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The following is a list of the oldest veterans of World War II. Those included on this list are above the age of 108.

Living

Rank Name Sex Birth Age as of
19 Mar 2024
Country
1 Ilie Ciocan M 28 May 1913 110 years, 295 days RomaniaROU
2 Morrie Markoff M 11 Jan 1914 110 years, 67 days United StatesUSA
3 Maurice Le Coutour M 14 May 1914 109 years, 309 days FranceFRA
4 Donald Rose M 24 Dec 1914 109 years, 85 days United Kingdom UK
5 Albert Middleton M 11 Mar 1915 109 years, 8 days United Kingdom UK CanadaCAN
6 Henry Polichetti M 3 July 1915 108 years, 259 days United StatesUSA
7 Maria Petrovna Koroleva F 10 Aug 1915 108 years, 221 days RussiaRUS
8 Karl Haidle M 2 Sep 1915 108 years, 198 days GermanyGER
9 Charles Dever M 20 Sept 1915 108 years, 180 days United StatesUSA
10 Iosif Rus M 28 Oct 1915 108 years, 142 days RomaniaROU
11 William Staples M 11 Dec 1915 108 years, 98 days United Kingdom UK
12 James Clayton Flowers M 25 Dec 1915 108 years, 84 days United StatesUSA
13 Alexander Pierro M 7 Jan 1916 108 years, 71 days United StatesUSA
14 Valentin Roslyakov M 22 Jan 1916 108 years, 56 days RussiaRUS
15 Bruno Kant M 26 Feb 1916 108 years, 21 days GermanyGER
16 Philip Thomas M 5 Mar 1916 108 years, 14 days United StatesUSA
17 Francis Moore M 11 Mar 1916 108 years, 8 days United Kingdom UK

Chronology

  • Ilie Ciocan (born 10 June 1913) of Romania is the current oldest living world war II veteran in the world. He became the oldest known living veteran world war II veteran following the death of 111-year-old Tsuneji Oyama of Japan on 30 January 2024.

Deceased

      Verified / Under 110       Pending       Unverified

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
1 Gabrielle des Robert F 4 June 1904 3 Dec 2018 114 years, 182 days FranceFRA
Gustav Gerneth M 15 Oct 1905 21 Oct 2019 114 years, 6 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
Maximiano Jose dos Santos M 22 Feb 1893 25 Apr 2006 113 years, 62 days BrazilBRA
2 Chitetsu Watanabe M 5 Mar 1907 23 Feb 2020 112 years, 355 days JapanJPN
3 Mollie Walker F 5 Feb 1909 22 Jan 2022 112 years, 351 days United Kingdom UK
4 Richard Overton M 11 May 1906 27 Dec 2018 112 years, 230 days United StatesUSA
Marcel Meys M 12 July 1909 15 Dec 2021 112 years, 156 days FranceFRA
Mikizo Ueda M 11 May 1910 9 Sept 2022 112 years, 121 days JapanJPN
Lawrence Brooks M 12 Sept 1909 5 Jan 2022 112 years, 115 days United StatesUSA
5 Yoshikazu Yamashita M 10 Apr 1907 7 July 2019 112 years, 88 days JapanJPN
6 Kathryn Shelley F 4 Sept 1909 12 Nov 2021 112 years, 69 days United StatesUSA
7 Emma Jefferies F 11 Aug 1899 20 Aug 2011 112 years, 9 days United StatesUSA
8 Madeleine Mieze F 28 Apr 1901 14 Apr 2013 111 years, 351 days FranceFRA
9 Ezra Hill M 19 Dec 1910 4 Oct 2022 111 years, 289 days United StatesUSA
10 Reuben Sinclair M 5 Dec 1911 27 Aug 2023 111 years, 265 days CanadaCAN
Andre Boite M 6 Dec 1910 15 July 2022 111 years, 221 days FranceFRA
11 Andre Ludwig M 6 June 1912 7 Jan 2024 111 years, 215 days FranceFRA
Rashid Karimov M 9 May 1912 15 Nov 2023 111 years, 190 days TajikistanTJK
Emma Didlake F 13 Mar 1904 16 Aug 2015 111 years, 154 days United StatesUSA
12 Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski M 19 July 1894 6 Dec 2005 111 years, 140 days UkraineUKRUnited Kingdom UK
13 Tripolino Giannini M 20 Aug 1912 31 Dec 2023 111 years, 133 days Italy ITA
Alf Smith M 29 Mar 1908 4 Aug 2019 111 years, 128 days United Kingdom UK
14 Shelby Harris M 31 Mar 1901 25 July 2012 111 years, 116 days United StatesUSA
Hilario Vasconcelos M 6 Mar 1911 28 June 2022 111 years, 114 days BrazilBRA
Julia Kabance F 10 Aug 1910 16 Nov 2021 111 years, 98 days United StatesUSA
Margaret Reed F 20 Apr 1910 8 July 2021 111 years, 79 days United Kingdom UK
Kamado Tsuha M 10 June 1908 15 Aug 2019 111 years, 66 days JapanJPN
Tsuneji Oyama M 9 Jan 1913 30 Jan 2024 111 years, 21 days JapanJPN
Salvatore Nardi M 14 Oct 1912 2 Nov 2023 111 years, 19 days Italy ITA
Jacqueline Bossard F 20 Aug 1911 10 July 2022 110 years, 324 days FranceFRA
15 Leopold Vietoris M 4 June 1891 9 Apr 2002 110 years, 309 days AustriaAUT
Serge Koolish M 31 Mar 1906 29 Jan 2017 110 years, 304 days UkraineUKRUnited StatesUSA
Gerhart Schneider M 13 Mar 1908 18 Dec 2018 110 years, 280 days GermanyGER
Fernande Bataille F 5 Dec 1906 29 Aug 2017 110 years, 267 days FranceFRA
16 Gertrude Noone F 30 Dec 1898 10 Sept 2009 110 years, 254 days United StatesUSA
Raymond Monroy M 11 May 1912 7 Jan 2023 110 years, 241 days United StatesUSA
Rezso Gallai M 29 Jan 1904 25 Sept 2014 110 years, 239 days HungaryHUN
Yang Changwen M 23 Jan 1908 14 Sept 2018 110 years, 234 days ChinaCHN
Rudy Thompson M 28 Oct 1912 c.15 June 2023 110 years, c.230 days United StatesUSA
Niko Dragos M 27 Aug 1907 31 Mar 2018 110 years, 216 days SloveniaSVN
Giovanni Quarisa M 24 Aug 1909 21 Mar 2020 110 years, 210 days Italy ITA
Ralph Hoare M 19 July 1908 29 Jan 2019 110 years, 194 days United Kingdom UK
17 Frank Levingston M 13 Nov 1905 3 May 2016 110 years, 172 days United StatesUSA
Michel Chevallier M 3 July 1908 11 Nov 2018 110 years, 131 days FranceFRA
18 Ralph Tarrant M 7 Jul 1903 30 Oct 2013 110 years, 115 days United Kingdom UK
Pierre Pineau M 23 Feb 1913 7 June 2023 110 years, 104 days FranceFRA
Philippe Vocanson M 20 Oct 1904 17 Jan 2015 110 years, 89 days FranceFRA
Lynn Balmer F 12 Sept 1907 9 Dec 2017 110 years, 88 days United StatesUSA
19 John Campbell Ross M 11 Mar 1899 3 June 2009 110 years, 84 days AustraliaAUS
Gordon Saunders M 12 July 1910 18 Sept 2020 110 years, 68 days United StatesUSA
Martin Eichel M 13 July 1907 18 Sept 2017 110 years, 67 days GermanyGER
Paul Veit M 15 Jan 1903 21 Mar 2013 110 years, 65 days GermanyGER
20 Claude Choules M 3 Mar 1901 5 May 2011 110 years, 63 days United Kingdom UK AustraliaAUS
21 Reg Dean M 4 Nov 1902 5 Jan 2013 110 years, 62 days United Kingdom UK
Salvatore Cavallo M 16 May 1909 11 July 2019 110 years, 56 days Italy ITA
Luigi Tomasi M 17 Oct 1908 7 Dec 2018 110 years, 51 days Italy ITA
Ben Haymon M 8 Nov 1909 18 Dec 2019 110 years, 40 days United StatesUSA
22 Eileen Ash F 30 Oct 1911 3 Dec 2021 110 years, 34 days United Kingdom UK
Rizalina Alvarez Claravall F c.7 May 1909 4 June 2019 110 years, c.28 days PhilippinesPHL
Teiichiro Iwakawa M 25 Feb 1909 21 Mar 2019 110 years, 24 days JapanJPN
Torinosuke Iida M 25 Dec 1909 17 Jan 2020 110 years, 23 days JapanJPN
Huang Decheng M 14 Nov 1913 5 Dec 2023 110 years, 21 days TaiwanTWN
Bill Sheetz M 17 May 1906 28 May 2016 110 years, 11 days United StatesUSA
Florentina Alcon Razalan F 13 Jan 1907 fl.15 Jan 2017 110 years, 2+ days PhilippinesPHL
Anna Ascher F 1 Oct 1912 26 Sept 2022 109 years, 360 days PolandPOLFranceFRA
Walter Sturzebecher M 25 July 1908 14 July 2018 109 years, 354 days GermanyGER
Ronald Hermanns M 25 Sept 1911 30 Aug 2021 109 years, 339 days CanadaCANNew ZealandNZL
Leon Kaleta M 1 Feb 1912 4 Jan 2022 109 years, 337 days PolandPOL
Robert Meier M 10 Mar 1897 29 Jan 2007 109 years, 325 days GermanyGER
Otello Pomponi M 4 Feb 1908 26 Dec 2017 109 years, 325 days Italy ITA
John Regan M 15 Feb 1911 31 Dec 2020 109 years, 320 days United StatesUSA
Emile Guerin M 17 Aug 1912 4 June 2022 109 years, 291 days FranceFRA
Rafaela Vicente F 24 Oct 1913 29 July 2023 109 years, 278 days PhilippinesPHL
Robert Winterstein M 6 Sep 1907 25 May 2017 109 years, 261 days GermanyGER
Pat Corbin F 17 Mar 1911 17 Nov 2020 109 years, 245 days JerseyJER United Kingdom UK
Simion Kenner M 18 Sept 1912 15 May 2022 109 years, 239 days UkraineUKRIsrael ISR
Bakhtawar Singh Brar M 19 Nov 1913 3 July 2023 109 years, 226 days IndiaINDUnited StatesUSA
Tom Lumby M 7 Nov 1911 19 June 2021 109 years, 224 days CanadaCAN
Fred Steinkirchner M 5 Sept 1912 16 Apr 2022 109 years, 223 days United StatesUSA
Bukhariden Serimov M 20 Sept 1908 29 Apr 2018 109 years, 221 days KazakhstanKAZ
Klaudia Rahikainen F 13 Feb 1913 18 Sept 2022 109 years, 217 days RussiaRUSFinlandFIN
Gertie Abkes F 4 Aug 1912 10 Feb 2022 109 years, 190 days United StatesUSA
Antoni Wojciechowski M 15 Nov 1906 19 May 2016 109 years, 186 days PolandPOL
Franciszek Karwowski M 10 Oct 1895 12 Apr 2005 109 years, 184 days PolandPOL
Robert Marchand M 26 Nov 1911 22 May 2021 109 years, 177 days FranceFRA
Fortino Rocha M 13 Aug 1914 14 Jan 2024 109 years, 154 days MexicoMEXUnited StatesUSA
Kazimierz Klimczak M 15 Feb 1914 14 July 2023 109 years, 149 days PolandPOL
Steve Ferri M 2 Sept 1912 28 Jan 2022 109 years, 148 days United StatesUSA
Marcel Barbary M 22 Jan 1914 13 June 2023 109 years, 142 days FranceFRA
Karlheinz Stauber M 25 Oct 1914 17 Feb 2024 109 years, 115 days GermanyGER
Otto Hubner M 11 Oct 1913 2 Feb 2023 109 years, 114 days GermanyGER
Joe Dixon M 1 Oct 1913 19 Jan 2023 109 years, 110 days United Kingdom UK
Luke Dixon M 26 Nov 1912 14 Mar 2022 109 years, 105 days United StatesUSA
Curtis Tigard M 13 Apr 1909 25 July 2018 109 years, 103 days United StatesUSA
Josip Krsul M 10 Dec 1911 5 Mar 2021 109 years, 85 days CroatiaCRO
Tom Morris M 1 Aug 1910 20 Oct 2019 109 years, 80 days United StatesUSA
Sylvain Vallee M 17 May 1912 25 July 2021 109 years, 69 days BelgiumBEL
Wilhelmina Klimpke F 11 Feb 1912 5 Apr 2021 109 years, 53 days CanadaCAN
Salme Haltia F 9 July 1912 31 July 2021 109 years, 22 days FinlandFIN
Cliff Kayhart M 14 Oct 1911 26 Oct 2020 109 years, 12 days United StatesUSA
Heinrich Homann M 24 June 1911 24 June 2020 109 years, 0 days GermanyGER
Constantin Hertoiu M 28 Feb 1914 28 Feb 2023 109 years, 0 days RomaniaROU
Mullahan Nurislamov M 12 July 1914 9 July 2023 108 years, 362 days RussiaRUS
Ioan Lascau M 25 Feb 1912 15 Feb 2021 108 years, 356 days RomaniaROU
Dr. Josef Seefelder M 19 Apr 1909 6 Apr 2018 108 years, 352 days GermanyGER
Elvin Howell M 17 Jan 1914 3 Jan 2023 108 years, 351 days United StatesUSA
Bennie Woolam M 12 Jan 1912 14 Dec 2020 108 years, 337 days United StatesUSA
Dragoljub Galic M 12 Oct 1909 26 Aug 2018 108 years, 318 days Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
James O. Bass M 12 July 1910 21 May 2019 108 years, 313 days United StatesUSA
Masao Matsumoto M 9 July 1910 17 May 2019 108 years, 312 days JapanJPN
Michael O’Connor M 13 Oct 1913 21 Aug 2022 108 years, 312 days Ireland IRL
Lucy Coffey F 14 May 1906 19 Mar 2015 108 years, 309 days United StatesUSA
Bernhard Prott M 16 Sept 1904 16 July 2013 108 years, 303 days GermanyGER
Herbert Kreibich M 24 Mar 1910 7 Jan 2019 108 years, 289 days Czech RepublicCZESwitzerlandSUI
James Brown M 20 June 1911 2 Apr 2020 108 years, 287 days United StatesUSA
Boris Pahor M 26 Aug 1913 30 May 2022 108 years, 277 days Italy ITA
Ben Raymond M 23 July 1911 20 Apr 2020 108 years, 272 days United Kingdom UK
Felice Magliano M 2 Nov 1913 19 July 2022 108 years, 259 days Italy ITA
Olive Oldfield F 4 Dec 1906 17 Aug 2015 108 years, 256 days New ZealandNZL
Karl-Heinz Buschen M 20 Nov 1909 Aug 2018 108 years, 255+ days GermanyGER
Eugene Ruf M 19 Apr 1909 29 Dec 2017 108 years, 254 days United StatesUSA
Vincenzo Prete M 27 Apr 1915 20 Dec 2023 108 years, 237 days Italy ITA
Harold Nelson M 28 Feb 1915 22 Oct 2023 108 years, 236 days United StatesUSA
Odo Buratti M 22 Feb 1911 14 Oct 2019 108 years, 234 days Italy ITA
L.B. McBride M 6 May 1912 25 Dec 2020 108 years, 233 days United StatesUSA
Chester Wilson M 25 Apr 1914 7 Dec 2022 108 years, 226 days United StatesUSA
Tom Peers M 30 Apr 1913 2 Dec 2021 108 years, 216 days United Kingdom UK
Cosmas Eaglin M 12 Jan 1915 15 Aug 2023 108 years, 215 days United StatesUSA
Frances Shutt F 12 Nov 1912 12 June 2021 108 years, 212 days United StatesUSA
Bill Mitchell M 10 Apr 1913 8 Nov 2021 108 years, 212 days New ZealandNZL
Ruy de Noronha Goyos M 12 Mar 1914 3 Oct 2022 108 years, 205 days BrazilBRA
Jozef Zurek M 31 Aug 1909 20 Mar 2018 108 years, 201 days PolandPOL
Anthony Mancinelli M 2 Mar 1911 19 Sept 2019 108 years, 201 days Italy ITA United StatesUSA
Miguel Michiro Shimazu M 24 Dec 1907 10 July 2016 108 years, 199 days JapanJPNCubaCUB
Warren Bussey M 21 Nov 1913 8 May 2022 108 years, 168 days United StatesUSA
Waldemar Levy Cardoso M 4 Dec 1900 13 May 2008 108 years, 160 days BrazilBRA
Constantin Nastase M 3 June 1915 30 Oct 2023 108 years, 149 days RomaniaROU
Luta Mae McGrath F 21 Nov 1907 14 Apr 2016 108 years, 145 days United StatesUSA
Alyce Dixon F 11 Sept 1907 27 Jan 2016 108 years, 138 days United StatesUSA
Siegfried Labus M 19 Oct 1911 2 Mar 2020 108 years, 135 days GermanyGER
Anne Robson F 14 Sept 1911 20 Jan 2020 108 years, 128 days United Kingdom UK
Brian Lowe M 13 Sept 1913 15 Jan 2022 108 years, 124 days United Kingdom UK AustraliaAUS
Georges Loinger M 29 Aug 1910 28 Dec 2018 108 years, 121 days FranceFRA
Maurice Stael M 25 Sept 1911 24 Jan 2020 108 years, 121 days BelgiumBEL
John Boyd M 26 Jan 1913 26 May 2021 108 years, 120 days CanadaCAN
Bill Stone M 23 Sept 1900 10 Jan 2009 108 years, 109 days United Kingdom UK
Paul Beckman M 20 Aug 1912 1 Dec 2020 108 years, 103 days United StatesUSA
Stelios Fragiadoulakis M 15 Dec 1912 15 Mar 2021 108 years, 91 days GreeceGRE
Georgios Koliopoulos M 20 Feb 1915 2 May 2023 108 years, 71 days GreeceGRE
Henry Barba M 19 Oct 1913 24 Dec 2021 108 years, 66 days United StatesUSA
Augustin Rus M 5 Apr 1910 2 June 2018 108 years, 58 days RomaniaROU
Bill Mohr M 22 Oct 1908 18 Dec 2016 108 years, 57 days United StatesUSA
Joe Daniels M 19 Feb 1912 17 April 2020 108 years, 57 days United Kingdom UK
Darinka Jandric F 17 Dec 1910 4 Feb 2019 108 years, 48 days Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSerbiaSRB
Ragnar Lindholm M 24 July 1906 2 Sept 2014 108 years, 40 days FinlandFIN
Erich Walde M 1 July 1905 5 Aug 2013 108 years, 35 days GermanyGER
Roland Hoffmann M 30 Aug 1909 1 Oct 2017 108 years, 32 days GermanyGER
Marian Fuks M 28 Sept 1914 23 Oct 2022 108 years, 25 days PolandPOL
Väinö Loisa M 26 July 1912 10 Aug 2020 108 years, 15 days FinlandFIN
William Frankland M 19 Mar 1912 2 Apr 2020 108 years, 14 days United Kingdom UK
Laid Ouadah M 6 Mar 1913 fl.8 Mar 2021 108 years, 2+ days AlgeriaALG

Questionable cases

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
Jozef Kowalski M 2 Feb 1900? 7 Dec 2013 113 years, 308 days? UkraineUKRPolandPOL
Mark Matthews M 7 Aug 1894? 6 Sept 2005 111 years, 30 days? United StatesUSA
Boleslaw Maculewicz M 2 Feb 1906? 4 Feb 2016 110 years, 2 days? LithuaniaLTUPolandPOL
Mzee Stanslaus Sajjabbi Kavuma M 15 Aug 1907? 13 Aug 2017 109 years, 363 days? UgandaUGA
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