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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 ...
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (October 2, 1923 – June 29, 2022) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest decoration for valor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
When William Clark died on 7 May 2020, Hemingway became the last verified surviving airman of the Battle of Britain. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] As of September 2024, he is living in a nursing home. [ 19 ] In 2024 , Hemingway unveiled a series of 5 portraits entitled ‘The Last of the Few’ at the British Embassy of Dublin, marking his 105th birthday, by ...
Lt. Arnold "Arnie" Joseph, 96, of Granville, the village's last surviving World War II veteran and a translator at the Nuremberg trials, died Feb. 11.
This Sunday, 80 years after he died and buried in a mass grave with dozens of German soldiers, his remains will be buried among his fallen brethren, according to Operation Benjamin.
Last marine. [265] [266] Battle of the Afsluitdijk: 12 May 1940 Dutch Royal Army Roelof Korporaal 1919–2014 [267] [268] Battle of Britain: 10 July 1940 British Royal Air Force John Hemingway: 1919 Last pilot. Paul Farnes: 1918–2020 Last ace. [269] Capture of Kufra: 31 January 1941 Free French Army Daniel Paul Mathurin Nevot 1920–2019 [270 ...
Lawrence N. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S. — and believed to be the oldest man in the country — died on Wednesday at the age of 112. Most African Americans serving in the ...
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. He served in the United States Army.