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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 ...
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 ...
He had no living family. He was not famous. He lived alone. Yet on Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the graveside of World War II veteran Stephen Kolesnik Jr. and watched him laid to rest.
Warren “Red” Upton, the 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor, died on Christmas Day, according to Sons ...
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
Tazewell County has just 16 surviving veterans of World War II, with ages ranging from 95 to 106. One day, their voices will be silenced. But greater Peoria area residents have a chance to hear ...
American World War II flying ace [26] Kenneth O. Chilstrom: 1921–2022: 101: American air force colonel and test pilot [27] Sir Philip Christison: 1893–1993: 100: British general [28] Richard E. Cole: 1915–2019: 103: American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle Raid [29] Lewis Combs: 1895–1996: 101: American ...
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.