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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 ...
Frank Levingston (November 13, 1905 – May 3, 2016) was an American supercentenarian, who was the 2nd oldest military veteran in the United States. He was the oldest living man in the United States and the oldest verified surviving American veteran of World War II until his death in 2016. [1] [2]
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 ...
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 ...
The body of a Louisiana WWII veteran, who died over the summer from COVID-19, was dissected in front of a paying audience in Oregon, prompting his grieving widow to demand the return of his remains.
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.
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] Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (1923–2022) – U.S. Marine Corps. Last Medal of ...
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 ...