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The men and women who fought and won this great conflict are now in their 90s or older; according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 66,143 of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II are alive as of 2024.
At the last estimate in 2023, 119,550 were still alive. However, it was noted that about 30 were dying every day. A study also concluded that by 2035, there will be less than 1,000 US WWII veterans still alive.
As of September 30, 2023, more than 100,000 WWII Veterans are still living, including about 6,000 women. Their median age is 98 years old. Approximately 5,000 of surviving WWII Veterans also served in the Korean War and/or Vietnam Era.
Its findings show how the number of living WWII vets will rapidly decline over the coming years with the last ones expected to pass away in the early 2040s.
As of 2021, there were over 200,000 living United States veterans who served in the Second World War. The Department of Veteran Affairs projects that the number of living veterans will...
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, only about 66,000 WWII veterans were alive in 2024. This represents less than 1% of the 16 million Americans who served during the war. The decline has been steep – in 2000, there were still 5.7 million WWII veterans.
Fewer than 120,000 World War II veterans are alive today, making up less than 1% of all living veterans. As of 2023, roughly three-quarters (78%) of veterans served during wartime, and 22% served during peacetime.
Nov. 8—The number of World War II veterans, now in their 90s or older, continues to dwindle. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 66,143 of the 16.4 million Americans who served ...
As of 2021, there are approximately 9.5 million U.S. military veterans of major conflicts from 1941 to 1991 still living. The largest of these cohorts is from the Vietnam War, followed by the...
About 300,000 U.S. World War II veterans are alive in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has published projections of the number of living veterans from 2015 to 2045. WWII service members’ numbers have dwindled from around 939,000 in 2015.