List of notable surviving veterans of World War II
This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945).
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Total of 1275 veterans listed
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44 Veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
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| Hiroshi Abe | c. 1922 | Soldier, convicted war criminal, later testified against the Japanese government | Imperial Japanese Army |  |
| Abdullah CD | October 2, 1923 | Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Benjamin Abeles | 1925 | Physicist | Royal Air Force |  |
| Henry Abraham | August 25, 1921 | Academic | US Army |  |
| Reuel Abraham | 1924 | Reported to be the first former Nazi to convert to Judaism | Luftwaffe | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| S. Daniel Abraham[1] | August 15, 1924 | Businessman, philanthropist | US Army[2] | |
| Robert Adair | August 14, 1924 | Physicist, sportswriter | US Army | |
| Theo Adam | April 1, 1926 | Singer | Heer | |
| Valdas Adamkus | November 3, 1926 | President of Lithuania | Lithuanian resistance | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Lee Adams | August 14, 1924 | Musician | US Army | |
| Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar | July 13, 1922 | Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command | Egyptian Army | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Werner Ahrens | August 28, 1915 | Journalist | Wehrmacht | |
| Hans Albert | February 8, 1921 | Philosopher | Heer | |
| Vernon Alden | April 7, 1923 | Businessman, scholar, President of Ohio University | US Navy | |
| Berni Alder | September 9, 1925 | Physicist | US Navy | |
| Charlie Aldrich | June 3, 1918 | Musician | US Navy | |
| Thomas A. Aldrich | November 30, 1923 | General | US Army Air Forces | |
| Marshall Allen | May 25, 1924 | Musician | US Army | |
| Wolfgang Altenburg | June 24, 1928 | General | Kriegsmarine | |
| Walter Althammer | March 12, 1928 | Politician | Heer | |
| Kenneth Alwyn | July 28, 1925 | Conductor, composer, writer | Royal Air Force | |
| Nicholas Amer | September 29, 1923 | Actor | Royal Navy | |
| Kurt Anclam | May 7, 1918 | Politician (GDR) | Wehrmacht | |
| James A. Andersen | September 21, 1924 | Politician, judge | US Army | |
| Bud Anderson | January 13, 1922 | Fighter pilot | US Army Air Forces | |
| William S. Anderson | March 29, 1919 | President and chairman of the NCR Corporation | Royal Hong Kong Regiment | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Valérie André | April 21, 1922 | General, neurosurgeon, aviator | French Resistance | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Mark Andrews | May 19, 1926 | Politician | US Army | |
| Roger Angell | September 19, 1920 | Journalist | US Army | |
| Ray Anthony | January 20, 1922 | Bandleader and trumpeter | US Navy | |
| Alexandr Antsupov | July 7, 1924 | Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army |  |
| Enzo Apicella | June 26, 1922 | Artist | Italian Air Force | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Joe Arenas | December 12, 1925 | Football player | US Army | |
| Moshe Arens | December 27, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 | Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) | US Army | |
| Raymond Armstrong | December 14, 1917 | Military officer | South African Air Force | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Michael Arnold (Mediziner) | December 27, 1928 | Professor | Heer | |
| Stanisław Aronson | May 6, 1925 | Order of Polonia Restituta recipient | Home Army |  |
| Anatoliy Artemenko | December 19, 1918 | Soviet Air Force major-general; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | |
| Austin Asche | November 28, 1925 | Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge | Royal Australian Air Force |  |
| Mikhail Ashik | June 24, 1925 | Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | |
| Helmut Ashley | September 17, 1919 | Cinematographer | Wehrmacht | |
| Vasily Astafyev | October 26, 1919 | Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | |
| Roy Austen-Smith | June 28, 1924 | RAF air marshal | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | |
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129 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Bach | 1925 | Psychologist, psychoanalyst | US Armed Forces | |
| Robert L. Backman | March 22, 1922 | Lawyer, politician | US Army | |
| Peter Badie | May 17, 1925 | Jazz bass guitarist | US Navy | |
| Thomas Baird | May 17, 1924 | Royal Navy admiral | Royal Navy | |
| Richard Baker | June 15, 1925 | Broadcaster & radio personality | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Ronald James Baker | August 24, 1924 | Academic administrator | Royal Air Force | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Russell Baker | August 14, 1925 | Author & columnist | US Navy Reserve | |
| Victor Balashov | December 24, 1924 | Broadcaster | Red Army | |
| Ken Bald | August 1, 1920 | Comic book artist | US Marine Corps | |
| Walter Balderson | September 19, 1926 | Television pioneer | US Navy | |
| Vincent Ball | December 4, 1923 | Actor | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Clinton Ballou | June 18, 1923 | Biochemist, professor | US Navy | |
| Paul Bannai | July 4, 1920 | Politician | US Army | |
| Russell Bannock | November 1, 1919 | Aviator & test pilot | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Bob Barker | December 12, 1923 | Game show host | US Navy | |
| Haven J. Barlow | January 4, 1922 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Dave Bartholomew | December 24, 1918 | Musician, songwriter, & music producer | US Army | |
| Harry Basch | January 16, 1926 | Actor & author | US Army Air Forces[3] | |
| Phil Batt | March 4, 1927 | 29th Governor of Idaho | US Army Air Forces | |
| Karlheinz Bauer | April 24, 1928 | Former head of Bauer Group | Heer | |
| Herbert Baumann | July 31, 1925 | Composer | Heer | |
| Hugh Beach | May 20, 1923 | Army general | British Army | |
| Ed Bearss | June 26, 1923 | American historian | US Marine Corps | |
| Léonel Beaudoin | September 13, 1924 | Politician | Canadian Army | |
| Beryl Beaurepaire | September 24, 1923 | Feminist | Royal Australian Air Force (Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force) | |
| Julius W. Becton, Jr. | June 29, 1926 | American military officer, former FEMA director | US Army Air Corps | |
| Berkley Bedell | March 5, 1921 | Politician; Iowa representative (1975–1987) | US Army | |
| Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 | American singer | US Navy | |
| Roy Beldam | March 29, 1925 | Judge | Royal Navy | |
| Wendell Bell | September 27, 1924 | Futurist | US Navy | |
| V.J. Bella | July 29, 1927 | American politician | US Marine Corps | |
| Ralph Benjamin | November 17, 1922 | Electrical engineer | Royal Navy | |
| Tony Bennett | August 3, 1926 | Singer | US Army | |
| Paul Berg | June 30, 1926 | Chemist | US Navy | |
| Alan Bergman | September 11, 1925 | Songwriter | US Army | |
| Conway Berners-Lee | September 10, 1921 | Mathematician, computer scientist | British Army | |
| William F. Bernhard | December 11, 1924 | Surgeon | US Navy | |
| Walter Bernstein | August 20, 1919 | Screenwriter; The Front, Semi-Tough | US Army | |
| Rasammah Bhupalan | May 1, 1927 | Social activist | Indian National Army |  |
| Ruth Bidgood | July 20, 1922 | Poet, historian | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Max Bingham | March 18, 1927 | Politician | Royal Australian Navy | |
| Walter Bingham | 1924 | Journalist | British Army | |
| Herbert Binkert | September 3, 1923 | German football player | Heer | |
| Robert Byron Bird | February 5, 1924 | Chemical engineer, professor | US Army | |
| Bryan Harvey Bjarnason | April 2, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Jens Bjerre | March 16, 1921 | Author, filmmaker, explorer | Danish Resistance |  |
| Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Robert J. Blackwell | 1925 | Government official | US Navy | |
| Eric Blackwood | December 7, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force |
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| Frank Blaichman | December 11, 1922 | Partisan, author | Jewish Partisans Polish People's Army |
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| George W. Blair | August 24, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| George Blake | November 11, 1922 | Spy | Dutch Resistance Royal Navy |
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| Harry Blank | May 24, 1925 | Politician | Canadian Army | |
| Marcian Bleahu | March 14, 1924 | Geologist, writer, politician |  | |
| Henry W. Bloch | July 30, 1922 | Businessman; co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company | US Army Air Corps | |
| Hans Blohm | November 12, 1927 | Photographer and author | Kriegsmarine | |
| Hans Blum | May 23, 1928 | Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino) | Kriegsmarine | |
| Naftali Blumenthal | March 1, 1922 | Politician | Haganah | |
| Robert Bly | December 23, 1926 | Poet | US Navy | |
| Ronald Blythe | November 6, 1922 | Author | | |
| Philipp Bobkov | December 1, 1925 | First deputy KGB chairman (1985–1991) | Red Army | |
| Vittore Bocchetta | November 15, 1918 | Sculptor, painter & academic | Italian Resistance |  |
| Werner Böcking | 1929 | Archaeologist, author | Volkssturm | |
| Richard Bodycombe | April 29, 1922 | General | US Army Air Forces | |
| Gottfried Böhm | January 23, 1920 | Architect | Heer | |
| Daoud Bokhary | c. 1919 | Businessman | British Indian Army |  |
| Frank Bolle | June 23, 1924 | Comic artist and illustrator | US Army Air Forces | |
| Vladimir Boltyansky | April 26, 1925 | Mathematician & educator | Red Army | |
| Yuri Bondarev | March 15, 1924 | Writer | Red Army | |
| John Tyler Bonner | May 12, 1920 | Educator | US Army Air Corps | |
| Peter Jeffrey Booker | 1924 | Engineer, historian | Royal Navy | |
| Jacques Borker | 1922 | Artist | French Resistance | |
| Herbert Born | November 11, 1916 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | |
| Claus von Boro | January 1, 1918 | Film editor | Heer | |
| Lev Borodulin | 1923 | Photographer | Red Army | |
| George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth | October 31, 1919 | British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994) | British Army | |
| J. Allan Bosworth | 1925 | Author | US Navy | |
| Scotty Bowers | July 1, 1923 | Author | US Marine Corps | |
| David Bowker | March 15, 1922 | Olympic sailor | Royal Air Force | |
| Alan Stephenson Boyd | July 20, 1922 | Government official; Secretary of Transportation (1967–1969) | US Army Air Forces | |
| Cloyd Boyer | September 1, 1927 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Robert William Bradford | December 17, 1923 | Artist | Royal Canadian Air Force |  |
| Randolph L. Braham | December 20, 1922 | Historian, political scientist | Royal Hungarian Army | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Edwin Bramall | December 18, 1923 | Field Marshal | British Army | |
| Eric Bransby | October 25, 1916 | Artist | US Army | |
| Lewis M. Branscomb | August 17, 1926 | Scientist | US Navy | |
| Eve Branson | July 12, 1923 | Philanthropist, advocate | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Egidius Braun | February 27, 1925 | President of the German Football Association | Wehrmacht | |
| Walter Brenner | July 21, 1923 | Professor, writer | US Armed Forces | |
| Ted E. Brewerton | March 30, 1925 | General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Denis Brian | December 11, 1923 | Journalist, author | Royal Air Force | |
| David Briggs | 1917 | Headmaster of King's College School, Cambridge | British Army (medic) | |
| John Briley | June 25, 1925 | Screenwriter | US Army Air Forces | |
| Tony Britton | June 9, 1924 | Actor | British Army | |
| Ivor Broadis | December 18, 1922 | Football player | Royal Air Force | |
| Hugo Broch | January 6, 1922 | World War II flying ace | Luftwaffe | |
| Manuel Bromberg | March 6, 1917 | Artist, professor | US Army | |
| Victor Brombert | November 11, 1923 | Professor | US Army | |
| William Broomfield | April 28, 1922 | Politician; Michigan representative (1957–1993) | US Army Air Corps | |
| Mel Brooks | June 28, 1926 | Director, actor, producer | US Army, Corporal, Battle of the Bulge | |
| Bobby Brown | March 19, 1923 | Football player | Royal Navy | |
| Bobby Brown | October 25, 1924 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Bud Brown | June 18, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Geoff Brown | April 4, 1927 | Tennis player | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Jim Brown | 1927 | Sportsman, politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| June Brown | February 16, 1927 | Actress | Royal Navy | |
| Ronald Brown | August 7, 1926 | Bishop | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Mervyn Brown | September 24, 1923 | Diplomat, historian | British Army | |
| Stephen Brown | October 3, 1924 | Judge | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Andrew Bruce | February 17, 1924 | 11th Earl of Elgin | British Army, Scots Guards | |
| Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury | March 31, 1926 | British peer, businessman | British Army | |
| Günter de Bruyn | November 1, 1926 | German Author | Wehrmacht | |
| Ashley Bryan | July 13, 1923 | Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | US Army | |
| Arthur E. Bryson | October 7, 1925 | Control theorist | US Navy | |
| James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 | Politician; New York senator (1971–1977) | US Navy | |
| Carl Olaf Bue Jr. | March 27, 1922 | Federal judge | US Army | |
| Frederick Buechner | July 11, 1926 | Christian author, minister, and theologian | US Army | |
| Ken Buehler | November 19, 1919 | National Basketball Association Player | US Navy | |
| Veljko Bulajić | March 22, 1928 | Film director | Yugoslav Partisans | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Romus Burgin | August 13, 1922 | Author | US Marine Corps | |
| Jack Burke, Jr. | January 29, 1923 | PGA professional golfer | US Marine Corps | |
| Alf Burnell | 1924 | Rugby league footballer | Royal Navy | |
| Peter Burns | 1924 | Architect | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Charles Burrell | October 4, 1920 | Musician | US Navy | |
| Kenelm Burridge | December 31, 1922 | Anthropologist | Royal Navy | |
| Albert Burstein | November 22, 1922 | Politician | US Army | |
| George H. W. Bush | June 12, 1924 | 41st U.S. President | US Navy, Lieutenant | |
| Julian J. Bussgang | March 26, 1925 | Mathematician, author | Polish Armed Forces in the West British Army |
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| Alexander Butterfield | April 6, 1926 | Military officer | US Army Air Forces | |
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89 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Cadkin | August 26, 1920 | Film score composer | US Army Air Forces | |
| William W. Caldwell | November 10, 1925 | Judge | US Army | |
| Fred Caligiuri | October 22, 1918 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Preston Callison | January 22, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Thomas D. Calnan | December 16, 1915 | Author, prisoner-of-war | Royal Air Force | |
| E. S. Campbell | December 28, 1921 | Survivor of the sinking of the SS Henry Bacon, author | US Merchant Marine | |
| Ralph Caplan | January 4, 1925 | Design consultant, writer | US Marine Corps | |
| Mortimer Caplin | July 11, 1916 | Tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (1961–1964) | US Navy | |
| Ralph C. Capparelli | April 12, 1924 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Robert Cardenas | March 10, 1920 | General | US Army Air Forces | |
| Eric Carle | June 25, 1929 | Children's author & illustrator | Dug trenches on the Siegfried Line | |
| Harry Carmean | August 5, 1922 | Painter | US Army | |
| Lou Carnesecca | May 1, 1925 | Basketball coach | US Coast Guard | |
| William Keir Carr | March 19, 1923 | Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978) | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Gerard Caris | March 20, 1925 | Artist | US Marine Corps | |
| Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 | 39th U.S. President | US Navy | |
| Desmond Cassidi | January 26, 1925 | Admiral | Royal Navy | |
| William J. Castagna | June 25, 1924 | Federal judge | US Army Air Forces | |
| Jean-Gabriel Castel | June 21, 1925 | Law professor | French Resistance | |
| Neus Català | October 6, 1915 | Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor | French Resistance | |
| Patrick Skene Catling | February 14, 1925 | Journalist, author | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Nadia Cattouse | November 2, 1924 | Actress, singer, song writer | Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| Raymond Cauchetier | January 10, 1920 | Photographer | French Resistance | |
| George Cawkwell | October 25, 1919 | Academic | Fiji Infantry Regiment | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Chuck Cecil | December 26, 1922 | Radio broadcaster | US Navy | |
| George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil | February 27, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | |
| Jordan Cekov | July 15, 1921 | Journalist | People's Liberation Army of Macedonia | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont | December 5, 1919 | Historian, UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1964–1970), politician, British Army lieutenant-colonel. | British Army | |
| Tony Charmoli | June 11, 1922 | Choreographer & TV dancer | US Army Air Forces | |
| Robert A. Chase | January 1, 1923 | Surgeon, professor | US Army | |
| Eugene Chelyshev | October 27, 1921 | Indologist & academician | Red Army | |
| J. D. Chesswas | 1919 | Author, linguist | British Army | |
| Walter Chilsen | November 11, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Kenneth O. Chilstrom | April 20, 1921 | Air force officer | US Army Air Corps | |
| Bob Chinn | March 2, 1923 | Restaurateur | US Army | |
| Henryk Chmielewski | June 7, 1923 | Comic book artist | Home Army | |
| Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher | April 25, 1925 | Businessman, trade unionist, tax official | Royal Air Force | |
| James Paul Churchill | August 10, 1924 | Judge | US Army | |
| Edward Clark | May 6, 1926 | Artist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Marc Clark | October 23, 1923 | Sculptor | British Army | |
| Ramsey Clark | December 18, 1927 | 66th US Attorney General | US Marine Corps | |
| Densey Clyne | December 4, 1922 | Naturalist, photographer, writer | Australian Women's Army Service | |
| John B. Cobb | February 9, 1925 | Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist | US Army | |
| Lila Cockrell | January 19, 1922 | Mayor of San Antonio (1989–1991) | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | |
| Sterling R. Cockrill | April 7, 1925 | Politician, artist | US Navy | |
| Geulah Cohen | December 25, 1925 | Politician, activist | Jewish Insurgency |  |
| Avern Cohn | July 23, 1924 | Judge | US Army | |
| Marthe Cohn | April 13, 1920 | Author, spy | French Army |  |
| Dick Cole | May 6, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Galen Cole | 1925 | Philanthropist | US Army | |
| Colin Collindridge | November 15, 1920 | Football player | Royal Air Force | |
| Ena Collymore-Woodstock | September 10, 1917 | Solicitor, magistrate | Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| Don Colo | January 5, 1925 | American football player | | |
| Leon Comber | September 20, 1921 | Author | British Indian Army | |
| Forrest Compton[4] | September 15, 1925 | Actor | US Army | |
| Richard Paul Conaboy | June 12, 1925 | Judge | US Army | |
| Jim Conacher | May 5, 1921 | Hockey player | Canadian Army | |
| Clint Conatser | July 24, 1921 | Baseball player | US Coast Guard | |
| Fred Cone | June 21, 1926 | American football player | US Army | |
| Robert H. Conn | June 8, 1925 | Government official | US Navy | |
| Paul M. Cook | April 25, 1924 | Chemist | US Army | |
| Charles H. Coolidge | August 4, 1921 | Soldier; Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | |
| George Cooper | August 10, 1925 | General | British Army | |
| Jerome Coopersmith | August 11, 1925 | Dramatist | US Army | |
| Tom Copeland | April 17, 1924 | Politician | US Army | |
| John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr. | September 29, 1925 | Federal judge | US Army | |
| Alec Coppen | January 29, 1923 | Psychiatrist | British Army | |
| Anton Coppola | March 21, 1917 | Opera conductor, composer | Bandmaster in the US Army | |
| Roger Corman | April 5, 1926 | Filmmaker & actor | V-12 Navy College Training Program | |
| Carl Corley | December 15, 1921 | Author, illustrator | US Marine Corps | |
| Peter Cory | October 25, 1925 | Judge | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Mary Cosh | March 3, 1919 | Journalist, historian, author | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Jack Couffer | December 7, 1924 | Cinematographer, director, author | US Army | |
| Peter Arthur Cox | 1922 | Civil engineer | British Army | |
| John J. Creedon | August 1, 1924 | Former President and CEO of MetLife | US Navy | |
| Jack Crimian | February 17, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Eberhard Cronshagen | June 25, 1913 | Actor | Wehrmacht | |
| James Cross | September 29, 1921 | Diplomat, kidnapped during the October Crisis | British Army | |
| John Cruickshank | May 20, 1920 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | British Army Royal Air Force |
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| Charles Csuri | July 4, 1922 | Artist | US Army | |
| James Cumes | June 23, 1922 | Diplomat, economist, author | Australian Army | |
| Iris Cummings | December 21, 1920 | Olympic swimmer, Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilots | |
| Peter Cundall | April 1, 1927 | Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008) | British Army | |
| Hugh Cunningham | November 4, 1921 | Lieutenant general, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements) (1976–1978) | British Army | |
| Francis S. Currey | June 29, 1925 | World War II Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | |
| Jal Cursetji | May 20, 1919 | Chief of Naval Staff, India (1976–79) | Royal Indian Navy | |
| Patrick Cusick | 1921 | Civil engineer, city planner | US Navy | |
| Donald L. Custis | July 23, 1917 | Surgeon General of the United States Navy | US Navy | |
| Zbigniew Czajkowski | February 5, 1921 | Fencer | Polish Navy | |
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52 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
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| William G. Dabney | November 24, 1924 | Legion of Honor recipient | US Army | |
| Phyllis Dalton | October 16, 1925 | Costume designer | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Ernest L. Daman | March 14, 1923 | Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor | US Army | |
| Helmut Damrath | June 12, 1917 | Civil engineer | Wehrmacht | |
| Vahe Danielyan | January 14, 1920 | Soldier, Soviet concentration camp survivor | Red Army | |
| Henry Danton | March 30, 1919 | Dancer, teacher | British Army | |
| Louis Danziger | November 17, 1923 | Graphic designer, professor | US Army | |
| Hywel Davies | 1924 | Cardiologist | British Army | |
| R. W. Davies | April 23, 1925 | Professor | Royal Air Force | |
| Don Marion Davis | October 9, 1917 | Actor | US Army | |
| Bob Dawson | January 3, 1921 | Football player | Australian Army | |
| John Gunther Dean | February 24, 1926 | Diplomat | US Army | |
| Eugene Peyton Deatrick | November 17, 1924 | Colonel | US Army Air Forces | |
| Kurt Debes | January 8, 1916 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | |
| Eddie Deerfield | August 24, 1923 | Government official | US Army Air Corps | |
| Gene Deitch | August 8, 1924 | Illustrator, animator, film director | US Army Air Forces | |
| Angelo Del Boca | May 23, 1925 | Historian | Italian Resistance | |
| Billy DeMars | August 26, 1925 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Alfred Dennis | August 17, 1922 | Politician | Australian Army | |
| Frederick B. Dent | August 17, 1922 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Vincent DeRosa | October 5, 1920 | Musician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Gene Derricotte | June 14, 1926 | American football player | US Army | |
| C. G. Devashar | June 19, 1924 | Air marshal | Royal Indian Air Force | |
| George Dickson | September 27, 1923 | Football player | US Army | |
| Helmut Diefenthal | March 20, 1924 | Medical missonary | Heer | |
| Harrison Dillard | July 8, 1923 | Track and field athlete | US Army | |
| John Dingell | July 8, 1926 | Politician | US Army | |
| David Dinkins | July 10, 1927 | Politician | US Marine Corps | |
| John William Ditter, Jr. | October 19, 1921 | Federal judge | US Naval Reserve | |
| Klaus von Dohnanyi | June 23, 1928 | Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg | Volkssturm | |
| Bob Dole | July 22, 1923 | US Senator (1969–1996); 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee; 1996 Republican presidential nominee | US Army | |
| Vladimir Dolgikh | December 5, 1924 | Political figure | Red Army | |
| William I. Donnermeyer Sr. | September 19, 1924 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Harry Dornbrand | November 10, 1922 | Aerospace engineer | US Navy | |
| Bruce L. Douglas | July 14, 1925 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Kirk Douglas | December 9, 1916 | Actor | US Navy | |
| Robert Wagner Dowling | September 28, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Rex Downing | April 25, 1925 | Actor | US Armed Forces | |
| Hugh Downs | February 14, 1921 | Journalist and TV host | US Army | |
| Karl-Heinz Drews | December 22, 1929 | General | Volkssturm Wehrmacht |
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| Roy Drinkard | July 12, 1920 | Businessman | US Marine Corps | |
| Charles C. Droz | July 8, 1924 | Politician | Army | |
| Roger Du Boulay | March 20, 1922 | Diplomat and civil servant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | |
| Richard L. Duchossois | October 7, 1921 | Sports businessman | US Army | |
| Patrick Duffy | June 17, 1920 | President of the NATO Assembly | Fleet Air Arm | |
| Leo J. Dulacki | December 29, 1918 | General | US Marine Corps | |
| Roland Dumas | August 23, 1922 | Politician, lawyer | French Resistance | |
| Charles Duncan, Jr. | September 9, 1926 | Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator | US Army Air Corps | |
| Winfield Dunn | July 1, 1927 | Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975) | US Navy | |
| Karl Dunz | February 2, 1917 | Author | Wehrmacht | |
| A. Hunter Dupree | January 29, 1921 | Historian | US Navy | |
| Pete Dye | December 29, 1925 | Golf course designer | US Army | |
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32 veterans
| Birth | Notability | Service | Country | |
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| John Eden | May 15, 1925 | Conservative MP, nephew of Anthony Eden | 2nd Gurkha Rifles | |
| George Edmondson Jr. | 1922 | Amateur cheerleader for the Florida Gators football team | US Navy | |
| Allan Edwards | December 24, 1921 | Cricketer | Australian Army | |
| Edwin Edwards | August 7, 1927 | Governor of Louisiana (1972–1980, 1984–1988; 1992–1996); congressman from Louisiana (1965–1972) | US Navy | |
| James Francis Edwards | June 5, 1921 | World War II flying ace | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Warren William Eginton | February 16, 1924 | Federal judge | US Army | |
| Manfred Eigen | July 9, 1927 | Biophysical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | Heer | |
| Eberhard Eimler | November 30, 1930 | General | Volkssturm | |
| Alfred Einwag | March 18, 1928 | Lawyer | Heer | |
| Larry Eisenberg | December 21, 1919 | Writer | US Air Force | |
| Tim Elkington | December 23, 1920 | Pilot | Royal Air Force | |
| Princess Elizabeth | April 21, 1926 | Queen of the Commonwealth Realms | Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| Bump Elliott | January 30, 1925 | American football player and coach | US Marine Corps | |
| Diet Eman | April 30, 1920 | Author | Dutch Resistance | |
| Billy Emerson | December 21, 1925 | Singer, songwriter | US Navy | |
| Peter Engel | September 27, 1918 | Politician in Saarland | Waffen-SS | |
| Gerhard Enger | November 22, 1915 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | |
| Gerald English | November 6, 1925 | Singer | British Army | |
| Robert Engman | April 29, 1927 | Sculptor | US Navy | |
| William Benner Enright | July 12, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | |
| Erhard Eppler | December 9, 1926 | Politician | Heer | |
| Shlomo Erell | November 20, 1920 | Commander of the Israeli Navy | Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) | |
| Jerald Ericksen | December 20, 1924 | Mathematician | US Navy | |
| Carl Erskine | December 13, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Vladimir Etush | May 6, 1922 | Actor | Red Army | |
| David Evans | December 20, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| David Evans | June 3, 1925 | Chief of the Air Staff of the RAAF (1982-1985); writer and defense consultant | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Daniel Evans | July 14, 1924 | Military officer | Royal Air Force | |
| Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 | Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) | US Navy | |
| Charles Evers | September 11, 1922 | Civil rights activist | US Army | |
| Klas Ewert Everwyn | March 10, 1930 | Author | Volkssturm | |
| Anthony Eyton | May 17, 1923 | Artist | British Army | |
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48 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Falkenstien | April 9, 1924 | Sports announcer | US Army Air Corps | |
| Josef-Gerhard Farkas | July 13, 1929 | Hungariologist | Volkssturm | |
| Paul Farnes | July 16, 1918 | World War II flying ace; one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain | Royal Air Force | |
| Edward L. Feightner | October 14, 1919 | Rear Admiral | US Navy Reserve | |
| David Sidney Feingold | November 15, 1922 | Biochemist | US Navy | |
| Victor Feldbrill | April 4, 1924 | Conductor & violinist | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| Nicholas Felice | February 5, 1927 | Politician | US Army | |
| George E. Felton | February 3, 1921 | Computer scientist | Royal Air Force | |
| Benjamin B. Ferencz | March 11, 1920 | Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials | US Army | |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | March 24, 1919 | Poet | US Navy | |
| David Ferry | March 5, 1924 | Poet & professor | US Army Air Forces | |
| Edward Field | June 7, 1924 | Poet & author | US Army Air Forces | |
| Frank Field | March 30, 1923 | Meteorologist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Nathaniel Fiennes | September 22, 1920 | British hereditary peer, businessman | British Army | |
| Paul Findley | June 13, 1921 | Politician; Illinois representative (1961–1983) | US Navy | |
| Bernhard Fisch | August 22, 1926 | German writer | Wehrmacht | |
| Oskar Fischer | March 19, 1923 | Minister of foreign affairs of the German Democratic Republic | Wehrmacht | |
| Howard M. Fish | August 1, 1923 | General | US Army Air Forces | |
| Leonard Everett Fisher | June 24, 1924 | Children's writer & illustrator | US Army | |
| Ed Fitz Gerald | May 21, 1924 | Major League baseball player | US Army | |
| Jimmy Fitzmorris | November 15, 1921 | Businessman, politician | US Army | |
| Sergio Flamigni | October 22, 1925 | Politician & writer | Italian Resistance | |
| Samuel C. Florman | January 19, 1925 | Civil engineer, author | US Navy | |
| Walter J. Floss Jr. | February 13, 1923 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Peter Folkes | November 3, 1923 | Painter | British Army | |
| James Foort | December 10, 1921 | Inventor, artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Jim Forbes | December 16, 1923 | Politician | Australian Army | |
| Loretta Ford | December 28, 1920 | Nurse, Academic | US Army Air Forces (nurse) | |
| Patrick Forrest | 1923 | Surgeon | Royal Navy | |
| Wieland Förster | February 12, 1930 | Painter, writer | Volkssturm | |
| John S. Foster Jr. | September 18, 1922 | Physicist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Martin S. Fox | 1924 | Publisher | US Army | |
| Maurice Sanford Fox | October 11, 1924 | Geneticist & molecular biologist | US Army Air Corps | |
| Paul Fox | October 27, 1925 | Television executive | British Army | |
| Sonny Fox | June 17, 1925 | Television host | US Army | |
| Noble Frankland | July 4, 1922 | Historian | Royal Air Force | |
| William Frankland | March 19, 1912 | Immunologist | British Army | |
| John Franzese | February 6, 1917 | Underboss of the Colombo crime family | US Army | |
| Donald M. Fraser | February 20, 1924 | Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1993) | US Navy | |
| J. Keith Fraser | February 18, 1922 | Physical geographer | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force |
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| Derek Freeman | May 16, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Jesse Freitas Sr. | February 7, 1921 | Football player | US Army[5] | |
| George Carr Frison | November 11, 1924 | Archaeologist | US Navy | |
| Russell Freeburg | March 4, 1923 | Editor of the Chicago Tribune | US Army | |
| Jean Frydman | June 26, 1925 | Businessman | French Resistance | |
| Daniel Fuller | August 28, 1925 | Theologian | US Navy | |
| Andrew Fulton | January 23, 1927 | Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (1980–1983) | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| Richard Fulton | January 27, 1927 | Mayor of Nashville (1975–1987) | US Navy | |
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76 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Gabor | May 13, 1922 | Basketball player | US Army Air Corps | |
| Arnald Gabriel | May 31, 1925 | Conductor of the US Air Force Band | US Army | |
| Mason Gaffney | October 18, 1923 | Economist | | |
| Jacek Gałązka | April 28, 1924 | Publicist, activist | Polish Armed Forces in the West | |
| Cornelius Edward Gallagher | March 2, 1921 | Politician; New Jersey representative (1959–1973) | US Army | |
| Samuel Rhea Gammon III | January 22, 1924 | Ambassador | US Army | |
| Peter Gammond | September 30, 1925 | Music critic, writer, artist | British Army | |
| Norman Garbo | February 15, 1919 | Author & lecturer | US Army Air Forces | |
| Harold Garde | June 7, 1923 | Artist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Makhmut Gareev | June 23, 1923 | Historian & military scientist | Red Army | |
| Bernard Garfield | March 27, 1924 | Bassoonist | US Army | |
| Stanley Michael Gartler | June 9, 1923 | Biologist & geneticist | US Army Air Forces | |
| William H. Gates, Sr. | November 30, 1925 | Philanthropist and father of Bill Gates | US Army | |
| Philippe de Gaulle | December 28, 1921 | Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle | Free French Naval Forces | |
| Theodore H. Geballe | January 20, 1920 | Physicist | US Army | |
| James George | September 14, 1918 | Diplomat | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Tuomas Gerdt | May 28, 1922 | Last living recipient of the Mannerheim Cross | Finnish Army |  |
| Hubert Germain | August 6, 1920 | Former minister (1972–1974); Compagnon de la Libération | Free French Army | |
| Eddie Germano | November 15, 1924 | Cartoonist | US Army | |
| Gustav Gerneth | October 15, 1905 | Oldest living German veteran of WW2 | Luftwaffe | |
| Harry Gesner | April 28, 1925 | Architect | US Army | |
| Andrée Geulen-Herscovici | September 6, 1921 | Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children | Belgian Resistance | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| William Gianelli | February 19, 1919 | Government official | US Army | |
| Hutton Gibson | August 26, 1918 | Writer; father of Mel Gibson | US Army | |
| Roy Gibson | July 4, 1924 | Aerospace engineer | British Army | |
| Sara Ginaite | March 17, 1924 | Academic, author | Soviet partisans | |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | February 2, 1926 | French politician; President of France (1974–1981) | Free French Army French Resistance |
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| Ivry Gitlis | August 25, 1922 | Virtuoso violinist | British Army | |
| I. Leo Glasser | April 6, 1924 | Judge | US Army | |
| Roy J. Glauber | September 1, 1925 | Physicist | US Army | |
| Manolis Glezos | September 9, 1922 | Politician & writer | Greek Resistance | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Harry Glickman | May 13, 1924 | Journalist, promoter, sports executive | US Army | |
| Charles Y. Glock | October 17, 1919 | Sociologist | US Army | |
| Fred Gloden | December 21, 1918 | American football player | US Navy | |
| Howard Golden | 1925 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Harry E. Goldsworthy | April 3, 1914 | Lieutenant General | US Army | |
| Wiesław Gołas | October 9, 1930 | Actor | Gray Ranks | |
| U. L. Gooch | September 13, 1923 | Politician | US Army | |
| John B. Goodenough | July 25, 1922 | Physicist, professor | US Army | |
| Alfred T. Goodwin | June 29, 1923 | Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991) | US Army | |
| Bert I. Gordon | September 24, 1922 | Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants | US Army Air Corps | |
| Hartwig Gottwald | August 27, 1917 | Politician | Wehrmacht | |
| Gust Graas | December 19, 1924 | Painter, businessman | Wehrmacht | |
| Bernard F. Grabowski | June 11, 1923 | Politician; Connecticut Representative (1965–1967) | US Army | |
| René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 | Bishop | Flying Tigers | |
| Henry Graff | August 11, 1921 | Historian | US Army | |
| Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet | July 15, 1926 | Diplomat | British Army | |
| Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton | March 26, 1925 | Politician | British Army | |
| David E. Grange, Jr. | April 9, 1925 | General | US Army | |
| Anatoli Granovsky | 1922 | Defected NKVD agent, author | Red Army | |
| Martin Graßnick | May 5, 1917 | Architect | Wehrmacht | |
| Ernest Graves Jr. | July 6, 1924 | General | US Army | |
| John R. Gray | May 14, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Henry Gray | January 19, 1925 | Blues singer & pianist | US Army | |
| Bill Grayden | August 5, 1920 | Politician | Australian Army | |
| Bill Greason | September 3, 1924 | Baseball player | US Marine Corps | |
| Prosper Grech | December 24, 1925 | Roman Catholic cardinal | British Army | |
| Peter Green | December 22, 1924 | Historian | Royal Air Force | |
| Russell H. Greenan | September 17, 1925 | Author | US Navy | |
| Martin Greenberg | February 3, 1918 | Poet, translator | US Armed Forces | |
| Maurice R. Greenberg | May 4, 1925 | CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) | US Army | |
| Shecky Greene | April 8, 1926 | Comedian | US Navy | |
| Paul Greengard | December 11, 1925 | Scientist | US Navy | |
| John Gridunov | October 6, 1926 | Cosmonaut | Soviet Air Force | |
| Stu Griffing | November 9, 1926 | Olympic rower | US Army | |
| Hans Groebe | September 29, 1916 | Manager AEG-Telefunken | Wehrmacht | |
| Bill Groethe | November 2, 1923 | Photographer | US Army Air Forces | |
| Hans-Werner Grosse | November 28, 1922 | Aviator | Luftwaffe | |
| Werner Grossmann | March 6, 1929 | Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security | Volkssturm | |
| Johnny Groth | July 23, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Jacob W. Gruber | February 26, 1921 | Anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, educator | US Army | |
| Doris Grumbach | July 12, 1918 | Writer | Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service | |
| Gu Changsheng | July 19, 1919 | Academic | National Revolutionary Army |  |
| Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 | Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) | US Navy | |
| James Gunn | July 12, 1923 | Science fiction writer & editor | US Navy | |
| Erich Gusko | February 19, 1930 | Cinematographer | Volkssturm | |
| Richard K. Guy | September 30, 1916 | Mathematician | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | |
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94 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Haigh | June 26, 1915 | Professional footballer | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | |
| Barbara Hall | February 3, 1923 | Crossword puzzle editor | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Harber H. Hall | September 24, 1920 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Ralph Hall | May 3, 1923 | Politician; Texas representative (1981–2015) | US Navy | |
| Gail Halvorsen | October 10, 1920 | US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" | US Army Air Forces | |
| Hugh Hambleton | 1922 | Spy for the Soviet Union | Free French Army Canadian Army |
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| Ian Hamilton | September 13, 1925 | lawyer, Scottish nationalist, participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 | British Army | |
| Warren B. Hamilton | May 13, 1925 | Geologist | US Navy | |
| Eric P. Hamp | November 16, 1920 | Linguist | US Army | |
| Walter Hanel | September 30, 1930 | Political caricaturist | Volkssturm | |
| Arnold Hano | March 2, 1922 | Writer | US Army | |
| John Hanscomb | October 7, 1924 | Politician | Royal Air Force | |
| Claus Hansmann | June 15, 1918 | Photographer | Wehrmacht | |
| William Harbison | March 11, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Air Force | |
| G. Homer Harding | December 7, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Robert Harlow | November 19, 1923 | Writer, academic | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Chuck Harmon | April 23, 1924 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Sheldon Harnick | April 30, 1924 | Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof) | US Army | |
| Bert J. Harris Jr. | December 9, 1919 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Walter Harris | 1925 | Author, broadcaster | Royal Air Force | |
| Reg Harrison | May 22, 1923 | Association football player | British Army | |
| Wes Harrison | January 1925 | Comedian, voice actor | US Navy | |
| Freddie Hart | December 21, 1926 | Country musician | US Marine Corps | |
| Ted Hartley | November 6, 1924 | Pilot, banker, actor, film producer | US Navy | |
| R. James Harvey | July 4, 1922 | Politician & jurist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Karl-Günther von Hase | December 15, 1917 | German ambassador in London, 1970–1977 | Heer | |
| Don Hasenmayer | April 4, 1927 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Harry G. Haskell, Jr. | May 27, 1921 | Politician; Delaware representative (1957–1959) | US Coast Guard | |
| Hau Pei-tsun | July 13, 1919 | Taiwanese general and politician; Premier of the Republic of China (1990–1993) | National Revolutionary Army | |
| Howard Haugerud | August 22, 1924 | Government official, businessman | US Army Air Forces | |
| Chris Haughey | October 3, 1925 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Helmut Hauptmann | March 12, 1928 | Writer | Heer | |
| Roy T. Haverkamp | December 10, 1924 | U.S Ambassador to Grenada (1984–1986) | US Army Air Forces | |
| Sara Payne Hayden | August 29, 1919 | Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilot | |
| Bernice Falk Haydu | December 15, 1920 | Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilot | |
| Bill Hayes | June 5, 1925 | Actor | US Naval Air Corps | |
| Thomas B. Hayward | May 3, 1924 | Admiral | US Navy | |
| Bruce Haywood | 1925 | President of Monmouth College | British Army | |
| John P. Healey | March 7, 1922 | Aerospace executive manager | US Navy | |
| Eric Heath | November 28, 1923 | Artist | Royal New Zealand Air Force |  |
| Robert Hébras | June 29, 1925 | Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor | French Resistance | |
| Friedrich Hecht | August 29, 1918 | Politician in the GDR | Wehrmacht | |
| Val Heim | November 4, 1920 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Bert Hellinger | December 16, 1925 | Psychotherapist | German Armed Forces | |
| Paul Hellyer | August 6, 1923 | Engineer and politician | Canadian Army | |
| Emile Hemmen | December 6, 1923 | Poet, writer | Luxembourg Resistance |  |
| Józef Hen | November 8, 1923 | Writer | Polish People's Army | |
| James Hennessy | September 26, 1923 | Diplomat, prison official | British Army | |
| Werner Henninger | April 7, 1929 | Admiral | Volkssturm | |
| Laurin L. Henry | May 23, 1921 | Researcher | US Navy | |
| Richard C. Henry | December 17, 1925 | General | US Army | |
| Bob Hermann | January 3, 1923 | Businessman | US Navy | |
| Johnny Hetki | May 12, 1922 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Hans-Joachim Heusing | August 24, 1928 | Climber, alpinist | Wehrmacht | |
| Howard Hibbett | July 27, 1920 | Translator, Academic | US Army | |
| Pentland Hick | July 21, 1919 | Businessman | British Army | |
| Felicity Hill | December 12, 1915 | RAF air officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (1966–1969) | Royal Air Force | |
| Norman Hillier-Fry | August 12, 1923 | Diplomat | British Army | |
| Elwood Hillis | March 6, 1926 | Indiana congressman (1971–1987) | US Army | |
| Cyril Hilsum | May 17, 1925 | Physicist, academic | Royal navy | |
| Lynn M. Hilton | November 3, 1924 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Georg Himmelheber | August 4, 1929 | Historian | Volkssturm | |
| Mike Hoare | March 17, 1919 | Mercenary | British Army | |
| Stuart Hodes | November 27, 1924 | Dancer, choreographer, writer | US Army Air Corps | |
| Horst-Klaus Hofmann | November 20, 1928 | Secretary of the German YMCA | Heer | |
| Hal Holbrook | February 17, 1925 | Actor | US Army | |
| Ernest Hollings | January 1, 1922 | Politician; South Carolina governor (1959–1963) and senator (1966–2005) | US Army | |
| Earl Holliman | September 11, 1928 | Actor | US Navy | |
| James L. Holloway III | February 23, 1922 | Navy admiral | US Navy | |
| A. Linwood Holton, Jr. | September 21, 1923 | Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974) | US Army | |
| Tony Honoré | March 30, 1921 | Lawyer, jurist | British Army | |
| Olivia Hooker | February 15, 1915 | Psychologist | US Coast Guard Women's Reserve | |
| Amos Horev | 1924 | Military officer | Haganah | |
| Ted Horlick | September 28, 1925 | Admiral | Royal Navy | |
| Thomas W. Horton | December 29, 1919 | Pilot | Royal New Zealand Air Force | |
| János Horváth | November 7, 1921 | Politician | Hungarian Resistance | |
| A. E. Hotchner | June 28, 1917 | Writer | US Army Air Corps | |
| Amo Houghton | August 7, 1926 | New York congressman (1987–2005) | US Marine Corps | |
| Glyn Houston | October 23, 1925 | Actor | British Army | |
| Lee Howard | November 11, 1923 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Michael Howard | November 29, 1922 | Historian | British Army | |
| Sherman Howard | November 28, 1924 | American football player | US Army | |
| Walter Huddleston | April 15, 1926 | Politician; Kentucky representative (1973–1985) | US Army | |
| Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones | November 1, 1923 | Diplomat | Royal Air Force | |
| Harry Hughes | November 13, 1926 | Politician; 57th Governor of Maryland (1979–1987) | US Naval Air Corps | |
| Tom Hughes | November 26, 1923 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Evan Hultman | July 15, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Edwin Hunt | March 20, 1920 | Queen's Bargemaster | British Army | |
| Francis Huré | October 5, 1916 | Ambassador, writer | Free French Army | |
| David Hurst | March 9, 1926 | Actor | British Army | |
| Earl Hutto | May 12, 1926 | Florida congressman (1979–1995) | US Navy | |
| Dayton Hyde | 1925 | Author | US Army | |
| Harold Hyman | July 24, 1924 | American Civil War historian | US Marine Corps | |
| Samuel Hynes | August 29, 1924 | Author | US Marine Corps | |
| Hyun Soong-jong | January 26, 1919 | Prime Minister of South Korea (1992–1993) | Imperial Japanese Army | |
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7 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Robert Ignatius | November 11, 1920 | Government official | US Navy | |
| Robert F. Inger | September 10, 1920 | Herpetologist | US Army Corps of Engineers | |
| Paul Ioannidis | February 22, 1924 | Businessman | Greek People's Liberation Army | |
| Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside | September 21, 1924 | British hereditary peer | Royal Navy | |
| Frank Ivancie | July 19, 1924 | Businessman, politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Daniel Ivin | April 16, 1932 | Writer | Yugoslav Partisans | |
| Nobuaki Iwatake | 1923 | Soldier & translator | Imperial Japanese Army | |
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31 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Jäger | September 25, 1924 | Journalist | Austrian Resistance |  |
| Eberhard von Jähnichen | June 6, 1914 | Professor of civil engineering | Heer | |
| Joe M. Jackson | March 14, 1923 | Air Force Colonel; Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient | US Army Air Corps | |
| Philip Jamison | July 3, 1925 | Artist | US Navy | |
| Stephen A. Jarislowsky | September 9, 1925 | Businessman, billionaire | US Army | |
| Alex Jarratt | January 19, 1924 | Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (1983–2002) | Fleet Air Arm | |
| Fred Jarvis | September 8, 1924 | General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (1975–1989) | British Army | |
| Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | January 5, 1921 | Luxembourgian ruler (1964–2000) | British Army | |
| Alexander Jefferson | November 15, 1921 | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Corps | |
| Edward B. Jelks | September 10, 1922 | Archaeologist | US Navy | |
| William A. Jenkins | November 2, 1917 | Admiral | US Coast Guard | |
| Richard Jeranian | July 17, 1921 | Painter, draftsman, lithographer | French Air Force | |
| Ranjit Lal Jetley | March 10, 1923 | General | British Army | |
| Norman Jewison | July 21, 1926 | Filmmaker | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| Johnny Johnson | November 25, 1921 | Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids | Royal Air Force | |
| Marilyn P. Johnson | June 19, 1922 | Diplomat | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | |
| Merv Johnson | May 9, 1923 | Politician | Canadian Army | |
| Bill Johnston | January 2, 1925 | Golfer | US Navy | |
| Marshall Johnston | July 20, 1922 | Diplomat | Australian Army | |
| Dub Jones | December 29, 1924 | American football player | US Navy | |
| Edmund Jones | April 18, 1918 | Politician | US Army | |
| Jack Jones | November 7, 1924 | Australian rules football player | Australian Army | |
| Kenneth V. Jones | May 14, 1924 | Composer | Royal Air Force | |
| Lawrence W. Jones | 1925 | Physicist, professor | US Army | |
| Raymond Jones | July 18, 1925 | Architect | Royal Australian Navy | |
| George Joseph | September 11, 1921 | Founder of Mercury Insurance Group | US Army | |
| George Judge | May 2, 1925 | Professor, econometrician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Howie Judson | February 16, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| James Jungius | November 15, 1923 | Admiral | Royal Navy | |
| Alex Jupp | May 30, 1927 | Politician | Canadian Army | |
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47 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
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| Rajan Kadiragamar | 1922 | Admiral | Royal Ceylon Navy | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Bernard Kalb | February 4, 1922 | Journalist | US Army | |
| Adolfo Kaminsky | October 1, 1925 | French World War II resistance fighter | French Resistance French Army |
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| Stanislaw Kania | March 8, 1927 | First Secretary of the Polish United Worker's Party | Polish Resistance | |
| James Karen | November 28, 1923 | Actor | US Army Air Corps[6] | |
| Emil Karewicz | March 13, 1923 | Actor | Polish Army | |
| Michael Karkoc | March 16, 1919 | War criminal | Waffen SS | |
| Bentley Kassal | February 28, 1917 | Lawyer, politician, judge | US Army Air Forces | |
| Sy Kattelson | February 11, 1923 | Photographer | US Army Air Corps | |
| Walter Kaufmann | January 24, 1924 | Writer | Australian Army | |
| Masaru Kawasaki | April 19, 1924 | Conductor, composer | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| William J. Keating | March 30, 1927 | Publisher & politician | US Navy | |
| Ed Keats | January 30, 1915 | Admiral | US Navy | |
| Donald Keene | June 18, 1922 | Japanologist and translator | US Navy | |
| Everett A. Kelly | September 2, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Donald M. Kendall | March 16, 1921 | Businessman | US Navy | |
| Sydney Kentridge | November 5, 1922 | Lawyer, judge | South African Army | |
| John Keston | December 5, 1924 | Actor, singer, runner | Royal Air Force | |
| Johann Kiefer | November 6, 1914 | Politician | Heer | |
| Witold Kieżun | February 6, 1922 | Economist | Home Army | |
| Kim Chol-man | 1918 | Politician, general | Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army | |
| Cuchlaine King | 1922 | Geomorphologist | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Wright King | January 11, 1923 | Actor | US Navy | |
| Raymond M. Kirk | October 31, 1923 | Surgeon, professor | Royal Navy | |
| Elisabeth Kirkby | January 26, 1921 | Actress, writer, broadcaster | Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| Henry Kissinger | May 27, 1923 | Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | US Army | |
| Charles Kittel | July 18, 1916 | Physicist, professor | US Navy | |
| Rudolf Kiwitter | March 27, 1918 | Politician in Saarland | Heer | |
| Friedrich Klausmeier | January 15, 1915 | Musicologist | Wehrmacht | |
| Wilhelm Knabe | October 8, 1923 | Politician, Founder of the Green Party | Luftwaffe | |
| Ted Knap | May 26, 1920 | Journalist | US Army | |
| Jill Knight | July 9, 1923 | Politician, life peer | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | |
| Herbert Köfer | February 17, 1921 | Actor | Wehrmacht | |
| Karl Koller | April 16, 1919 | Downhill skier | Wehrmacht | |
| Joseph P. Kolter | September 3, 1926 | Politician; Pennsylvania representative (1983–1993) | US Army | |
| Edwin Michael Kosik | May 5, 1925 | Judge | US Army | |
| Alfred Kosing | December 15, 1928 | Philosopher | Wehrmacht | |
| Sergei Kramarenko | April 23, 1923 | Air Force officer | Soviet Air Force | |
| Paul Kraszon | March 3, 1918 | SED-Polititian, GDR | Heer | |
| Barbara Kremen | 1922 | Writer | Women's Army Corps | |
| Frederick Kroesen | February 11, 1923 | General | US Army | |
| Herbert Kroker | August 24, 1929 | Politician | Volkssturm | |
| Hardy Krüger | April 12, 1928 | German actor | Heer | |
| Rosemary Kuhlmann | January 30, 1922 | Opera singer, Broadway musical actress | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | |
| Helmut Kuhny | June 26, 1918 | Politician (GDR) | Wehrmacht | |
| Charlie Kulp | September 20, 1925 | Aerobatic pilot | US Navy | |
| Jochen Kusber | January 6, 1928 | Painter | Wehrmacht | |
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62 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lacy-Scott | August 18, 1920 | Cricketer | British Indian Army | |
| Robert J. Lagomarsino | September 4, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Bruce Laingen | August 6, 1922 | Diplomat & academic | US Navy | |
| Archie Lamb | October 23, 1921 | Diplomat, writer and businessman | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | |
| Frank L. Lambert | July 10, 1918 | Chemist, professor | US Army | |
| Jo Lancaster | February 4, 1919 | Aviator | Royal Air Force | |
| George W. Landau | March 4, 1920 | Ambassador | US Army | |
| Robert Langbaum | February 23, 1924 | Author | US Army | |
| Horst Langes | December 2, 1928 | Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | |
| Geoffrey Langlands | October 21, 1917 | Major, educator | British Army British Indian Army |
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| Harold D. Langley | February 15, 1925 | Historian | US Army | |
| Lyndon LaRouche | September 8, 1922 | Economist & perennial presidential candidate | US Army | |
| Phyllis Latour | April 8, 1921 | Legion of Honour recipient, member of the Special Operations Executive | Women's Auxiliary Air Force Special Operations Executive French Resistance |
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| George J. Laurer | September 23, 1925 | Developer of the barcode | US Army | |
| Maury Laws | December 6, 1923 | Composer | US Army | |
| Anthony Lazzaro | January 31, 1921 | Academic | US Navy | |
| Norman Lear | July 27, 1922 | Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons | US Army Air Forces | |
| Jim Leavelle | August 23, 1920 | Police detective; Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby | US Navy | |
| Jean Lee | August 18, 1920 | Soldier | Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division | |
| Mervyn Lee | August 18, 1920 | Politician | Royal Australian Navy | |
| Stan Lee | December 28, 1922 | Comic book writer; co-created Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men | US Army | |
| Lee Teng-hui | January 15, 1923 | Republic of China (Taiwan) President | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| James Lees | 1924 | Maritime expert, curator | Royal Navy British Merchant Navy |
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| James F. Leonard | May 30, 1920 | Diplomat | US Army | |
| Ted Lerner | October 15, 1925 | Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals | US Army | |
| Lawrence LeShan | September 8, 1920 | Psychologist; pioneer of mind-body therapy | US Army | |
| Boris Leskin | January 5, 1923 | Actor | Red Army | |
| Conrad Leslie | 1923 | Businessman, forecaster | US Army Air Forces | |
| Sonny Lester | November 15, 1924 | Music producer | US Army | |
| Marv Levy | August 3, 1925 | Football coach | US Army Air Corps | |
| Albert B. Lewis | October 16, 1925 | Politician, lawyer | US Army | |
| Guenter Lewy | August 22, 1923 | Author, professor | British Army | |
| Peter Lichtner-Hoyer | December 28, 1925 | Sportsman & Colonel | Heer | |
| Bernard Lieder | February 19, 1923 | Politician | US Army | |
| Hans A. Linde | April 15, 1924 | Attorney, judge | US Army | |
| Lawrence Lindemer | August 21, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Heinz Maria Lins | November 25, 1916 | Baritone | Wehrmacht | |
| Mark Litchman | April 14, 1925 | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | |
| Ray Livingston | August 29, 1922 | Public servant | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Peter Lloyd | December 15, 1920 | Aviator | Australian Army | |
| Nina Lobkovskaya | March 8, 1924 | Sniper | Red Army | |
| Logie Bruce Lockhart | October 12, 1921 | Writer, journalist, rugby union footballer | British Army | |
| Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi | 1922 | Admiral | Royal Indian Navy | |
| Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge | July 20, 1919 | Writer | Free France | |
| Georges Loinger | August 29, 1910 | France Resistance | Free France | |
| Catherine Small Long | February 7, 1924 | Politician | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | |
| Dick Long | May 4, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Richard Longaker | July 1, 1924 | Political scientist, professor | US Armed Forces | |
| Jakob Lotz | November 4, 1918 | Soccer player | Wehrmacht | |
| Frank LoVuolo | May 1, 1924 | Football player | US Army | |
| David Elliot Loye | April 26, 1925 | Author, psychologist | US Navy | |
| Dick Lucas | September 10, 1925 | Anglican minister | Royal Navy | |
| William R. Lucas | March 1, 1922 | Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center | US Navy | |
| Albert Ludwig | November 14, 1919 | Politician | Canadian Army Royal Canadian Air Force |
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| Johnny Lujack | January 4, 1925 | Football player | US Navy | |
| Alan Wood Lukens | February 12, 1924 | Ambassador | US Army | |
| Bernt H. Lund | August 14, 1924 | Civil servant, diplomat, politician | Norwegian resistance movement |  |
| Philip K. Lundeberg | June 14, 1923 | Historian | US Navy | |
| Ted Luscombe | November 10, 1920 | Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990) | British Indian Army British Army |
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| Reimar Lüst | March 25, 1923 | Astrophysicist, director of ESA | Kriegsmarine | |
| William Lyon | March 9, 1923 | General | US Army Air Corps | |
| John Lysak | August 16, 1914 | Olympic canoeist | US Marine Corps | |
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120 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terence Macartney-Filgate | August 6, 1924 | Film director | Royal Air Force | |
| Douglas MacDiarmid | November 14, 1922 | Painter | Royal New Zealand Air Force New Zealand Army |
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| Ian Verner Macdonald | January 19, 1925 | Diplomat, entrepreneur | Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Navy |
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| Alan Brock MacFarlane | May 17, 1924 | Politician, lawyer, judge | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Hubert B. MacNeill | March 4, 1922 | Physician, politician | | |
| Pessie Madan | September 26, 1916 | Chemist, physicist, engineer | British Indian Army | |
| Robert F. Mager | June 10, 1923 | Psychologist, author | US Army | |
| Maharram Mammadyarov | October 17, 1924 | Chemist | Red Army | |
| Branko Mamula | May 30, 1921 | Yugoslav Defense Minister (1982–1988) | Yugoslav Partisans | |
| Levon Manaseryan | June 3, 1925 | Artist, professor | | |
| George Mandel | February 11, 1920 | Author | US Army | |
| Morton Mandel | September 19, 1921 | Businessman | US Army | |
| Emil Mangelsdorff | April 11, 1925 | Musician | Heer | |
| Marion Mann | March 29, 1920 | Physician, pathologist | US Army | |
| John Manners | September 25, 1914 | Cricketer; naval officer | Royal Navy | |
| Josip Manolić | March 22, 1920 | Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991) | Yugoslav Partisans | |
| Leroy J. Manor | February 21, 1921 | Air Force general | US Army Air Forces | |
| Dick Manville | December 25, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Robert Marchand | November 26, 1911 | Cyclist | French Army | |
| Gino Marchetti | January 2, 1926 | Football player | US Army | |
| Joseph Margolis | May 16, 1924 | Philosopher | US Army | |
| Lee Marmon | September 20, 1925 | Photographer, artist | US Army | |
| Horst Marquardt | July 14, 1929 | Theologist, author | Volkssturm | |
| Karl Heinz Marquardt | November 9, 1927 | Artist and author | Heer | |
| Leslie Marr | August 14, 1922 | Artist, racing driver, Baronet | Royal Air Force | |
| John Otho Marsh, Jr. | August 7, 1926 | Politician | US Army | |
| Steve Marsh | September 11, 1924 | Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Peter Marshall | March 30, 1926 | TV personality & actor | US Army[7] | |
| Gordon Eugene Martin | August 22, 1925 | Physicist, author | US Navy | |
| Knox Martin | February 12, 1923 | Artist | US Army | |
| Mac Martin | April 26, 1925 | Bluegrass musician | US Navy | |
| Jaswant Singh Marwah | January 21, 1921 | Journalist, author | British Indian Army | |
| Anthony Mason | April 21, 1925 | Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Joseph Matarazzo | November 12, 1925 | Psychologist | US Navy | |
| John J. Maurer | July 11, 1922 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Robert D. Maurer | July 20, 1924 | Physicist | US Army | |
| Robert D. Maxwell | October 26, 1920 | Soldier, Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | |
| Wendell Wise Mayes Jr. | March 2, 1924 | Radio and television executive | US Navy | |
| Kenneth Mayhew | January 18, 1917 | Knight of the Military William Order | British Army | |
| Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | March 20, 1921 | Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) | French Army Free French Army French Air Force |
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| William V. McBride | May 25, 1922 | General | US Army Air Forces | |
| Jim McCabe | October 7, 1922 | Politician | Australian Army | |
| James W. McCord, Jr. | June 26, 1924 | American politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Mike McCormack | December 14, 1921 | Politician; Washington representative (1971–1981) | US Army | |
| Lloyd McCuiston | March 26, 1918 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Frank Hampton McFadden | November 20, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | |
| Charles McGee | December 7, 1919 | Air Force officer | US Army Air Forces | |
| Billy McKee | 1921 | Leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army | Irish Republican Army |  |
| Fred McLafferty | May 11, 1923 | Chemist | US Army | |
| Motto McLean | December 26, 1925 | Hockey player | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| Art McNally | July 1, 1925 | American football referee | US Marine Corps | |
| Francis Terry McNamara | November 2, 1927 | Diplomat | US Navy | |
| David McNee | March 23, 1925 | Police officer. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1977–1982) | Royal Navy | |
| Henry R. McPhee, Jr. | January 11, 1925 | Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower | US Navy | |
| Kirke Mechem | August 16, 1925 | Composer | US Army | |
| Howie Meeker | November 4, 1923 | Hockey player, sports announcer, & politician | Canadian Army | |
| James Megellas | March 11, 1917 | Army officer | US Army | |
| Hellmut Mehnert | February 22, 1928 | Physician, professor | Volkssturm | |
| Lis Mellemgaard | February 20, 1924 | Ophthalmologist | Danish Resistance | |
| Joseph Mendenhall | January 15, 1920 | United States Ambassador to Madagascar (1972–1975) | US Army | |
| Bill Mercer | February 13, 1926 | Sportscaster, educator, & author | US Navy | |
| Sheila Mercier | January 1, 1919 | Actress | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | |
| Jan Merlin | April 3, 1925 | Actor & author | US Navy | |
| A. L. Mestel | September 17, 1926 | Pediatric surgeon | US Navy | |
| Johann Baptist Metz | August 5, 1928 | Theologian, Professor of Fundamental Theology | Heer | |
| Harald Metzkes | January 23, 1929 | German painter | Heer | |
| Ed Mickelson | September 9, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | |
| J. William Middendorf II | September 22, 1924 | Diplomat & politician | US Navy | |
| Ken Middleditch | October 5, 1925 | Motorcycle speedway racer | Royal Air Force | |
| Larry Miggins | August 20, 1925 | Baseball player | US Merchant Marine | |
| Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina | December 22, 1925 | Hero of the Soviet Union recipient | Red Army Soviet Navy |
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| Adam David Miller | October 8, 1922 | Author | US Navy | |
| Bob Miller | June 16, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| R. Burnett Miller | September 2, 1923 | Mayor of Sacramento, California | US Army | |
| Frank Miller | July 29, 1918 | Singer | US Army | |
| Jim Miller | May 30, 1919 | Australian rules football player | Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force |
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| John H. Miller | April 16, 1925 | Gerneral | US Marine Corps | |
| John Millett | February 3, 1921 | Poet, editor | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| William Milliken | March 26, 1922 | Governor of Michigan (1969–1983) | US Army Air Corps | |
| Vatroslav Mimica | June 25, 1923 | Film director, screenwriter | Yugoslav Partisans | |
| Newton N. Minow | January 17, 1926 | FCC chairman (1961–1963) | US Army | |
| Wataru Misaka | December 21, 1923 | Basketball player | US Army | |
| John Matthew Mitchell | March 22, 1925 | Charity worker | Royal Navy | |
| William Mitchell | 1925 | Sculptor | Royal Navy | |
| Wayne Mixson | June 16, 1922 | Politician; Florida governor (1987) | US Navy | |
| Hiroshi H. Miyamura | October 6, 1925 | Soldier | US Army | |
| Sanford K. Moats | December 4, 1921 | General | US Army Air Forces | |
| David O. Moberg | February 13, 1922 | Sociologist | US Army | |
| Hans Modrow | January 27, 1928 | Prime Minister of East Germany | Heer | |
| Gwen Moffat | July 3, 1924 | Climber, writer | Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| Fenton Mole | June 14, 1925 | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | |
| Dee Molenaar | June 21, 1918 | Mountaineer, author, artist | US Coast Guard | |
| Jürgen Moltmann | April 8, 1926 | Protestant theologian | Wehrmacht | |
| William Moncrief | March 27, 1920 | Businessman, billionaire | US Naval Reserve | |
| Danny Roy Moore | August 9, 1925 | Civil engineer, politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| Henry Moore | 1921 | Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf | British Army British Indian Army |
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| Bobby Morgan | June 29, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Robert M. Morgenthau | July 31, 1919 | Lawyer; New York County District Attorney (1975–2009) | US Navy | |
| Shigehiro Mori | January 7, 1928 | General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986) | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| Edgar Morin | July 8, 1921 | Philosopher & sociologist | French Resistance | |
| Jan Morris | October 2, 1926 | Historian | British Army | |
| Joseph Wilson Morris | April 28, 1922 | Lawyer & federal judge | US Naval Reserve | |
| Milton Morris | April 2, 1924 | Politician | Royal Australian Navy | |
| Ben R. Mottelson | July 9, 1926 | Physicist | US Navy | |
| John Llewellyn Moxey | February 26, 1925 | Film and TV director | British Armed Forces | |
| Georg Müller (Mineraloge) | October 1, 1930 | Mineralogist | Hitlerjugend | |
| Henry J. Muller | 1917 | General | US Army | |
| Paul Muller | March 11, 1923 | Actor | French Army | |
| Charlie Munger | January 1, 1924 | Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | US Army Air Corps | |
| Walter Munk | October 19, 1917 | Oceanographer | US Army | |
| Lorne Munroe | November 24, 1924 | Cellist | US Army | |
| Sumio Murai | February 1925 | General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983) | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| Tomiichi Murayama | March 3, 1924 | Prime Minister | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| David H. Murdock | April 11, 1923 | Billionaire & businessman | US Army | |
| Austin Murphy | June 17, 1927 | Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | United States Marine Corps | |
| Thomas Murphy | May 31, 1925 | Broadcasting executive | US Navy | |
| Tony Murray | February 8, 1920 | Businessman, billionaire | French Army Royal Air Force |
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| Duane Mutch | May 13, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Gordon Mydland | May 12, 1922 | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | |
| Jack Myers | October 8, 1924 | American football player | US Navy | |
| Samuel L. Myers Sr. | April 18, 1919 | Economist | US Army | |
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31 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuhiro Nakasone | May 27, 1918 | Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987) | Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| Bill Nankivell | September 7, 1923 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Giorgio Napolitano | June 29, 1925 | 11th President of Italy (2006–2015) | Italian Resistance | |
| Antonio Nardini | February 7, 1922 | Historian, author | Italian Army | |
| Guy Natusch | February 7, 1921 | Architect | Royal New Zealand Navy | |
| John Neale | September 21, 1926 | Bishop | British Army | |
| Wendell Nedderman | October 31, 1921 | Engineering educator | US Navy | |
| Lucien N. Nedzi | May 28, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Aryeh Nehemkin | November 2, 1925 | Politician | Haganah | |
| Ya'akov Nehoshtan | April 22, 1925 | Politician, ambassador | Jewish Insurgency | |
| Joan Neiman | September 9, 1920 | Senator | Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service) | |
| Ira Neimark | December 12, 1921 | Businessman, author | US Army Air Corps | |
| Yakov Neishtadt | October 6, 1923 | Chess player | Red Army | |
| Harvey Frans Nelson Jr. | January 6, 1924 | Ambassador | US Navy | |
| Nerio Nesi | June 16, 1925 | Politician, businessman, banker | Italian Resistance | |
| Don Newcombe | June 14, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| John Lang Nichol | January 7, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Frederick M. Nicholas | May 30, 1920 | Lawyer | US Army | |
| Dick Nichols | April 29, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Howard Nielson | September 12, 1924 | Utah congressman (1983–1991) | US Army Air Corps | |
| Artturi Niemelä | August 23, 1923 | Homesteader and politician | Finnish Army | |
| George Nigh | June 9, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Arthur Nims | January 3, 1923 | Judge | US Naval Reserve | |
| Ian Nish | June 3, 1926 | Academic; specialist in Japanese studies | British Army | |
| Peter L. Nissen | January 8, 1924 | Aviator and businessman | Norwegian resistance movement Royal Norwegian Air Force |
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| Paulo Nogueira Neto | April 16, 1922 | Environmentalist | Brazilian Army |  |
| John Albert Nordberg | June 18, 1926 | Judge | US Navy | |
| Irv Noren | November 29, 1924 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov | October 22, 1924 | Writer | Red Army | |
| Francis W. Nye | June 29, 1918 | Air Force general | US Army Air Forces | |
| Harley D. Nygren | 1924 | Admiral | US Navy | |
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15 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René de Obaldia | October 22, 1918 | Playwright & poet | French Army | |
| Helmut Oberlander | February 15, 1924 | Ethnic German from Ukraine. Accused of war crimes by SWC | Heer | |
| Hunter Pitts O'Dell | August 11, 1923 | Civil rights activist | US Merchant Marine | |
| Makoto Ogawa | February 1917 | Pilot | Japanese Imperial Army | |
| David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie | May 17, 1926 | Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household | British Army | |
| Jiro Ono | October 27, 1925 | Sushi Chef | Japanese Imperial Army | |
| David Oreck | September 17, 1923 | Entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | |
| Yuri Orlov | August 13, 1924 | Nuclear physicist, professor, dissident, activist | Red Army | |
| Edward Ormondroyd | 1925 | Author | US Navy | |
| Uzzi Ornan | June 7, 1923 | Linguist, social activist | Jewish Insurgency | |
| Virgil Orr | February 2, 1923 | Professor, politician | Italian Air Force | |
| Giuseppe Ottaviani | May 20, 1916 | Masters athlete | US Army | |
| Denys Ovenden | April 1, 1922 | Artist | British Army | |
| Richard Arvin Overton | May 11, 1906 | Oldest living US veteran of WW2 | US Army | |
| Oleg Ozerov | June 17, 1922 | Soldier | Red Army French Resistance |
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51 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adnan Pachachi | May 14, 1922 | Politician, diplomat | Kata'ib al-Shabab | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Frank D. Padgett | March 9, 1923 | Judge | US Army Air Forces | |
| Bill Page | September 11, 1925 | Musician | US Army | |
| Michael Fitzgerald Page | February 22, 1922 | Writer | British Merchant Navy | |
| Boris Pahor | August 26, 1913 | Writer & publicist | Royal Italian Army Slovene Partisans |
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| Paik Sun-yup | November 23, 1920 | First four-star general in the South Korean military | Manchukuo Imperial Army |  |
| Frank R. Palmer | April 9, 1922 | Linguist | British Army | |
| Owen M. Panner | July 28, 1924 | Attorney & jurist | US Army | |
| Karolos Papoulias | June 4, 1929 | Former President of Greece | Greek People's Liberation Army | |
| John Papworth | December 12, 1921 | Clergymen, writer, activist | British Army | |
| Peter Paret | April 13, 1924 | Historian | US Army | |
| Wilfried Parge | June 6, 1918 | Politician(CDU) | Wehrmacht | |
| Rudolph Pariser | December 8, 1923 | Physicist & polymer chemist | US Army | |
| Douglas H. Parker | August 19, 1926 | Law school professor | US Navy | |
| Victor Parsonnet | August 29, 1924 | Surgeon | US Navy Reserve | |
| Johnny Pate | December 5, 1923 | Bass player & arranger | US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band | |
| Alastair Craig Paterson | 1924 | Civil engineer | British Army | |
| John Malcolm Patterson | September 27, 1921 | Governor of Alabama (1959–1963) | US Army | |
| Charles C. Pattillo | June 3, 1924 | Air Force general | US Army Air Forces | |
| Alan R. Pearlman | 1925 | Engineer | US Armed Forces | |
| Philip Pearlstein | May 24, 1924 | Modern Realist painter | US Army | |
| Thomas Pearson | July 1, 1914 | Army general & officer | British Army | |
| Robert Newton Peck | February 17, 1928 | Author | US Army | |
| Raymond E. Peet | January 27, 1921 | Admiral | US Navy | |
| Johnny Peirson | July 21, 1925 | Hockey player | Canadian Army | |
| Zbigniew Pełczyński | December 29, 1925 | Political philosopher, academic | Polish Resistance | |
| D. A. Pennebaker | July 15, 1925 | Filmmaker | US Navy | |
| Simon Perchik | December 24, 1923 | Poet | US Army Air Forces | |
| Solomon Perel | April 21, 1925 | Holocaust survivor, author | Wehrmacht | |
| Nehemiah Persoff | August 2, 1919 | Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl | US Army | |
| Jack Petchey | July 19, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | |
| Helmut Peters | July 23, 1930 | Sinologist, Marxist | Volkssturm | |
| Paatje Phefferkorn | February 26, 1922 | Martial artist | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force | |
| Prince Philip | June 10, 1921 | Duke of Edinburgh | Royal Navy | |
| Leslie Phillips | April 20, 1924 | Actor | British Army | |
| Muriel Phillips | 1921 | Author | US Army (nurse) | |
| Lawrence W. Pierce | December 31, 1924 | Lawyer & federal judge | US Army | |
| Derek Piggott | December 27, 1922 | Aviator & flight instructor | Royal Air Force | |
| Rosamunde Pilcher | September 22, 1924 | Writer | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Bill Pitman | February 12, 1920 | Musician | US Armed Forces | |
| Raymond Plank | May 29, 1922 | Businessman | US Army Air Forces | |
| Eric Pleskow | April 24, 1924 | Film producer | US Army | |
| Wanda Półtawska | November 2, 1921 | Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author | Polish Resistance | |
| Wayne C. Pomeroy | March 13, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Martin Pope | August 22, 1918 | Physical chemist | US Armed Forces | |
| Aris Poulianos | July 24, 1924 | Anthropologist & archaeologist | Greek People's Liberation Army | |
| Lasse Pöysti | January 24, 1927 | Actor, director, theatre manager and writer | Finnish Army | |
| Donald Prell | July 7, 1924 | Venture capitalist & futurist | US Army | |
| Robert I. Price | September 22, 1921 | Admiral | US Coast Guard | |
| Reg Pugh | July 28, 1917 | Football player | British Army | |
| William Pulgram | January 21, 1921 | Architect | US Army | |
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1 veteran
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Quie | September 18, 1923 | Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | US Navy | |
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62 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margarete Rabe | October 2, 1923 | Guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp | Schutzstaffel | |
| Alfred Radley | 1924 | Clothing manufacturer | Royal Navy | |
| Bhisadej Rajani | January 20, 1920 | Member of the Thai royal family | British Army | |
| James Ramsden | November 1, 1923 | Former Member of Parliament (1954–1974), last British Secretary of State for War (1963–64) | British Army | |
| John Ernest Randall | May 22, 1924 | Ichthyologist | US Army | |
| Karl Randolf | April 15, 1916 | Conductor | Wehrmacht | |
| Georg Ratzinger | January 15, 1924 | Catholic priest | Reichsarbeitsdienst Luftwaffe |
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| Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | April 16, 1927 | Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope | Luftwaffenhelfer | |
| Anton Rauscher | August 8, 1928 | Jesuit | Heer | |
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | March 29, 1927 | Politician | US Marine Corps | |
| Dennis V. Razis | May 30, 1923 | Oncologist | Greek Resistance | |
| Nipper Read | March 31, 1925 | Policeman, boxing administrator | Royal Navy | |
| Ronald C. Read | December 19, 1924 | Graph theorist | Royal Navy | |
| Manuel Real | January 27, 1924 | Judge | US Navy Reserve | |
| Thomas Morrow Reavley | June 21, 1921 | Judge | US Navy | |
| Hartman Rector, Jr. | August 20, 1924 | Mormon missionary | US Navy | |
| Sumner Redstone | May 27, 1923 | Chairman & CEO of Viacom | US Army | |
| Ogden R. Reid | June 24, 1925 | Politician & diplomat; New York Congressman (1963–1975) | US Army | |
| Carl Reiner | March 20, 1922 | Film director & actor; TV's Your Show of Shows, The Dick van Dyke Show | US Army | |
| Keith Remington | April 29, 1923 | Politician | Second Australian Imperial Force | |
| Vasily Reshetnikov | December 23, 1919 | Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force | Soviet Air Forces | |
| Gene Reynolds | April 4, 1923 | Actor & TV writer, producer, & director | US Navy | |
| Patrick Reyntiens | 1925 | Stained glass artist | British Army | |
| George Barclay Richardson | September 19, 1924 | Economist | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| John Richardson | February 6, 1924 | Art historian | British Army | |
| Fred Richmond | November 15, 1923 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Madeleine Riffaud | August 23, 1924 | Poet, journalist, & war correspondent | French Resistance | |
| Ray Rigby | April 16, 1923 | Politician | US Army Air Corps | |
| John Rigas | November 14, 1924 | CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002) | US Army | |
| Basil Rigg | August 12, 1926 | Cricket player | Australian Army | |
| Elfriede Rinkel | July 14, 1922 | Guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp | Schutzstaffel | |
| Fred Risser | May 5, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Edward L. Rissien | October 1924 | Film producer and executive | US Army Air Forces | |
| Sidney Rittenberg | August 14, 1921 | First American to join the Communist Party of China, journalist, consultant, author | US Army | |
| John Roberts | April 4, 1924 | Admiral | Royal Navy | |
| Eddie Robinson | December 15, 1920 | American baseball player, coach, and manager | US Navy | |
| Alan Rogers | December 31, 1924 | Football manager | Royal Navy | |
| Richard Rohmer | January 24, 1924 | Military writer; Ultimatum | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Charles P. Roland | April 8, 1918 | Historian | US Army | |
| Andrew Romanov | January 21, 1923 | Pretender to the Russian throne | Royal Navy | |
| Joachim Rønneberg | August 30, 1919 | Broadcaster | 1st Lt., Norwegian Independent Company 1 | |
| Fred B. Rooney | November 6, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Clemens C. J. Roothaan | August 29, 1918 | Physicist | Dutch resistance | |
| Roy Roper | September 11, 1923 | Rugby union player | Royal New Zealand Navy | |
| Clive Rose | September 15, 1921 | Diplomat | British Army | |
| Klaus Rose | June 3, 1928 | Professor of economics | Heer | |
| Werner Rosenberg | December 13, 1914 | Politician | Wehrmacht | |
| Justus Rosenberg | 1921 | Professor | French Resistance | |
| Rossana Rossanda | April 23, 1924 | Politician, journalist | Italian Resistance | |
| Simcha Rotem | February 10, 1925 | Partisan | Jewish Partisans | |
| J. Roy Rowland | February 3, 1926 | Georgia congressman (1981–1995) | US Army | |
| Rudolf Rückert | January 15, 1929 | Mayor of Salzgitter | Heer | |
| Gerd Ruge | August 9, 1928 | German journalist, author and filmmaker | Heer | |
| Richard E. Rumble | October 26, 1922 | Admiral | US Navy | |
| Donald Russell | October 13, 1920 | Author, Academic | British Army | |
| Jim Russell | May 28, 1920 | Racing Driver | Royal Air Force | |
| John Russell | February 2, 1920 | Olympic equestrian | US Army | |
| William Russell | November 19, 1924 | Actor | Royal Air Force | |
| Robert F. Ruth | March 4, 1921 | Politician | US Navy | |
| F. James Rutherford | July 10, 1924 | Science professor, radar officer | US Navy | |
| John Ruthven | November 12, 1924 | Wildlife painter | US Army | |
| Bob Ryland | 1920 | Tennis player | US Army | |
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120 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Sachal | November 15, 1924 | Artist | Red Army French Resistance |
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| Howard F. Sachs | September 13, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | |
| John Safer | September 6, 1922 | Sculptor | US Army Air Forces | |
| Guy Sajer | January 13, 1927 | Military writer | Wehrmacht | |
| Agadadash Samedov | March 10, 1924 | Soldier | Red Army | |
| Sydney Samuelson | December 7, 1925 | Film commissioner | Royal Air Force | |
| Sangharakshita | August 25, 1925 | Buddhist teacher & writer | British Army | |
| Ugo Sansonetti | January 10, 1919 | Cavalry officer, masters athlete | Royal Italian Army | |
| C. Robert Sarcone | August 3, 1925 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Ashot Sarkisov | January 30, 1924 | Admiral, scientist | Red Army | |
| Frank Saucier | May 28, 1926 | Baseball player | US Navy | |
| Frank Saul | February 16, 1924 | Basketball player | US Army | |
| Laurie Sawle | August 19, 1925 | Cricket player | Australian Army | |
| Henry Sayler | January 16, 1921 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Robert H. Scarborough | March 12, 1923 | Vice Admiral | US Navy | |
| Norman Scarth | 1925 | Blogger & political candidate | Royal Navy | |
| Ezra Schabas | April 24, 1924 | Musician, educator, author | US Navy | |
| Friedrich Schadeberg | April 23, 1920 | Businessman, former CEO of Krombacher Brauerei | Wehrmacht | |
| Jobst Schaefer | December 26, 1912 | Member of Landtag Lower-Saxony | Kriegsmarine | |
| Art Schallock | April 25, 1924 | Baseball player | US Navy[8] | |
| Harold Zvi Schiffrin | 1922 | Professor | US Army | |
| Richard Schifter | July 31, 1923 | Lawyer | US Army | |
| Rolf Schimpf | November 14, 1924 | German television actor | | |
| Ambrose Schindler | April 22, 1917 | American football player | US Navy | |
| Walter Franz Schleser | October 25, 1930 | Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten | Volkssturm | |
| Helmut Schlesinger | September 4, 1924 | President of the Deutsche Bundesbank | | |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann | September 5, 1928 | Journalist | | |
| Wolf Schneider | May 7, 1925 | Journalist | Luftwaffe | |
| Arnold Schulman | August 11, 1925 | Writer | US Navy | |
| Harry D. Schultz | 1923 | Financial adviser, author | Heer | |
| Horst Schulze | April 26, 1921 | Actor and opera singer | US Army | |
| Wolfgang Schumann | June 5, 1929 | Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | |
| Bernard L. Schwartz | December 12, 1926 | CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006) | US Army Air Corps | |
| Ted Schwinden | August 31, 1925 | Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980) | US Army | |
| Vin Scully | November 29, 1927 | Sportscaster | US Navy | |
| Hans von Seggern | April 24, 1914 | Author | Wehrmacht | |
| Simone Segouin | October 3, 1925 | Resistance member | French Resistance | |
| Vic Seixas | August 30, 1923 | Tennis player | US Army Air Forces | |
| Charles Grier Sellers | September 9, 1923 | Historian | US Army | |
| Sen Sōshitsu XV | April 19, 1923 | Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school | Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| Ralph Senensky[9] | May 1, 1923 | TV director & writer | US Army | |
| Doc Severinsen | July 7, 1927 | Trumpeter | US Army | |
| Whitney North Seymour, Jr. | July 7, 1923 | Politician | US Army | |
| Frank Shakespeare | April 9, 1925 | Diplomat, president of CBS | US Navy | |
| Meir Shamgar | August 13, 1925 | President of the Israeli Supreme Court | Haganah Jewish Insurgency |
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| Edward Shames | June 13, 1922 | Soldier, Easy Company | US Army | |
| Bobby Shantz | September 26, 1925 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples | February 11, 1923 | British peer | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | |
| Kendall Shaw | 1924 | Painter | US Navy | |
| Charles Norman Shay | June 27, 1924 | Penobscot tribal elder, writer | US Army | |
| Jack Sheedy | September 28, 1926 | Sportsman | Royal Australian Navy | |
| Winston L. Shelton | May 3, 1922 | Inventor, electrical engineer | US Army | |
| Thomas D. Shepard | c. 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Shep Shepherd | January 19, 1917 | Musician | US Army | |
| Harry W. Shlaudeman | May 17, 1926 | US ambassador to Nicaragua (1990–1992) | US Marine Corps | |
| Robert G. Shulman | March 3, 1924 | Biophysicist | US Navy | |
| George P. Shultz | December 13, 1920 | 60th U.S. Secretary of State (1982–1989) | US Marine Corps | |
| Władysław Siemaszko | June 8, 1919 | Author, Lawyer | Home Army | |
| Leon Silver | April 9, 1925 | Geologist | US Navy | |
| Charlie Silvera | October 13, 1924 | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | |
| John Simon | May 12, 1925 | Film, theater, literary critic, author | US Army Air Forces | |
| Edward H. Sims | May 29, 1923 | Author | US Army Air Forces | |
| Fred Singer | September 27, 1924 | Physicist, professor | US Navy | |
| Kirpal Singh | September 5, 1925 | Businessman | Royal Navy | |
| John K. Singlaub | July 10, 1921 | Army general | US Army | |
| Joe Sinnott | October 16, 1926 | Comic book artist | US Navy | |
| Yuri Andreyevich Smirnov | 1923 | Linguist | Red Army | |
| Arthur Smith | May 8, 1915 | Football player | British Army | |
| Gordon A. Smith | June 18, 1919 | Artist, teacher | Canadian Army | |
| Harry Leslie Smith | February 25, 1923 | Writer | Royal Air Force | |
| Helen Smith | January 5, 1922 | Baseball player | US Army | |
| Jeffrey G. Smith | October 14, 1921 | General | US Army | |
| Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 | Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995) | US Army Air Forces | |
| Ron Smith | 1924 | Comic artist | Royal Air Force | |
| Walter Smith | March 1920 | Director General of the Ordnance Survey | British Army | |
| William James Lanyon Smith | December 1, 1922 | Second World War recipient of the Distinguished Service Order; naval officer | Royal New Zealand Navy | |
| Barbara Smoker | June 2, 1923 | Activist | Women's Royal Naval Service | |
| Robert M. Solow | August 23, 1924 | Economist | US Army | |
| Gerhard Sommer | June 24, 1921 | Soldier | Waffen-SS | |
| Mihai Șora | November 7, 1916 | Philosopher, writer | French Resistance | |
| Alexei Sorokin | March 28, 1922 | Politician & admiral | Soviet Navy | |
| Cecil Souders | January 3, 1921 | Football player | US Navy | |
| Pierre Soulages | December 24, 1919 | Painter and sculptor | | |
| Larry South | February 26, 1925 | Politician | Canadian Army | |
| Freddie Sowrey | September 14, 1922 | RAF Air marshal | Royal Air Force | |
| Robert Hitchcock Spain | October 26, 1925 | Bishop | US Navy | |
| Arthur Donald Spatt | December 13, 1925 | Judge | US Navy | |
| Martin Spellman | October 8, 1925 | Actor | US Army Air Corps | |
| Bill Spence | April 20, 1923 | Writer | Royal Air Force | |
| Arnold Spielberg | February 6, 1917 | Electrical engineer | US Army | |
| Ronald Spiers | July 9, 1925 | Diplomat; US Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983) | US Navy | |
| Peter Spoden | November 8, 1921 | Night fighter ace | Luftwaffe | |
| Richard T. Spooner | 1925 | Author | US Marine Corps | |
| Rosemarie Springer | July 15, 1920 | Olympic equestrian | Wehrmacht (nurse) | |
| Gus Stager | February 18, 1923 | Swimmer | US Army | |
| Wilfried Stallknecht | August 12, 1928 | Architect and designer | Heer | |
| Jeremiah Stamler | October 27, 1919 | Cardiologist | US Army | |
| Irena Stankiewicz | February 28, 1925 | Graphic artist | Home Army | |
| Colin Stannard | February 8, 1924 | Archdeacon of Carlisle | British Army | |
| Janez Stanovnik | August 4, 1922 | Politician & economist | Yugoslav Partisans | |
| Epaminondas Stassinopoulos | January 17, 1921 | Astrophysicist | Greek Resistance | |
| William L. Stearman | June 22, 1922 | Government official, author | US Navy | |
| Jack Steinberger | May 25, 1921 | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1988) | US Army | |
| Hans Steinbrecher | March 25, 1917 | Politician | Wehrmacht | |
| Herb Stempel | December 19, 1926 | Game show contestant | US Army | |
| Willis H. Stephens, Sr. | June 7, 1925 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Guy Stern | January 14, 1922 | Literary scholar | US Army | |
| John Paul Stevens | April 20, 1920 | U.S Supreme Court Justice | US Navy | |
| Larry Storch | January 8, 1923 | Comedian and Actor; TV's F Troop | US Navy | |
| Harold Strachan | December 1, 1925 | Writer, activist | South African Air Force | |
| Paul Streeten | July 18, 1917 | Economist, professor | British Commandos | |
| Thomas James Stretch | January 17, 1915 | Chaplain, one of the first people to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp | British Army | |
| Lyle Elmer Strom | January 6, 1925 | Judge | US Naval Reserve | |
| John Hale Stutesman | December 16, 1920 | U.S State Department Consul | US Army | |
| C. D. Subbaiah | March 6, 1924 | Fighter pilot, air marshal | Royal Indian Air Force | |
| J. Denis Summers-Smith | October 25, 1920 | Ornithologist, Mechanical engineer | British Army | |
| Glenn E. Summers | February 19, 1925 | Politician | US Armed Forces | |
| Jackie Sutton | May 28, 1920 | Boxer | Royal Air Force | |
| Grigory Svirsky | September 29, 1921 | Writer | Soviet Air Force | |
| Conrad Swan | May 13, 1924 | Officer of arms | British Indian Army | |
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48 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorō Takeda | October 10, 1921 | General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1979–1981), Chief of Air Staff, JASDF (1978–1979) | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| Angel Martín Taboas | June 18, 1918 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | US Armed Forces | |
| Takis | October 25, 1925 | Artist | Greek Resistance | |
| Igal Talmi | January 31, 1925 | Nuclear physicist | Haganah | |
| Cyril Tamplin | May 27, 1921 | Cricketer | British Armed Forces | |
| Takuma Tanada | October 30, 1919 | Biologist | US Army | |
| Jiro Tanaka | January 16, 1917 | Aircraft & automotive engineer | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| Endel Taniloo | January 5, 1923 | After the war survived a Soviet POW camp. Well-known sculptor | Estonian Legion |  |
| Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 | Bishop | British Army | |
| Nicholas Taylor | November 11, 1927 | Politician, businessman, & geologist | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | |
| Robert L. Taylor | 1924 | Founder & president of Antique Airplane Association | US Army Air Forces | |
| Frédéric Jacques Temple | August 18, 1921 | Poet, writer | French Expeditionary Corps | |
| Wayne Terwilliger | June 27, 1925 | Major League baseball player | US Marine Corps | |
| Robert E. Thacker | February 21, 1918 | Aviator & test pilot | US Army Air Forces | |
| Mikis Theodorakis | July 29, 1925 | Songwriter & composer | Greek People's Liberation Army | |
| Wayne Thiebaud | November 15, 1920 | Pop art painter | US Army Air Corps | |
| Fritz Thiemes | October 29, 1914 | Politician in the GDR | Heer | |
| Ward Thomas | August 11, 1923 | TV executive | Royal Air Force | |
| Fletcher Thompson | February 5, 1925 | Politician & lawyer | US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps | |
| Tim Thompson | March 1, 1924 | Major League baseball player | US Army | |
| John Thorn | April 28, 1925 | Headmaster, writer | Royal Navy | |
| Brian Tierney | March 7, 1922 | Historian, medievalist | Royal Air Force | |
| John Tillard | May 26, 1924 | Cricket player | British Army | |
| Richard Timberlake | June 24, 1922 | Economist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Tun Tin | October 2, 1920 | 6th Prime Minister of Burma (1988), general, politician | Burma Independence Army | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Prem Tinsulanonda | August 26, 1920 | 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (1980–1988), politician, Regent of Thailand (2016), general | Royal Thai Army |  |
| Christopher Tolkien | November 21, 1924 | Editor, novelist, and academic | Royal Air Force | |
| Dan Tolkowsky | January 17, 1921 | Commander of the Israeli Air Force | Royal Air Force | |
| Alvin V. Tollestrup | March 22, 1924 | Physicist | US Navy | |
| Marian Tomaszewski | August 13, 1922 | Soldier | Polish Land Forces Polish Armed Forces in the West |
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| John Tooley | June 1, 1924 | General director of the Royal Opera House | British Army | |
| Seymour Topping | December 11, 1921 | Journalist, professor | US Army | |
| Aldo Tortorella | July 10, 1926 | Journalist & politician | Italian Resistance | |
| Zollie Toth | January 26, 1924 | American football player | US Navy | |
| Simon Towneley | December 14, 1921 | Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) | British Army | |
| Dick Trachok | December 27, 1925 | American football coach | US Army Air Corps | |
| Trần Ngọc Châu | 1923 | Politician | Việt Minh |  |
| Gilbert R. Tredway | October 11, 1922 | Historian | US Army | |
| Krastyu Trichkov | April 12, 1923 | Politician | Bulgarian Resistance |  |
| Vance Trimble | July 6, 1913 | Journalist | US Army | |
| Charley Trippi | December 14, 1921 | Football player | US Army Air Corps | |
| Katerina Traykova Nurdžieva | October 18, 1922 | Activist | Yugoslav Partisans | |
| Friedrich-Karl Trull | June 15, 1918 | Physician | Wehrmacht | |
| Ron Tudor | May 18, 1924 | Producer, engineer, record label owner, executive | Australian Army | |
| Joe Turkel | July 15, 1927 | Actor | US Army | |
| Ralph Turlington | October 5, 1920 | Politician | US Armed Forces | |
| Pete Turnham | January 1, 1921 | Politician | US Army | |
| James Wesley Turpin | c. 1928 | Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist | US Navy | |
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5 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yosh Uchida | April 1, 1920 | Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | US Army | |
| Ragnar Ulstein | April 19, 1920 | Journalist, writer | Norwegian Army | |
| Blasius To Una | February 2, 1925 | Musician | Imperial Japanese Army | |
| Brian Urquhart | February 28, 1919 | Soldier, diplomat | British Army | |
| Ishinosuke Uwano | October 1922 | Soldier, prisoner of war | Imperial Japanese Army | |
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17 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Vaccaro | December 20, 1922 | Photographer | US Army | |
| Jean Valentine | 1924 | Bombe operator | Royal Navy | |
| Jaakko Valtanen | February 9, 1925 | General | Finnish Defence Forces | |
| Donald West VanArtsdalen | October 21, 1919 | Federal judge | Canadian Army 1940–42 US Army 1942–45 |
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| Ebert Van Buren | December 6, 1924 | Football player | US Army | |
| Joe Vancisin | June 4, 1922 | Basketball coach and executive | US Army Air Forces | |
| Richard Vande Hoef | May 15, 1925 | Politician | US Army | |
| Dick Van Dyke | December 13, 1925 | Actor and comedian | US Army Air Corps | |
| Dick Van Orden | February 24, 1921 | Admiral | US Navy | |
| Neil D. Van Sickle | July 8, 1915 | Air force general | US Army Air Forces | |
| Imre Varga | November 1, 1923 | Artist | Hungarian Air Force | |
| Henri Vernes | October 16, 1918 | Action and science-fiction writer | | |
| George S. Vest | December 25, 1918 | Diplomat | US Army | |
| Claude Vigée | January 3, 1921 | Poet | French Resistance | |
| Weston E. Vivian | October 25, 1924 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Hans-Jochen Vogel | February 3, 1926 | Politician | Wehrmacht | |
| Inez Voyce | August 16, 1924 | Baseball player | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | |
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71 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Wachholz | October 18, 1917 | Banker | Luftwaffe | |
| John Henry Waddell | February 14, 1921 | Artist | US Army | |
| John Waddy | June 17, 1920 | Author & military advisor | British Army | |
| Jim Wade | February 14, 1926 | American football player | US Army Air Forces | |
| Angel Wagenstein | October 17, 1922 | Film director, author | Bulgarian Resistance | |
| Peter Busby Waite | 1922 | Historian | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| Murray Walker | October 10, 1923 | Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist | British Army | |
| Joe Wallach | September 10, 1923 | Businessman | US Army | |
| Martin Walser | March 24, 1927 | Writer | Heer | |
| Maxwell "Max" William Ward | November 22, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| Ellsworth Wareham | October 3, 1914 | Physician | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| John Warner | February 18, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Split Waterman | July 27, 1923 | Speedway rider | British Army | |
| Stan Waterman | 1923 | Cinematographer | US Navy | |
| Josser Watling | May 11, 1925 | Association football player | Royal Navy | |
| Neal Watlington | December 25, 1922 | Major League Baseball player | US Army | |
| Anthony Watsham | April 30, 1924 | Priest, entomologist | Royal Air Force | |
| Billy Watson | December 25, 1923 | Child actor | US Army[11] | |
| Donald J. Watt | 1918 | Author | Australian Army | |
| Neville Way | March 16, 1924 | Surgeon, Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Navy | |
| James H. Weaver | August 8, 1927 | Politician; Oregon congressman (1975–1987) | US Navy | |
| William H. Webster | March 26, 1924 | 3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | US Navy | |
| Everton Weekes | February 26, 1925 | Cricket player | British Army | |
| Jürgen Wehrmann | December 13, 1917 | Professor | Heer | |
| Fritz Weikart | 1912 | Wrestler | Heer | |
| George Wein | October 3, 1925 | Jazz promoter and producer | US Army | |
| Jack B. Weinstein | August 10, 1921 | Federal judge | US Navy | |
| Jimmy Weldon | September 23, 1923 | Voice actor & ventriloquist | US Army Air Corps[12] | |
| Harry W. Wellford | August 6, 1924 | Judge | US Navy | |
| Ed Westcott | January 20, 1922 | Photographer | US Army | |
| Wally Westlake | November 8, 1920 | Major League baseball player | US Coast Guard | |
| Ralph Weymouth | May 26, 1917 | Admiral, anti-nuclear weapon activist | US Navy | |
| Paul W. Whear | November 13, 1925 | Composer | US Navy | |
| Lloyd F. Wheat | April 27, 1923 | Lawyer, politician | US Army | |
| Jack Whitaker | May 18, 1924 | Sportscaster | US Army | |
| John C. Whitcomb | June 22, 1924 | Theologian, author | US Army | |
| Alan White | 1924 | Writer | | |
| John White | 1924 | Art historian | Royal Air Force | |
| G. William Whitehurst | March 12, 1925 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Leopold Wiel | May 14, 1916 | Architect and professor | Wehrmacht | |
| Stephen Wilkinson | April 29, 1919 | Musician | Royal Navy | |
| E. J. Williams | 1918 | Politician | Canadian Army | |
| Joseph G. Williams | July 1, 1920 | Musician | US Army | |
| Hershel W. Williams | October 2, 1923 | Medal of Honor recipient | US Marine Corps | |
| Stan Williams | 1917 | Motorcycle racer | Royal Air Force | |
| G. I. Williamson | May 19, 1925 | Theologian, pastor, author | US Army | |
| Gayraud Wilmore | December 20, 1921 | Historian, theologian, educator | US Army | |
| Dennis Wilson | 1920 or 1921 | Poet | British Army | |
| Edwin Wilson | February 1, 1923 | Professor | US Navy | |
| Graeme Wilson | 1919 | Academic, translator | Royal Navy | |
| Gerhard Windolf | January 13, 1924 | Masters athletics athlete | | |
| William Winegard | April 11, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| Charley Winner | July 2, 1924 | Football player | US Army Air Forces | |
| William Winter | February 21, 1923 | Politician; Mississippi governor (1980–1984) | US Army | |
| Graham Winteringham | 1922 | Architect | Royal Navy | |
| Louis Witten | April 13, 1921 | Theoretical physicist | US Army Air Forces | |
| Alex Wizbicki | October 6, 1921 | American football player | US Marine Corps | |
| Harris Wofford | April 9, 1926 | Politician | US Army Air Forces | |
| Dale E. Wolf | September 6, 1924 | Governor of Delaware (1992–1993) | US Army | |
| Lester L. Wolff | January 4, 1919 | US House of Representative member from New York | US Air Force Auxiliary | |
| Releff Wolter-Peeksen | November 30, 1913 | Member of Landtag Lower Saxony | Wehrmacht | |
| Hoy Wong | August 22, 1916 | Bartender | US Air Force | |
| Woody Woodbury | February 9, 1924 | Comedian & actor | US Marine Corps | |
| Morgan Woodward | September 16, 1925 | Actor | US Army Air Corps | |
| Herbert Worbs | December 1, 1915 | Soccer player | Wehrmacht | |
| Peregrine Worsthorne | December 22, 1923 | Journalist, writer, & broadcaster | British Army | |
| Herman Wouk | May 27, 1915 | Author; The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War | US Navy | |
| Ken Wright | September 6, 1925 | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| Wu Ningkun | September 1920 | Academic | National Revolutionary Army | |
| Oscar Wyatt | July 11, 1924 | Businessman | US Army Air Corps | |
| Bill Wynne | March 29, 1922 | Former owner of Smoky the dog, author | US Army Air Forces | |
X
1 veteran
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Xydias | March 22, 1922 | Auto racing driver | US Army Air Forces | |
Y
13 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sol Yaged | December 8, 1922 | Jazz clarinetist | US Army | |
| Abraham Yakin | July 31, 1924 | Artist | Royal Navy | |
| George Yankowski | November 19, 1922 | Major League baseball player | US Navy | |
| Earl P. Yates | December 23, 1923 | Admiral | US Navy | |
| Dmitry Yazov | November 8, 1924 | Soviet Union Marshal | Red Army | |
| Chuck Yeager | February 13, 1923 | Air Force officer & test pilot; first person to exceed the speed of sound in flight | US Army Air Forces | |
| Barbara Yeaman | December 16, 1924 | Conservationist | Women Airforce Service Pilots | |
| Bill Yoast | 1924 | High school football coach subject of the book and movie Remember the Titans | US Army Air Forces | |
| Tom York | November 30, 1924 | TV personality | US Navy | |
| Jim Youel | February 13, 1922 | Football player | US Navy | |
| Robert M. Young | November 22, 1924 | Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer | US Navy | |
| Patrick Yu | August 22, 1922 | Lawyer | British Army National Revolutionary Army |
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| Ihor Yukhnovskyi | September 1, 1925 | Physicist, politician | Red Army | |
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9 veterans
| Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinz Zache | October 16, 1916 | Author | Wehrmacht | |
| Zvi Zamir | March 3, 1925 | General | Haganah | |
| Donald Zec | March 12, 1919 | Journalist | British Army | |
| Franco Zeffirelli | February 12, 1923 | Film director and producer; Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth | Italian resistance movement British Army |
|
| Franklin B. Zimmerman | June 20, 1923 | Musicologist, conductor | US Army | |
| Roger H. Zion | September 17, 1921 | Politician | US Navy | |
| Wolfgang Zuckermann | October 11, 1922 | Harpsichord maker, author, environmentalist, activist | US Army | |
| Leszek Żukowski | February 11, 1929 | President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | Gray Ranks | |
| Jack Zunz | December 25, 1923 | Engineer | South African Army | |
See also
References
- ↑ "S. Daniel Abraham, $1.5 billion – In Photos: The 17 Richest Living Veterans". Forbes. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ Broward Sun Sentinel: "S. Daniel Abraham: Philanthropist and peace maker" by Shani McManus April 20, 2010
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Reserve Corps Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Reserve Corps Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ Baseball in Wartime
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Reserve Corps Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ Todd Anton and Bill Nowlin, When Football Went to War, p. 249, at Google Books
- ↑ https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=3&cat=all&tf=F&q=William+Watson+"California"+23&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=7865317&rlst=7865317,7581073,7999030
- ↑ "NARA – AAD – Display Full Records – Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 – 1946 (Enlistment Records)". Aad.archives.gov. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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