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The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
He had no living family. He was not famous. He lived alone. Yet on Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the graveside of World War II veteran Stephen Kolesnik Jr. and watched him laid to rest.
Howard Kenton Potts (April 15, 1921 – April 21, 2023) was an American World War II veteran, who was aboard the USS Arizona BB-39 when it was attacked on December 7, 1941. Prior to his death, Potts was one of two known surviving members of the Arizona ′ s crew at the time of the attack .
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
As the US marks Veterans Day, the story of a young soldier finally being returned home has been shared Army private who died in WWII identified almost 80 years after his death Skip to main content
The Army veteran from Redondo Beach is the oldest living survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Richard Arvin Overton (May 11, 1906 – December 27, 2018) was an American supercentenarian who at the age of 112 years, 230 days was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States.
World War II veteran Jack Foy shakes the hand of the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, at last year's D-Day anniversary. - 1st Lt. Katherine Sibilla