau Pei-tsun	(1919-07-13) July 13, 1919	Taiwanese premier (1990–1993)	Republic of China Army	Taiwan
Johnny Peirson	(1925-07-21) July 21, 1925	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Roland Penner	(1924-07-30) July 30, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
Edwin Pepping	(1922-07-04) July 4, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Simon Perchik	(1923-12-24) December 24, 1923	Poet	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jimmy Perry	(1923-09-09) September 9, 1923	Scriptwriter	British Army	United Kingdom
Nehemiah Persoff	(1919-08-02) August 2, 1919	Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl	United States Army	United States
Jack Petchey	1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Prince Phillip	(1921-06-10) June 10, 1921	Duke of Edinburgh	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
James Dickson Phillips, Jr.	(1922-09-23) September 23, 1922	Judge	United States Army	United States
Leslie Phillips	(1924-04-20) April 20, 1924	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
William Phipps	(1922-02-04) February 4, 1922	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Kazimierz Piechowski	(1919-10-03) October 3, 1919	Holocaust survivor; escapee from Auschwitz		Poland
Lawrence W. Pierce	(1924-12-31) December 31, 1924	Lawyer & federal judge	United States Army	United States
Derek Piggott	(1922-12-27) December 27, 1922	Aviator & flight instructor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.	(1918-10-20) October 20, 1918	Businessman	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jack Pimm	(1920-10-07) October 7, 1920	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Richard Pipes	(1923-07-11) July 11, 1923	Historian	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Joyce Pipkin	(1924-01-09) January 9, 1924	Football player	United States Army; served 18 months in the Pacific as an underwater demolition expert	United States
Steve Pisanos	(1919-11-10) November 10, 1919	Aviator & author	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Janko Pleterski	(1923-02-01) February 1, 1923	Politician, diplomat, & historian	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Jack Pope	(1913-04-18) April 18, 1913	Jurist; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas	United States Naval Reserve, 1944–1946	United States
Martin Pope	(1918-08-22) August 22, 1918	Physical chemist	United States Armed Forces, 1942–1945	United States
Freddie L. Poston	(1925-09-16) September 16, 1925	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Aris Poulianos	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	Anthropologist & archaeologist	Greek People's Liberation Army, 1942–43	Greece
Lasse Pöysti	(1927-01-24) January 24, 1927	Actor, director, theatre manager and writer	Finnish Army	Finland
Harry Pregerson	(1923-10-13) October 13, 1923	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals	United States Marine Corps	United States
Josef Preiß	(1922-06-24) June 24, 1922	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient	Wehrmacht	Germany
Donald Prell	(1924-07-07) July 7, 1924	Venture capitalist & futurist	United States Army	United States
Gabe Pressman	(1924-02-14) February 14, 1924	TV journalist	United States Navy	United States
Reg Pugh	(1917-07-28) July 28, 1917	Football player	British Army	United Kingdom
Alexander Pylcyn	(1923-11-18) November 18, 1923	World War II Order of the Red Banner recipient	Red Army	Soviet Union

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1 veteran

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

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61 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Marv Rackley	(1921-07-25) July 25, 1921	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Karl Radermacher	(1922-12-12) December 12, 1922	Soldier & Knight's Cross recipient	Heer	Germany
Alfred Radley	1924	Clothing manufacturer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
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
Arthur Ravenel, Jr.	(1927-03-29) March 29, 1927	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
de	(1927-06-29) June 29, 1927	German politician	Luftwaffe	Germany
Ronald C. Read	(1924-12-19) December 19, 1924	Graph theorist	Royal Navy	Canada
Manuel Real	(1924-01-27) January 27, 1924	Judge	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Thomas Morrow Reavley	(1921-06-21) June 21, 1921	Judge	United States Navy	United States
Hartman Rector, Jr.	(1924-08-20) August 20, 1924	Mormon missionary	United States Navy	United States
Lou Reda	1925	Documentary filmmaker	United States Navy	United States
Sumner Redstone	(1923-05-27) May 27, 1923	Chairman & CEO of Viacom	United States Army	United States
Douglas Reeman	(1924-10-15) October 15, 1924	Author	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ralph Regula	(1924-12-03) December 3, 1924	Ohio congressman (1973–2009)	United States Navy	United States
Ogden R. Reid	(1925-06-24) June 24, 1925	Politician & diplomat; New York Congressman (1963–1975)	United States 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	United States Army	United States
Edwin Reinecke	(1924-01-07) January 7, 1924	Politician; California Congressman (1965–1969)	United States Navy	United States
Keith Remington	(1923-04-29) April 29, 1923	Politician	Second Australian Imperial Force	Australia
Willi Reschke	(1922-02-03) February 3, 1922	Luftwaffe ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Vasily Reshetnikov	(1919-12-23) December 23, 1919	Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force	Red Air Force	Soviet Union
Gene Reynolds	(1923-04-04) April 4, 1923	Actor & TV writer, producer, & director	United States Navy	United States
Rudolf von Ribbentrop	(1921-05-11) May 11, 1921	Waffen-SS captain	Waffen-SS	Germany
Marc Riboud	(1923-06-24) June 24, 1923	Photographer	French Resistance	France
George Barclay Richardson	(1924-09-19) September 19, 1924	Economist	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Fred Richmond	(1923-11-15) November 15, 1923	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Al Richter	(1927-02-07) February 7, 1927	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Don Rickles	(1926-05-08) May 8, 1926	Comedian and actor	United States Navy	United States
Madeleine Riffaud	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Poet, journalist, & war correspondent	French Resistance	France
Jim Riffey	(1923-12-14) December 14, 1923	Basketball player	United States Army	United States
John Rigas	(1924-11-14) November 14, 1924	CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002)	United States Army	United States
Basil Rigg	(1926-08-12) August 12, 1926	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Jack Riley	(1919-06-15) June 15, 1919	Hockey player	Canadian Army, 1942–1944	Canada
Fred Risser	(1927-05-05) May 5, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Jim Rivera	(1922-07-22) July 22, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Brian Rix	(1924-01-27) January 27, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Owen W. Roberts	(1924-03-29) March 29, 1924	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Eddie Robinson	(1920-12-15) December 15, 1920	American baseball player, coach, and manager	United States Navy	United States
David Rockefeller	(1915-06-12) June 12, 1915	Banker & philanthropist	United States Army	United States
David H. Rodgers	(1923-08-10) August 10, 1923	Mayor of Spokane (1967–1978)	Communications officer	United States
Richard Dean Rogers	(1921-12-29) December 29, 1921	Judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Helmut Rohde	(1925-11-09) November 9, 1925	Politician, minister of education and science	German Armed Forces	Germany
Richard Rohmer	(1924-01-24) January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Heinz Rökker	(1920-10-20) October 20, 1920	World War Ii flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Charles P. Roland	(1918-04-08) April 8, 1918	Historian	United States Army	United States
Fred B. Rooney	(1925-11-06) November 6, 1925	Politician	United States Army	United States
David Rose	(1924-11-22) November 22, 1924	Television producer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Wilburn K. Ross	(1922-05-12) May 12, 1922	World War II Medal of Honour recipient	United States Army	United States
Joachim Rønneberg	(1919-08-30) August 30, 1919	Broadcaster	1st Lt., Norwegian Independent Company 1	Norway
Thomas Round	(1915-10-18) October 18, 1915	Opera singer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
J. Roy Rowland	(1926-02-03) February 3, 1926	Georgia congressman (1981–1995)	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford	(1912-03-08) March 8, 1912	Peer and Army Officer	Royal Artillery	United Kingdom
David Rubinger	(1924-06-24) June 24, 1924	Photographer	British Army	Israel
Gerd Ruge	(1928-08-09) August 9, 1928	German journalist, author and filmmaker	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
Tony Russel	(1925-11-23) November 23, 1925	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
George A. Russell	1921	Academic, former University President	United States Navy, 1940–1960	United States
John Russell	(1920-02-02) February 2, 1920	Olympic equestrian	United States Army	United States
William Russell	(1924-11-19) November 19, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
F. James Rutherford	(1924-07-10) July 10, 1924	Science professor	Radar Officer	United States
John Ruthven	(1924-11-12) November 12, 1924	Wildlife painter	United States Army	United States
Wayne Ryan		Medical researcher and professor	United States Navy	United States

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91 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alexander Sachal	(1924-11-15) November 15, 1924	Artist	Red Army & French Resistance	Soviet Union
John Safer	(1922-09-06) September 6, 1922	Sculptor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Sajer	(1927-01-13) January 13, 1927	Military writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Peter Sallis	(1921-02-01) February 1, 1921	Actor; the Wallace and Gromit film series, TV's Last of the Summer Wine	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ed Samcoff	(1924-09-01) September 1, 1924	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Kurt Sametreiter	(1922-04-09) April 9, 1922	Oberscharführer	Waffen-SS	Germany
Sangharakshita	(1925-08-25) August 25, 1925	Buddhist teacher & writer	Royal Signal Corps	United Kingdom
Ugo Sansonetti	(1919-01-10) January 10, 1919	Cavalry officer, masters athlete	Italian Army	Italy
Frank Saucier	(1926-05-28) May 28, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Norman Scarth	1925	Blogger & political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Art Schallock	(1924-04-25) April 25, 1924	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Walter Scheel	(1919-07-08) July 8, 1919	German president (1974–1979)	Luftwaffe	Germany
Carl Scheib	(1927-01-01) January 1, 1927	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Richard Schifter	(1923-07-31) July 31, 1923	Lawyer	United States Army	United States
Bob Schiller	(1918-11-08) November 8, 1918	Screenwriter; TV's I Love Lucy, All in the Family	United States Army	United States
Rolf Schimpf	(1924-11-14) November 14, 1924	German television actor		Germany
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski	(1917-03-10) March 10, 1917	Aviator	27th Home Army Infantry Division	Poland
Helmut Schlesinger	(1924-09-04) September 4, 1924	President of the Deutsche Bundesbank		Germany
John R. Schmidhauser	(1922-01-03) January 3, 1922	Politician	United States Navy, 1941–1945	United States
Milt Schmidt	(1918-03-05) March 5, 1918	NHL hockey player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Wolf Schneider	(1925-05-07) May 7, 1925	Journalist	Luftwaffe	Germany
Red Schoendienst	(1923-02-02) February 2, 1923	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
George P. Schultz	(1920-12-13) December 13, 1920	60th U.S. Secretary of State	United States Marine Corps	United States
Horst Schulze	(1921-04-26) April 26, 1921	Actor and opera singer	German Army	Germany
Bernard L. Schwartz	(1926-12-12) December 12, 1926	CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)		United States
Ted Schwinden	(1925-08-31) August 31, 1925	Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)	United States Army	United States
Vin Scully	(1927-11-29) November 29, 1927	Sportscaster	United States Navy	United States
Vincent Scully	(1920-08-21) August 21, 1920	Architectural historian & critic	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Cuthbert Sebastian	(1921-10-22) October 22, 1921	Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1996–2013)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reginald Secondé	(1922-07-28) July 28, 1922	Diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Vic Seixas	(1923-08-30) August 30, 1923	Tennis player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ralph Senensky	(1923-05-01) May 1, 1923	TV director & writer	United States Army	United States
Doc Severinsen	(1927-07-07) July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	United States Army	United States
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.	(1923-07-07) July 7, 1923	Politician	United States Armed Forces	United States
Peter Shaffer	(1926-05-15) May 15, 1926	Playwright & screenwriter	Bevin Boy	United Kingdom
Robert H. Shaffer	(1915-09-13) September 13, 1915	Educator & academic	United States Army	United States
Bobby Shantz	(1925-09-26) September 26, 1925	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Kendall Shaw	1924	Painter	United States Navy	United States
Art Shay	(1922-03-31) March 31, 1922	Photojournalist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Stanley Sheinbaum	(1920-06-12) June 12, 1920	Activist and publisher	United States Army	United States
Harry W. Shlaudeman	(1926-05-17) May 17, 1926	US ambassador to Nicaragua (1990–1992)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Robert G. Shulman	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	United States Navy	United States
Charlie Silvera	(1924-10-13) October 13, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Gerhard Simons	(1921-02-05) February 5, 1921	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipient	Heer	Germany
Dudley Simpson	(1922-10-04) October 4, 1922	Composer	Australian Army	Australia
Thomas Joseph Simpson	(1921-11-06) November 6, 1921	Distinguished Service Medal recipient	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Arjan Singh	(1919-04-15) April 15, 1919	Indian Air Force officer	Indian Air Force	British India
John K. Singlaub	(1921-07-10) July 10, 1921	Army general	United States Army	United States
Joe Sinnott	(1926-10-16) October 16, 1926	Comic book artist	United States Navy	United States
Ljubo Sirc	(1920-04-19) April 19, 1920	Economist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Eric Smith	1919	Painter	Australian Army	Australia
Helen Smith	(1922-01-05) January 5, 1922	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Lyle Smith	(1916-03-17) March 17, 1916	Football & basketball player	United States Navy	United States
Neal Edward Smith	(1920-03-23) March 23, 1920	Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995)	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Warren Allen Smith	(1921-10-27) October 27, 1921	Gay rights activist		United States
Robert M. Solow	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Economist	United States Army	United States
Gerhard Sommer	(1921-06-24) June 24, 1921	Soldier	Waffen-SS	Germany
Alexei Sorokin	(1922-03-28) March 28, 1922	Politician & admiral	Soviet Navy	Soviet Union
Cecil Souders	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Pierre Soulages	(1919-12-24) December 24, 1919	Painter and sculptor		France
Robert Hitchcock Spain	(1925-10-26) October 26, 1925	Bishop	United States Navy	United States
Alex Spanos	(1923-09-28) September 28, 1923	Real estate developer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Marvin Speight	(1921-09-05) September 5, 1921	Basketball player & coach		United States
Frank Spellman	(1922-09-17) September 17, 1922	Weightlifter	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Spellman	(1926-12-29) December 29, 1926	Governor of Washington (1981–1985)	United States Navy	United States
G. Spencer-Brown	(1923-04-02) April 2, 1923	Mathematician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ronald Spiers	(1925-07-09) July 9, 1925	Diplomat; US Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Richard T. Spooner	1925	Marine Corps officer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wilfried Stallknecht	(1928-08-12) August 12, 1928	Architect and designer	German Army	Germany
Janez Stanovnik	(1922-08-04) August 4, 1922	Politician & economist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Ralph Stanley	(1927-02-25) February 25, 1927	Musician	United States Army	United States
Harry Dean Stanton	(1926-07-14) July 14, 1926	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Dick Starr	(1921-03-02) March 2, 1921	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Herb Stempel	(1926-12-19) December 19, 1926	Game show contestant	United States Army	United States
Ninian Stephen	(1923-06-15) June 15, 1923	Jurist	Australian Army	Australia
Willis H. Stephens, Sr.	(1925-06-07) June 7, 1925	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Stern	(1922-01-14) January 14, 1922	Literary scholar	United States Army	United States
Chuck Stevens	(1918-07-10) July 10, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Paul Stevens	(1920-04-20) April 20, 1920	U.S Supreme Court Justice	United States Navy	United States
Hans Stollnberger	(1919-04-10) April 10, 1919	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient	Luftwaffe	Germany
William Stoltzfus	(1924-11-03) November 3, 1924	Diplomat	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Larry Storch	(1923-01-08) January 8, 1923	Actor; TV's F Troop	United States Navy	United States
Karl Stotz	(1927-03-27) March 27, 1927	Austrian Soccer player	Wehrmacht	Austria
Roderick Strohl	(1922-06-24) June 24, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Paul Stuffel	(1927-03-22) March 22, 1927	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
John Hale Stutesman	(1920-12-16) December 16, 1920	U.S State Department Consul	United States Army	United States
Richard Summers	(1921-10-18) October 18, 1921	RAF officer; one of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Joe Sutter	(1921-03-21) March 21, 1921	Aeronautical engineer; led development of the 747 jetliner	United States Navy	United States
Seijun Suzuki	(1923-05-24) May 24, 1923	Filmmaker & actor	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Grigory Svirsky	(1921-09-29) September 29, 1921	Writer	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
pl	1926	President (1990–2008) of Związek Żołnierzy Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych; toxicologist.	National Armed Forces	Poland

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38 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Burt L. Talcott	(1920-02-22) February 22, 1920	Politician; California representative (1963–1977)	United States Army Air Corps	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
Gordie Tapp	(1922-06-04) June 4, 1922	Singer & comedian; TV's Hee Haw	Canadian Army	Canada
pl	(1921-01-08) January 8, 1921	cichociemny	Polish Armed Forces in the West	Poland
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr.	(1924-04-01) April 1, 1924	Politician	United States Army	United States
Jack C. Taylor	(1922-04-14) April 14, 1922	Businessman	United States Navy	United States
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	United States Navy	United States
Lee Teng-hui	(1923-01-15) January 15, 1923	R.O.China president (1988–2000)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Wayne Terwilliger	(1925-06-27) June 27, 1925	Major League baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Robert E. Thacker	1918	Aviator & test pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Mikis Theodorakis	(1925-07-29) July 29, 1925	Songwriter & composer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Wayne Thiebaud	(1920-11-15) November 15, 1920	Pop art painter	United States Army Air Corps	United States
E. Parry Thomas	(1921-06-29) June 29, 1921	Businessman	United States Army	United States
Lowell Thomas, Jr.	(1923-10-06) October 6, 1923	Film & TV producer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Ward Thomas	(1923-08-11) August 11, 1923	TV executive	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Fletcher Thompson	(1925-02-05) February 5, 1925	Politician & lawyer	United States Army Medical Corps & United States Army Air Corps	United States
Tim Thompson	(1924-03-01) March 1, 1924	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Charles Thone	(1924-01-04) January 4, 1924	Politician; governor or Nebraska 1979–1983	United States Army	United States
Gunnar Thoresen	(1920-07-21) July 21, 1920	Football player		Norway
Francis Thorne	(1922-06-23) June 23, 1922	Composer	Cricket player	United States
Georg von Tiesenhausen	(1914-05-18) May 18, 1914	Rocket scientist	Member of the "von Braun rocket group" at Peenemünde	Germany
John Tillard	(1924-05-26) May 26, 1924	Cricket player	British Army	United Kingdom
Tun Tin	(1920-10-02) October 2, 1920	Prime Minister of Burma (July – September 1988)	Burma Independence Army	British India
Grant Tinker	(1925-01-11) January 11, 1925	TV executive	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Edward Tipper	(1921-08-03) August 3, 1921	Soldier, member of Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Christopher Tolkien	(1924-11-21) November 21, 1924	Editor, novelist, and academic	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reidar Torp	(1922-07-07) July 7, 1922	Military Officer	Military Officer	Norway
Aldo Tortorella	(1926-07-10) July 10, 1926	Journalist & politician	Italian Resistance	Italy
Zollie Toth	(1924-01-26) January 26, 1924	American football player		United States
Gilbert R. Tredway	(1922-10-11) October 11, 1922	Historian	United States Army	United States
Charley Trippi	(1921-12-14) December 14, 1921	Football player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Katerina Traykova Nurdžieva	(1922-10-18) October 18, 1922	Activist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
John Treacher	(1924-09-23) September 23, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Jerry Tucker	(1925-11-01) November 1, 1925	Child actor	United States Navy	United States
Joe Turkel	(1927-07-15) July 15, 1927	Actor	United States Army	United States

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4 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yosh Uchida	(1920-04-01) April 1, 1920	Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer	United States Army	United States
Alistair Urquhart	(1919-09-08) September 8, 1919	Businessman & author	British Army	United Kingdom
Brian Urquhart	(1919-02-28) February 28, 1919	Soldier & diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
W. J. Usery	(1923-12-21) December 21, 1923	US Secretary of Labor (1976–1977)	United States Naval Reserve, 1943–1946	United States

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18 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Tony Vaccaro	(1922-12-20) December 20, 1922	Photographer	United States 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 United States Army 1942–45	United States
Ebert Van Buren	(1924-12-06) December 6, 1924	Football player	United States Army	United States
Dick Van Dyke	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	Actor and comedian	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Harold Van Heuvelen	(1919-03-30) March 30, 1919	Composer	United States Army	United States
Neil D. Van Sickle	(1915-07-08) July 8, 1915	Air force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ivan Varichev	(1924-01-15) January 15, 1924	Painter	Red Army	Soviet Union
Fritz Vehse	(1924-04-23) April 23, 1924	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
Henri Vernes	(1918-10-16) October 16, 1918	Action and science-fiction writer		Belgium
John William Vessey, Jr.	(1922-06-29) June 29, 1922	Army general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985)	34th Infantry Division	United States
George S. Vest	(1918-12-25) December 25, 1918	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Claude Vigée	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Poet	French Resistance	France
Weston E. Vivian	(1924-10-25) October 25, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Hans-Jochen Vogel	(1926-02-03) February 3, 1926	Politician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Hans-Heinrich Voigt	(1921-04-18) April 18, 1921	Astronomer	German Army	Germany
Anton Vratuša	(1915-02-21) February 21, 1915	Prime Minister of Slovenia	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

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50 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
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	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Clint Walker	(1927-05-30) May 30, 1927	Actor	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Mort Walker	(1923-09-03) September 3, 1923	Comic strip writer & artist; Beetle Bailey	United States Army	United States
Murray Walker	(1923-10-10) October 10, 1923	Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Martin Walser	(1927-03-24) March 24, 1927	Writer	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
Joseph Wapner	(1919-11-15) November 15, 1919	Jurist & television personality	United States Army	United States
Maxwell "Max" William Ward	(1921-11-22) November 22, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Rose Warfman	(1916-10-04) October 4, 1916	French Resistance heroine	French Resistance	France
John Warner	(1927-02-18) February 18, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Billy Watson	(1923-12-25) December 25, 1923	Child actor	United States Army	United States
W. Marvin Watson	(1924-06-06) June 6, 1924	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Fritz Weaver	(1926-01-19) January 19, 1926	Actor	Conscientious Objector	United States
James H. Weaver	(1927-08-08) August 8, 1927	Politician; Oregon congressman (1975–1987)	United States Navy	United States
Chick Webster	(1920-11-03) November 3, 1920	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
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	United States Navy	United States
Ulrich Wegener	(1929-08-22) August 22, 1929	Police officer	Luftwaffe	Germany
Donald Weihs	(1922-09-07) September 7, 1922	Olympic biathlete	United States Army	United States
Jack B. Weinstein	(1921-08-10) August 10, 1921	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Jimmy Weldon	(1923-09-23) September 23, 1923	Voice actor & ventriloquist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Geoffrey Wellum	(1921-08-04) August 4, 1921	Author & aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Wells	(1925-03-30) March 30, 1925	Politician	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Wally Westlake	(1920-11-08) November 8, 1920	Major League baseball player	United States Coast Guard	United States
Leonard Wexler	(1924-11-11) November 11, 1924	Federal Judge, Eastern District of New York	United States Army	United States
Chuck Weyant	(1923-04-03) April 3, 1923	Racecar driver	United States Army	United States
Walter Wheeler	(1925-11-19) November 19, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Jack Whitaker	(1924-05-18) May 18, 1924	Sportscaster	United States Army	United States
John White	1924	Art historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
George Wildman	(1927-07-31) July 31, 1927	Cartoonist	United States Navy	United States
G. William Whitehurst	(1925-03-12) March 12, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Richard Whittington-Egan	(1924-10-22) October 22, 1924	Writer & criminologist	British Army	United Kingdom
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram	(1915-08-02) August 2, 1915	Lieutenant Colonel	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Wilbur	(1921-03-01) March 1, 1921	Poet	United States Army	United States
Hershel W. Williams	(1923-02-10) February 10, 1923	Marine	United States Marine Corps	United States
William Winegard	(1924-04-11) April 11, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Charley Winner	(1924-07-02) July 2, 1924	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Winter	(1923-02-21) February 21, 1923	Politician; Mississippi governor (1980–1984)	United States Army	United States
Tex Winter	(1922-02-25) February 25, 1922	Basketball coach	United States Navy	United States
Graham Winteringham		Architect	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Harris Wofford	(1926-04-09) April 9, 1926	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John S. Wold	(1916-08-31) August 31, 1916	Wyoming representative (1969–1971)	United States Navy	United States
Dale E. Wolf	(1924-09-06) September 6, 1924	Governor of Delaware (1992-1993)	United States Army	United States
Woody Woodbury	(1924-02-09) February 9, 1924	Comedian & actor	United States Marine Corps	United States
Bill Woodson	(1917-07-16) July 16, 1917	Actor & voice artist	United States Army	United States
Morgan Woodward	(1925-09-16) September 16, 1925	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
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	United States Navy	United States
Scott Olin Wright	(1923-01-15) January 15, 1923	Federal judge	United States Navy United States Marine Corps	United States
Tom Wright	(1923-09-22) September 22, 1923	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
de	(1920-08-26) August 26, 1920	Vice President of the Bundestag		Germany

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1 veteran

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

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11 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sol Yaged	(1922-12-08) December 8, 1922	Jazz clarinetist	United States Army	United States
Abraham Yakin	(1924-07-31) July 31, 1924	Artist	Royal Navy	Israel
George Yankowski	(1922-11-19) November 19, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States 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	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Yoast	1924	High school football coach	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Tom York	(1924-11-30) November 30, 1924	TV personality	United States Navy	United States
Jim Youel	(1922-02-13) February 13, 1922	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Edward Lunn Young	(1920-09-07) September 7, 1920	Politician; South Carolina representative (1973–1975)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jimmy Young	(1921-09-21) September 21, 1921	Singer, DJ, & radio personality	British Army	United Kingdom
Samuel H. Young	(1922-12-26) December 26, 1922	Politician	United States Army, 1943–1946	United States

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9 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
pl	(1911-11-07) November 7, 1911	Polish American voluntary worker, Sovereign Military Order of Malta recipient	Polish Army	Poland
John Zacherle	(1918-09-26) September 26, 1918	Television horror film host	United States Army	United States
Franco Zeffirelli	(1923-02-12) February 12, 1923	Film director and producer; Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth	British Army	Italy
Vladimir Zeldin	(1915-02-10) February 10, 1915	Actor; awarded the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Red Army	Soviet Union
Charles Zentai	(1921-10-08) October 8, 1921	Warrant officer. Accused of war crimes by SWC	Royal Hungarian Army	Hungary
Roger H. Zion	(1921-09-17) September 17, 1921	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Ciril Zlobec	(1925-07-04) July 4, 1925	Poet, writer, & journalist	Partisans	Slovenia
Louis Zorich	(1924-02-12) February 12, 1924	Actor	United States Army	United States
pl	(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

• Baseball In Wartime
• Football and America: World War II
• Movie Stars that fought in World War II
• Society For International Hockey Research: Lest We Forget