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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. Last survivors This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2024) Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December ...
Hiram Cronk (1800–1905) – New York Militia. [25] James Hooper Jr. (1804–1898) – U.S. Navy. Served on the schooner Comet during the Battle of Baltimore. [26][27] Aaron Stafford (1787–1885) – Major, New York Militia. Last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 known to have held an officer's commission. Wounded at Battle of Queenston ...
Richard Arvin Overton. 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.
America's oldest World War II veteran, and the oldest man in America, turned 112 years old on Friday. Richard Overton is an Army veteran who served in the South Pacific, including Guam and Iwo Jima.
Frank Buckles [32] 27 February 2011. 110 years. The last surviving veteran from the Colony of Jamaica was Stanley Stair [33] (d. 2008) and from British Guyana was Gershom Browne [34] (d. 2000). Thomas Shaw (d. 2002) was the last veteran from Ireland, [35] and Alfred Anderson (d. 2005) was the last from Scotland.
McClure is now 100 years old. Lewis is 99. They joined a visit Sept. 26 with the 65th Infantry Association, which offers such reunion tours, mostly joined by children and grandchildren of veterans.
That said, not all of Hollywood's vets served in World War II and Korea. Several, in fact, served in just the last few years, including 34-year-old Adam Driver ("Star Wars") and 48-year-old Rob ...
Calvin Graham. Calvin Leon Graham (April 3, 1930 – November 6, 1992) was the youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight during World War II and was one of the few known child soldiers to fight on behalf of the United States in the conflict. [2] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Navy from Houston, Texas on ...