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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 ...
The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97, according to his obituary, and Lebanon, New Hampshire resident Kevin Dougherty, one of more than 200 attendees at the funeral.
In June 2005, Coffey visited the Buckeye Boys State program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. By late March 2007, he was one of the last three known surviving American-born World War I veterans, [4] as well as the oldest of them. He was also the oldest living brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. [3]
Killed in action at Plataea. Battle of Badr: 13 March 624 Muslim Army Abu al-Yusr Ka'b ibn Amr 599–675 Last soldier to serve under Muhammad at the battle. [1] Battle of Hastings: 14 October 1066 Norman Army Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester: c.1050 – 1118 Last Norman nobleman to participate.
Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. A bagpiper came forward to play at the service. Military groups across the state pledged a ...
A World War II veteran and beloved resident for many years at the Aberdeen At Ormond manufactured home community in Ormond Beach, Vrona died on Friday, just 10 days after his 104 th birthday on ...
Richard E. Cole (1915–2019), shown second-from-right in this 1942 photograph, was a World War II veteran and the last living participant of the Doolittle Raid. Lou Conter (1921–2024) – U.S. Navy. Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona. [62] [note 1] Warren "Red" Upton (1919-2024) U.S. Navy.
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.