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List of last surviving World War II veterans

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The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945.[1]

Last survivors

VeteranBirthDeathNotabilityServiceAllegiance
Aimé Acton1917 or 1918 (aged 102)Last surviving veteran of the Battle of the Lys.[2]Belgian Armed Forces  Belgium
Svend Egon Andersen(1920-04-14)14 April 1920 (aged 97)Last surviving member of the Hvidsten Group.[3]Danish resistance movement  Denmark
Bud Anderson(1922-01-13)13 January 1922 (aged 102)Last surviving American triple flying ace.[4]US Army Air Forces  United States
Gregory Baindoerasjvili1918 or 1919 (aged 102)Last survivor of the Georgian uprising on Texel.[5]Georgian Legion  Germany
Jale Bainisika1914 or 1915 (aged 105)Last surviving Fijian veteran.[6]Fiji Infantry Regiment  Fiji
Richard M. Barancik(1924-10-19)19 October 192414 July 2023(2023-07-14) (aged 98)Last surviving Monuments Man.[7][8][note 1]US Army  United States
Clarence Beavers(1921-06-12)12 June 19214 December 2017(2017-12-04) (aged 96)Last surviving original member of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.[10]US Army  United States
Nikolai Belyaev(1922-10-22)22 October 19228 December 2015(2015-12-08) (aged 93)Last surviving soldier who stormed the Reichstag.[11]Red Army  Soviet Union
Moss Berryman(1923-11-09)9 November 19236 August 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 96)Last surviving veteran of Operation Jaywick.[12]Royal Australian Navy  Australia
Twistleton St. Rose Bertrand(1924-09-24)24 September 19248 December 2019(2019-12-08) (aged 95)Last surviving veteran of Dominica.[13]British army  British Windward Islands
Emilio Bianchi [it](1912-10-22)22 October 191215 August 2015(2015-08-15) (aged 102)Last surviving torpedo rider of the Raid on Alexandria.[14]Regia Marina  Italy
Aron Bielski (1927-07-21) 21 July 1927 (age 96)Last surviving Bielski partisan.[15]Jewish partisans  Poland
Harold Billow(1922-12-28)28 December 192217 May 2022(2022-05-17) (aged 99)Last survivor of the Malmedy massacre.[16]US Army  United States
Betty Tackaberry Blake(1920-10-29)29 October 19209 April 2015(2015-04-09) (aged 94)Last surviving member of the original WASP class.[17]Women Airforce Service Pilots  United States
Emil Boček(1923-02-25)25 February 192325 March 2023(2023-03-25) (aged 100)Last surviving Czechoslovak RAF pilot.[18]Royal Air Force  Czechoslovakia
 United Kingdom
Harold BrayJune 1927 (age 96)Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.[19][note 2]US Navy  United States
Clifford Brewer(1913-04-29)29 April 191330 April 2017(2017-04-30) (aged 104)Last surviving surgeon of the Normandy landings.[22]Territorial Army  United Kingdom
Ted Briggs(1923-03-01)1 March 19234 October 2008(2008-10-04) (aged 85)Last surviving sailor of HMS Hood.[23]Royal Navy  United Kingdom
John T. Britton(1920-02-03)3 February 19207 May 2011(2011-05-07) (aged 91)Last surviving crew member of Old 666.[24]US Army Air Forces  United States
Hugo Broch (1922-01-06) 6 January 1922 (age 102)Last surviving German flying ace.[25]Luftwaffe  Germany
Galina Brok-Beltsova1925 (age 98–99)Last surviving Soviet woman combat aviator.[26]Soviet Air Forces  Soviet Union
Douglas Canning(1919-07-04)4 July 191920 February 2016(2016-02-20) (aged 96)Last surviving pilot of Operation Vengeance.[27][28][note 3]US Army Air Forces  United States
Eric Carter(1920-02-12)12 February 192026 July 2021(2021-07-26) (aged 101)Last surviving member of No. 151 Wing.Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Horacio Castilleja Albarrán(1924-01-21)21 January 192430 November 2022(2022-11-30) (aged 97–98)Last surviving Mexican veteran.[29][30][note 4]Mexican Air Force  Mexico
Dean Caswell(1922-07-24)24 July 192221 September 2022(2022-09-21) (aged 100)Last surviving US Marine flying ace.[34]US Marine Corps  United States
Konstantinos Chatzilakos1920 (aged 102)Last surviving Greek veteran.[35]Royal Hellenic Air Force  Greece
Charles Chibitty(1921-11-20)20 November 192120 July 2005(2005-07-20) (aged 83)Last surviving Comanche code talker.[36]US Army  United States
Ts. Chimedtseren1923 or 1924Last surviving Mongolian veteran of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol.[37]Mongolian People's Army  Mongolia
Lawrence Churcher(1920-08-17)August 17, 192010 August 2023(2023-08-10) (aged 102)Last surviving Royal Navy veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation.[38][39][note 5]Royal Navy  United Kingdom
Dick Churchill(1920-01-21)21 January 192012 February 2019(2019-02-12) (aged 99)Last surviving Stalag Luft III escapee.[41]Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Mark W. Clark(1896-05-01)1 May 189617 April 1984(1984-04-17) (aged 87)Last surviving American four-star officer.[42]US Army  United States
Richard E. Cole(1915-09-07)7 September 19159 April 2019(2019-04-09) (aged 103)Last surviving Doolittle Raider.[43]US Army Air Forces  United States
Lou Conter(1921-09-13)13 September 19211 April 2024(2024-04-01) (aged 102)Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona.[44][note 6]US Navy  United States
John Cruickshank (1920-05-20) 20 May 1920 (age 104)Last surviving recipient of the Victoria Cross from WW2.[47][note 7]Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Jaak Daemen(1924-12-13)13 December 19246 August 2022(2022-08-06) (aged 97)Last surviving member of the 5th Special Air Service.[49][50]Belgian Resistance, Free Belgian Forces  Belgium
Arturo de Gregorio1920 or 1921 (aged 102)Last surviving Spanish volunteer of the Blue Division.[51]German Army  Spain
 Germany
Robert Dixon1921 or 1922 (age 102–103)Last surviving Buffalo Soldier of West Point.[52]US Army  United States
Ion Dobran [ro](1919-02-05)5 February 191924 September 2021(2021-09-24) (aged 102)Last surviving flying ace of the Romanian Air Force.[53]Romanian Air Force  Romania
Karl Dönitz(1891-09-16)16 September 189124 December 1980(1980-12-24) (aged 89)Last surviving German Großadmiral.[54][note 8]Kriegsmarine  Germany
James Francis Edwards(1921-06-05)5 June 192114 May 2022(2022-05-14) (aged 100)Last surviving Canadian flying ace.[55]Royal Canadian Air Force  Canada
Dwight D. Eisenhower(1890-10-14)14 October 189028 March 1969(1969-03-28) (aged 78)Last surviving American five-star officer.[note 9]US Army  United States
Ismet Elezi [sq] (1920-04-05) 5 April 1920 (age 104)Last surviving member of the LANÇ.[56]Albanian Army  Albania
Colette Escoffier-Martini (1922-11-01) 1 November 1922 (age 101)Last surviving Merlinette.[57]French Liberation Army  Free France
Walenty Faterkowski(1912-01-25)25 January 19127 May 2013(2013-05-07) (aged 101)Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Tczew.[58]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Mario Fiorentini(1918-11-07)7 November 19189 August 2022(2022-08-09) (aged 103)Last surviving partisan of Gruppi di Azione Patriottica.[59]Corpo Volontari della Libertà Italy
Hormidas Joseph Fredette(1917-04-11)11 April 191729 November 2023(2023-11-29) (aged 106)Last surviving Canadian veteran of the Battle of Hong Kong.[60]Canadian Army  Canada
Bradford C. Freeman(1924-09-24)24 September 19243 July 2022(2022-07-03) (aged 97)Last surviving member of Easy Company.[61][note 10]US Army  United States
Léon Gautier(1922-10-27)27 October 19223 July 2023(2023-07-03) (aged 100)[63]Last surviving French veteran of the Normandy landings.[64]Free French Naval Forces  Free France
Tuomas Gerdt(1922-05-28)28 May 19221 November 2020(2020-11-01) (aged 98)Last surviving recipient of the Mannerheim Cross.[65]Finnish Army  Finland
Hubert Germain(1920-08-06)6 August 192012 October 2021(2021-10-12) (aged 101)Last surviving Companion of the Order of Liberation.[66]French Resistance  Free France
Max Gilbert (1921-04-24) 24 April 1921 (age 103)Last survivor of the Ambon Island POW camp.[67]Australian Army  Australia
Bom Gillies (1925-02-14) 14 February 1925 (age 99)Last surviving member of the Māori Battalion.[68][69]New Zealand Military Forces  New Zealand
Jerzy Główczewski(1922-11-19)19 November 192213 April 2020(2020-04-13) (aged 97)Last surviving pilot of the Polish Air Forces.[70][note 11]Royal Air Force  Poland
 United Kingdom
Rafael Gómez Nieto(1921-01-21)21 January 192131 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 99)Last surviving member of La Nueve.[73]French Liberation Army  Free France
Luigi Gorrini(1917-07-12)12 July 19178 November 2014(2014-11-08) (aged 97)Last surviving Italian flying ace.[74]Regia Aeronautica  Italy
Friedrich Grade(1916-03-29)29 March 191613 October 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 107)[75]Last surviving crew member of U-96.[76]Kriegsmarine  Germany
Louis Graziano (1923-02-06) 6 February 1923 (age 101)Last surviving witness to the German surrender.[77]US Army  United States
Jarmila Halbrštátová(1924-04-07)7 April 19242 December 2020(2020-12-02) (aged 96)Last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the Battle of Sokolovo.[78]Czechoslovak Army  Czechoslovakia
 Soviet Union
Russell Hamler1924 (1924) (aged 99)Last surviving member of Merrill's Marauders.[79][80][81]US Army  United States
Robert John Hanson(1920-05-25)25 May 19201 October 2005(2005-10-01) (aged 85)Last surviving crew member of the Memphis Belle.US Army Air Forces  United States
Reinhard Hardegen(1913-03-18)18 March 19139 June 2018(2018-06-09) (aged 105)Last surviving U-boat captain.[82]Kriegsmarine  Germany
Lloyd Harding1922 (aged 99)Last surviving member of Tasmania's 2/40th Battalion.[83]Australian Army  Australia
Shunroku Hata(1879-07-26)26 July 187910 May 1962(1962-05-10) (aged 82)Last surviving Japanese marshal (gensui).[84]Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
John Hemingway (1919-07-17) 17 July 1919 (age 104)Last surviving pilot of The Few.[note 12]Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Ervín Hoida(1918-11-30)30 November 1918 (aged 105)[90]Last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the Battle of France.[91]Czechoslovak Army  Czechoslovakia
 France
 United Kingdom
Ebou Janha1919 or 1920 (aged 102)Last surviving Gambian veteran.[92][93]Royal West African Frontier Force  The Gambia
Jack Jennings(1919-03-10)10 March 1919 (aged 104)[94]Last survivor of the Burma Death Railway.[95]British Army  United Kingdom
Vagn Baagø Jepsen1917 or 1918 (aged 100)[96]Last surviving Danish veteran of the battle of Haderslev.[97]Royal Danish Army  Denmark
James Jeremiah1924 or 1925 (aged 97)Last surviving Malaysian veteran.[98][99][100]Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Malaya
Johnny Johnson(1921-11-25)25 November 19217 December 2022(2022-12-07) (aged 101)Last surviving member of the Dambuster Raids.[101][102][note 13]Royal Air Force  United Kingdom
Ari Wong Kim(1924-01-16)16 January 192419 October 2023(2023-10-19) (aged 99)Last surviving veteran of French Polynesia.[104]French Liberation Army  Free France
Jiří Pavel Kafka [cz] (1924-05-02) 2 May 1924 (age 100)Last surviving Czechoslovak RAF airman and last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the Normandy landings.[105][106]Royal Air Force  Czechoslovakia
 United Kingdom
Norman Kleiss(1916-03-07)7 March 191622 April 2016(2016-04-22) (aged 100)Last surviving Battle of Midway dive bomber pilot.[107]US Navy  United States
Gertrud Koch

(1924-06-01)1 June 1924

21 June 2016(2016-06-21) (aged 92)

Last surviving member of the Edelweiss Pirates.German Resistance movement  Germany
Leon Kopelman(1924-04-26)26 April 192413 August 2021(2021-08-13) (aged 97)Last surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.[108][note 14]Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB)  Poland
Ilmari Koppinen (1918-01-08) 8 January 1918 (age 106)Last surviving Finnish veteran of the Mai Guba attack.[109]Finnish Army  Finland
Albert Kunyuku [fr](1922-05-10)10 May 192225 November 2022(2022-11-25) (aged 100)Last surviving Belgian Congolese veteran.[110]Force Publique  Belgian Congo
Petr Kotelnikov192921 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 91–92)Last surviving Soviet veteran of the Defense of Brest Fortress.[111]Red Army  Soviet Union
Boris Kravtsov (1922-12-28) 28 December 1922 (age 101)Last surviving wartime Hero of the Soviet Union.[112]Red Army  Soviet Union
Traute Lafrenz(1919-05-03)3 May 19196 March 2023(2023-03-06) (aged 103)[113]Last surviving White Rose.[114]German Resistance movement  Germany
Sakari Lahtinen(1923-09-29)29 September 192312 October 2022(2022-10-12) (aged 99)Last surviving Finnish volunteer in the Waffen-SS.[115]Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS  Finland
 Nazi Germany
Phyllis Latour(1921-04-08)8 April 19217 October 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 102)[116]Last surviving woman SOE agent to serve in France.[117]WAAF, SOE, French Resistance  United Kingdom
 Free France
Robert Laumans1920 (aged 93)Last surviving Belgian RAF pilot.[118]Royal Air Force  Belgium
 United Kingdom
Lee Hak-rae1925 (1925) (aged 96)Last surviving convicted Korean war criminal.[119][120]Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
William R. Leibold(1923-04-04)4 April 19233 November 2022(2022-11-03) (aged 99)Last surviving sailor of USS Tang (SS-306).[121]US Navy  United States
Charles W. Lindberg(1920-06-26)26 June 192024 June 2007(2007-06-24) (aged 86)Last surviving participant of the original Iwo Jima flag raising.[122]US Marine Corps  United States
Jan Linzel [nl](1915-12-07)7 December 19155 May 2019(2019-05-05) (aged 103)Last surviving Dutch pilot of the Battle for The Hague.[123]Army Aviation Brigade  Netherlands
Choi Lodthanong1920 or 1921 (aged 100 or 101)Last surviving Thai veteran of the Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan.[124][125]Royal Thai Air Force  Thailand
Frank Losonsky(1920-10-08)8 October 19206 February 2020(2020-02-06) (aged 99)Last surviving member of the Flying Tigers.[126][note 15]First American Volunteer Group
US Army Air Forces		  China
 United States
Jacques Lucien (1924-05-04) 4 May 1924 (age 100)Last surviving veteran of New Caledonia.[132][133]French Liberation Army  Free France
Tadeusz Lutak (1917-08-29) 29 August 1917 (age 106)Last surviving member of 1st Armoured Division.[134]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Mildred Dalton Manning(1914-07-11)11 July 19148 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 98)Last surviving Angel of Bataan and Corregidor.[135]US Army  United States
Ivan Martynushkin (1924-01-18) 18 January 1924 (age 100)Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[136][note 16]Red Army  Soviet Union
Petar Matić Dule (1920-07-06) 6 July 1920 (age 103)Last surviving National Hero of Yugoslavia.[137][138][note 17]Yugoslav Partisans  Yugoslavia
Kenneth Mayhew(1917-01-18)18 January 191713 May 2021(2021-05-13) (aged 104)Last surviving recipient of the Military Order of William.[141]British Army  United Kingdom
Zoë Maynard1926 (1926) (aged 92)Last surviving female Bahamian veteran.[142]Auxiliary Territorial Service  Bahamas
Frank McGovern(1919-10-01)1 October 191924 May 2023(2023-05-24) (aged 103)Last survivor of the sinking of HMAS Perth.[143][144][145]Royal Australian Navy  Australia
Michael I of Romania(1921-10-25)25 October 19215 December 2017(2017-12-05) (aged 96)Last surviving recipient of the Order of Victory.Romanian Armed Forces  Romania
Rochus Misch(1917-07-29)29 July 19175 September 2013(2013-09-05) (aged 96)Last surviving occupant of the Führerbunker.Schutzstaffel  Germany
Helge Milo1927 or 1928 (aged 94)Last surviving member of the Churchill Club.[146]Danish resistance movement  Denmark
José Carlos de Miranda Corrêa1919 or 1920 (aged 93)Last surviving Brazilian pilot.[147]Brazilian Air Force  Brazil
Ben Moide(1924-06-21)21 June 192430 December 2013(2013-12-30) (aged 89)Last surviving Papua New Guinean veteran.[148]Australian Army  Territory of Papua
Ujang Mormin1920 (1920) (aged 100)Last surviving veteran of the Battle of Pasir Panjang.[149]Royal Malay Regiment Malaya
Teruo Murakami1920 (1920)14 September 2023(2023-09-14) (aged 103)[150]Last survivor of the Cowra breakout.[151][152]Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
Ali Nadi1925 or 1926 (aged 91 or 92)Last surviving Moroccan Goumier.[153][154]French Liberation Army  Free France
 Morocco
Keiji Nagai1921 (1921) (aged 98)Last surviving Japanese veteran of the Battle of Peleliu.[155]Imperial Japanese Army  Japan
Chester Nez(1921-01-23)23 January 19214 June 2014(2014-06-04) (aged 93)Last surviving original Navajo code talker.[156]US Marine Corps  United States
Harald Nugiseks(1921-10-22)22 October 19212 January 2014(2014-01-02) (aged 92)Last surviving Estonian recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[157]Waffen-SS  Estonia
 Germany
Henry Parham(1921-11-15)15 November 19214 July 2021(2021-07-04) (aged 99)Last surviving African American veteran of the Normandy landings.[158]US Army  United States
John Payne1924 or 19252023 (aged 98)Last surviving British clearance diver.[159][160]Royal Navy  United Kingdom
Aleksander Pawelec(1915-12-13)13 December 19154 February 2019(2019-02-04) (aged 103)Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Kępa Oksywska.[161]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Steve Pisanos(1919-11-10)10 November 19196 June 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 96)Last surviving Eagle Squadrons pilot.[162]Royal Air Force
US Army Air Forces		  United Kingdom
 United States
Auguste Plénet1924[163] (aged 99)Last surviving veteran of French Guiana.[164]French Liberation Army  Free France
Alex Polowin(1924-04-15)15 April 192416 August 2022(2022-08-16) (aged 98)Last surviving crew member of HMCS Huron.[165]Royal Canadian Navy  Canada
Paul Priest (1925-12-25) 25 December 1925 (age 98)Last surviving veteran of the Battle of Remagen.[166]US Army  United States
Tom Pritchard (1921-08-24) 24 August 1921 (age 102)[167]Last surviving Australian veteran of the Siege of Tobruk.[168][note 18]Australian Army  Australia
August Rathke(1925-12-21)21 December 192525 November 2022(2022-11-25) (aged 96)Last surviving Norwegian veteran of the Norwegian Independent Company 1.[170]Special Operations Executive  Norway
 United Kingdom
Vasily Reshetnikov(1919-12-23)23 December 191920 March 2023(2023-03-20) (aged 103)Last Soviet participant of the bombing of Berlin.[171]Soviet Air Force  Soviet Union
Brant Robinson(1918-01-21)21 January 19187 August 2022(2022-08-07) (aged 104)Last surviving ANZAC veteran of the Battle of Crete.[172][173][174][175][note 19]New Zealand Military Forces  New Zealand
Willie Rogers(1915-04-12)12 April 191518 November 2016(2016-11-18) (aged 101)Last surviving original member of the Tuskegee airmen.[177]US Army Air Forces  United States
Joachim Rønneberg(1919-08-30)30 August 191921 October 2018(2018-10-21) (aged 99)Last surviving member of Operation Gunnerside.[178]Norwegian Resistance  Norway
Justus Rosenberg(1921-01-23)23 January 192130 October 2021(2021-10-30) (aged 100)Last surviving member of the Emergency Rescue Committee.[179]French Resistance  Free France
Eystein Røset(1922-12-28)28 December 192224 December 2022(2022-12-24) (aged 100)Last surviving Norwegian veteran of the Battle of Narvik.[180]Norwegian Army  Norway
Allan Russell1923 or 1924 (age 100–101)Last surviving member of Z Special Unit.[181][182]Australian Army  Australia
Dinko Šakić(1921-09-08)8 September 192120 July 2008(2008-07-20) (aged 86)Last surviving commander of a concentration camp.[183]Ustaše Supervisory Service  Independent State of Croatia
Jorge Sanjinez Lenz(1917-01-24)24 January 191724 August 2020(2020-08-24) (aged 103)Last surviving Latin American veteran of the Normandy landings.[184]Independent Belgian Brigade  Belgium
Jack Shearer(1921-09-07)7 September 192126 August 2022(2022-08-26) (aged 100)Last surviving member of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization.[185][186]US Navy[187]  United States
Ignacy Skowron(1915-07-24)24 July 19155 August 2012(2012-08-05) (aged 97)Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Westerplatte.[188]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Franciszek Skrzypczyk(1918-11-30)30 November 191822 July 2022(2022-07-22) (aged 103)[189]Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Kock.[190]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Edmond Schmickrath(1924-04-06)6 April 192422 November 2023(2023-11-22) (aged 99)Last surviving member of the Independent Belgian Brigade.[191]Free Belgian forces  Belgium
Clarence Smoyer(1923-06-25)25 June 192330 September 2022(2022-09-30) (aged 99)Last surviving member of the "Spearhead" 3rd Armored Division.[192]US Army  United States
Bill Sparks(1922-09-05)5 September 19221 December 2002(2002-12-01) (aged 80)Last surviving Cockleshell Hero.[193]Royal Marines  United Kingdom
Jan Stangryciuk-Black(1922-04-19)19 April 192222 October 2023(2023-10-22) (aged 101)Last surviving member of the Guinea Pig Club.[194]Royal Air Force  Poland
 United Kingdom
Erhard Stenzel [de](1925-02-05)5 February 192518 November 2021(2021-11-18) (aged 96)Last surviving German member of the French Resistance.[195]French Resistance
German Army		  Free France
 Germany
Gene Stephens(1918-07-13)13 July 191820 July 2018(2018-07-20) (aged 100)Last surviving member of the Military Police Corps.[196]United States Army  United States
Nancy Stratford (1919-06-12) 12 June 1919 (age 104)Last surviving Attagirl.[197]Air Transport Auxiliary  United Kingdom
Aleksander Tarnawski [pl](1921-01-08)8 January 19214 March 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 101)Last surviving Cichociemni.[198]Home Army  Poland
Arsène Tchakarian(1916-12-21)21 December 19164 August 2018(2018-08-04) (aged 101)Last surviving member of Groupe Manouchian.[199]French Resistance  Free France
Heinrich Trettner(1907-09-19)19 September 190718 September 2006(2006-09-18) (aged 98)Last surviving general of the Wehrmacht.Luftwaffe  Germany
Kazimierz Tumiński(1920-09-30)30 September 192015 October 2020(2020-10-15) (aged 100)Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Grodno.[200]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Sualua Tui Masaniai1922 (1922) (aged 97)Last surviving American Samoan veteran.[201][202]Fita Fita Guard  American Samoa
Theodore Van Kirk(1921-02-27)27 February 192128 July 2014(2014-07-28) (aged 93)Last surviving crew member of the Enola Gay.[203]US Army Air Forces  United States
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin(1922-07-10)10 July 19228 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 90)Last surviving member of the 20 July plot.[204]German Army  Germany
Aleksandr Vasilevsky(1895-09-30)30 September 18955 December 1977(1977-12-05) (aged 82)Last surviving wartime Marshal of the Soviet Union.Red Army  Soviet Union
Herbert Wahler (1921-12-10) 10 December 1921 (age 102)Last surviving member of Einsatzgruppe C.[205]Schutzstaffel  Germany
Józef Węgiel(1914-05-30)30 May 19144 April 2018(2018-04-04) (aged 103)Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Mława.[206]Polish Land Forces  Poland
Henry Weldon(1923-05-29)29 May 19235 October 2018(2018-10-05) (aged 95)Last surviving member of Underwater Demolition Team 10.[207][208]Office of Strategic Services
US Navy		  United States
Hershel W. Williams(1923-10-02)2 October 192329 June 2022(2022-06-29) (aged 98)Last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor.[209][note 20]US Marine Corps  United States
Masamitsu Yoshioka1917 or 1918 (age 105–106)Last surviving Japanese airman who attacked Pearl Harbor.[210][note 21]Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service  Japan
Billy Young1925 or 1926 (aged 96)Last survivor of the Sandakan POW Camp.[212][213]Australian Army  Australia
Jozef Zawitkowski(1922-02-20)20 February 192214 September 2018(2018-09-14) (aged 96)Last surviving member of the Ojciec Jan unit.[214]Home Army  Poland
Gerard Zinser(1918-05-31)31 May 191821 August 2001(2001-08-21) (aged 83)Last surviving crew member of PT-109.[215]US Navy  United States

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