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Griffin was married to Esther Brooks (Jones) Griffin, who died in 2005, for 60 years. Thomas and Esther had two sons, and several grand and great-grandchildren. [9] [10] After the end of World War II, Griffin left active duty on February 22, 1946. He remained in the U.S. Air Force Reserves until April 1959. He moved to Cincinnati where he ...
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.
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.
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.
Last Entente veteran and last veteran of World War I. Served as an officer's mess steward in the Royal Air Force; the Women's Royal Air Force. Claude Choules (1901–2011) – British Empire. Last combat veteran. Served in the Royal Navy on HMS Revenge. Also last veteran to serve in both World Wars. Harry Patch (1898–2009) – British Empire.
World War II veteran Ed Vrona visits with his birthday party guests at his 104th birthday party on July 4th at Emory L. Bennett Memorial Veterans Nursing Home in Daytona Beach. Vrona died 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.