List of surviving veterans of World War II

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945).

List

A – 70 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Fortunato Abat	June 10, 1925(1925-06-10)	Secretary DND, Ambassador to China, and CG Philippine Army	Philippine Commonwealth Army	Philippines
Joe Abbey	March 21, 1925(1925-03-21)	American football player		United States
Henry Abraham	August 25, 1921(1921-08-25)	Judiciary scholar	United States Army	United States
Reuel Abraham	1924	Hitler Youth member	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
S. Daniel Abraham	1924	Businessman & billionaire		United States
Mansur Abdulin	September 14, 1923(1923-09-14)	Soldier	Battle of Stalingrad, 66th Guards Rifle Division	Soviet Union
Raymond L. Acosta	May 31, 1925(1925-05-31)	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Robert Adair	1924	Physicist	United States Army	United States
Ken Adam	February 5, 1921(1921-02-05)	Film production designer; Dr. No, Goldfinger	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Dick Adams	April 8, 1920(1920-04-08)	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Lee Adams	August 14, 1924(1924-08-14)	American songwriter	United States Army	United States
Richard Adams	May 9, 1920(1920-05-09)	Writer; Watership Down	British Army	United Kingdom
Bob Addis	November 6, 1925(1925-11-06)	American baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Ben Agajanian	August 28, 1919(1919-08-28)	American football player	United States Army	United States
Daniel Akaka	September 11, 1924(1924-09-11)	U.S. Congressman	Corps of Engineers, 1943–1947	United States
Rico Alaniz	October 25, 1919(1919-10-25)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Arthur Alarcon	August 14, 1925(1925-08-14)	Judge	United States Army	United States
Giorgio Albertazzi	August 20, 1923(1923-08-20)	Actor and film director	Italian Social Republic	Italy
Donald J. Albosta	December 5, 1925(1925-12-05)	Politician	United States Navy	USA
Karl Albrecht	February 20, 1920(1920-02-20)	Entrepreneur	Wehrmacht	Nazi Germany
Ruggero J. Aldisert	November 10, 1919(1919-11-10)	American Judge	United States Marine Corps, Major, 1942–1946	United States
Brian Aldiss	August 18, 1925(1925-08-18)	Author	British Army	United Kingdom
David Alexander	1926	British officer	Royal Marines	United Kingdom
Bruce Alger	June 12, 1918(1918-06-12)	Politician; Texas representative (1955-1965)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Frank Allen	August 21, 1923(1923-08-21)	Football player	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Keith Allen	August 21, 1923(1923-08-21)	NHL hockey player	Played for the Saskatoon Navy (1943–1945)	Canada
Marshall Allen	May 25, 1924(1924-05-25)	Avant-garde & free jazz alto saxophone player	United States Army	United States
Marty Allen	March 23, 1922(1922-03-23)	Comic; half of the Allen and Rossi comedy duo	Sergeant, United States Army Air Corps	United States
Vic Allen	1923	Academic & Emeritus Professor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Edward A. Allworth	December 1, 1920(1920-12-01)	Historian	Platoon Leader, 2d Lieutenant, and Adjutant, in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, in the Normandy invasion and the Division's battles thereafter through the Allied World War II victory in Northern Europe	United States
Trigger Alpert	September 3, 1916(1916-09-03)	Jazz double-bassist	United States Army	United States
Karl-Heinz Altermann	June 4, 1922(1922-06-04)	Hauptmann	Heer	Nazi Germany
Gene Amdahl	November 16, 1922(1922-11-16)	Computer designer	United States Navy	United States
Nicholas Amer	September 29, 1923(1923-09-29)	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Brad Anderson	May 24, 1924(1924-05-24)	Cartoonist	United States Navy	United States
Bud Anderson	January 13, 1922(1922-01-13)	American World War II triple ace fighter pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Earl E. Anderson	June 24, 1919(1919-06-24)	American General	Served on the USS Yorktown, Battles of Coral Sea and Midway	United States
Gordon Anderson	September 16, 1924(1924-09-16)	Football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
John B. Anderson	February 15, 1922(1922-02-15)	American politician; Illinois representative (1961-1981) and 1980 Independent Party presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Michael Anderson	January 30, 1920(1920-01-30)	Film director; Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run	British Army	United Kingdom
Philip W. Anderson	December 13, 1923(1923-12-13)	Physicist	United States Naval Research Laboratory, 1943–1945	United States
Richard Lloyd Anderson	1926 (age 97–98)	Emeritus professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Mark Andrews	May 19, 1926(1926-05-19)	Politician	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Roger Angell	September 19, 1920(1920-09-19)	Sportswriter and editor; The New Yorker	United States Army	United States
Heinz Angelmaier	July 22, 1918(1918-07-22)	Hauptmann	Heer	Nazi Germany
Ray Anthony	January 20, 1922(1922-01-20)	Bandleader and trumpter	United States Navy	United States
Karl-Otto Apel	March 15, 1922(1922-03-15)	Philosopher	Wehrmacht	Nazi Germany
Frank Pierpoint Appleby	December 23, 1913(1913-12-23)	Politician; member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1975–1986)	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Stuart Archer	February 3, 1915(1915-02-03)	Oldest living recipient of the George Cross	British Army	United Kingdom
Rugger Ardizoia	November 20, 1919(1919-11-20)	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Joe Arenas	December 12, 1925(1925-12-12)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Moshe Arens	December 27, 1925(1925-12-27)	Aeronautical engineer and politician	United States Army Corps of Engineers	United States
George Ariyoshi	March 12, 1926(1926-03-12)	Politician; governor or Hawaii (1974–1986)	United States Army	United States
Peter Armitage	July 15, 1924(1924-07-15)	Statistician	Ministry of Supply	United Kingdom
Bill Arnsparger	December 16, 1926(1926-12-16)	Football coach	United States Marines	United States
Sark Arslanian	February 4, 1924(1924-02-04)	Football coach		United States
William Ash	November 30, 1917(1917-11-30)	Writer & Marxist	Royal Canadian Air Force	United Kingdom
Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe	March 31, 1924(1924-03-31)	British peer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Horace Ashenfelter	January 23, 1923(1923-01-23)	Olympic athlete		United States
Edward Ashmore	December 11, 1919(1919-12-11)	Admiral of the Fleet	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Harold Atcherley	August 30, 1918(1918-08-30)	Businessman, public figure, and arts administrator	British Army	United Kingdom
Xavier Atencio	July 1919 (age 92)	American animator	U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941 to 1945, Captain, 2nd Photo Tech Squadron	United States
David Atlas	May 25, 1924(1924-05-25)	Radar meteorologist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
William Henry Atkinson	April 22, 1923(1923-04-22)	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Richard Attenborough	August 29, 1923(1923-08-29)	Film director (Gandhi) and actor (Jurassic Park)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Paul Aussaresses	November 7, 1918(1918-11-07)	Army general	French Army	France
Erich Axthammer	December 3, 1920(1920-12-03)	Oberfeldwebel & miner	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Dick Ayers	April 28, 1924(1924-04-28)	Cartoonist	Army Air Corps	United States
William Brantley Aycock	October 24, 1915(1915-10-24)	Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	U.S. Army, Colonel. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit.	United States

B – 158 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Tim M. Babcock	October 27, 1919(1919-10-27)	16th Governor of Montana (1962-1969)	United States Army	United States
Sheldon Bach	1925	Psychologist	European Theatre of Operations	United States
Charles Bachman	December 11, 1924(1924-12-11)	Computer scientist	Anti-Aircraft Artillery Corps	United States
Robert L. Backman	March 22, 1922(1922-03-22)	Lawyer, politician	U.S. Army in the Philippines	United States
Paul Bacon	December 25, 1923(1923-12-25)	Graphic designer & jazz musician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Peter Badie	May 17, 1925(1925-05-17)	Jazz bass guitarist	United States Navy, 1942–45	United States
Ralph Baer	March 8, 1922(1922-03-08)	Inventor; created the first video game console	U.S. Army	United States
Egon Bahr	March 18, 1922(1922-03-18)	Politician	Wehrmacht, 1942–1944	Nazi Germany
Joe Bailon	March 18, 1923(1923-03-18)	Car customizer; created the candy apple red paint color	U.S. Army	United States
Thomas Baird	May 17, 1924(1924-05-17)	Royal Navy admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Cass Ballenger	December 6, 1926(1926-12-06)	Politician	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Bob Baker	February 9, 1924(1924-02-09)	Puppeteer & ventriloquist	United States Army	United States
Howard Baker	November 15, 1925(1925-11-15)	Senator, White House Chief of Staff	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Richard Baker	June 15, 1925(1925-06-15)	Broadcaster & radio personality	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Ronald James Baker	August 24, 1924(1924-08-24)	Academic administrator	Royal Air Force	Canada
Russell Baker	August 14, 1925(1925-08-14)	Author & columnist	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Walter Balderson	September 19, 1926(1926-09-19)	Television pioneer	United States Navy, on board the USS George K. MacKenzie	United States
Alvin Baldus	April 27, 1926(1926-04-27)	Politician	United States Merchant Marine, 1944–1946	United States
Abraham Balk	1925	Fencer		United States
Vincent Ball	December 4, 1923(1923-12-04)	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Russell Bannock	November 1, 1919(1919-11-01)	Aviator & test pilot	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Richard L. Bare	August 12, 1913(1913-08-12)	Movie & television director; Green Acres	United States Army Air Forces; captain in the First Motion Picture Unit	United States
Bob Barker	December 12, 1923(1923-12-12)	Game show host	United States Navy	United States
Doug Barnard, Jr.	March 20, 1922(1922-03-20)	American politician; Georgia representative (1977-1993)	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Vic Barnhart	September 1, 1921(1921-09-01)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Eddie Barry	October 12, 1919(1919-10-12)	NHL hockey player	United States Coast Guard	United States
Paul Barselou	May 31, 1922(1922-05-31)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Dave Bartholomew	December 24, 1918(1918-12-24)	Musician, songwriter, & music producer	United States Army	United States
Karl-Ludwig Barths	May 13, 1920(1920-05-13)	President of Volkswagen Canada Ltd.	Heer	Nazi Germany
Harry Basch	January 16, 1926(1926-01-16)	Actor & author	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Yvonne Baseden	January 20, 1922(1922-01-20)	Special Operations Executives assistant	French Resistance & Women's Auxiliary Air Force	France
Ronald Bassett	April 10, 1924(1924-04-10)	Writer & novelist	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Weston Bate	September 24, 1924(1924-09-24)	Historian	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Phil Batt	March 20, 1922(1922-03-20)	29th Governor of Idaho	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Friedrich L. Bauer	June 10, 1924(1924-06-10)	Computer scientist	Wehrmacht	Nazi Germany
Ludwig Bauer	February 16, 1923(1923-02-16)	Soldier	German Army	Nazi Germany
Geoffrey Bayldon	January 7, 1924(1924-01-07)	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Bayley	May 25, 1925(1925-05-25)	Novelist & critic	British Army, 1943–1947	United Kingdom
Hugh Beach	May 20, 1923(1923-05-20)	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Beale	1920	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ed Bearss	June 26, 1923(1923-06-26)	American historian	United States Marine Corps	United States
Léonel Beaudoin	September 13, 1924(1924-09-13)	Politician & insurance agent	Canadian Army, 1943–1944	Canada
Beryl Beaurepaire	September 24, 1923(1923-09-24)	Feminist	Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, 1942–1945	Australia
Karl-Heinz Becker	October 2, 1920(1920-10-02)	Soldier	German Army	Nazi Germany
Julius W. Becton, Jr.	June 29, 1926(1926-06-29)	American military officer, former FEMA director	Army Air Corps, 1944–1946	United States
Chuck Bednarik	May 1, 1925(1925-05-01)	American football player	United States Army Air Forces, served as a B-24 waist-gunner with the Eighth Air Force	United States
Franny Beecher	September 29, 1921(1921-09-29)	Musician; guitarist for Bill Haley & the Comets	United States Army	United States
Gys van Beek	March 31, 1919(1919-03-31)	Inventor	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
Michael Beetham	May 17, 1923(1923-05-17)	Marshal of the Royal Air Force	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Harry Belafonte	March 1, 1927(1927-03-01)	American singer	United States Navy	United States
Joe Bell	November 27, 1923(1923-11-27)	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army, 1944–1945	Canada
Wendell Bell	September 27, 1924(1924-09-27)	Futurist	United States Navy	United States
V.J. Bella	July 29, 1927(1927-07-29)	American politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Gideon Ben-Yisrael	March 6, 1923(1923-03-06)	Politician	British Army	Israel
Tony Benn	April 3, 1925(1925-04-03)	Politician	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Bern Bennett	October 19, 1921(1921-10-19)	Radio & television announcer	United States Army	United States
Lloyd Bennett	April 8, 1916(1916-04-08)	Football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Roy C. Bennett	August 12, 1918(1918-08-12)	American songwriter	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Tony Bennett	August 3, 1926(1926-08-03)	American singer	United States Army	United States
Warren Bennis	March 8, 1925(1925-03-08)	Educator & author	United States Army	United States
Vern Benson	September 19, 1924(1924-09-19)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Roy Bentley	May 17, 1924(1924-05-17)	Football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Paul Berg	June 30, 1926(1926-06-30)	Chemist	United States Navy	United States
John Berger	November 5, 1926(1926-11-05)	Novelist, critic	British Army	United Kingdom
Thomas Berger	July 20, 1924(1924-07-20)	Novelist	United States Army	United States
Alan Bergman	September 11, 1925(1925-09-11)	Songwriter	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Shelley Berman	February 3, 1925(1925-02-03)	Comedian	United States Navy	United States
Walter Berns	May 3, 1919(1919-05-03)	Political philosopher; Making Patriots	United States Navy	United States
Walter Bernstein	August 20, 1919(1919-08-20)	Screenwriter; The Front, Semi-Tough	United States Army	United States
Yogi Berra	May 12, 1925(1925-05-12)	Major League baseball player	United States Navy, served in the Gunner's Mate in the D-Day invasion	United States
Neil Berry	January 11, 1922(1922-01-11)	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Berkley Bedell	March 5, 1921(1921-03-05)	Politician; Iowa representative (1975–1987)	United States Army	United States
Milton Berkes	September 29, 1924(1924-09-29)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Célia Bertin	October 22, 1920(1920-10-22)	Writer, biographer, & Prix Renaudot recipient	French Resistance	France
James Best	July 26, 1926(1926-07-26)	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Franklin S. Billings, Jr.	June 5, 1922(1922-06-05)	Politician & judge	United States Army	United States
Max Bingham	March 18, 1927(1927-03-18)	Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmani	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
John Binotto	November 24, 1919(1919-11-24)	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Forrest Bird	June 9, 1921(1921-06-09)	American inventor; created the first commercially viable medical respirator	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Benjamin B. Blackburn	February 14, 1927(1927-02-14)	Politician	United States Navy, 1944 to 1946	United States
Geoffrey Blackburn	November 7, 1914(1914-11-07)	Baptist minister	Australian Army	Australia
George Blake	November 11, 1922(1922-11-11)	Spy	Dutch Resistance	United Kingdom
Robert O. Blake	April 7, 1921(1921-04-07)	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
Solomon Blatt, Jr.	August 20, 1921(1921-08-20)	Judge	United States Navy	United States
Henry W. Bloch	July 30, 1922(1922-07-30)	Businessman; co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Robert Bly	December 23, 1926(1926-12-23)	Poet	United States Navy	United States
Vittore Bocchetta	November 15, 1918(1918-11-15)	Sculptor, painter, & academic	Italian Resistance	Italy
Paul Bocuse	February 11, 1926(1926-02-11)	Chef	French Army	France
Bill Boedeker	March 7, 1924(1924-03-07)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Michael Bond	January 13, 1926(1926-01-13)	Author	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Yuri Bondarev	March 15, 1924(1924-03-15)	Writer		Soviet Union
John Tyler Bonner	May 12, 1920(1920-05-12)	Educator	United States Army Air Corps, 1942–1946	United States
Joachim Boosfeld	June 1, 1922(1922-06-01)	Soldier	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Theodor Borchgrevink	February 16, 1923(1923-02-16)	Engineer	Royal Norwegian Air Force-in-exile	Norway
Elmer Borstad	August 27, 1924(1924-08-27)	Politician; member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1979–1982)	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Clive Bossom	February 4, 1918(1918-02-04)	Politician	British Army	United Kingdom
Lyle Bouck	December 17, 1923(1923-12-17)	Military officer	United States Army; fought in the Battle of the Bulge	United States
Cliff Bourland	January 1, 1921(1921-01-01)	Olympic sprinter	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Bower	November 8, 1924(1924-11-08)	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army, 1940–43	Canada
Scotty Bowers	July 1, 1923(1923-07-01)	Author	United States Marine Corps	United States
Robert R. Bowie	August 24, 1909(1909-08-24)	American deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency	United States Army	United States
Alan Stephenson Boyd	July 20, 1922(1922-07-20)	Government official; Secretary of Transportation (1967-1969)	United States Army Air Forces, 1942–1945	United States
Winnett Boyd	October 17, 1916(1916-10-17)	Engineer	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Cloyd Boyer	September 1, 1927(1927-09-01)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Jack Brabham	April 2, 1926(1926-04-02)	Race car driver	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Benjamin C. Bradlee	August 26, 1921(1921-08-26)	Newspaper editor; The Washington Post (1965-1991)	Office of Naval Intelligence, worked as a communications officer in the Pacific Theatre	United States
Edwin Bramall	December 18, 1923(1923-12-18)	Field Marshal	British Army	United Kingdom
Oscar Brand	February 7, 1920(1920-02-07)	Folk singer	United States Army	United States
T. Berry Brazelton	May 10, 1918(1918-05-10)	Pediatrician, columnist, and television host	United States Navy	United States
Clarence Addison Brimmer, Jr.	July 11, 1922(1922-07-11)	Federal judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Larry Brink	September 12, 1923(1923-09-12)	Football player		United States
Lou Brissie	June 5, 1924(1924-06-05)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Tony Britton	June 9, 1924(1924-06-09)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Ivor Broadis	December 18, 1922(1922-12-18)	Football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Hugo Broch	January 6, 1922(1922-01-06)	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Al Brodax	February 14, 1926(1926-02-14)	Film and television producer	United States Army. He was wounded in action, and was subsequently awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, and three battle stars.	United States
Edward Brooke	October 26, 1919(1919-10-26)	Politician; Massachusetts senator (1967-1979)	United States Army, 366th Infantry Regiment	United States
William Broomfield	April 28, 1922(1922-04-28)	Politician; Michigan representative (1957–1993)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Chummy Broomhall	December 3, 1919(1919-12-03)	Cross country skiier	United States Army	United States
Mel Brooks	June 28, 1926(1926-06-28)	Director, actor, producer	United States Army, Corporal, Battle of the Bulge	United States
Stanley Seymour Brotman	July 27, 1924(1924-07-27)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Alton Brown	April 16, 1925(1925-04-16)	Baseball player		United States
Bobby Brown	March 19, 1923(1923-03-19)	Football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bobby Brown	October 25, 1924(1924-10-25)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Bud Brown	June 18, 1927(1927-06-18)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Eric Brown	January 21, 1919(1919-01-21)	Aviator & test pilot	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Hal Brown	December 11, 1924(1924-12-11)	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Keith L. Brown	June 18, 1925(1925-06-18)	US ambassador to Denmark (1989–1992)	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Ronald Brown	August 7, 1926(1926-08-07)	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Roscoe Brown	March 9, 1922(1922-03-09)	Airman soldier	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Stephen Brown	October 3, 1924(1924-10-03)	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
John Ferguson Browne	November 11, 1920(1920-11-11)	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Andrew Bruce	February 17, 1924(1924-02-17)	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom
Les Bruckner	April 16, 1918(1918-04-16)	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Jerome Bruner	October 1, 1915(1915-10-01)	Cognitive psychologist	Psychological Warfare Division	United States
Tim Bruxner	May 18, 1923(1923-05-18)	Politician	He enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force on 13 December 1941, and was posted to the 1st Armoured Division's 2/9th Armoured Regiment, serving as a corporal. Leaving the Army on 10 July 1944, Bruxner joined the Royal Australian Air Force, 7th Operational Training Unit, as a Pilot Officer.	Australia
Ashley Bryan	July 13, 1923(1923-07-13)	Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum	United States Army	United States
John Harland Bryant	1925	Physician	United States Navy	United States
Arthur E. Bryson	October 7, 1925(1925-10-07)	Control theorist	United States Navy	United States
Friedrich Buck	January 30, 1922(1922-01-30)	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	Waffen SS	Nazi Germany
James L. Buckley	March 9, 1923(1923-03-09)	Politician; New York senator (1971-1977)	United States Navy, 1942–1946	United States
David P. Buckson	July 25, 1920(1920-07-25)	Politician; Delaware governor (1960-1961)	United States Army, served in the South Pacific and attained the rank of major	United States
Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	March 27, 1922(1922-03-27)	Federal judge	United States Army, 1942–1946	United States
Dale Bumpers	August 12, 1925(1925-08-12)	Politician	United States Marine Corps, 1943–1946	United States
Donald Burgett	April 5, 1925(1925-04-05)	Writer, paratrooper	United States Army, 101st Airborne Division	United States
Romus Burgin	August 13, 1922(1922-08-13)	Author	mortar-man in K-Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division	United States
George Burpo	June 19, 1922(1922-06-19)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Jack Burke, Jr.	January 29, 1923(1923-01-29)	PGA professional golfer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wally Burr	June 2, 1924(1924-06-02)	Voice actor & director	United States Cavalry	United States
John C. Burton	March 12, 1923(1923-03-12)	Cross country skiier	United States Navy	United States
James MacGregor Burns	August 3, 1918(1918-08-03)	Political scientist and historian	Worked as a combat historian in the Pacific Theatre	United States
George A. Burton	June 21, 1926(1926-06-21)	Accountant	United States Navy, Seebees, Pacific theatre, 1943–1946	United States
Arthur Büssecke	July 8, 1918(1918-07-08)	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
M. Caldwell Butler	June 2, 1925(1925-06-02)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Alexander Butterfield	April 6, 1926(1926-04-06)	Military officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
George H. W. Bush	June 12, 1924(1924-06-12)	41st U.S. President	United States Navy, Lieutenant (junior grade), 1942–1945	United States
Brendan Byrne	April 1, 1924(1924-04-01)	Politician; governor of New Jersey (1974–1982)	United States Army Air Corps	United States

Italic===C – 86 veterans===

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Emil Cadkin	1920	Film score composer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Victor Ralph Caferri	March 31, 1923 (age 100)	Hairdresser	United States Navy
Fred Caligiuri	October 22, 1918(1918-10-22)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Hugh Calkins	1924	Member of Harvard Corporation 1969–84	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Arnold Callin	1924	Manx politician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Joseph Campanella	November 21, 1927(1927-11-21)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Mortimer Caplin	July 11, 1916(1916-07-11)	Tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (1961–1964)	United States Navy	United States
Pierre Cardin	July 2, 1922(1922-07-02)	Fashion designer	Red Cross	France
Friedrich Carl	September 24, 1916(1916-09-24)	Soldier, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	German Army	Nazi Germany
Eric Carle	June 25, 1929(1929-06-25)	Children's author & illustrator	Dug trenches on the Siegfried Line	United States
Arvid Carlsson	January 25, 1923(1923-01-25)	Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist	Swedish Armed Forces	Sweden
Otto Carius	May 27, 1922(1922-05-27)	Panzer Ace, Author	German Army	Nazi Germany
Lou Carnesecca	May 1, 1925(1925-05-01)	Basketball coach	United States Coast Guard, 1943–1946	United States
Eddie Carnett	October 21, 1916(1916-10-21)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Robert C. Carpenter	June 18, 1924(1924-06-18)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
William Keir Carr	March 19, 1923(1923-03-19)	Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978)	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Walter Carringer	September 5, 1924(1924-09-05)	Opera singer	United States Army	United States
Peter Carrington	June 6, 1919(1919-06-06)	Politician; Father of the House of Lords (2007–present)	Grenadier Guards	United Kingdom
George Carroll	1923 (age 100–101)	Judge	United States Army	United States
Jack Carter	June 24, 1923(1923-06-24)	Comedian and actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jimmy Carter	October 1, 1924(1924-10-01)	39th U.S. President	United States Navy	United States
Willis Carto	July 17, 1926(1926-07-17)	Activist; founder of Liberty Lobby	United States Army	United States
Sid Caesar	September 8, 1922(1922-09-08)	Actor and comedian; TV's Your Show of Shows	United States Coast Guard	United States
William J. Castagna	June 25, 1924(1924-06-25)	Federal judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jean-Gabriel Castel	1925	Law professor	French Resistance	France
Sam Cathcart	July 7, 1924(1924-07-07)	Football player	United States Army	United States
S. Truett Cathy	March 14, 1921(1921-03-14)	Founder of Chick-fil-A	United States Army	United States
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil	February 27, 1925(1925-02-27)	Businessman	Royal Navy	United States
Clifford Chadderton	May 9, 1919(1919-05-09)	CEO of The War Amps	Royal Winnipeg Rifles; Non-Permanent Active Militia	Canada
Robert Foster Chapman	April 24, 1926(1926-04-24)	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Dr Laurent Chappis	May 8, 1915(1915-05-08)	Architect	French Army 1938–1940	France
Tony Charmoli	June 11, 1922(1922-06-11)	Choreographer & TV dancer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Don Cherry	January 11, 1924(1924-01-11)	Singer & golfer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jack T. Chick	April 13, 1924(1924-04-13)	Publisher, writer	Private, United States Army	United States
Kenneth O. Chilstrom	April 20, 1921(1921-04-20)	Air force officer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	December 9, 1920(1920-12-09)	Italian prime minister (1993-1994) and president (1999-2006)	Italian resistance movement	Italy
Al Cihocki	May 7, 1924(1924-05-07)	Baseball player	United States Coast Guard	United States
Edward Clark	May 6, 1926(1926-05-06)	Artist	United States Army Air Forces, stationed in Guam	United States
George Peirce Clark	September 8, 1915(1915-09-08)	English professor and cultural affairs officer	United States Army Air Forces, tailgunner (China - Burma - India)	United States
Mel Clark	July 7, 1926(1926-07-07)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Ramsey Clark	December 18, 1927(1927-12-18)	66th United States Attorney General	United States Marine Corps	United States
Donald H. Clausen	April 27, 1923(1923-04-27)	Politician; California representative (1963-1983)	Carrier pilot in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre	United States
Raymond F. Clevenger	June 6, 1926(1926-06-06)	Politician	United States Army Medical Corps	United States
Robert L. Clifford	December 17, 1924(1924-12-17)	Judge	United States Navy	United States
George Coates	July 3, 1923(1923-07-03)	Football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Richard J. Coffee	February 14, 1925(1925-02-14)	Politician	Ensign in the United States Merchant Marine	United States
Dick Cole	May 6, 1926(1926-05-06)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
George Cole	April 22, 1925(1925-04-22)	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Richard E. Cole	September 7, 1915(1915-09-07)	Flight engineer/gunner	Doolittle Raid	United States
Jerry Coleman	September 14, 1924(1924-09-14)	Baseball player	Nicknamed "The Colonel", due to being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Coleman was also a Marine aviator and left baseball to serve in the Korean War, and postponing his entry into professional baseball in World War II. While a Marine Corps aviator he flew 120 combat missions, receiving numerous honors and medals including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and has been honored in recent years, including being inducted into the USMC Sports Hall of Fame, for his call to duty—even more so following the events of September 11, 2001. He is the only Major League Baseball player to have seen combat in two wars.	United States
Charles J. Colgan	September 25, 1926(1926-09-25)	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
John Collias	June 12, 1918(1918-06-12)	Painter & illustrator	United States Army	United States
Booth Colman	March 8, 1923(1923-03-08)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Don Colo	January 5, 1925(1925-01-05)	American football player		United States
Forrest Compton	September 15, 1925(1925-09-15)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Jim Conacher	May 5, 1921(1921-05-05)	Hockey player		Canada
Clint Conatser	July 24, 1921(1921-07-24)	Baseball player	United States Coast Guard	United States
James Condon	September 27, 1923(1923-09-27)	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force, 1942–46	Australia
John Connell	October 28, 1923(1923-10-28)	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Mike Connors	August 15, 1925(1925-08-15)	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Conquest	July 15, 1917(1917-07-15)	Poet and historian; Stalin: Breaker of Nations	British Army; Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	United Kingdom
Samuel Conti	July 16, 1922(1922-07-16)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Marlow W. Cook	July 27, 1926(1926-07-27)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Charles H. Coolidge	August 4, 1921(1921-08-04)	Soldier	Joined the Army in June 1942, and by October 24, 1944, was serving as a technical sergeant in Company M, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. During an enemy attack on that day and the following three days, east of Belmont-sur-Buttant in France, Coolidge assumed command of his group and showed conspicuous leadership. For his actions during the battle, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in July 1945.	United States
Charles Cooper	August 11, 1926(1926-08-11)	Actor	United States Army	United States
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.	September 29, 1925(1925-09-29)	Federal judge	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Parzival Copes	January 22, 1924(1924-01-22)	Economist	Dutch Resistance	Canada
Anton Coppola	March 21, 1917(1917-03-21)	Opera conductor & composer	Bandmaster in the United States Army	United States
Irwin Corey	July 29, 1914(1914-07-29)	Comedian & actor	United States Army	United States
Roger Corman	April 5, 1926(1926-04-05)	Filmmaker & actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
Eugenio Corti	1921 (age 102–103)	Writer	Italian Freedom Fighters	Italy
Dobrica Ćosić	December 29, 1921(1921-12-29)	Writer and Serb nationalist theorist	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Armando Cossutta	September 2, 1926(1926-09-02)	Politician	Italian Resistance	Italy
Jack Costanzo	September 24, 1919(1919-09-24)	Percussionist	United States Navy	United States
Raymond Couraud	January 12, 1920(1920-01-12)	Soldier & gangster	French Army	France
André Courrèges	March 9, 1923(1923-03-09)	Fashion designer	French Air Force	France
Reg Coyle	August 1, 1917(1917-08-01)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Luigi Creatore	December 21, 1921(1921-12-21)	Songwriter, record producer	United States Armed Forces	United States
John J. Creedon	August 1, 1924(1924-08-01)	Former President and CEO of MetLife	United States Navy, USS Caliente (AO-53)	United States
Jack Crimian	February 17, 1926(1926-02-17)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Joe Medicine Crow	October 27, 1913(1913-10-27)	Tribal historian and anthropologist	United States Army, 103rd Infantry Division	United States
John Cruickshank	May 20, 1920(1920-05-20)	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	Royal Air Force, 1939–1946	United Kingdom
Peter Cundall	April 1, 1927(1927-04-01)	Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008)	British Army	Australia
Walter Curley	September 17, 1922(1922-09-17)	US Ambassador to France (1989–1993)	United States Marine Corps, 1943–1946	United States
Francis S. Currey	June 29, 1925(1925-06-29)	World War II Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army	United States
William D. Curry	May 15, 1926(1926-05-15)	Military officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Thomas Curtin	August 24, 1921(1921-08-24)	Federal judge	United States Marine Corps	United States
Lettice Curtis	1916	Aviator & engineer	Air Transport Auxiliary	United Kingdom

D – 72 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Robert A. Dahl	December 17, 1915(1915-12-17)	Political scientist	United States Army	United States
Kurt Dahlmann	March 4, 1918(1918-03-04)	Journalist, newspaper editor, & political activist	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Francesco Dapiran	December 15, 1920(1920-12-15)	Olympic rower	Italian Navy	Italy
Bill Daley	September 16, 1919(1919-09-16)	American football player	United States Navy	United States
Dieter Damerius	April 17, 1924(1924-04-17)	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Nazi Germany
Bill Dana	October 5, 1924(1924-10-05)	Actor, comedian, & screenwriter	United States Army	United States
Michael Dann	September 11, 1921(1921-09-11)	Television executive; CBS programming vice president (1963–1970)	Correspondent in the United States Army	United States
Alvin Dark	January 7, 1922(1922-01-07)	American baseball player, coach, and manager	United States Marine Corps	United States
Jack Davis	December 2, 1924(1924-12-02)	Cartoonist		United States
Jackson B. Davis	March 27, 1918(1918-03-27)	Attorney, State Senator	Survived the attack on Pearl Harbor; served in the United States Navy	United States
Philip J. Davis	January 2, 1923(1923-01-02)	Mathematician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bob Dawson	January 3, 1921(1921-01-03)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Glen Dawson	June 3, 1912(1912-06-03)	Rock climber & environmentalist	Rock climbing & skiing instructor in the Tenth Mountain Division	United States
Howard Dawson	1922	Senior judge of the United States Tax Court	United States Army	United States
Melvin Day	June 30, 1923(1923-06-30)	Artist & art historian	New Zealand Army & Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
Arnaud de Borchgrave	October 26, 1926(1926-10-26)	Journalist	Royal Navy	United States
Alfred de Grazia	December 29, 1919(1919-12-29)	Political scientist	British Army	United States
Piet de Jong	April 3, 1915(1915-04-03)	Politician; Dutch prime minister (1967-1971)	Captain, Royal Netherlands Navy	Netherlands
John Gunther Dean	February 24, 1926(1926-02-24)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Eugene Peyton Deatrick	November 17, 1924(1924-11-17)	Colonel and Pilot	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Philippe de Gaulle	December 28, 1921(1921-12-28)	Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle	French Navy	Free France
Dickinson Richards Debevoise	1924 (age 87–88)	Judge	Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, where he participated in D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and occupation of Berlin.	United States
Hans Georg Dehmelt	September 9, 1922(1922-09-09)	Nobel Prize-winning physicist	German Army	Nazi Germany
Billy DeMars	August 26, 1925(1925-08-26)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
George Dement	January 23, 1922(1922-01-23)	Businessman & mayor of Bossier City (1989-2005)	United States Navy	United States
Jack Dempsey	September 25, 1919(1919-09-25)	Footballer	Australian Army	Australia
Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt	June 30, 1915(1915-06-30)	Politician & Wehrmacht general	Heer	Nazi Germany
Frederick B. Dent	August 17, 1926(1926-08-17)	former United States Secretary of Commerce	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Jeremiah Denton	July 15, 1924(1924-07-15)	United States Navy Rear Admiral and U.S. Senator from Alabama	United States Navy	United States
René de Obaldia	October 22, 1918(1918-10-22)	Playwright & poet	French Army	France
Michel Déon	August 4, 1919(1919-08-04)	Writer	French Army	France
Gene Derricotte	June 14, 1926(1926-06-14)	American football player	United States Army	United States
Louis A. DeSimone	February 21, 1922(1922-02-21)	Bishop	United States Army	United States
Bernard d'Espagnat	August 22, 1921(1921-08-22)	Physicist & philosopher of science		France
Richard DeVos	March 4, 1926(1926-03-04)	Businessman, philanthropist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Douglas Dick	November 20, 1920(1920-11-20)	Actor (Rope, Home of the Brave)	United States Army	United States
George Dickson	September 27, 1923(1923-09-27)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Harrison Dillard	July 8, 1923(1923-07-08)	Track and field athlete	United States Army	United States
Peter Dimmock	December 6, 1920(1920-12-06)	Sports broadcaster	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Dingell	July 8, 1926(1926-07-08)	Politician	United States Army	United States
David Dinkins	July 10, 1927(1927-07-10)	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Connie Dion	August 11, 1918(1918-08-11)	Hockey player	Cornwall Army, 1942–43	Canada
John William Ditter, Jr.	October 19, 1921(1921-10-19)	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Tommy Dix	December 6, 1923(1923-12-06)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Alan J. Dixon	July 7, 1927(1927-07-07)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Bobby Doerr	April 7, 1918(1918-04-07)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Bob Dole	July 22, 1923(1923-07-22)	Politician, Kansas representative, senator, and 1996 Republican presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Haddon Donald	March 20, 1917(1917-03-20)	Politician	Lieutenant-Colonel in the 22nd Battalion; awarded the D.S.O. and M.C.	New Zealand
J. P. Donleavy	April 23, 1926(1926-04-23)	Novelist, playwright	United States Navy	United States
Paul C. Donnelly	March 28, 1923(1923-03-28)	Guided missile pioneer	United States Navy	United States
Fred J. Doocy	May 5, 1913(1913-05-05)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Bill Doolittle	August 10, 1923(1923-08-10)	American football player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Bob Dorough	December 12, 1923(1923-12-12)	Jazz pianist, composer & singer	United States Army	United States
Roy Dotrice	May 26, 1923(1923-05-26)	Actor (TV's Dickens of London, Beauty and the Beast)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Roy Doty	1922	Cartoonist, artist, & illustrator		United States
Kirk Douglas	December 9, 1916(1916-12-09)	Oscar-nominated actor; Champion, Lust for Life	United States Navy	United States
Harley Dow	October 19, 1925(1925-10-19)	American football player (San Francisco 49ers)		United States
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd	December 7, 1919(1919-12-07)	Political economist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hugh Downs	February 14, 1921(1921-02-14)	Journalist and TV host; 20/20	United States Army	United States
Philip Dowson	August 16, 1924(1924-08-16)	Architect	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
David W. Doyle	1924	Author	British Army	United Kingdom
Nick Drahos	December 6, 1918(1918-12-06)	American football player	United States Army	United States
Roger Drayton	January 4, 1925(1925-01-04)	Politician	Squadron Leader, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1944–1969	New Zealand
Edward du Cann	May 28, 1924(1924-05-28)	Politician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Richard L. Duchossois	October 7, 1921(1921-10-07)	Sports businessman	United States Army	United States
Alene Duerk	March 29, 1920(1920-03-29)	Director of United Services Life Insurance Company	United States Navy	United States
William Dugdale	March 29, 1922(1922-03-29)	Chairman of Aston Villa F.C. (1975–1982)	British Army	United Kingdom
Charles Duncan, Jr.	September 9, 1926(1926-09-09)	Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator	United States Army Air Corps	United States
David Douglas Duncan	January 23, 1916(1916-01-23)	Photojournalist	United States Marine Corps	United States
Grant Dunlap	December 20, 1923(1923-12-20)	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Winfield Dunn	July 1, 1927(1927-07-01)	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	United States Navy	United States

E – 39 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
George J. Eade	October 27, 1921(1921-10-27)	U.S. Air Force General	He had 37 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations, where he served almost four years as a pilot, flight commander and operations officer.	United States
Jack Eames	December 22, 1922(1922-12-22)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Donald B. Easum	August 27, 1923(1923-08-27)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
James Eberle	May 31, 1927(1927-05-31)	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
John Eden	May 15, 1925(1925-05-15)	Conservative MP, Nephew of Anthony Eden	2nd Gurkha Rifles	United Kingdom
Don Edwards	January 6, 1915(1915-01-06)	Politician; California representative (1963-1995)	United States Navy, intelligence in the gunnery office	United States
Edwin Edwards	August 7, 1927(1927-08-07)	Governor of Louisiana, 4 terms	United States Navy Air Corps	United States
James B. Edwards	June 24, 1927(1927-06-24)	110th Governor of South Carolina	Officer in the United States Maritime Service	United States
James Francis Edwards	June 5, 1921(1921-06-05)	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Nate Edwards	1922	Hardware architect & computer scientist	United States Naval Reserve, 1942–46	United States
Robert G. Edwards	September 27, 1925(1925-09-27)	Scientist; theorized in vitro fertilization	British Army	United Kingdom
Warren William Eginton	1924	Federal judge	United States Army, 1943–46	United States
Colin Eglin	April 14, 1925(1925-04-14)	Politician	South African Army	South Africa
John Ehle	December 13, 1925(1925-12-13)	Writer	Rifleman in the United States Army	United States
Walter D. Ehlers	May 7, 1921(1921-05-07)	World War II Medal of Honor recipient	Squad leader in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division; participated in D-Day invasion	United States
Alfred Eick	March 9, 1916(1916-03-09)	U-boat commander & tax advisor	Kriegsmarine	Nazi Germany
Garnett Thomas Eisele	1923 (age 88–89)	United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas	Private in United States Army (1942–1946)	United States
John Eisenhower	August 3, 1922(1922-08-03)	Military historian; United States Army Brigadier General; son of General Eisenhower	United States Army	United States
Princess Elizabeth	April 21, 1926(1926-04-21)	Queen of the United Kingdom	Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Bob Elliott	March 26, 1923(1923-03-26)	Comedian; half of the Bob and Ray comedy duo	United States Army	United States
Bump Elliott	January 30, 1925(1925-01-30)	American Football Player and Coach	United States Marines; served in China	United States
Donald Elson	March 31, 1923(1923-03-31)	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Endicott	September 4, 1918(1918-09-04)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert Engman	1927	Sculptor	United States Navy	United States
Fred Enke	December 15, 1924(1924-12-15)	American football player		United States
Eddie Erautt	September 26, 1924(1924-09-26)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Jerald Ericksen	December 20, 1924(1924-12-20)	Mathematician	United States Navy	United States
Carl Erskine	December 13, 1926(1926-12-13)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Andrei Eshpai	May 15, 1925(1925-05-15)	Composer	Red Army	Soviet Union
Karl-Heinz Euling	August 16, 1919(1919-08-16)	Hauptsturmführer	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Bert Evans	August 10, 1922(1922-08-10)	Football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
David Evans	June 3, 1925(1925-06-03)	Military officer	He joined the RAAF in 1943, graduating as a pilot in 1944 and then serving as a Transport Pilot flying the Islands-Japan Courier Service. During World War II he flew Beaufort Bombers.	Australia
Daniel Evans	July 14, 1924(1924-07-14)	Military officer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Daniel J. Evans	October 16, 1925(1925-10-16)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
John V. Evans	January 18, 1925(1925-01-18)	Governor of Idaho (1977–1987)	United States Army	United States
Charles Evers	September 11, 1922(1922-09-11)	Civil rights activist	United States Army	United States
Douglas Everett	August 12, 1927(1927-08-12)	Senator, lawyer, and automobile dealer	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Jimmy Evert	July 31, 1923(1923-07-31)	Tennis player & coach	United States Army	United States
Anthony Eyton	May 17, 1923(1923-05-17)	Artist	British Army, 1942–47	United Kingdom

F – 62 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Max Falkenstien	April 9, 1924(1924-04-09)	Sports announcer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Norman Farberow	February 22, 1918(1918-02-22)	Suicidologist	United States Army	United States
Paul Farnes	July 16, 1918(1918-07-16)	World War II flying ace; one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Maurice Faure	January 2, 1922(1922-01-02)	Politician	French Resistance	France
Edward L. Feightner	October 14, 1919(1919-10-14)	Rear Admiral	United States Navy Reserve; See article on his service.	United States
Wilfred Feinberg	June 22, 1920(1920-06-22)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Victor Feldbrill	April 4, 1924(1924-04-04)	Conductor & violinist	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Marty Feldman	September 12, 1922(1922-09-12)	Football player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Al Feldstein	October 24, 1925(1925-10-24)	Editor, writer, & artist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Nicholas Felice	February 5, 1927(1927-02-05)	Politician	Pacific Theatre; Technical Sergeant, United States Army	United States
Charles Reis Felix	April 29, 1923(1923-04-29)	Writer	United States Army	United States
Benjamin B. Ferencz	March 11, 1920(1920-03-11)	Lawyer	115th AAA Gun Battalion, United States Army; investigated Nazi war crimes	United States
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	March 24, 1919(1919-03-24)	Poet	United States Navy	United States
Robert H. Ferrell	May 8, 1921(1921-05-08)	Historian	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dave Ferriss	December 5, 1921(1921-12-05)	Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox (1945–1950)	Served, but was discharged early due to asthma	United States
David Ferry	1924	Poet & professor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Field	June 7, 1924(1924-06-07)	Poet & author	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Field	March 30, 1923(1923-03-30)	Meteorologist	First Lieutenant and meteorologist with the 8th Air Force	United States
Bob Fillion	July 12, 1920(1920-07-12)	NHL hockey player	Montreal Army, 1942–1943	Canada
Paul Findley	June 13, 1921(1921-06-13)	Politician; Illinois representative (1961–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Tom Finney	April 5, 1922(1922-04-05)	Soccer player	Royal Armoured Corps	United Kingdom
Gerhard Fischer	November 12, 1922(1922-11-12)	Soldier	Waffen SS	Nazi Germany
Bernard F. Fisher	January 11, 1927(1927-01-11)	U.S. Air Force officer	United States Navy	United States
Leonard Everett Fisher	June 24, 1924(1924-06-24)	Children's writer & illustrator	United States Army	United States
Ed Fitz Gerald	May 21, 1924(1924-05-21)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Jimmy Fitzmorris	November 15, 1921(1921-11-15)	Businessman, politician	United States Army, 1942–1945	United States
Val Logsdon Fitch	March 10, 1923(1923-03-10)	Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist	United States Army	United States
Edith Flagg	November 1, 1919(1919-11-01)	Fashion designer	Dutch Resistance	Romania
Sergio Flamigni	October 22, 1925(1925-10-22)	Politician & writer	Italian Resistance	Italy
Mitchell Flint	June 27, 1923(1923-06-27)	Lawyer	Fighter pilot, United States Navy	United States
Jack Fleck	November 7, 1921(1921-11-07)	Golfer	United States Navy	United States
François Flohic	August 2, 1920(1920-08-02)	Admiral	Free French Naval Forces	France
Med Flory	August 27, 1926(1926-08-27)	Actor & musician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
John D. Foley		Soldier	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jim Forbes	December 16, 1923(1923-12-16)	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Doug Ford	June 22, 1922(1922-06-22)	Golfer	United States Coast Guard	United States
Robert Ford	December 29, 1923(1923-12-29)	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
William Clay Ford, Sr.	March 14, 1925(1925-03-14)	Grandson of Henry Ford; owner of the Detroit Lions	U.S. Navy Air Corps	United States
Charles Foster	January 17, 1923(1923-01-17)	Publicist & writer	Royal Air Force	Canada
Richard K. Fox	October 22, 1925(1925-10-22)	US ambassador to Trinidad (1977–1979)	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Maurice Sanford Fox	October 11, 1924(1924-10-11)	Geneticist & molecular biologist	Weather forecaster in the United States Army Air Corps	United States
David Frankham	February 16, 1926(1926-02-16)	Actor		United Kingdom
William Frankland	March 19, 1912(1912-03-19)	Immunologist	British Army	United Kingdom
Joe Franklin	March 9, 1926(1926-03-09)	TV & radio personality	United States Army	United States
John Franzese	February 6, 1917(1917-02-06)	Underboss of the Colombo crime family	United States Army	United States
Donald M. Fraser	February 20, 1924(1924-02-20)	Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1993)	United States Navy	United States
John Freeman	February 19, 1915(1915-02-19)	Politician and television host	Rifle Brigade	United Kingdom
George Freese	September 12, 1926(1926-09-12)	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jesse Freitas	February 7, 1921(1921-02-07)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Louis Frémaux	August 13, 1921(1921-08-13)	Music conductor	French Resistance	France
Jacque Fresco	March 13, 1916(1916-03-13)	Futurologist	United States Army Air Force	United States
Herbert Fries	March 1, 1925(1925-03-01)	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
George Carr Frison	November 11, 1924(1924-11-11)	Archaeologist	United States Navy	United States
Frank Fox	October 6, 1921(1921-10-06)	Soldier	United States Navy, Battle of Leyte Gulf; awarded the Navy Cross	United States
Richard Kenneth Fox	October 22, 1925(1925-10-22)	US ambassador to Trinidad (1977–1979)	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Sonny Fox	June 17, 1925(1925-06-17)	Television host	United States Army	United States
Russell Freeburg	March 4, 1923(1923-03-04)	Editor, Chicago Tribune	Staff Sergeant, 8th Armored Division	United States
Emile Fritz		American football player	Served for 25 months	United States
Warren Frost	May 25, 1925(1925-05-25)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
John P. Fullam	December 10, 1921(1921-12-10)	Judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States

G – 88 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Billy Gabor	May 13, 1922(1922-05-13)	Basketball player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jim Gaffney	April 21, 1921(1921-04-21)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Verne Gagne	February 26, 1926(1926-02-26)	Wrestler	United States Marine Corps	United States
Cornelius Edward Gallagher	March 2, 1921(1921-03-02)	Politician; New Jersey representative (1959-1973)	United States Army	United States
Franz Gapp	July 8, 1919(1919-07-08)	Oberfeldwebel	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Arthur Gardner	June 7, 1910(1910-06-07)	Actor (All Quiet on the Western Front) and film producer (McQ, Brannigan)	United States Army Air Forces; First Motion Picture Unit	United States
Joe Garagiola	February 12, 1926(1926-02-12)	Baseball player & sportscaster	United States Army	United States
Norman Garbo	February 15, 1919(1919-02-15)	Author & lecturer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dave Garcia	September 15, 1920(1920-09-15)	Baseball player & coach	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bernard Garfield	1924	Bassoonist	United States Army	United States
James Garner	April 7, 1928(1928-04-07)	Actor	United States Merchant Marines	United States
Leonard I. Garth	April 7, 1921(1921-04-07)	Judge	United States Army	United States
Stanley Michael Gartler	June 9, 1923(1923-06-09)	Biologist & geneticist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ned Garver	December 25, 1925(1925-12-25)	Baseball player	United States Armed Forces	United States
William H. Gass	July 30, 1924(1924-07-30)	Novelist, essayist	United States Navy	United States
William H. Gates, Sr.	November 30, 1925(1925-11-30)	Philanthropist and father of Bill Gates	United States Army	United States
Armand Gatti	January 26, 1924(1924-01-26)	Playwright, poet, journalist, & filmmmaker	French Resistance	France
Joseph M. Gaydos	July 3, 1926(1926-07-03)	Pennsylvania congressman (1968–1993)	United States Navy Reserve	United States
George Gaynes	May 16, 1917(1917-05-16)	Actor	Dutch Navy & British Navy	United States
Bob Geigel	October 1, 1924(1924-10-01)	Wrestler	United States Navy	United States
Licio Gelli	April 21, 1919(1919-04-21)	Financer	Italian Social Republic	Italy
Pierino Gelmini	January 20, 1925(1925-01-20)	Roman Catholic priest	Italian Resistance	Italy
George Genovese	December 12, 1922(1922-12-12)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
William Conrad Gibbons	1926	War historian	United States Army	United States
Hutton Gibson	August 26, 1918(1918-08-26)	Writer; father of Mel Gibson	United States Army Signal Corps	United States
Roy Gibson	July 4, 1924(1924-07-04)	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
J. C. Gilbert	March 6, 1922(1922-03-06)	Cotton farmer & politician	United States Army	United States
Lewis Gilbert	March 6, 1920(1920-03-06)	Film director	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Lionel Gilbert	December 8, 1924(1924-12-08)	Author, historian, & curator	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Alastair Gillespie	May 1, 1922(1922-05-01)	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
James Gillies	November 2, 1924(1924-11-02)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force, 1944–45	Canada
Benjamin A. Gilman	December 6, 1922(1922-12-06)	Politician; New York representative (1973-2003)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Frank D. Gilroy	October 13, 1925(1925-10-13)	Screenwriter & filmmaker	United States Army	United States
Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet	October 29, 1925(1925-10-29)	Knight of the Garter	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Sam Glanzman	December 5, 1924(1924-12-05)	Comic-book artist	United States Navy	United States
Peter Glaser	September 5, 1923(1923-09-05)	Scientist, aerospace engineer	Free Czechoslovak Army	Czechoslovakia
I. Leo Glasser	1924	Judge	United States Army	United States
Roy J. Glauber	September 1, 1925(1925-09-01)	Physicist	United States Army	United States
Andrew Glaze	April 21, 1920(1920-04-21)	Poet, novelist, & playwright	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Glazer	August 25, 1921(1921-08-25)	Pianist, composer, & music professor	United States Army	United States
John Glenn	July 18, 1921(1921-07-18)	Astronaut and politician; Ohio senator (1974-1999)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Manolis Glezos	September 9, 1922(1922-09-09)	Politician & writer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Fred Gloden	December 21, 1918(1918-12-21)	American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)		United States
Hans Goksøyr	February 10, 1923(1923-02-10)	Businessman	Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway
Tony Golab	January 17, 1919(1919-01-17)	Football player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Bill Gold	January 3, 1921(1921-01-03)	Film poster designer; Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca	United States Army	United States
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.	September 7, 1926(1926-09-07)	Film producer	United States Army	United States
Árpád Göncz	February 10, 1922(1922-02-10)	Hungarian president (1990–2000)	Red Army	Hungary
Alfred T. Goodwin	June 29, 1923(1923-06-29)	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)	United States Army, 1943–1946	United States
Jack Goody	July 27, 1919(1919-07-27)	Anthropologist	British Army	United Kingdom
Bert I. Gordon	September 24, 1922(1922-09-24)	Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Don Gordon	November 13, 1926(1926-11-13)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
John Gorman	February 1, 1923(1923-02-01)	Politician	British Army	United Kingdom
Luigi Gorrini	July 12, 1917(1917-07-12)	Fighter Pilot, WWII ace credited with 19 (24 according to some sources) enemy planes shot down plus 9 damaged	fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare (Gold Medal of Military Valor)	Italy
Karl Otto Götz	February 22, 1914(1914-02-22)	Painter	Germany	Nazi Germany
Bernard F. Grabowski	June 11, 1923(1923-06-11)	Politician	United States Army	United States
George W. Grace	September 8, 1921(1921-09-08)	Ethnolinguist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
René Henry Gracida	June 9, 1923(1923-06-09)	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States
John Galbraith Graham	February 16, 1921(1921-02-16)	Crossword compiler	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
David E. Grange, Jr.	April 9, 1925(1925-04-09)	Military officer & general	United States Army	United States
Daniil Granin	January 1, 1919(1919-01-01)	Writer	Russian Army	Russia
Günter Grass	October 16, 1927(1927-10-16)	Author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist	Waffen SS	Nazi Germany
Dieter Grau	April 24, 1913(1913-04-24)	Rocket scientist	Member of the "von Braun rocket group" at Peenemünde	Nazi Germany
Walter Grauman	March 17, 1922(1922-03-17)	Film director	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bob Gravage	July 25, 1921(1921-07-25)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Henry Gray	January 19, 1925(1925-01-19)	Blues singer & pianist	United States Army	United States
Kenneth J. Gray	November 14, 1924(1924-11-14)	Politician	Twelfth Air Force	United States
Bill Greason	September 3, 1924(1924-09-03)	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Ralph Green	June 8, 1911(1911-06-08)	Football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Maurice R. Greenberg	May 4, 1925(1925-05-04)	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	United States Army, 1942–1945	United States
Shecky Greene	April 8, 1926(1926-04-08)	Comedian	United States Navy	United States
Paul Greengard	December 11, 1925(1925-12-11)	Scientist	United States Navy	United States
David Greenglass	March 3, 1922(1922-03-03)	Atomic spy	United States Army	United States
Hermann Greiner	January 2, 1920(1920-01-02)	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Roman Gribbs	December 29, 1925(1925-12-29)	Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974)	United States Army	United States
Robert P. Griffin	November 6, 1923(1923-11-06)	U.S. Representative and Senator	71st Infantry Division	USA
Stu Griffing	November 9, 1926(1926-11-09)	Olympic rower	United States Army	United States
Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths	September 26, 1923(1923-09-26)	Judge	Welsh Guards	United Kingdom
Don Grossman	December 27, 1920(1920-12-27)	Football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Johnny Groth	July 23, 1926(1926-07-23)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Frank Joseph Guarini	August 20, 1924(1924-08-20)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Lawrence N. Guarino	April 16, 1922(1922-04-16)	Air Force officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Guarnere	April 28, 1923(1923-04-28)	Soldier, member of "Easy" company featured in Band of Brothers	United States Army	United States
John Guillermin	November 11, 1925(1925-11-11)	Film director	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Junius Foy Guin, Jr.	February 2, 1924(1924-02-02)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
James Gunn	July 12, 1923(1923-07-12)	Science fiction writer & editor	United States Navy	United States
John Gwilliam	February 28, 1923(1923-02-28)	Rugby player	British Army	United Kingdom

H – 93 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bill Hachten	November 30, 1924(1924-11-30)	Football player	United States Army	United States
David Hahn	May 15, 1925(1925-05-15)	Politician	Canadian Army, 1943–45	Canada
Monty Hall	August 25, 1921(1921-08-25)	Game show host; Let's Make a Deal	Canadian Army	Canada
Ralph Hall	May 3, 1923(1923-05-03)	Politician; Texas representative (1981–present)	United States Navy	United States
Günter Halm	August 27, 1922(1922-08-27)	Grenadier	Heer	Nazi Germany
Gail Halvorsen	October 10, 1920(1920-10-10)	American Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Chico Hamilton	September 20, 1921(1921-09-20)	Jazz drummer & bandleader	United States Army	United States
Guy Hamilton	September 16, 1922(1922-09-16)	Film director; Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever	French Resistance	United Kingdom
Earl Hamner, Jr.	July 10, 1923(1923-07-10)	Writer & TV producer; The Waltons, Falcon Crest	United States Army	United States
John Paul Hammerschmidt	May 4, 1922(1922-05-04)	Politician; Arkansas representative (1967-1993)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Patrick J. Hannifin	January 26, 1923(1923-01-26)	Navy admiral	United States Navy	United States
Peter Hansen	December 5, 1921(1921-12-05)	Actor; When Worlds Collide, TV's General Hospital	United States Marine Corps	United States
Reinhard Hardegen	March 18, 1913(1913-03-18)	U-boat commander	Kriegsmarine	Nazi Germany
Jim Hardy	April 24, 1923(1923-04-24)	Football player		United States
Harry Harley	June 4, 1926(1926-06-04)	Politician & physician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Chuck Harmon	April 23, 1924(1924-04-23)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Sheldon Harnick	April 30, 1924(1924-04-30)	Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof)	United States Army	United States
Don Harron	September 19, 1924(1924-09-19)	Actor	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Irwin Hasen	July 8, 1918(1918-07-08)	Cartoonist; Dondi	United States Army	United States
Don Hasenmayer	April 4, 1927(1927-04-04)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Orval H. Hansen	August 3, 1926(1926-08-03)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
William Harbison	January 1, 1921(1921-01-01)	Aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John P. Harbin	July 17, 1917(1917-07-17)	CEO of Halliburton, 1972–1983	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Robert Hardy	October 29, 1925(1925-10-29)	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Yosef Harish	1923	Jurist	British Army	Israel
John C. Harkness	November 30, 1916(1916-11-30)	Architect	United States Army	United States
Louis Harris	January 6, 1921(1921-01-06)	Businessman & pollster	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Arthur A. Hartman	March 12, 1926(1926-03-12)	US ambassador to the USSR (1981–1987)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
R. James Harvey	July 4, 1922(1922-07-04)	Politician & jurist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Harry G. Haskell, Jr.	May 27, 1921(1921-05-27)	Politician	United States Coast Guard	United States
Bob Hastings	April 18, 1925(1925-04-18)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
James F. Hastings	April 10, 1926(1926-04-10)	Politician	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Ray Hathaway	October 13, 1916(1916-10-13)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Ralph Hauenstein	March 20, 1912(1912-03-20)	Philanthropist and business leader	United States Army	United States
Chris Haughey	October 3, 1925(1925-10-03)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Fred Hawkins	September 3, 1923(1923-09-03)	Golfer	United States Army	United States
Bill Hayes	June 5, 1925(1925-06-05)	Actor	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Jack Hayward	June 14, 1923(1923-06-14)	Owner of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (1990–2007)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Denis Healey	August 30, 1917(1917-08-30)	Politician; Member of Parliament (1952–1992)	British Army; Royal Engineers	United Kingdom
Dan Heap	September 24, 1925(1925-09-24)	Politician	Royal Canadian Army Infantry Corps	Canada
Robert Hébras	June 29, 1925(1925-06-29)	Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor	French Resistance	France
Ken Hechler	September 20, 1914(1914-09-20)	Politician; West Virginia representative (1959-1977)	United States Army	United States
Eberhard Heder	June 30, 1918(1918-06-30)	Sturmbannführer	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe	August 25, 1922(1922-08-25)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Edward Heffron	May 16, 1923(1923-05-16)	Soldier, member of "Easy" company featured in Band of Brothers	United States Army	United States
Hugh Hefner	April 9, 1926(1926-04-09)	American magazine publisher, founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises	United States Army	United States
Val Heim	November 4, 1920(1920-11-04)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Henry Heimlich	February 3, 1920(1920-02-03)	Physician; originated anti-choking maneuver	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Anton Heinemann	January 29, 1921(1921-01-29)	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Paul Hellyer	August 6, 1923(1923-08-06)	Engineer and politician	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
Fritz Hellwig	August 3, 1912(1912-08-03)	Politician and European Commissioner	German Armed Forces	Nazi Germany
Solly Hemus	April 17, 1923(1923-04-17)	American baseball player		United States
Jon Hendricks	September 16, 1921(1921-09-16)	Jazz singer and lyricist	United States Army	United States
Rolf Hermichen	July 25, 1918(1918-07-25)	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Herbert Herz	1924	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
Dean Hess	December 6, 1917(1917-12-06)	Pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Johnny Hetki	May 12, 1922(1922-05-12)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Buddy Hicks	February 15, 1927(1927-02-15)	Baseball player	United States Armed Forces	United States
Steven Hill	February 24, 1922(1922-02-24)	Actor; Billy Bathgate, TV's Mission Impossible, Law & Order	United States Navy	United States
Arthur Hiller	November 22, 1923(1923-11-22)	Film director	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Elwood Hillis	March 6, 1926(1926-03-06)	Indiana congressman (1971–1987)	United States Army	United States
Andrew J. Hinshaw	August 4, 1923(1923-08-04)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Deane R. Hinton	March 12, 1923(1923-03-12)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Harley Hisner	November 6, 1926(1926-11-06)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert L. Hite	March 3, 1920(1920-03-03)	Flight engineer/gunner	Doolittle Raid	United States
Truman McGill Hobbs	February 8, 1921(1921-02-08)	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek	June 7, 1921(1921-06-07)	Dutch World War II resistance fighter	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
William Hoeveler	August 23, 1922(1922-08-23)	Lawyer & judge	United States Marine Corps	United States
Philip H. Hoff	June 29, 1924(1924-06-29)	Politician	USS Sea Dog, South Pacific theatre	United States
Richard Hoggart	September 24, 1918(1918-09-24)	Sociologist and cultural critic	Royal Artillery	United Kingdom
Hal Holbrook	February 27, 1925(1925-02-27)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Ernest Hollings	January 1, 1922(1922-01-01)	Politician; South Carolina governor (1959-1963) and senator (1966-2005)	United States Army	United States
Earl Holliman	September 11, 1928(1928-09-11)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
James L. Holloway III	February 21, 1922(1922-02-21)	Navy admiral	United States Navy	United States
William J. Holloway, Jr.	June 23, 1923(1923-06-23)	Judge; 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (1968–1992)	United States Army	United States
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	September 21, 1923(1923-09-21)	Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974)	United States Army	United States
Bob Hoover	January 24, 1922(1922-01-24)	Test pilot and air show pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Patrick Horsbrugh	June 21, 1920(1920-06-21)	Architecture professor & olympic athlete	British Army & Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Charles W. Hostler	December 12, 1919(1919-12-12)	US ambassador to Bahrain (1989–1993)	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Amo Houghton	August 7, 1926(1926-08-07)	New York congressman (1987–2005)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Euan Howard	November 26, 1923(1923-11-26)	Politician; 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Lee Howard	November 11, 1923(1923-11-11)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Michael Howard	November 29, 1922(1922-11-29)	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Sherman Howard	November 28, 1924(1924-11-28)	American football player		United States
Steve Hrymnak	March 3, 1926(1926-03-03)	Hockey player		Canada
Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington	March 28, 1915(1915-03-28)	Lawyer	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Walter Huddleston	April 15, 1926(1926-04-15)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Harry Hughes	November 13, 1926(1926-11-13)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Tom Hughes	November 26, 1923(1923-11-26)	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Johan van Hulst	January 28, 1911(1911-01-28)	Politician	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
David Hurst	March 9, 1926(1926-03-09)	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Earl Hutto	May 12, 1926(1926-05-12)	Florida congressman (1979–1995)	United States Navy	United States

I – 13 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Paul Robert Ignatius	November 11, 1920(1920-11-11)	Government official	United States Navy	United States
John Imbrie	July 4, 1925(1925-07-04)	Paleoceanographer	United States Army	United States
Michael J. Ingelido	November 20, 1916(1916-11-20)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Peter Isaacson	July 31, 1920(1920-07-31)	Newspaper publisher	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Robert F. Inger	September 10, 1920(1920-09-10)	Herpetologist	United States Army Corps of Engineers	United States
Pietro Ingrao	March 30, 1915(1915-03-30)	Politician	Italian resistance movement	Italy
Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside	September 21, 1924(1924-09-21)	British hereditary peer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Albert Irvin	August 21, 1922(1922-08-21)	Abstract expressionist painter	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Monte Irvin	February 25, 1919(1919-02-25)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Frederick Irving	May 2, 1921(1921-05-02)	Ambassador to Iceland (1972–1976)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George S. Irving	November 1, 1922(1922-11-01)	Actor		United States
Tony Iveson	September 11, 1919(1919-09-11)	Member of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Victor Izay	December 23, 1923(1923-12-23)	Actor	United States Army	United States

J – 32 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
J. F. R. Jacob	1923 (age 100–101)	General in the Bangladesh Liberation War 1971	Fought in Burma for the British in WW2	British Raj
Kenneth Jacobs	October 1917 (age 106)	Judge; Justice of the High Court of Australia (1974–1979)	Second Australian Imperial Force	Australia
Arthur Jackson	May 15, 1918(1918-05-15)	Olympic sport shooter	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Arthur J. Jackson	June 1924 (age 99)	Marine	United States Marine Corps	United States
Doug Jackson	December 12, 1924(1924-12-12)	Hockey player	Canadian Forces	Canada
Joe M. Jackson	March 14, 1923(1923-03-14)	Air Force Colonel; Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Pierre Jalbert	January 9, 1925(1925-01-09)	Actor and skier	University Air Training Corps, Laval University	Canada
Clifton James	May 29, 1921(1921-05-29)	Actor; Live and Let Die, The Untouchables	United States Army	United States
Miklós Jancsó	September 27, 1921(1921-09-27)	Film director & screenwriter		Hungary
Peter Jaques	November 20, 1919(1919-11-20)	Cricketer	British Army	United Kingdom
Wojciech Jaruzelski	July 6, 1923(1923-07-06)	President of Poland (1989–1990)	Polish People's Army	Poland
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	January 5, 1921(1921-01-05)	Luxembourgian ruler (1964-2000)	Irish Guards	Luxembourg
Herb Jeffries	September 24, 1913(1913-09-24)	Singer & actor		United States
Edward B. Jelks	September 10, 1922(1922-09-10)	Archaeologist	United States Navy	United States
Lawrence Jenkins	January 29, 1924(1924-01-29)	Pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Thomas Walter Jennings	December 20, 1917(1917-12-20)	Created the first guitar amplifier	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	United Kingdom
Norman Jewison	July 21, 1926(1926-07-21)	Filmmaker	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Merv Johnson	May 9, 1923(1923-05-09)	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Richard Johnson	July 30, 1927(1927-07-30)	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Russell Johnson	November 10, 1924(1924-11-10)	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Johnston	January 2, 1925(1925-01-02)	Golfer	United States Navy	United States
Archibald Johnstone	June 12, 1924(1924-06-12)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Charles Wycliffe Joiner	February 14, 1916(1916-02-14)	Federal judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Dickie Jones	February 25, 1927(1927-02-25)	Actor	United States Army	United States
James L. Jones, Sr.	June 16, 1912(1912-06-16)	Marine Corps officer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Les W. Jones	October 1, 1922(1922-10-01)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Raymond Jones	July 18, 1925(1925-07-18)	Architect	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
George Joseph	September 11, 1921(1921-09-11)	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	United States Army	United States
Louis Jourdan	June 19, 1919(1919-06-19)	Actor; Letter from an Unknown Woman, Gigi	French Resistance	France
Howie Judson	February 16, 1926(1926-02-16)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
James Jungius	November 15, 1923(1923-11-15)	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Alex Jupp	May 30, 1927(1927-05-30)	Politician	Canadian Army, 1944–46	Canada

K – 48 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Otto Kaiser	November 30, 1924(1924-11-30)	Old Testament scholar	Served on the Eastern Front	Nazi Germany
Mikhail Kalashnikov	November 10, 1919(1919-11-10)	Designer of AK-47, Hero of the USSR	Red Army	Soviet Union
Bernard Kalb	February 4, 1922(1922-02-04)	Journalist	United States Army	United States
Søren Kam	November 2, 1921(1921-11-02)	Waffen-SS officer	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Adolfo Kaminsky	October 1, 1925(1925-10-01)	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
James Karen	November 28, 1923(1923-11-28)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George Kariotis	1923	Businessman	United States Navy	United States
Bernard Karsenty	1920	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
Robert Kastenmeier	January 24, 1924(1924-01-24)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Walter Kaufmann	January 24, 1924(1924-01-24)	Writer	Australian Army	Australia
Patrick Kavanagh	March 1923 (age 101)	Police officer	British Army	United Kingdom
Charles Keating	December 4, 1923(1923-12-04)	Banker	United States Navy	United States
William J. Keating	March 30, 1927(1927-03-30)	Publisher & politician	United States Navy	United States
Don Keefer	August 18, 1916(1916-08-18)	Actor; Death of a Salesman, Liar Liar	United States Army	United States
Donald Keene	June 18, 1922(1922-06-18)	Japanologist and translator	United States Navy	United States
Arthur Keily	March 18, 1921(1921-03-18)	Olympic marathon runner	Sherwood Foresters	United Kingdom
Ellsworth Kelly	May 31, 1923(1923-05-31)	Painter, sculptor, and printmaker	United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1943–1945	United States
Everett A. Kelly	September 2, 1926(1926-09-02)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
William McDonough Kelly	July 21, 1925(1925-07-21)	Politician & businessman	Canadian Army, 1944–46	Canada
George Kennedy	February 18, 1925(1925-02-18)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Art Kenney	April 29, 1916(1916-04-29)	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
F. Ray Keyser, Jr.	August 17, 1927(1927-08-17)	Politician & lawyer; Governor of Vermont (1961–1963)	United States Navy	United States
Asghar Khan	January 17, 1921(1921-01-17)	Aviator & military historian	Royal Air Force	British India
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan	December 1920 (age 103)	Diplomat	British Indian Army	British India
Adolph Kiefer	June 27, 1918(1918-06-27)	Olympic gold-medal swimmer	United States Navy	United States
Andrew Killgore	November 7, 1919(1919-11-07)	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
Ralph Kiner	October 27, 1922(1922-10-27)	Baseball player and sports broadcaster	United States Navy	United States
Clive King	April 24, 1924(1924-04-24)	Author	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Frederick King	June 1, 1923(1923-06-01)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force, 1942–46	Canada
Ray King	August 1924 (age 99)	Football player	British Army	United Kingdom
Henry Kissinger	May 27, 1923(1923-05-27)	Statesman, Secretary of State (1973-1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient	United States Army	United States
Johann-Alfred Klaus	September 4, 1918(1918-09-04)	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Patricia Knatchbull	February 14, 1924(1924-02-14)	Countess Mountbatten of Burma	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Philip Knights, Baron Knights	October 3, 1920(1920-10-03)	Police officer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Mickey Knox	December 24, 1921(1921-12-24)	Actor; Knock on Any Door, The Godfather Part III	United States Army	United States
Mauno Koivisto	November 25, 1923(1923-11-25)	9th President of Finland	Winter War, Continuation War	Finland
Joseph P. Kolter	September 3, 1926(1926-09-03)	Politician	United States Army, 1944–1947	United States
Franciszek Kornicki	December 1916 (age 107)	Air force officer	Royal Air Force & Polish Air Force	Poland
Väinö Koskela	March 31, 1921(1921-03-31)	Olympic long-distance runner		Finland
Mike Kostiuk	August 1, 1919(1919-08-01)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Dick Kotanen	November 8, 1925(1925-11-08)	Hockey player	Winnipeg Army, Winnipeg Maroons, & Brandon Elks	Canada
Józef Kowalski	February 2, 1900(1900-02-02)	Poland's oldest man, recipient of the Polish Officer's Cross, last living veteran of the Polish-Soviet War, Holocaust survivor	Polish Army 1919-c.1921 1939	Poland
Ken Kranz	September 12, 1923(1923-09-12)	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Gerhard Krems	May 4, 1920(1920-05-04)	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Chuck Kress	December 9, 1921(1921-12-09)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
John Kundla	July 3, 1916(1916-07-03)	College and professional basketball coach	United States Navy	United States
Bob Kuzava	May 28, 1923(1923-05-28)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Larry Kwong	June 17, 1923(1923-06-17)	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada

L – 55 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Max Labovitch	January 18, 1924(1924-01-18)	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Frederick Bernard Lacey	September 8, 1920(1920-09-08)	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Robert J. Lagomarsino	September 4, 1926(1926-09-04)	Politician	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Bruce Laingen	August 6, 1922(1922-08-06)	Diplomat & academic	United States Navy	United States
Melvin R. Laird	September 1, 1922(1922-09-01)	Politician; Wisconsin representative (1953-1969) and Secretary of Defense (1969-1973)	United States Navy	United States
Gilles Lamontagne	April 17, 1919(1919-04-17)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Hans-Günther Lange	March 28, 1916(1916-03-28)	Soldier	Kriegsmarine & German Federal Navy	Nazi Germany
Gérald Laniel	August 8, 1924(1924-08-08)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Claude Lanzmann	October 27, 1925(1925-10-27)	Film director	French Resistance	France
Edgar Laprade	October 10, 1919(1919-10-10)	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Lyndon LaRouche	September 8, 1922(1922-09-08)	Economist & perennial presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Del Latta	March 5, 1920(1920-03-05)	Politician; Ohio representative (1959-1989)	United States Army, 1938-1941 United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942–1943	United States
Don C. Laubman	October 16, 1921(1921-10-16)	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Keith Lawrence	November 25, 1919(1919-11-25)	Royal Air Force Officer; one of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Paul Laxalt	August 2, 1922(1922-08-02)	American politician; Nevada governor (1967-1971) and senator (1974-1987)	United States Army	United States
Les Layton	November 18, 1921(1921-11-18)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Jacques Le Goff	January 1, 1924(1924-01-01)	Historian of the Middle Ages	French Resistance	France
Norman Lear	July 27, 1922(1922-07-27)	Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jim Leavelle	August 23, 1920(1920-08-23)	Police detective; Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby	United States Navy	United States
Peter Le Cheminant	June 17, 1920(1920-06-17)	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ed Lechner	December 14, 1919(1919-12-14)	American football player (New York Giants)		United States
Leon M. Lederman	July 15, 1922(1922-07-15)	Nobel Prize-winning physicist	United States Army	United States
Christopher Lee	May 27, 1922(1922-05-27)	Actor; The House That Dripped Blood, The Wicker Man	Royal Air Force and Special Operations Executive	United Kingdom
Stan Lee	December 28, 1922(1922-12-28)	Comic book writer; co-created Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men	United States Army	United States
Michael Leeston-Smith	December 12, 1916(1916-12-12)	Film & TV director	Royal Horse Artillery	United Kingdom
Hannie van Leeuwen	January 18, 1926(1926-01-18)	Politician	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
Carl Legault	January 2, 1923(1923-01-02)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force, 1943–45	Canada
George N. Leighton	October 22, 1912(1912-10-22)	Jurist	United States Army	United States
Hellmut von Leipzig	July 18, 1921(1921-07-18)	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Nazi Germany
Don Lenhardt	October 4, 1922(1922-10-04)	Baseball player and coach	United States Navy	United States
Siegfried Lenz	March 17, 1926(1926-03-17)	Author	German Navy	Nazi Germany
James F. Leonard	May 30, 1920(1920-05-30)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
George Lerchen	December 1, 1922(1922-12-01)	Baseball player	United States Armed Forces	United States
Lawrence LeShan	September 8, 1920(1920-09-08)	Psychologist; pioneer of mind-body therapy	United States Army	United States
Louis Lesser	June 15, 1916(1916-06-15)	Real estate developer	United States Army	United States
Marv Levy	August 3, 1925(1925-08-03)	Football coach	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Bernard Lewis	May 31, 1916(1916-05-31)	Islamic and Middle Eastern historian	Royal Armoured Corps and Intelligence Corps	United Kingdom
Peter Lichtner-Hoyer	December 28, 1925(1925-12-28)	Sportsman & Colonel		Austria
Thomas 'Thom' Liddle	October 31, 1923(1923-10-31)	Telephone Company Executive	United States Merchant Marines	United States
Walt Linden	March 27, 1924(1924-03-27)	Baseball player	United States Armed Forces	United States
Buddy Lively	January 2, 1925(1925-01-02)	American baseball player	United States Army	United States
Pierce Lively	August 27, 1921(1921-08-27)	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Don Looney	September 2, 1916(1916-09-02)	Football player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Miles Lord	November 6, 1919(1919-11-06)	Federal judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Frank LoVuolo	May 1, 1924(1924-05-01)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Turk Lown	May 30, 1924(1924-05-30)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Bill Lucas	January 16, 1917(1917-01-16)	Olympic long-distance runner	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
William R. Lucas	March 1, 1922(1922-03-01)	Fourth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center	United States Navy	United States
Patrick Lucey	March 21, 1918(1918-03-21)	Politician; Wisconsin governor (1971–1977)	United States Army Quartermaster Corps	United States
Johnny Lujack	January 4, 1925(1925-01-04)	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Tom Luken	July 9, 1925(1925-07-09)	Ohio congressman (1977–1991)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Allan Lurie	July 25, 1923(1923-07-25)	Voice actor	United States Army	United States
John Lysak	August 16, 1914(1914-08-16)	Olympic canoeist	United States Marine Corps	United States
Yuri Lyubimov	September 30, 1917(1917-09-30)	Actor, director, playwright	Soviet Army

M – 122 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Roy Mackal	August 1, 1925(1925-08-01)	Biologist	United States Marine Corps	United States
J. Ross Mackay	December 31, 1915(1915-12-31)	Geologist	Canadian Intelligence Corps	Canada
Bill Mackrides	July 8, 1925(1925-07-08)	American football player	U.S. Marine Corps., stationed in Japan	United States
Patrick Macnee	February 6, 1922(1922-02-06)	Actor; TV's The Avengers	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Eddie Macon	March 7, 1927(1927-03-07)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Harry Macpherson	July 10, 1926(1926-07-10)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Harold Russell Maddock	March 11, 1918(1918-03-11)	Jockey	Australian Army	Australia
John Mahaffy	July 18, 1918(1918-07-18)	Hockey player	Canadian Army, 1940–1942	Canada
Dayton S. Mak	July 10, 1917(1917-07-10)	US Ambassador to Kuwait (1962–1963)	United States Army	United States
Donald Malarkey	July 31, 1921(1921-07-31)	Soldier; member of "Easy" Company featured in Band of Brothers	United States Army	United States
Venero Mangano	September 7, 1921(1921-09-07)	Mobster	United States Army	United States
Marvin Mandel	April 19, 1920(1920-04-19)	Politician; Maryland governor (1969–1979)	United States Army, 1942–1944	United States
George Mandler	June 11, 1924(1924-06-11)	Psychologist	United States Army Military Intelligence Service	United States
Leroy J. Manor	February 21, 1921(1921-02-21)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Mann	July 19, 1920(1920-07-19)	Violinst; Juilliard String Quartet co-founder	United States Army	United States
Dick Manville	December 25, 1926(1926-12-25)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Gino Marchetti	January 2, 1927(1927-01-02)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Samuel Mardian	June 24, 1919(1919-06-24)	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Marc L. Marks	February 12, 1927(1927-02-12)	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Alfredo Chavez Marquez	June 30, 1922(1922-06-30)	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
John Otho Marsh, Jr.	August 7, 1926(1926-08-07)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Anthony Dryden Marshall	May 30, 1924(1924-05-30)	Theatrical producer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Peter Marshall	March 30, 1926(1926-03-30)	TV personality & actor	United States Army	United States
George Martin	January 3, 1926(1926-01-03)	Music producer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
James D. Martin	September 1, 1918(1918-09-01)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Mac Martin	April 26, 1925(1925-04-26)	Bluegrass musician	United States Navy	United States
Leslie H. Martinson	January 16, 1915(1915-01-16)	TV & movie director; PT 109, Batman: The Movie	United States Army	United States
Jaswant Singh Marwah	January 21, 1921(1921-01-21)	Journalist, author	British Indian Army	British India
Anthony Mason	April 21, 1925(1925-04-21)	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
William S. Massey	August 23, 1920(1920-08-23)	Mathematician	United States Navy	United States
Joe Masteroff	December 11, 1919(1919-12-11)	Playwright	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Matheson	November 14, 1917(1917-11-14)	Politician and judge; developed the maple leaf flag and the Order of Canada	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 1st Canadian Infantry Division	Canada
Harlan Mathews	January 17, 1927(1927-01-17)	Tennessee senator (1993–1994)	United States Navy	United States
Roy Matsumoto	May 1, 1913(1913-05-01)	Soldier	United States Army	United States
Robert D. Maxwell	October 26, 1920(1920-10-26)	Soldier	United States Army	United States
Albert Maysles	November 26, 1926(1926-11-26)	Documentary filmmaker	United States Army	United States
Frank Maznicki	July 19, 1920(1920-07-19)	American football player		United States
Windy McCall	July 18, 1925(1925-07-18)	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Herbert J. McChrystal	May 30, 1924(1924-05-30)	Major General	United States Army	United States
James W. McCord, Jr.	January 26, 1924(1924-01-26)	American politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Mike McCormack	December 14, 1921(1921-12-14)	Politician; Washington representative (1971-1981)	United States Army	United States
Joe McCorquodale	December 2, 1920(1920-12-02)	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Charles McGee	December 7, 1919(1919-12-07)	Air Force officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Pat McGlothin	October 20, 1920(1920-10-20)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Seth J. McKee	November 6, 1916(1916-11-06)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Leon McLaughlin	May 30, 1925(1925-05-30)	American football player		United States
Edward Joseph McManus	February 9, 1920(1920-02-09)	Politician & federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Brockway McMillan	March 30, 1915(1915-03-30)	Government official & scientist	United States Navy	United States
Francis Terry McNamara	November 2, 1927(1927-11-02)	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
Neville McNamara	April 17, 1923(1923-04-17)	Aviator	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
William Hardy McNeill	October 31, 1917(1917-10-31)	Historian	United States Army	United States
Henry R. McPhee, Jr.	January 11, 1925(1925-01-11)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Albert McQuarrie	January 1, 1918(1918-01-01)	Politician	British Army	United Kingdom
Walter Lewis McVey, Jr.	February 19, 1922(1922-02-19)	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Ted McWhinney	May 19, 1924(1924-05-19)	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Kirke Mechem	August 16, 1925(1925-08-16)	Composer	United States Army	United States
Howie Meeker	November 4, 1923(1923-11-04)	Hockey player, sports announcer, & politician	Canadian Army	Canada
James Megellas	March 11, 1917(1917-03-11)	Army officer	United States Army	United States
John Melcher	September 6, 1924(1924-09-06)	Politician; Montana representative	United States Army, 76th Infantry Division	United States
Ib Melchior	September 17, 1917(1917-09-17)	Novelist, screenwriter, & movie director	Counterintelligence Corps	United States
Sam Mele	January 21, 1922(1922-01-21)	Major League baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Walter Mengden	October 25, 1926(1926-10-25)	Lawyer & politician	United States Navy	United States
Bill Mercer	February 13, 1926(1926-02-13)	Sportscaster, educator, & author	United States Navy	United States
Jan Merlin	April 3, 1925(1925-04-03)	Actor & author	United States Navy	United States
A. L. Mestel	September 17, 1926(1926-09-17)	Pediatric surgeon	United States Navy	United States
Robert H. Michel	March 2, 1923(1923-03-02)	Politician; Illinois representative (1957–1995)	United States Army	United States
Cliff Michelmore	December 11, 1919(1919-12-11)	TV presenter & producer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ed Mickelson	September 2, 1926(1926-09-02)	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
J. William Middendorf II	September 22, 1924(1924-09-22)	Diplomat & politician	United States Navy	United States
Harry J. Middleton	October 24, 1921(1921-10-24)	Journalist; speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson (1967-1969)	United States Army	United States
Ed Mierkowicz	March 6, 1924(1924-03-06)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Larry Miggins	August 20, 1925(1925-08-20)	Baseball player	Merchant Navy	United States
Prince Mikasa	December 2, 1915(1915-12-02)	Japanese royal	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan
Abner J. Mikva	January 21, 1926(1926-01-21)	Politician & judge	United States Army Air Corps, 1944–1945	United States
R. Burnett Miller	September 2, 1923(1923-09-02)	Mayor of Sacramento, California	United States Army	United States
Bob Miller	June 16, 1926(1926-06-16)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
singer	July 29, 1918(1918-07-29)	Singer	United States Army	United States
William Milliken	March 26, 1922(1922-03-26)	Governor of Michigan (1969–1983)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Newton N. Minow	January 17, 1926(1926-01-17)	FCC Chairman (1961–1963)	United States Army	United States
Marvin Minsky	August 9, 1927(1927-08-09)	Scientist & author	United States Navy	United States
Paul Mitchell	August 10, 1920(1920-08-10)	American football player (Los Angeles Dons)		United States
Warren Mitchell	January 14, 1926(1926-01-14)	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	October 18, 1918(1918-10-18)	Prime minister of Greece (1990-1993)	Greek Resistance	Greece
Wayne Mixson	June 16, 1922(1922-06-16)	Politician; Florida governor (1987)	United States Navy	United States
Hiroshi H. Miyamura	October 6, 1925(1925-10-06)	Soldier	United States Army	United States
Shigeru Mizuki	March 8, 1922(1922-03-08)	Manga cartoonist	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
John Moffat	June 17, 1919(1919-06-17)	Aviator & Navy officer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Fenton Mole	June 14, 1925(1925-06-14)	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead	August 27, 1920(1920-08-27)	Politician	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Alex Monchak	March 5, 1917(1917-03-05)	American baseball player	United States Army	United States
Thomas S. Monson	August 21, 1927(1927-08-21)	Religious leader, author and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church)	United States Navy	United States
Eric Moon	March 6, 1923(1923-03-06)	Librarian & editor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Arch A. Moore, Jr.	April 16, 1923(1923-04-16)	Politician; West Virginia representative (1957-1969) and governor (1969-1977, 1985-1989)	United States Army	United States
Dickie Moore	September 12, 1925(1925-09-12)	Actor		United States
George Moore	October 6, 1918(1918-10-06)	Olympic pentathlete		United States
James Moore	November 18, 1916(1916-11-18)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Roger Moore	October 14, 1927(1927-10-14)	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Bobby Morgan	June 29, 1926(1926-06-29)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert Burren Morgan	October 5, 1925(1925-10-05)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Robert M. Morgenthau	July 31, 1919(1919-07-31)	Lawyer; New York County District Attorney (1975–2009)	United States Navy	United States
Edgar Morin	July 8, 1921(1921-07-08)	Philosopher & sociologist	French Resistance	France
Arthur Morris	January 19, 1922(1922-01-19)	Cricketer	Australian Army	Australia
Jan Morris	October 2, 1926(1926-10-02)	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Joseph Wilson Morris	April 28, 1922(1922-04-28)	Lawyer & federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Milton Morris	April 2, 1924(1924-04-02)	Politician	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Oswald Morris	November 22, 1915(1915-11-22)	Oscar-winning cinematographer; Fiddler on the Roof	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Thomas G. Morris	August 20, 1919(1919-08-20)	Politician	United States Navy, 1937–1944	United States
John Mosley	June 21, 1921(1921-06-21)	Football player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Helene Moszkiewiez	1920	Belgian World War II resistance fighter	Belgian Resistance	Belgium
Kelly Mote	April 27, 1923(1923-04-27)	Football player		United States
Perry Moss	August 4, 1926(1926-08-04)	Football player		United States
Ben R. Mottelson	July 9, 1926(1926-07-09)	Physicist	United States Navy, 1943–1945	Denmark
Farley Mowat	May 12, 1921(1921-05-12)	Conservationist and writer; Never Cry Wolf	Canadian Army	Canada
John Llewellyn Moxey	February 26, 1925(1925-02-26)	Film and TV director	British Armed Forces	Argentina
Walter Munk	October 19, 1917(1917-10-19)	Oceanographer	United States Army	United States
Les Munro	April 5, 1919(1919-04-05)	Bomber pilot; participated in 1943 Dambusters Raid against Germany	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
George Munroe	January 5, 1922(1922-01-05)	Basketball player	United States Navy	United States
David H. Murdock	April 11, 1923(1923-04-11)	Billionaire & businessman	United States Army	United States
Chet Murphy	November 15, 1917(1917-11-15)	Tennis player, coach, & author	United States Navy	United States
John M. Murphy	August 3, 1926(1926-08-03)	Politician	United States Army	United States
John T. Myers	February 8, 1927(1927-02-08)	Indiana congressman (1967–1997)	United States Army	United States

N – 31 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Steve Nagy	May 28, 1919(1919-05-28)	American baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Kel Nagle	December 21, 1920(1920-12-21)	Golfer	Australian Army	Australia
Yasuhiro Nakasone	May 27, 1918(1918-05-27)	Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 – 1987	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Andy Natowich	December 11, 1918(1918-12-11)	American football player		United States
John Neale	September 21, 1926(1926-09-21)	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
Paddy Neale	January 21, 1921(1921-01-21)	Politician & labour unionist	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Wendell Nedderman	October 31, 1921(1921-10-31)	Engineering educator	United States Navy	United States
Lucien N. Nedzi	May 28, 1925(1925-05-28)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Tom Neil	July 14, 1920(1920-07-14)	World War II flying ace	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Joan Neiman	September 9, 1920(1920-09-09)	Senator	Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service	Canada
Nels Nelson	September 7, 1917(1917-09-07)	Politician	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Canada
John A. Nerud	February 9, 1913(1913-02-09)	Horse trainer	United States Navy	United States
Don Newcombe	June 14, 1926(1926-06-14)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Kenneth Newman	August 15, 1926(1926-08-15)	Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982–1987)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Edward N. Ney	May 26, 1925(1925-05-26)	CEO of Young & Rubicam (1970–1986)	United States Navy Air Corps	United States
Chester Nez	January 23, 1920(1920-01-23)	Marine; member of the Navajo Code Talkers	Navajo Code Talkers	United States
John Lang Nichol	January 7, 1924(1924-01-07)	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Dick Nichols	April 29, 1926(1926-04-29)	Politician	United States Navy, 1944–1947	United States
Howard Nielson	September 12, 1924(1924-09-12)	Utah congressman (1983–1991)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George Nigh	June 9, 1927(1927-06-09)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Ian Nish	June 3, 1926(1926-06-03)	Academic; specialist in Japanese studies	British Army	United Kingdom
Peter L. Nissen	January 8, 1924(1924-01-08)	Aviator and businessman	Norwegian resistance movement, Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway
James Noble	March 5, 1922(1922-03-05)	Actor; 1776, TV's Benson	United States Navy	United States
Weston Noble	November 30, 1922(1922-11-30)	Choral conductor	United States Army	United States
Earl Norem	April 17, 1924(1924-04-17)	Illustrator & artist	United States Army	United States
Irv Noren	November 29, 1924(1924-11-29)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Douglass North	November 5, 1920(1920-11-05)	Nobel Prize-winning economist	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Leonard L. Northrup Jr.	March 18, 1918(1918-03-18)	Solar engineer	United States Army Corps of Engineers	United States
James E. Nugent	June 24, 1922(1922-06-24)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Harald Nugiseks	October 22, 1921(1921-10-22)	Soldier	Waffen SS	Nazi Germany
Francis W. Nye	June 29, 1918(1918-06-29)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States

O – 19 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Peter Oakley	August 20, 1927(1927-08-20)	Pensioner & video blogger	British Army	United Kingdom
Hugh O'Brian	April 19, 1925(1925-04-19)	Actor	United States Marine Corps	United States
Donald Eugene O'Brien	September 30, 1923(1923-09-30)	Judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Gerald O'Brien	December 2, 1924(1924-12-02)	Politician	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
William O'Brien	November 13, 1916(1916-11-13)	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Edmund F. O'Connor	March 31, 1922(1922-03-31)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hunter Pitts O'Dell	August 11, 1923(1923-08-11)	Civil rights activist	United States Merchant Marines	United States
Kevin O'Leary	February 19, 1920(1920-02-19)	Judge	Second Australian Imperial Force & Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Gerald S. O'Loughlin	December 23, 1921(1921-12-23)	Actor; In Cold Blood, TV's The Rookies	United States Marine Corps	United States
Makoto Ogawa	1917	Japanese army aviator & officer	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Fred Ohr	July 15, 1919(1919-07-15)	World War II flying ace	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Len Okrie	July 16, 1923(1923-07-16)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Gene Olaff	September 23, 1920(1920-09-23)	Soccer player & goalkeeper	United States Navy	United States
Hiroo Onoda	March 19, 1922(1922-03-19)	Soldier; hid in Philippine jungle from 1945 until 1974 unaware WWII had ended	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
David Oreck	September 17, 1923(1923-09-17)	Entrepreneur	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dan Orlich	December 21, 1924(1924-12-21)	American football player		United States
Johnny Orr	April 10, 1927(1927-04-10)	Basketball player & coach	United States Navy	United States
Abe (Glenn) Osser	August 28, 1914(1914-08-28)	Musician, musical arranger, songwriter, & bandleader	United States Maritime Service	United States
Richard Owen	December 11, 1922(1922-12-11)	Judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States

P – 90 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Boyd K. Packer	September 10, 1924(1924-09-10)	Religious leader & educator	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Frank D. Padgett	March 9, 1923(1923-03-09)	Judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jack Paepke	August 28, 1922(1922-08-28)	Minor league baseball player		United States
Charlie Page	March 2, 1917(1917-03-02)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
James Carriger Paine	1924	Lawyer & judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Mike Palagyi	July 4, 1917(1917-07-04)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Geoffrey Palmer	June 4, 1927(1927-06-04)	Actor	Royal Marines	United Kingdom
Gregg Palmer	January 25, 1927(1927-01-25)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Hans-Joachim Pancherz	April 15, 1914(1914-04-15)	Aviator & test pilot	Junkers	Nazi Germany
Owen M. Panner	July 28, 1924(1924-07-28)	Attorney & jurist	United States Army	United States
Peter Paret	April 13, 1924(1924-04-13)	Historian	United States Army	United States
Rudolph Pariser	December 8, 1923(1923-12-08)	Physicist & polymer chemist	United States Army	United States
Douglas H. Parker	1926	Law school professor	United States Navy	United States
Raymond Parkinson	1923	Psychiatrist & politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Ara Parseghian	May 21, 1923(1923-05-21)	NFL football player	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Pate	December 5, 1923(1923-12-05)	Bass player & arranger	United States Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States
Rupert Pate	September 6, 1917(1917-09-06)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Alastair Craig Paterson	1924	Civil engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Basil Paterson	April 27, 1926(1926-04-27)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Johnny Paton	April 2, 1923(1923-04-02)	Association football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Tom Patsalis	December 6, 1921(1921-12-06)	Track & field athlete		United States
Stylianos Pattakos	November 8, 1912(1912-11-08)	Principal in Greek military junta of 1967–1974	Commissioned officer	Greece
Harvey Patterson	September 12, 1924(1924-09-12)	Politician	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	Canada
John Malcolm Patterson	September 27, 1921(1921-09-27)	Governor of Alabama (1959–1963)	United States Army	United States
Robert P. Patterson, Jr.	1923	Federal judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Charles C. Pattillo	June 3, 1924(1924-06-03)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Art Paul	January 18, 1925(1925-01-18)	Graphics designer	United States Army	United States
Charles T. Payne	1925	Great-uncle of Barack Obama	United States Army	United States
"Sunshine" Sonny Payne	November 29, 1925(1925-11-29)	Radio presenter	United States Army, 1942–48	United States
Philip Pearlstein	May 24, 1924(1924-05-24)	Modern Realist painter	United States Army	United States
Thomas Pearson	July 1, 1914(1914-07-01)	Army general & officer	British Army	United Kingdom
Robert Newton Peck	February 17, 1928(1928-02-17)	Author	United States Army	United States
Nelson Peery	1925	Political activist & author	United States Army	United States
Hau Pei-tsun	July 13, 1919(1919-07-13)	Chinese premier (1990–1993)	Republic of China Army	China
Johnny Peirson	July 21, 1925(1925-07-21)	Hockey player		Canada
Roland Penner	July 30, 1924(1924-07-30)	Politician	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
Curtis Bill Pepper	August 30, 1917(1917-08-30)	Journalist & author	United States Army	United States
Simon Perchik	1923	Poet	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Walter Peregoy	1925	Background artist	United States Coast Guard	United States
Cyril Perkins	June 4, 1911(1911-06-04)	Cricketer	British Army, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom
Warren Perkins	February 2, 1924(1924-02-02)	Basketball player	Armed services	United States
Harry Perkowski	September 6, 1922(1922-09-06)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Martin L. Perl	June 24, 1927(1927-06-24)	Physicist	United States Merchant Marine (1944–1945) & United States Army (1945–1946)	United States
Philip Perlman	August 15, 1919(1919-08-15)	Actor; father of Rhea Perlman	United States Army	United States
Jimmy Perry	September 9, 1923(1923-09-09)	Scriptwriter	British Army	United Kingdom
L. Tom Perry	August 5, 1922(1922-08-05)	Apostle	United States Marine Corps	United States
Nehemiah Persoff	August 2, 1919(1919-08-02)	Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl	United States Army	United States
Jack Petchey	1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Robert Peters	October 20, 1924(1924-10-20)	Poet	United States Army	United States
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov	January 15, 1917(1917-01-15)	Military official; Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983–1991)	Red Army	Russia
Peter A. Peyser	September 7, 1921(1921-09-07)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Prince Phillip	June 10, 1921(1921-06-10)	Duke of Edinburgh	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Conrad Phillips	April 13, 1925(1925-04-13)	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
James Dickson Phillips, Jr.	September 23, 1922(1922-09-23)	Judge	United States Army	United States
John Phillips	December 29, 1919(1919-12-29)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Leslie Phillips	April 20, 1924(1924-04-20)	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Robert Phillips	April 10, 1925(1925-04-10)	Actor	United States Marine Corps	United States
Sidney Phillips	September 2, 1924(1924-09-02)	Physician & writer	United States Marine Corps	United States
William Phipps	February 4, 1922(1922-02-04)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Kazimierz Piechowski	October 3, 1919(1919-10-03)	Holocaust survivor; escapee from Auschwitz		Poland
Lawrence W. Pierce	December 31, 1924(1924-12-31)	Lawyer & federal judge	United States Army	United States
Derek Piggott	December 27, 1922(1922-12-27)	Aviator & flight instructor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Otis G. Pike	August 31, 1921(1921-08-31)	Politician; New York representative (1961–1979)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.	October 20, 1918(1918-10-20)	Businessman	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jadwiga Piłsudska	February 20, 1920(1920-02-20)	Glider pilot & architect	Air Transport Auxiliary	Poland
Jack Pimm	October 7, 1920(1920-10-07)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Chapman Pincher	March 29, 1914(1914-03-29)	Journalist & novelist	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Pipes	July 11, 1923(1923-07-11)	Historian	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Joyce C. Pipkin	January 9, 1924(1924-01-09)	Football player	United States Army; served 18 months in the Pacific as an underwater demolition expert	United States
Steve Pisanos	November 10, 1919(1919-11-10)	Aviator & author	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Warren Plunkett	August 4, 1920(1920-08-04)	American football player (Cleveland Rams)		United States
Nels Podolsky	December 19, 1925(1925-12-19)	Hockey player	Halifax Navy, 1944–1945	Canada
Robert M. Polich, Sr.	June 7, 1921(1921-06-07)	Aviator	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Heinz Polz	November 6, 1916(1916-11-06)	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Jack Pope	April 18, 1913(1913-04-18)	Jurist; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas	United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946	United States
Martin Pope	August 22, 1918(1918-08-22)	Physical chemist	United States Armed Forces, 1942–1945	United States
Robert Porter	December 23, 1923(1923-12-23)	Politician	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Freddie L. Poston	September 16, 1925(1925-09-16)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Aris Poulianos	July 24, 1924(1924-07-24)	Anthropologist & archaeologist	Greek People's Liberation Army, 1942–43	Greece
Robert E. Powell	January 1923	Politician & broadcaster	United States Army	United States
Harry Pregerson	October 13, 1923(1923-10-13)	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals	United States Marine Corps	United States
Donald Prell	July 7, 1924(1924-07-07)	Venture capitalist & futurist	United States Army	United States
Gabe Pressman	February 14, 1924(1924-02-14)	TV journalist	United States Navy	United States
Bob Priestly	January 5, 1920(1920-01-05)	American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)		United States
David Price	November 20, 1924(1924-11-20)	Conservative Party politician	Scots Guards	United Kingdom
Ray Price	January 12, 1926(1926-01-12)	Country singer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Tony Priday	1922	Bridge player & journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Reg Pugh	July 28, 1917(1917-07-28)	Football player	British Army	United Kingdom
William Lowell Putnam III	1924	Mountain climber	United States Army	United States
Alexander Pylcyn	1923	World War II Order of the Red Banner recipient	Soviet Army	Soviet Union

Q – 3 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Al Quie	September 18, 1923(1923-09-18)	Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Chuck Quilter	May 8, 1924(1924-05-08)	American football player (San Francisco 49ers)		United States
Jack Quinn	June 11, 1918(1918-06-11)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia

R – 86 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alexander Raab	July 12, 1921(1921-07-12)	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	Luftwaffe	Austria
Sol Rabinowitz	April 26, 1924(1924-04-26)	Music business executive	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Marv Rackley	July 25, 1921(1921-07-25)	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Karl Radermacher	December 12, 1922(1922-12-12)	Soldier & Knight's Cross recipient	Heer	Nazi Germany
Alfred Radley	1924	Clothing manufacturer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters	January 11, 1920(1920-01-11)	Tank commander	Canadian Army	Canada
Tony Rafty	October 12, 1915(1915-10-12)	Caricaturist	Australian Army	Australia
Viv Randall	March 7, 1914(1914-03-07)	Football player	Sapper in New Guinea	Australia
Herman Rattliff	April 1, 1926(1926-04-01)	Businessman	United States Army	United States
Georg Ratzinger	January 15, 1924(1924-01-15)	Catholic priest	Reichsarbeitsdienst & Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger	April 16, 1927(1927-04-16)	Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope	Luftwaffenhelfer	Nazi Germany
Ronald C. Read	December 19, 1924(1924-12-19)	Graph theorist	Royal Navy	Canada
Manuel Real	January 27, 1924(1924-01-27)	Judge	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Thomas Morrow Reavley	June 21, 1921(1921-06-21)	Judge	United States Navy	United States
Hartman Rector, Jr.	August 20, 1924(1924-08-20)	Mormon missionary	United States Navy	United States
Lou Reda	1925	Documentary filmmaker	United States Navy	United States
Sumner Redstone	May 27, 1923(1923-05-27)	Chairman & CEO of Viacom	United States Army Intelligence	United States
Jack Reed	May 19, 1924(1924-05-19)	Businessman	United States Army Signal Intelligence Service	United States
Douglas Reeman	October 15, 1924(1924-10-15)	Author	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Joseph Lloyd Reid	September 24, 1917(1917-09-24)	Politician	Royal Canadian Artillery & Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Canada
Ogden R. Reid	June 24, 1925(1925-06-24)	Politician & diplomat; New York Congressman (1963–1975)	United States Army	United States
Carl Reiner	March 20, 1922(1922-03-20)	Film director & actor; TV's Your Show of Shows, The Dick van Dyke Show	United States Army	USA
Ralph Regula	December 3, 1924(1924-12-03)	Ohio congressman (1973–2009)	United States Navy	United States
Ogden R. Reid	June 24, 1925(1925-06-24)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Edwin Reinecke	January 7, 1924(1924-01-07)	Politician	United States Navy	USA
John Reinhardt	March 8, 1920(1920-03-08)	Ambassador & diplomat		United States
Leo Reise, Jr.	June 7, 1922(1922-06-07)	NHL hockey player	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Keith Remington	April 29, 1923(1923-04-29)	Politician	Second Australian Imperial Force	Australia
Bill Renna	October 14, 1924(1924-10-14)	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Willi Reschke	February 3, 1922(1922-02-03)	Luftwaffe ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Gene Reynolds	April 4, 1923(1923-04-04)	Actor & TV writer, producer, & director	United States Navy	United States
Marc Riboud	June 24, 1923(1923-06-24)	Photographer	French Resistance	France
George Barclay Richardson	1924	Economist	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Fred Richmond	November 15, 1923(1923-11-15)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Al Richter	February 7, 1927(1927-02-07)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Don Rickles	May 8, 1926(1926-05-08)	Stand up comedian and actor	United States Navy	United States
Robert Rietti	February 8, 1923(1923-02-08)	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Madeleine Riffaud	August 23, 1924(1924-08-23)	Poet, journalist, & war correspondent	French Resistance	France
Jim Riffey	December 14, 1923(1923-12-14)	Basketball player	United States Army	United States
John Rigas	November 14, 1924(1924-11-14)	CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002)	United States Army	United States
Basil Rigg	August 12, 1926(1926-08-12)	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Thron Riggs	April 25, 1921(1921-04-25)	American football player (Boston Yanks)		United States
Jack Riley	June 15, 1919(1919-06-15)	Hockey player	Canadian Army, 1942–1944	Canada
John P. Riley, Jr.	June 15, 1920(1920-06-15)	Hockey player & coach	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Fred Risser	May 5, 1927(1927-05-05)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Jim Rivera	July 22, 1922(1922-07-22)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Brian Rix	January 27, 1924(1924-01-27)	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Owen W. Roberts	March 29, 1924(1924-03-29)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Ralph J. Roberts	March 13, 1920(1920-03-13)	Businessman; co-founder of Comcast Communications	United States Navy	United States
Charles W. Robinson	September 7, 1919(1919-09-07)	Government official; Deputy Secretary of Service (1976–1977)	United States Navy Engineering Officer	United States
Eddie Robinson	December 15, 1920(1920-12-15)	American baseball player, coach, and manager	United States Navy	United States
Raymond Rock	October 1, 1922(1922-10-01)	Politician & businessman	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
David Rockefeller	June 12, 1915(1915-06-12)	Banker & philanthropist	United States Army	United States
David H. Rodgers	August 10, 1923(1923-08-10)	Mayor of Spokane (1967–1978)	Communications officer	United States
Robert Roe	February 28, 1924(1924-02-28)	New Jersey congressman (1969–1993)	United States Army	United States
Jack Roeser		Inventor, engineer, & businessman	United States Army	United States
F. Michael Rogers	July 6, 1921(1921-07-06)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Dean Rogers	December 29, 1921(1921-12-29)	Judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Richard Rohmer	1924	Author, lawyer, & columnist	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Heinz Rökker	October 20, 1920(1920-10-20)	World War Ii flying ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Charles P. Roland	April 8, 1918(1918-04-08)	Historian	United States Army	United States
Fred B. Rooney	November 6, 1925(1925-11-06)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Mickey Rooney	September 23, 1920(1920-09-23)	Actor; Babes in Arms, the Andy Hardy film series	United States Army	United States
David Rose	November 22, 1924(1924-11-22)	Television producer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Irwin Rose	July 16, 1926(1926-07-16)	Scientist	United States Navy	United States
Al Rosen	February 29, 1924(1924-02-29)	Major League baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Milton Rosen	July 25, 1915(1915-07-25)	Naval engineer & space program project manager	United States Navy	United States
Donald Roe Ross	June 8, 1922(1922-06-08)	Judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Wilburn K. Ross	May 12, 1922(1922-05-12)	World War II Medal of Honour recipient	United States Army	United States
Joachim Rønneberg	August 30, 1919(1919-08-30)	Broadcaster	1st Lt., Norwegian Independent Company 1	Norway
Julian Rotter	October 22, 1916(1916-10-22)	Psychologist; developed locus of control	United States Army	United States
Thomas Round	October 18, 1915(1915-10-18)	Opera singer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Jean-Louis Roux	May 15, 1923(1923-05-15)	Politician & actor	Canadian Army, 1942–46	Canada
J. Roy Rowland	February 3, 1926(1926-02-03)	Georgia congressman (1981–1995)	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Tadeusz Różewicz	October 9, 1921(1921-10-09)	Poet & playwright	Home Army	Poland
Stanley Rubin	October 8, 1917(1917-10-08)	TV & movie producer/writer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
David Rubinger	June 24, 1924(1924-06-24)	Photographer	British Army	Israel
Erich Rudorffer	November 1, 1917(1917-11-01)	Luftwaffe fighter ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Heinrich Ruhl	August 31, 1915(1915-08-31)	Soldier	German Army	Nazi Germany
Tony Russel	November 23, 1925(1925-11-23)	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
George A. Russell	1921	Academic	United States Navy, 1940–1960	United States
John Russell	February 2, 1920(1920-02-02)	Olympic equestrian	United States Army	United States
Richard Russell	1924	Finance & investment writer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Russell	November 19, 1924(1924-11-19)	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
F. James Rutherford	July 10, 1924(1924-07-10)	Science professor	Radar teacher	United States
John Ruthven	1927	Wildlife painter	United States Army	United States

S – 141 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Ed Sabol	September 11, 1916(1916-09-11)	Filmmaker and businessman	United States Army	United States
Alexander Sachal	November 1924	Artist	Russian Army & French Resistance	Soviet Union
John Safer	September 6, 1922(1922-09-06)	Sculptor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Thomas R. St. George	November 23, 1919(1919-11-23)	Screenwriter & novelist	United States Army	United States
Guy Sajer	January 13, 1926(1926-01-13)	Military writer	Wehrmacht	Nazi Germany
George T. Sakato	February 19, 1921(1921-02-19)	World War II Medal of Honour recipient	United States Army	United States
Peter Sallis	February 1, 1921(1921-02-01)	Actor; the Wallace and Gromit film series, TV's Last of the Summer Wine	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ed Samcoff	September 1, 1924(1924-09-01)	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Kurt Sametreiter	April 9, 1922(1922-04-09)	Oberscharführer	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Carl Sanders	May 15, 1925(1925-05-15)	Politician; Governor of Georgia 1963–1967	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Mike Sandlock	October 17, 1915(1915-10-17)	Major League baseball player		United States
Ernest Sands	April 30, 1922(1922-04-30)	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Saucier	May 28, 1926(1926-05-28)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Bob Savage	December 1, 1921(1921-12-01)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Gus Savage	October 30, 1925(1925-10-30)	American politician	United States Army	United States
Edward Saylor	March 15, 1920(1920-03-15)	Flight engineer/gunner	Doolittle Raid	United States
Robert Sayre	August 18, 1924(1924-08-18)	American ambassador to Brazil (1978–1981)	United States Army	United States
Norman Scarth	1925	Blogger & political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Hal Schacker	April 6, 1925(1925-04-06)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
William Schallert	July 6, 1922(1922-07-06)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Art Schallock	April 25, 1924(1924-04-25)	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Walter Scheel	July 8, 1919(1919-07-08)	German president (1974–1979)	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Carl Scheib	January 1, 1927(1927-01-01)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Josef Scheungraber	September 8, 1918(1918-09-08)	Lieutenant & businessman	Wehrmacht	Nazi Germany
Richard Schifter	July 31, 1923(1923-07-31)	Lawyer	United States Army	United States
Bob Schiller	November 8, 1918(1918-11-08)	Screenwriter; TV's I Love Lucy, All in the Family	United States Army	United States
Annæus Schjødt, Jr.	February 13, 1920(1920-02-13)	Barrister	No. 331 Squadron RAF	Norway
Hermann Schleinhege	February 21, 1916(1916-02-21)	Luftwaffe ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Carl Emil Schorske	March 15, 1915(1915-03-15)	Historian	Office of Strategic Services	United States
Walter Schuck	July 20, 1920(1920-07-20)	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski	March 10, 1917(1917-03-10)	Aviator	27th Home Army Infantry Division	Poland
John R. Schmidhauser	January 3, 1922(1922-01-03)	Politician	United States Navy, 1941–1945	United States
Helmut Schmidt	December 23, 1918(1918-12-23)	German chancellor		Nazi Germany
Milt Schmidt	March 5, 1918(1918-03-05)	NHL hockey player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Red Schoendienst	February 2, 1923(1923-02-02)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
James Schroder	August 27, 1918(1918-08-27)	Politician & veterinarian	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
George P. Schultz	December 13, 1920(1920-12-13)	60th U.S. Secretary of State	United States Marine Corps	United States
Bernard L. Schwartz	December 12, 1926(1926-12-12)	CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)		United States
Richard Schweiker	June 1, 1926(1926-06-01)	Politician and 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States Navy	United States
Johann Schwerdfeger	November 24, 1914(1914-11-24)	Last surviving NCO oakleaves recipient	German Army	Nazi Germany
Ted Schwinden	August 31, 1925(1925-08-31)	Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)	United States Army	United States
Logan Scott-Bowden	February 21, 1920(1920-02-21)	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
Vin Scully	November 29, 1927(1927-11-29)	Sportscaster	United States Navy	United States
Vincent Scully	August 21, 1920(1920-08-21)	Architectural historian & critic	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Ron Searle	July 19, 1919(1919-07-19)	Mayor of Mississauga (1976–1978)	Toronto Scottish Regiment	Canada
Donald Seawell	August 1, 1912(1912-08-01)	Lawyer	Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force	United States
Cuthbert Sebastian	October 22, 1921(1921-10-22)	Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1996–2013)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reginald Secondé	July 28, 1922(1922-07-28)	Diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Günther Seeger	September 3, 1918(1918-09-03)	Luftwaffe fighter ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Pete Seeger	May 3, 1919(1919-05-03)	Folk singer & political activist	United States Army	United States
Manuel F. Segura	January 1, 1919(1919-01-01)	Military officer	He served as Adjutant General in the General Headquarters of the Cebuano guerrillas.	Philippines
Vic Seixas	August 30, 1923(1923-08-30)	Tennis player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Lorenzo Semple, Jr.	March 27, 1923(1923-03-27)	Screenwriter; The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor	United States Army	United States
Ralph Senensky	May 1, 1923(1923-05-01)	TV director & writer	United States Army	United States
Jacques Sernas	July 30, 1925(1925-07-30)	Actor	French Resistance	France
Doc Severinsen	July 7, 1927(1927-07-07)	Trumpeter	United States Army	United States
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.	July 7, 1923(1923-07-07)	Politician	United States Armed Forces	United States
Peter Shaffer	May 15, 1926(1926-05-15)	Playwright & screenwriter	Bevin Boy	United Kingdom
Robert H. Shaffer	September 13, 1915(1915-09-13)	Educator & academic	United States Army	United States
Bobby Shantz	September 26, 1925(1925-09-26)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Lloyd Shapley	June 2, 1923(1923-06-02)	Nobel Prize-winning economist & mathematician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Sidney Shapiro	December 23, 1915(1915-12-23)	Writer & translator	United States Armed Forces	United States
Kendall Shaw	1924	Painter	United States Navy	United States
Art Shay	March 31, 1922(1922-03-31)	Photojournalist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Stanley Sheinbaum	June 12, 1920(1920-06-12)	Activist and publisher	United States Army	United States
Neill Sheridan	November 20, 1921(1921-11-20)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Harry W. Shlaudeman	May 17, 1926(1926-05-17)	US ambassador to Nicaragua (1990–1992)	United States Marine Corps	United States
E L Short	October 2, 1925(1925-10-02)	Politician & businessman	United States Navy	United States
Alexander Shulgin	June 17, 1925(1925-06-17)	Chemist & psychologist; rediscovered MDMA	United States Navy	United States
Robert G. Shulman	March 3, 1924(1924-03-03)	Biophysicist	United States Navy	United States
George P. Shultz	December 13, 1920(1920-12-13)	Government official; Secretary of State (1982–1989)	United States Marine Corps	United States
John Siegal	May 15, 1918(1918-05-15)	American football player	United States Navy	United States
Charlie Sifford	June 2, 1922(1922-06-02)	Golfer	United States Army	United States
Dudley Simpson	October 4, 1922(1922-10-04)	Composer	Australian Army	Australia
Reg Simpson	February 27, 1920(1920-02-27)	Cricketer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Thomas Joseph Simpson	November 6, 1921(1921-11-06)	Distinguished Service Medal recipient	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Charlie Silvera	October 13, 1924(1924-10-13)	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Robert E. Simon	April 10, 1914(1914-04-10)	Urban painter	United States Army	United States
Donald Sinden	October 9, 1923(1923-10-09)	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Kanwar Zorawar Singh	February 14, 1920(1920-02-14)	Cavalry officier	British Indian Army	British India
John K. Singlaub	July 10, 1921(1921-07-10)	Army general	United States Army	United States
John Virgil Singleton, Jr.	March 20, 1918(1918-03-20)	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Joe Sinnott	October 16, 1926(1926-10-16)	Comic book artist	United States Navy	United States
James Sites	March 20, 1924(1924-03-20)	Novelist	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Charles P. Smith	June 18, 1926(1926-06-18)	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Eric Smith	1919	Painter	Australian Army	Australia
Helen Smith	January 5, 1922(1922-01-05)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Laird Smith	July 16, 1913(1913-07-16)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Lyle Smith	March 17, 1916(1916-03-17)	Football & basketball player	United States Navy	United States
Neal Edward Smith	March 23, 1920(1920-03-23)	Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995)	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Warren Smith	October 20, 1915(1915-10-20)	Golfer	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Warren Allen Smith	October 27, 1921(1921-10-27)	Gay rights activist		United States
Donald Snelgrove	April 21, 1925(1925-04-21)	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
David Snellgrove	June 29, 1920(1920-06-29)	Tibetologist	British Army	United Kingdom
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames	September 15, 1922(1922-09-15)	Biographer & memoirist; daughter of Winston Churchill	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Robert M. Solow	August 23, 1924(1924-08-23)	Economist	United States Army	United States
Gordy Soltau	January 25, 1925(1925-01-25)	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Gerhard Sommer	June 24, 1921(1921-06-24)	Soldier	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Cecil Souders	January 3, 1921(1921-01-03)	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Pierre Soulages	December 24, 1919(1919-12-24)	Painter and sculptor		France
Robert Hitchcock Spain	October 26, 1925(1925-10-26)	Bishop	United States Navy	United States
Marvin Speight	September 5, 1921(1921-09-05)	Basketball player & coach		United States
Frank Spellman	September 17, 1922(1922-09-17)	Weightlifter		United States
John Spellman	December 29, 1926(1926-12-29)	Governor of Washington (1981–1985)	United States Navy	United States
G. Spencer-Brown	April 2, 1923(1923-04-02)	Mathematician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bob Spicer	April 11, 1925(1925-04-11)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
S. Arthur Spiegel	October 24, 1920(1920-10-24)	Federal judge	United States Marine Corps Reserve	United States
Ronald Spiers	July 9, 1925(1925-07-09)	Diplomat; US Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Richard T. Spooner	1925	Marine Corps officer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Tom Stagg	January 19, 1923(1923-01-19)	Attorney, businessman, & politician	United States Army	United States
Richard Stanbury	May 2, 1923(1923-05-02)	Politician	Canadian Infantry Corps	Canada
Wally Stanowski	April 28, 1919(1919-04-28)	NHL hockey player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Harry Dean Stanton	July 14, 1926(1926-07-14)	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Harold Stapleton	January 7, 1915(1915-01-07)	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Dick Starr	March 2, 1921(1921-03-02)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Monteagle Stearns	December 5, 1924(1924-12-05)	American ambassador to Greece (1981–1985)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Herb Stempel	December 19, 1926(1926-12-19)	Game show contestant	United States Army	United States
Stan Stennett	July 30, 1925(1925-07-30)	Comedian, actor, & jazz musician	British Army	United Kingdom
Ninian Stephen	June 15, 1923(1923-06-15)	Jurist	Australian Army	Australia
Willis H. Stephens, Sr.	June 7, 1925(1925-06-07)	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Stephenson	August 9, 1923(1923-08-09)	Actor & voice artist; voice of Mr. Slate on TV's The Flintstones	United States Army Air Forces; saw action in China	United States
Mike Stepovich	March 12, 1919(1919-03-12)	Politician; Alaska Territory governor (1957-1958)	United States Navy	United States
Guy Stern	January 14, 1922(1922-01-14)	Literary scholar	United States Army	United States
Phil Stern	September 3, 1919(1919-09-03)	Photographer	United States Army Rangers	United States
Stewart Stern	March 22, 1922(1922-03-22)	Screenwriter; Rebel Without A Cause, TV's Sybil	Fought in the Battle of the Bulge	United States
Chuck Stevens	July 10, 1918(1918-07-10)	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Paul Stevens	April 20, 1920(1920-04-20)	U.S Supreme Court Justice	United States Navy	United States
Louis Stokes	February 23, 1925(1925-02-23)	Politician; Ohio Congressman (1969–1999)	United States Army	United States
David Stoliar	October 30, 1922(1922-10-30)	Last survivor of the Struma disaster	British Army	Romania
William Stoltzfus	November 3, 1924(1924-11-03)	Diplomat	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Larry Storch	January 8, 1923(1923-01-08)	Actor; TV's F Troop	United States Navy	United States
James E. Stowers	October 8, 1924(1924-10-08)	Founder of American Century Investments & Stowers Institute for Medical Research	United States Army Air Corps	United States
John Strawson	1921	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.	April 22, 1916(1916-04-22)	Businessman; heir to the Quaker Oats Company	United States Army	United States
Paul Stuffel	March 22, 1927(1927-03-22)	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Richard Summers	1921	RAF officer; one of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Patrick Suppes	March 17, 1922(1922-03-17)	Philosopher	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Joe Sutter	March 21, 1921(1921-03-21)	Aeronautical engineer; led development of the 747 jetliner	United States Navy	United States
Seijun Suzuki	May 24, 1923(1923-05-24)	Filmmaker & actor	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Harvey Sweetman	October 10, 1921(1921-10-10)	Pilot	Royal Air Force	New Zealand

T – 54 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Jerzy Tabeau	1918	Cardiologist	Polish Resistance	Poland
Carlos Talbott	January 28, 1920(1920-01-28)	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Burt L. Talcott	February 22, 1920(1920-02-22)	Politician; California representative (1963-1977)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Curtis W. Tarr	September 18, 1924(1924-09-18)	Academician, administrator, & advisor	United States Army	United States
Gordie Tapp	June 4, 1922(1922-06-04)	Singer & comedian; TV's Hee Haw	Canadian Army	Canada
Charles "Chuck" Tatum	1926	Author & racing driver	United States Marine Corps	United States
Donald Taylor	October 1, 1918(1918-10-01)	Aviator	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr.	April 1, 1924(1924-04-01)	Politician	United States Army	United States
Jack C. Taylor	1922	Businessman	United States Navy	United States
Maurice Taylor	May 5, 1926(1926-05-05)	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
Nicholas Taylor	November 11, 1927(1927-11-11)	Politician, businessman, & geologist	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Robert L. Taylor	1924	Founder & president of Antique Airplane Association	United States Navy	United States
Lee Teng-hui	January 15, 1923(1923-01-15)	Tawainese president (1988–2000)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Clark Terry	December 14, 1920(1920-12-14)	Jazz trumpeter and flügelhornist	United States Navy	United States
Wayne Terwilliger	June 27, 1925(1925-06-27)	Major League baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Robert E. Thacker	1918	Aviator & test pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Mikis Theodorakis	July 29, 1925(1925-07-29)	Songwriter & composer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Wayne Thiebaud	November 15, 1920(1920-11-15)	Pop art painter	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Keith Thiele	February 25, 1921(1921-02-25)	Aviator	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
E. Parry Thomas	June 29, 1921(1921-06-29)	Businessman	United States Army	United States
Lowell Thomas, Jr.	October 6, 1923(1923-10-06)	Film & TV producer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Peter Thomas	June 28, 1924(1924-06-28)	Announcer & narrator	United States Army	United States
Ward Thomas	August 11, 1923(1923-08-11)	TV executive	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Andy Thompson	December 14, 1924(1924-12-14)	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Ben Thompson	April 11, 1924(1924-04-11)	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Fletcher Thompson	February 5, 1925(1925-02-05)	Politician & lawyer	United States Army Medical Corps & United States Army Air Corps	United States
Tim Thompson	March 1, 1924(1924-03-01)	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Charles Thone	January 4, 1924(1924-01-04)	Politician; governor or Nebraska 1979–1983	United States Army	United States
Gunnar Thoresen	July 21, 1920(1920-07-21)	Football player		Norway
Francis Thorne	June 23, 1922(1922-06-23)	Composer	United States Navy	United States
Randolph W. Thrower	September 5, 1913(1913-09-05)	Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, 1969–1971	United States Marine Corps	United States
Patrick Lennox Tierney	January 28, 1914(1914-01-28)	Art historian & Japanoligst	Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers	United States
John Tillard	May 26, 1924(1924-05-26)	Cricket player	British Army	United Kingdom
Grant Tinker	January 11, 1925(1925-01-11)	TV executive	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Sid Tepper	June 25, 1918(1918-06-25)	Songwriter	United States Army	United States
Terence Todman	March 13, 1926(1926-03-13)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Christopher Tolkien	November 21, 1924(1924-11-21)	Editor, novelist, and academic	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ernest Tomlinson	September 19, 1924(1924-09-19)	Composer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Heinz Tonn	April 26, 1921(1921-04-26)	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Reidar Torp	July 7, 1922(1922-07-07)	Military Officer	Military Officer	Norway
Aldo Tortorella	July 10, 1926(1926-07-10)	Journalist & politician	Italian Resistance	Italy
Zollie Toth	January 26, 1924(1924-01-26)	American football player		United States
Peter Towe	November 1, 1922(1922-11-01)	Diplomat & businessman	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Gilbert R. Tredway	1922	Historian	United States Army	United States
Charley Trippi	December 14, 1921(1921-12-14)	Football player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
David Thatcher	July 31, 1921(1921-07-31)	Flight engineer/gunner	Doolittle Raid	United States
John Treacher	September 23, 1924(1924-09-23)	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Frank Truitt	April 4, 1925(1925-04-04)	Sports coach	United States Army	United States
Jerry Tucker	November 1, 1925(1925-11-01)	Child actor	United States Navy	United States
Gordon Tullock	February 13, 1922(1922-02-13)	Economist		United States
James Clinton Turk	May 3, 1923(1923-05-03)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Joe Turkel	July 15, 1927(1927-07-15)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Morrie Turner	December 11, 1923(1923-12-11)	Cartoonist	United States Army	United States
Charles Tyner	June 8, 1925(1925-06-08)	Actor		United States

U – 6 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yosh Uchida	April 1, 1920(1920-04-01)	Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer	United States Army	United States
Eino Uusitalo	December 1, 1924(1924-12-01)	Politician	Continuation War, 1942–1944	Finland
Alistair Urquhart	September 8, 1919(1919-09-08)	Businessman & author	British Army	United Kingdom
Brian Urquhart	February 28, 1919(1919-02-28)	Soldier & diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
W. J. Usery	December 21, 1923(1923-12-21)	US Secretary of Labor (1976–1977)	United States Naval Reserve, 1943–1946	United States
Bob Usher	March 1, 1925(1925-03-01)	Major League baseball player	United States Navy	United States

V – 24 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Tony Vaccaro	December 20, 1922(1922-12-20)	Photographer	United States Army	United States
Jean Valentine	1924	Bombe operator	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Tim Valentine	March 15, 1926(1926-03-15)	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jaakko Valtanen	February 9, 1925(1925-02-09)	General	Finnish Defence Forces	Finland
Donald West VanArtsdalen	October 21, 1919(1919-10-21)	Federal judge	Canadian Army 1940–42 United States Army 1942–45	United States
Ebert Van Buren	December 6, 1924(1924-12-06)	Football player	United States Army	United States
Dick Van Dyke	December 13, 1925(1925-12-13)	Actor and comedian	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Harold Van Heuvelen	1919	Composer	United States Army	United States
Theodore Van Kirk	February 27, 1921(1921-02-27)	Navigator on the Enola Gay	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Neil D. Van Sickle	July 8, 1915(1915-07-08)	Air force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
René Vautier	January 15, 1928(1928-01-15)	Film director	French Resistance	France
Fritz Vehse	April 23, 1924(1924-04-23)	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Nazi Germany
Henri Vernes	October 16, 1918(1918-10-16)	Action and science-fiction writer		Belgium
John William Vessey, Jr.	June 29, 1922(1922-06-29)	Army general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985)	34th Infantry Division	United States
George S. Vest	December 25, 1918(1918-12-25)	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Claude Vigée	January 3, 1921(1921-01-03)	Poet	French Resistance	France
Abe Vigoda	February 24, 1921(1921-02-24)	Actor; The Godfather, TV's Barney Miller	United States Army	United States
Weston E. Vivian	October 25, 1924(1924-10-25)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Wilbur E. Volz	January 1, 1924(1924-01-01)	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Waldemar von Gazen	December 6, 1917(1917-12-06)	German Wehrmacht officer & lawyer	German Army	Nazi Germany
Rudolf von Ribbentrop	May 11, 1921(1921-05-11)	Waffen-SS captain	Waffen-SS	Nazi Germany
Georg von Tiesenhausen	May 18, 1914(1914-05-18)	Rocket scientist	Member of the "von Braun rocket group" at Peenemünde	Nazi Germany
Anton Vratuša	February 21, 1915(1915-02-21)	Prime Minister of Slovenia	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

W – 81 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
John Waddy	June 17, 1920(1920-06-17)	Author & military advisor	British Army	United Kingdom
Jim Wade	February 14, 1926(1926-02-14)	American football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Clint Walker	May 30, 1927(1927-05-30)	Actor	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Daniel Walker	August 6, 1922(1922-08-06)	Politician; Illinois governor (1973-1977)	United States Navy	United States
David Maxwell Walker	1920	Lawyer & academic	British Army	United Kingdom
Mort Walker	September 3, 1923(1923-09-03)	Comic strip writer & artist; Beetle Bailey	United States Army	United States
Murray Walker	October 10, 1923(1923-10-10)	Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Stanley T. Walker	July 23, 1922(1922-07-23)	Olympic biathlete	United States Army	United States
Eli Wallach	December 7, 1915(1915-12-07)	Actor; The Misfits, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	United States Army	United States
John Waller	April 18, 1924(1924-04-18)	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Walter Walsh	May 4, 1907(1907-05-04)	FBI agent and Olympic shooter	United States Marine Corps	United States
Joseph Wapner	November 15, 1919(1919-11-15)	Jurist & television personality	United States Army	United States
Maxwell "Max" William Ward	November 22, 1921(1921-11-22)	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Rose Warfman	October 4, 1916(1916-10-04)	French Resistance heroine	French Resistance	France
John Warner	February 18, 1927(1927-02-18)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Billy Watson	December 25, 1923(1923-12-25)	Child actor	United States Army	United States
W. Marvin Watson	June 6, 1924(1924-06-06)	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Fritz Weaver	January 19, 1926(1926-01-19)	Actor	Conscientious Objector	United States
James H. Weaver	August 8, 1927(1927-08-08)	Politician; Oregon congressman (1975–1987)	United States Navy	United States
William Weaver	July 24, 1923(1923-07-24)	Translator	American Field Service; ambulance driver	United States
Chick Webster	November 3, 1920(1920-11-03)	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
William H. Webster	March 26, 1924(1924-03-26)	3rd , 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council	United States Navy	United States
Donald Weihs	September 7, 1922(1922-09-07)	Olympic biathlete	United States Army	United States
Art Weiner	August 16, 1926(1926-08-16)	American football player		United States
Jack B. Weinstein	August 10, 1921(1921-08-10)	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Morris Weiss	August 11, 1915(1915-08-11)	Comic book artist & writer	United States Army	United States
Richard von Weizsäcker	April 15, 1920(1920-04-15)	German President (1984–1994)	German Army	Nazi Germany
Jimmy Weldon	September 23, 1923(1923-09-23)	Voice actor & ventriloquist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Arthur Valerian Wellesley	July 2, 1915(1915-07-02)	Duke of Wellington	British Army	United Kingdom
Geoffrey Wellum	August 4, 1921(1921-08-04)	Author & aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Wells	March 30, 1925(1925-03-30)	Politician	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Wally Westlake	November 8, 1920(1920-11-08)	Major League baseball player	United States Coast Guard	United States
Haskell Wexler	February 6, 1922(1922-02-06)	Cinematographer; American Graffiti, Days of Heaven	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Chuck Weyant	April 3, 1923(1923-04-03)	Racecar driver	United States Army	United States
Walter Wheeler	November 19, 1925(1925-11-19)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Edgar Whitcomb	November 6, 1917(1917-11-06)	Politician; Indiana governor (1969–1973)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
John White	1924	Art historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John C. Whitehead	April 2, 1922(1922-04-02)	Government official; Deputy Secretary of State (1985–1989)	United States Navy	United States
G. William Whitehurst	March 12, 1925(1925-03-12)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Gough Whitlam	July 11, 1916(1916-07-11)	Australian prime minister (1972–1975)	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
George H. Whittaker	December 22, 1919(1919-12-22)	Politician	Royal Air Force	Canada
Richard Whittington-Egan	1924	Writer & criminologist	British Army	United Kingdom
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram	August 2, 1915(1915-08-02)	Lieutenant Colonel	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Wilbur	March 1, 1921(1921-03-01)	Poet	United States Army	United States
Joe Wilder	February 22, 1922(1922-02-22)	Jazz trumpeter	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Karl-Heinz Wilke	April 7, 1923(1923-04-07)	Luftwaffe lieutenant	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
Bert Williams	January 31, 1920(1920-01-31)	Football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Chuck Williams	October 2, 1915(1915-10-02)	Cookbook author and businessman		United States
Elmo Williams	April 30, 1913(1913-04-30)	Film editor & producer	United States Army Signal Corps & United States Army Air Corps	United States
Emory Williams	October 26, 1911(1911-10-26)	Businessman; former chief executive of Sears	United States Navy	United States
Hershel W. Williams	February 10, 1923(1923-02-10)	Marine	United States Marine Corps	United States
David Willcocks	December 30, 1919(1919-12-30)	Choral director, organist, and composer	British Army	United Kingdom
Douglas Wilmer	January 8, 1920(1920-01-08)	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Archibald Wilson		Air Marshal	Air Marshal	Rhodesia
Gerald Wilson	September 4, 1918(1918-09-04)	Jazz musician, bandleader, and composer	United States Navy	United States
John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran	September 22, 1924(1924-09-22)	Diplomat	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Ralph Wilson	October 17, 1918(1918-10-17)	Businessman; founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills football franchise	United States Navy	United States
William Winegard	April 11, 1924(1924-04-11)	Politician	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Jason Wingreen	October 9, 1920(1920-10-09)	Actor; TV's All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place	United States Army	United States
Charley Winner	July 2, 1924(1924-07-02)	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Winter	February 21, 1923(1923-02-21)	Politician; Mississippi governor (1980-1984)	United States Army	United States
Tex Winter	February 25, 1922(1922-02-25)	Basketball coach	United States Navy	United States
Graham Winteringham		Architect	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Nicholas Winton	May 19, 1909(1909-05-19)	Humanitarian; saved the lives of 669 Czech children during the Holocaust	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Michael John Wise	August 7, 1918(1918-08-07)	Academic	British Army	United Kingdom
Steve Wochy	December 25, 1922(1922-12-25)	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Harris Wofford	April 9, 1926(1926-04-09)	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John S. Wold	August 31, 1916(1916-08-31)	Politician; Wyoming representative (1969–1971)	United States Navy	United States
Bill Woodson	July 16, 1917(1917-07-16)	Actor & voice artist	United States Army	United States
Morgan Woodward	September 16, 1925(1925-09-16)	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Dale E. Wolf	September 6, 1924(1924-09-06)	Politician and businessman	United States Army	United States
Robert Wolfe	March 2, 1921(1921-03-02)	Retired senior archivist of NARA; expert on captured German war documents.	United States Army	United States
Sheldon Wolin	August 4, 1922(1922-08-04)	Political philosopher	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George C. Wortley	December 8, 1926(1926-12-08)	New York congressman (1981–1989)	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Herman Wouk	May 27, 1915(1915-05-27)	Author; The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War	United States Navy	United States
Allan Wright	February 20, 1920(1920-02-20)	Aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Jim Wright	October 22, 1922(1922-10-22)	Politician; Texas representative (1955-1989) & Speaker of the House (1987-1989)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Roland R. Wright	March 30, 1919(1919-03-30)	Missionary & pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Scott Olin Wright	January 15, 1923(1923-01-15)	Federal judge	United States Navy United States Marine Corps	United States
Tom Wright	September 22, 1923(1923-09-22)	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States

X – 2 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Vicente T. Ximenes	December 5, 1919(1919-12-05)	Civil rights activist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Alex Xydias	March 22, 1922(1922-03-22)	Auto racing driver	United States Army Air Forces	United States

Y – 15 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sol Yaged	December 8, 1922(1922-12-08)	Jazz clarinetist	United States Army	United States
Abraham Yakin	1924	Artist	Royal Navy	Israel
George Yankowski	November 19, 1922(1922-11-19)	Major League baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Dmitry Yazov	November 8, 1924(1924-11-08)	Soviet Union Marshal	Soviet Army	Soviet Union
Chuck Yeager	February 13, 1923(1923-02-13)	Air Force officer & test pilot; first person to exceed the speed of sound in flight	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Yoast	1924	High school football coach	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Tom York	1925	TV personality	United States Navy	United States
Seiji Yoshida	October 15, 1913(1913-10-15)	Communist novelist	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Jim Youel	February 13, 1922(1922-02-13)	Football player		United States
Clarence Clifton Young	November 7, 1922(1922-11-07)	Politician	United States Army	United States
George C. Young	August 4, 1916(1916-08-04)	Lawyer & federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Edward Lunn Young	September 7, 1920(1920-09-07)	Politician; South Carolina representative (1973-1975)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jimmy Young	September 21, 1921(1921-09-21)	Singer, DJ, & radio personality	British Army	United Kingdom
Joseph H. Young	July 18, 1922(1922-07-18)	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
Samuel H. Young	December 26, 1922(1922-12-26)	Politician	United States Army, 1943–1946	United States

Z – 11 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
John Zacherle	September 26, 1918(1918-09-26)	Television horror film host	United States Army	United States
Saul Zaentz	February 28, 1921(1921-02-28)	Film producer	United States Army	United States
Louis Zamperini	January 26, 1917(1917-01-26)	Inspirational speaker & former Olympic distance runner	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hermann Zapf	November 8, 1918(1918-11-08)	Typeface designer and calligrapher		Nazi Germany
Franco Zeffirelli	February 12, 1923(1923-02-12)	Film director and producer; Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth	British Army	Italy
Heinz Zemanek	January 1, 1920(1920-01-01)	Computer pioneer	Wehrmacht	Austria
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.	November 30, 1918(1918-11-30)	Actor; TV's 77 Sunset Strip, The F.B.I.	United States Army	United States
Roger H. Zion	September 17, 1921(1921-09-17)	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Louis Zorich	February 12, 1924(1924-02-12)	Actor	United States Army	United States
Paul Zorner	March 31, 1920(1920-03-31)	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Nazi Germany
George Zuverink	August 20, 1924(1924-08-20)	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States

See also

• List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars

External links

• Baseball In Wartime
• Football and America: World War II
• Movie Stars that fought in World War II
• Society For International Hockey Research: Lest We Forget