List of last surviving World War II veterans explained

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

Veteran Birth DeathNotability Service Allegiance
1917 or 1918Last surviving veteran of the Battle of the Lys.[2] Belgian Armed Forces
11 September 1927Last surviving Italian partisan of Four Days of Naples.[3] Italian resistance movement
14 April 1920Last surviving member of the Hvidsten Group.[4] Danish resistance movement
13 January 1922Last surviving American triple flying ace.[5] US Army Air Forces
Last survivor of the Georgian uprising on Texel.[6] Georgian Legion
Last surviving Fijian veteran.[7] Fiji Infantry Regiment
19 October 1924Last surviving Monuments Man.[8] [9] US Army
12 June 1921Last surviving original member of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.[10] US Army
Last survivor of the sinking of battleship Roma.[11] Regia Marina
22 October 1922Last surviving soldier who stormed the Reichstag.[12] Red Army
9 November 1923Last surviving veteran of Operation Jaywick.[13] Royal Australian Navy
24 September 1924Last surviving veteran of Dominica.[14] British army
22 October 1912Last surviving torpedo rider of the Raid on Alexandria.[15] Italian: [[Regia Marina]]
21 July 1927Last surviving Bielski partisan.[16] Jewish partisans
28 December 1922Last survivor of the Malmedy massacre.[17] US Army
29 October 1920Last surviving member of the original WASP class.[18] Women Airforce Service Pilots
25 February 1923Last surviving Czechoslovak RAF pilot.[19] Royal Air Force
Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.[20] US Navy
29 April 1913Last surviving surgeon of the Normandy landings.[21] Territorial Army
1 March 1923Last surviving sailor of .[22] Royal Navy
3 February 1920Last surviving crew member of Old 666.[23] US Army Air Forces
6 January 1922Last surviving German flying ace.[24] German: [[Luftwaffe]]
12 February 1925[25] Last surviving Soviet woman combat aviator.[26] Soviet Air Forces
4 July 1919Last surviving pilot of Operation Vengeance.[27] [28] US Army Air Forces
12 February 1920Last surviving member of No. 151 Wing.Royal Air Force
21 January 1924Last surviving Mexican veteran.[29] [30] Mexican Air Force
24 July 1922Last surviving US Marine flying ace.[31] US Marine Corps
1920Last surviving Greek veteran.[32] Royal Hellenic Air Force
20 November 1921Last surviving Comanche code talker.[33] US Army
4 July 1924Last surviving crew member of the HMS Kipling.[34] Royal Navy
1924Last surviving Mongolian veteran of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol.[35] Mongolian People's Army
17 August 1920Last surviving Royal Navy veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation.[36] [37] Royal Navy
21 January 1920Last surviving Stalag Luft III escapee.[38] Royal Air Force
1 May 1896Last surviving American four-star officer.[39] US Army
7 September 1915Last surviving Doolittle Raider.[40] US Army Air Forces
13 September 1921 Last surviving crew member of the .[41] US Navy
20 May 1920Last surviving recipient of the Victoria Cross from WW2.[42] Royal Air Force
13 December 1924Last surviving member of the 5th Special Air Service.[43] [44] Belgian Resistance, Free Belgian Forces
Last surviving Spanish volunteer of the Blue Division.[45] German Army
Last surviving Buffalo Soldier of West Point.[46] US Army
5 February 1919Last surviving flying ace of the Romanian Air Force.[47] Romanian Air Force
16 September 1891Last surviving German German: [[Großadmiral]].[48] German: [[Kriegsmarine]]
5 June 1921Last surviving Canadian flying ace.[49] Royal Canadian Air Force
14 October 1890Last surviving American five-star officer.US Army
5 April 1920Last surviving member of the LANÇ.[50] Albanian Army
1 November 1922[51] Last surviving Merlinette.[52] French Liberation Army
25 January 1912Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Tczew.[53] Polish Land Forces
7 November 1918Last surviving partisan of Italian: [[Gruppi di Azione Patriottica]].[54] Italian: [[Corpo Volontari della Libertà]] Italy
3 November 1919Last surviving member of Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain.[55] Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain
11 April 1917Last surviving Canadian veteran of the Battle of Hong Kong.[56] Canadian Army
24 September 1924Last surviving member of Easy Company.[57] US Army
27 October 1922[58] Last surviving French veteran of the Normandy landings.[59] Free French Naval Forces
28 May 1922Last surviving recipient of the Mannerheim Cross.[60] Finnish Army
6 August 1920Last surviving Companion of the Order of Liberation.[61] French Resistance
24 April 1921Last survivor of the Ambon Island POW camp.[62] Australian Army
14 February 1925Last surviving member of the Māori Battalion.[63] [64] New Zealand Military Forces
19 November 1922Last surviving pilot of the Polish Air Forces.[65] Royal Air Force
21 January 1921Last surviving member of Spanish; Castilian: [[La Nueve]].[66] French Liberation Army
12 July 1917Last surviving Italian flying ace.[67] Italian: [[Regia Aeronautica]]
29 March 1916[68] Last surviving crew member of U-96.[69] German: [[Kriegsmarine]]
6 February 1923Last surviving witness to the German surrender.[70] US Army
1919Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Mikołów.[71] Polish Land Forces
7 April 1924Last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the Battle of Sokolovo.[72] Czechoslovak Army
Last surviving member of Merrill's Marauders.[73] [74] [75] US Army
25 May 1920Last surviving crew member of the Memphis Belle.US Army Air Forces
18 March 1913Last surviving U-boat captain.[76] German: [[Kriegsmarine]]
Last surviving member of Tasmania's 2/40th Battalion.[77] Australian Army
26 July 1879Last surviving Japanese marshal (Japanese: [[Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army)|gensui]]).[78] Imperial Japanese Army
17 July 1919Last surviving pilot of The Few.Royal Air Force
30 November 1918[79] Last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the Battle of France.[80] Czechoslovak Army

Last surviving Gambian veteran.[81] [82] Royal West African Frontier Force
10 March 1919[83] Last survivor of the Burma Death Railway.[84] British Army
1917 or 1918[85] Last surviving Danish veteran of the battle of Haderslev.[86] Royal Danish Army
Last surviving Malaysian veteran.[87] [88] [89] Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Malaya
25 November 1921Last surviving member of the Dambuster Raids.[90] [91] Royal Air Force
5 July 1923Last surviving OSS OG member.[92] Office of Strategic Services
16 January 1924Last surviving veteran of French Polynesia.[93] French Liberation Army
2 May 1924Last surviving Czechoslovak RAF airman and last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the Normandy landings.[94] [95] Royal Air Force
7 March 1916Last surviving Battle of Midway dive bomber pilot.[96] US Navy
1 June 1924Last surviving member of the Edelweiss Pirates.German Resistance movement
26 April 1924Last surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.[97] Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB)
8 January 1918Last surviving Finnish veteran of the Mai Guba attack.[98] Finnish Army
25 March 1919Last surviving Dutch veteran of the Battle of the Afsluitdijk.[99] Royal Netherlands Army
10 May 1922Last surviving Belgian Congolese veteran.[100] French: [[Force Publique]]
1929Last surviving Soviet veteran of the Defense of Brest Fortress.[101] Red Army
28 December 1922Last surviving wartime Hero of the Soviet Union.[102] Red Army
3 May 1919[103] Last surviving White Rose.[104] German Resistance movement
29 September 1923Last surviving Finnish volunteer in the Waffen-SS.[105] Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS
8 April 1921[106] Last surviving woman SOE agent to serve in France.[107] WAAF, SOE, French Resistance
Last Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel (Indigenous New Guineans who acted as porters, guides and medics for Australian soldiers in New Guinea.)[108] [109] Australian Army
1920Last surviving Belgian RAF pilot.[110] Royal Air Force
Lee Hak-raeLast surviving convicted Korean war criminal.[111] [112] Imperial Japanese Army
4 April 1923Last surviving sailor of .[113] US Navy
26 June 1920Last surviving participant of the original Iwo Jima flag raising.[114] US Marine Corps
7 December 1915Last surviving Dutch pilot of the Battle for The Hague.[115] Army Aviation Brigade
Last surviving Thai veteran of the Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan.[116] [117] Royal Thai Air Force
8 October 1920Last surviving member of the Flying Tigers.[118] First American Volunteer Group
US Army Air Forces
4 May 1924Last surviving veteran of New Caledonia.[119] [120] French Liberation Army
11 July 1914Last surviving Angel of Bataan and Corregidor.[121] US Army
18 January 1924Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[122] Red Army
6 July 1920Last surviving National Hero of Yugoslavia.[123] [124] Yugoslav Partisans
18 January 1917Last surviving recipient of the Military Order of William.[125] British Army
Last surviving female Bahamian veteran.[126] Auxiliary Territorial Service
1 October 1919Last survivor of the sinking of .[127] [128] [129] Royal Australian Navy
1921Last surviving Italian veteran of the Battle of Cape Matapan.[130] [131] Italian Navy
Michael I of Romania25 October 1921Last surviving recipient of the Order of Victory.Romanian Armed Forces
29 July 1917Last surviving occupant of the Führerbunker.German: [[Schutzstaffel]]
Last surviving member of the Churchill Club.[132] Danish resistance movement
Last surviving Brazilian pilot.[133] Brazilian Air Force
21 June 1924Last surviving Papua New Guinean veteran.[134] Australian Army
Last surviving veteran of the Battle of Pasir Panjang.[135] Royal Malay Regiment Malaya
[136] Last survivor of the Cowra breakout.[137] [138] Imperial Japanese Army
Last surviving Moroccan Goumier.[139] [140] French Liberation Army
Last surviving Japanese veteran of the Battle of Peleliu.[141] Imperial Japanese Army
23 January 1921Last surviving original Navajo code talker.[142] US Marine Corps
1922Last surviving member of the Holger Danske.[143] Danish resistance movement
22 October 1921Last surviving Estonian recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[144] German: [[Waffen-SS]]
15 November 1921Last surviving African American veteran of the Normandy landings.[145] US Army
1924 or 19252023 (aged 98)Last surviving British clearance diver.[146] [147] Royal Navy
13 December 1915Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Kępa Oksywska.[148] Polish Land Forces
10 November 1919Last surviving Eagle Squadrons pilot.[149] Royal Air Force
US Army Air Forces
1924[150] Last surviving veteran of French Guiana.[151] French Liberation Army
15 April 1924Last surviving crew member of HMCS Huron.[152] Royal Canadian Navy
27 December 1922Last surviving Italian veteran of Battle of Nikolayevka.[153] Royal Italian Army
25 December 1925Last surviving veteran of the Battle of Remagen.[154] US Army
24 August 1921[155] [156] Last surviving Australian veteran of the Siege of Tobruk.[157] Australian Army
21 December 1925Last surviving Norwegian veteran of the Norwegian Independent Company 1.[158] Special Operations Executive
23 December 1919Last Soviet participant of the bombing of Berlin.[159] Soviet Air Force
21 January 1918Last surviving ANZAC veteran of the Battle of Crete.[160] [161] [162] [163] New Zealand Military Forces
12 April 1915Last surviving original member of the Tuskegee airmen.[164] US Army Air Forces
30 August 1919Last surviving member of Operation Gunnerside.[165] Norwegian Resistance
23 January 1921Last surviving member of the Emergency Rescue Committee.[166] French Resistance
28 December 1922Last surviving Norwegian veteran of the Battle of Narvik.[167] Norwegian Army
Last surviving member of Z Special Unit.[168] [169] Australian Army
8 September 1921Last surviving commander of a concentration camp.[170] Ustaše Supervisory Service
24 January 1917Last surviving Latin American veteran of the Normandy landings.[171] Independent Belgian Brigade
7 September 1921Last surviving member of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization.[172] [173] US Navy[174]
24 July 1915Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Westerplatte.[175] Polish Land Forces
30 November 1918[176] Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Kock.[177] Polish Land Forces
6 April 1924Last surviving member of the Independent Belgian Brigade.[178] Free Belgian forces
25 June 1923Last surviving member of the "Spearhead" 3rd Armored Division.[179] US Army
5 September 1922Last surviving Cockleshell Hero.[180] Royal Marines
19 April 1922Last surviving member of the Guinea Pig Club.[181] Royal Air Force
5 February 1925Last surviving German member of the French Resistance.[182] French Resistance
German Army
13 July 1918Last surviving member of the Military Police Corps.[183] United States Army
12 June 1919Last surviving Attagirl.[184] Air Transport Auxiliary
8 January 1921Last surviving Polish: [[Cichociemni]].[185] Home Army
21 December 1916Last surviving member of French: [[Groupe Manouchian]].[186] French Resistance
1923[187] Last surviving veteran of the Battle of the River Plate.[188] Royal Navy
19 September 1907Last surviving general of the Wehrmacht.German: [[Luftwaffe]]
30 September 1920Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Grodno.[189] Polish Land Forces
Last surviving American Samoan veteran.[190] [191] Fita Fita Guard
27 February 1921Last surviving crew member of the Enola Gay.[192] US Army Air Forces
10 July 1922Last surviving member of the 20 July plot.[193] German Army
30 September 1895Last surviving wartime Marshal of the Soviet Union.Red Army
10 December 1921Last surviving member of German: [[Einsatzgruppe C]].[194] German: [[Schutzstaffel]]
30 May 1914Last surviving Polish veteran of the Battle of Mława.[195] Polish Land Forces
29 May 1923Last surviving member of Underwater Demolition Team 10.[196] [197] Office of Strategic Services
US Navy
2 October 1923Last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor.[198] US Marine Corps
Last surviving Japanese airman who attacked Pearl Harbor.[199] Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Last survivor of the Sandakan POW Camp.[200] [201] Australian Army
20 February 1922Last surviving member of the Polish: [[Ojciec Jan]] unit.[202] Home Army
31 May 1918Last surviving crew member of PT-109.[203] US Navy

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Mesdag . Joyce . 2020-12-16 . Laatste oud-strijder Leieslag Aimé Acton (102) overleden . 2024-02-08 . . nl.
  3. Web site: E' morto Antonio Amoretti, l'ultimo partigiano delle Quattro Giornate di Napoli . 23 December 2022 .
  4. Web site: Det sidste medlem af Hvidstengruppen er død - TV 2 . 17 August 2017 .
  5. https://avgeekery.com/wwii-triple-ace-col-bud-anderson-has-passed-away/ WWII Triple-Ace Col Bud Anderson Has Passed Away
  6. News: Last survivor of WWII Georgian uprising on Texel dies, age 102 . 12 August 2021 . DutchNews.nl . 9 October 2022.
  7. News: WW2 Veteran laid to rest . Sainiani . Boila . 21 February 2020 . FBC News . 12 September 2021.
  8. News: Is Saving Art Worth Lives? . Jewish Journal . 9 November 2020 . Amalia . Abecassis . 24 October 2021.
  9. News: Langer . Emily . Richard Barancik, last of 'monuments men' from World War II, dies at 98 . Washington Post . 31 July 2023.
  10. News: Clarence Beavers, Last of a Black Paratroop Unit, Dies at 96. Sam. Roberts. 13 December 2017. New York Times.
  11. News: Bellazzini, l'ultimo marinaio della Corazzata Roma ricorda i suoi compagni morti alla Maddalena. "Per loro vorrei un monumento" (R. Bobbio) . 8 September 2023 .
  12. News: Le dernier soldat de l'armée rouge parti à l'assaut du Reichstag est mort . CNEWS . 16 December 2015 . fr . 1 October 2021.
  13. News: 6 September 2020. Sailor was last surviving member of daring Singapore mission. Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 2021.
  14. https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/general/major-twistleton-twist-bertrand-dominicas-last-world-war-veteran-bids-us-farewell/
  15. News: Childs . Martin . Obituary: Emilio Bianchi, navy diver . 7 October 2022 . The Scotsman . 26 August 2015.
  16. News: Duffy . Peter . Heroes Among Us . 9 May 2021 . The New York Times . 28 May 2000.
  17. News: World War II veteran Harold Billow, last survivor of Malmedy Massacre, honored with funeral procession . Lancaster Online . Blaine . Shahan . 26 May 2022 . 7 June 2022.
  18. Web site: Betty C.G.T. Blake. Veteran Tributes. Veteran Tributes, Gulfport, MS. 19 September 2015.
  19. News: Emil Bocek, last Czech RAF pilot during WWII, dies at 100 . 17 April 2023 . AP News . 25 March 2023 . en.
  20. News: 'A lonely sailor doing his job': Cleatus Lebow, USS Indianapolis survivor remembered . Michael . Cuviello . 9 October 2022 . Yahoo.com . Amarillo Globe-News . 9 October 2022.
  21. Web site: BREWER, Arthur Clifford [1913-2017] ]. Liverpool Footprints . 3 October 2022.
  22. News: 23 October 2011. Ted Briggs: Last survivor of the battleship HMS 'Hood', sunk by the 'Bismarck' in 1941 . 4 November 2021 . The Independent.
  23. Book: Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission That Changed the War in the Pacific . 304 . 9781476774862 . Simon & Schuster . 2017 . Bob . Drury . Tom . Clavin.
  24. Web site: Hugo Broch, el último as alemán de la Segunda Guerra Mundial que aún vive. Defensa Y Aviacion. 11 June 2022. 10 September 2022. es.
  25. https://regions.ru/schelkovo/obshchestvo/ushla-iz-zhizni-legendarnaya-zhitelnitsa-schelkova-galina-brok-beltsova
  26. News: Dixon. Robyn. Robyn Dixon (journalist). 8 May 2020. This woman flew Soviet combat missions in WWII. She is the last one left.. The Washington Post. Mytischchi. 11 September 2021.
  27. News: Douglas Canning 1919 - 2016. Legacy (Orlando Sentinel) . 18 April 2016 . 9 January 2021.
  28. Book: Sheppard, Si . We Killed Yamamoto . Bloomsbury . 2020 . 9781472837875 . Douglas Canning, the last survivor of the Yamamoto mission, died in 2016..
  29. News: Last of Mexico's 'Aztec Eagles' World War II veterans dies at age 98 . NBC News . Associated Press . 2 December 2022 . 3 January 2023 . The last veteran of Mexico's relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died, Mexico's Defense Department announced Thursday..
  30. News: ¿Quién fue Horacio Castilleja Albarrán, el veterano mexicano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial? . SDP Noticias . es-mx . Eduardo . Carrasco . 3 December 2022 . 3 January 2023.
  31. News: 'I wanted to fly': Austin veteran and last living WWII Marine flying ace reflects on near-century of life . Kelsey . Bradshaw . 2 July 2021 . Austin American-Statesman . 10 September 2021.
  32. News: Greek President Pays Tribute to Last WWII Survivor, Air Marshal Chatzilakos, who Died Aged 102 . November 29, 2022 . Athens News Agency . The National Herald . 19 December 2022.
  33. Web site: A Man Not Forgotten: Charles Chibitty . US Army . 12 September 2021.
  34. Web site: Royal Navy: Last survivor of HMS Kipling turns 100 as Portsmouth veteran enjoys "marvellous" birthday . portsmouth.co.uk . 28 July 2024.
  35. Web site: Дайн, байлдаанд оролцсон 52 ахмад дайчин байгаагаас хоёр нь эмэгтэй . 10 February 2023 .
  36. News: Lawrence Churcher obituary . 11 September 2023 . The Times . 5 September 2023 . en.
  37. News: Andrews . Charlotte . Lawrence Churcher: Funeral for last known Royal Navy Dunkirk veteran . 11 September 2023 . BBC News . 31 August 2023.
  38. News: Dick Churchill, Last Survivor of 'The Great Escape,' Dies at 99 . Daniel E. . Slotnik . 26 February 2019 . New York Times . 10 September 2021.
  39. News: Gen. Mark Clark Dies at 87; Last of World War II Chiefs; Conqueror of Rome . New York Times . Wolfgang . Saxon . 17 April 1984 . 1 October 2021.
  40. Web site: Lt Col Dick Cole, last surviving Doolittle Raider, passes away at age 103 . Andrew . Stephens . 9 April 2019 . United States Air Force . 10 September 2021.
  41. Web site: Lou Conter, last living USS Arizona survivor after Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102 . Cecilio . Padilla . 1 April 2024 . CBS News . 1 April 2024.
  42. News: Britain's last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross hero turns 100 . Ben . Philip . 20 May 2020 . BBC News. 10 September 2021.
  43. News: Belgian SAS co-founder Jaak Daemen dies aged 97 . The Brussels Times . 9 August 2022 . Dylan . Carter . 17 August 2022.
  44. Web site: In memoriam Jaak Daemen 13-12-1924 - 6-8-2022 . nl . Bert . Blaauw . Beautiful Pekela . 8 August 2022 . 16 September 2022.
  45. Web site: La División Azul combatió con heroísmo en el frente oriental frente a los soviéticos y los que sobrevivieron volvieron a España. Esto ocurría hace 82 años, en 1941. De Gregorio, se fue voluntario a Rusia con 20 años . 22 September 2023 .
  46. News: Glenmont man, 101, believed to be last living Buffalo Soldier . WNYT . 9 February 2023 . 11 February 2023.
  47. Web site: România a pierdut un erou din cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial. Mesajul Armatei pentru ultimul as al Aviaţiei. 25 September 2021. Mediafax.ro. ro.
  48. Web site: Karl Dönitz † . spiegel.de . 4 January 1981 . 3 October 2022 . de.
  49. Web site: Stocky Edwards, great Canadian fighter ace who applied his duck-shooting skills to destroying enemy aircraft – obituary . telegraph.co.uk . 18 May 2022 . 8 October 2022.
  50. Web site: Telegraf . Gazeta . Profesor Ismet Elezi: Penalisti me moshën e shtetit . 21 May 2022 . Gazeta Telegraf . 4 April 2020 . sq.
  51. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069180213228
  52. News: Les "Merlinettes", héroïnes oubliées de la seconde guerre mondiale . Le Monde . 2021-05-13 . Benoît . Hopquin . fr . 2022-09-10.
  53. Web site: Odszedł ostatni obrońca tczewskich mostów . 8 April 2013 .
  54. Mario Fiorentini (1918–2022): The Last Partisan . Jacobin . David . Broder . 9 August 2022 . 12 October 2022.
  55. Web site: Zmarł por. Mieczysław Frąckiewicz, najstarszy weteran Polskich Sił Powietrznych .
  56. News: Veteran Hormidas Fredette was last Canadian survivor of Battle of Hong Kong . The Globe and Mail . 20 December 2023 .
  57. News: Last member of "Band of Brothers" has died . WCBI. 4 July 2022 . Eric. Lampkin. 5 July 2022.
  58. News: Léon Gautier: Last French D-Day fighter dies aged 100 . 3 July 2023 .
  59. News: France honours last survivor of French D-Day commando unit . Reuters . 18 June 2021 . 10 September 2021.
  60. News: Tuomas Gerdt, won the Mannerheim Cross fighting for Finland against the Soviets – obituary . 27 November 2020 . The Telegraph. 27 January 2022.
  61. News: Macron honours France's last surviving WWII heroes . 18 June 2021 . France 24 . AFP . 11 September 2021.
  62. News: 'You just have to go on': talking to the last survivor of Ambon . 15 August 2020 . The Age . Tony . Wright . 1 October 2021.
  63. News: A Knight of the Italian Republic honours the 28th Māori Battalion . 12 October 2019 . Kereama . Wright . Te Ao Māori News . 1 January 2022.
  64. News: Last surviving member of 28th Māori Battalion to be knighted . 31 December 2021 . Jamie . Tahana . Radio New Zealand . 1 January 2022.
  65. Web site: JERZY GŁÓWCZEWSKI, LAST SURVIVING POLISH-BORN WWII RAF PILOT SUCCUMBS TO COVID-19 . Claire . Barrett . 20 May 2020 . History.net . 14 October 2022.
  66. News: Rafael Gómez Nieto, Last Member of Unit That Helped Liberate Paris, Dies at 99 . Raphael . Minder . 5 April 2020 . New York Times . 1 October 2021.
  67. News: Savoia . Carmine . Farewell to the last Ace of the Air Force: Luigi Gorrini . 9 October 2022 . Difesa Online . 14 November 2014.
  68. Web site: Mit 107 Jahren in Bornheim gestorben: Er fuhr auf dem berühmten U-Boot 96 mit - Friedrich Grade ist tot . 17 October 2023 .
  69. Web site: "Als junger Mensch sieht man die Gefahren nicht so sehr". 29 August 2019. 11 September 2022. Schweriner Volkszeitung. de.
  70. News: Georgia WWII veteran receives French Legion of Honor . Jeremy . Redmon . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 17 September 2021 . 1 October 2021.
  71. Web site: Pogrzeb ostatniego weterana . 15 January 2014 . 29 July 2024 .
  72. News: Zemřela poslední pamětnice bojů u Sokolova Jarmila Halbrštátová . cs . 2 December 2020 . "Jarmila Halbrštátová, the last veteran of the battle at Sokolov, the last survivor of the combat journey from Buzuluk to Prague, the last veteran of the 1st Company, has died," publicist Jiří Klůc recalled. . . 6 July 2022.
  73. News: Baker . Jackson . 18 January 2023 . #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Russell Hamler . . 28 December 2023.
  74. News: Olson . Wyatt . 27 December 2023 . Russell Hamler, last of famed WWII Merrill's Marauders, dies at age 99 . Stars and Stripes . 28 December 2023.
  75. News: 28 December 2023 . Russell Hamler, thought to be the last of WWII Merrill's Marauders jungle-fighting unit, dies at 99 . Associated Press . 28 December 2023.
  76. News: Reinhard Hardegen, U-boat commander who menaced American shores, dies at 105 . Harrison . Smith . 18 June 2018 . Washington Post . 16 October 2021 . He was 105, and considered the last surviving captain of an Unterseeboot, when he died June 9.
  77. News: Last living member of Tasmania's 2/40th Battalion dies at 99 . ABC Hobart . 7 February 2021 . 16 October 2022.
  78. Web site: General Shunroku Hata . Harry S. Truman Library . National Archives . 1 October 2021.
  79. Web site: Zemřel Ervín Hoida, bojoval na západní frontě a osobně se znal s Gabčíkem a Kubišem .
  80. News: Poslední z hrdinů. Záhy oslaví 105. narozeniny válečný veterán, který znal osobně Kubiše a Gabčíka . 14 November 2023 . reportermagazin.cz . 12 November 2023 . Czech.
  81. News: The last warrior of Africa's 'Forgotten Army': Gambia and WWII . Al-Jazeera . Will . McBain . 14 November 2021 . 15 November 2021.
  82. News: Gambia's last remaining World War II veteran dies aged 102 . Adama . Makasuba . 2 July 2022 . Gambiana . 22 July 2022.
  83. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-68049226 Death of man thought to be Burma Railway last survivor
  84. News: 'Death railway' veteran Jack Jennings turns 103 with sing-along . BBC News . 10 March 2022 . 3 October 2022.
  85. Web site: Vagn Baagø Jepsen | Dødsannoncer i Danmark .
  86. Web site: Krigsveteranen Vagn Baagø Jepsen er faldet, 100 år. | jv.dk . 4 September 2018 .
  87. News: War has no victors, says last surviving WWII vet . Susan . Loone . 27 May 2017 . Malaysia Kini . 23 November 2022 . Jeremiah is the last surviving Commonwealth veteran who fought during the Japanese invasion of Malaya in WWII.
  88. News: Last surviving World War II veteran pays tribute to war heroes . Mohamed . Basyir . 17 November 2019 . New Straits Times . 22 November 2022.
  89. News: Malaysia's last WWII veteran passes away at the age of 97 . The Star . 1 July 2022 . Tan Sin . Chow . Malaysia . 1 July 2022.
  90. News: The day the last surviving Dambuster, Johnny Johnson, came to Shoreham . Worthing Herald . Elaine . Hammond . 18 May 2020 . 13 September 2021.
  91. News: Last surviving Dambuster, George Leonard 'Johnny' Johnson, dies aged 101 - report . Sky News . 9 December 2022 . 8 December 2022.
  92. News: Ellsworth Johnson, Last Survivor of a Secret Army Unit, Dies at 100 . The New York Times . 6 October 2023 . 28 July 2024 . Roberts . Sam .
  93. Web site: Disparition d'Ari Wong Kim . 21 October 2023 .
  94. News: Poslední Čech u RAF: Táta mi řekl, že jestli se chci zabít, ať si to zařídím . 27 September 2023 . Seznam Zprávy . 2 May 2023 . Czech.
  95. News: 'Obdivuhodný příklad.' Český veterán RAF Jiří Kafka oslavil sté narozeniny, gratulaci dostal i od krále . 11 May 2024 . iRozhlas.cz . 2 May 2024 . Czech.
  96. News: Norman 'Dusty' Kleiss, Battle of Midway hero, dies at 100 . CNN . Richard . Roth . 25 April 2016 . 10 September 2021.
  97. News: Last known surviving fighter of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising dies at age 97 . 13 August 2021 . Times of Israel . 11 September 2021.
  98. Web site: Ilmari Koppinen, 106, on legendaarisen iskun viimeinen veteraani .
  99. News: De kazematten van Kornwerderzand . 13 August 2020 . 29 July 2024.
  100. News: Corporal Albert Kunyuku decorated by King Philippe of Belgium . Agence Congolaise de Presse (ACP) . 8 June 2022 . 9 June 2022.
  101. Web site: Умер последний защитник Брестской крепости Петр Котельников - ТАСС .
  102. Web site: Последний Герой великой войны: как живет столетний Борис Кравцов. Moskovskij Komsomolets. Russian. 27 December 2022. 30 March 2024.
  103. Web site: Letzte Überlebende der Weißen Rose ist tot . 9 March 2023 .
  104. News: Traute Lafrenz erhält Bundesverdienstkreuz . . 3 May 2019 . 3 October 2022 . de.
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