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 Apr 2024 | Country |
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| 1 | Lawrence Brooks [1] | M | 12 Sept 1909 | 114 years, 219 days |  USA
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| 2 | Margaret Reed [2] | F | 20 Apr 1910 | 113 years, 364 days |  UK
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| 3 | Gordon Saunders [3] | M | 12 July 1910 | 113 years, 281 days | USA
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| 4 | Julia Kabance [4] | F | 10 Aug 1910 | 113 years, 252 days | USA
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| 5 | Ezra Hill [5] | M | 19 Dec 1910 | 113 years, 121 days | USA
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| 6 | Pat Corbin [6] | F | 17 Mar 1911 | 113 years, 33 days |  JER UK
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| 7 | Ronald Hermanns [7] | M | 25 Sept 1911 | 112 years, 206 days |  CAN NZL
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| 8 | Robert Marchand | M | 26 Nov 1911 | 112 years, 144 days |  FRA
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| 9 | Josip Krsul [8] | M | 10 Dec 1911 | 112 years, 130 days |  CRO
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| 10 | Väinö Loisa | M | 26 July 1912 | 111 years, 267 days |  FIN
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| 11 | Paul Beckman [9] | M | 20 Aug 1912 | 111 years, 242 days | USA
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Chronology
Lawrence Brooks is the current oldest veteran of World War II.
Margaret Reed is the current oldest female veteran of World War II.
Deceased
Verified / Under 110 Pending Unverified
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Country |
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| Gabrielle des Robert | F | 4 June 1904 | 3 Dec 2018 | 114 years, 182 days | FRA
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| Gustav Gerneth | M | 15 Oct 1905 | 22 Oct 2019 | 114 years, 7 days |  POL GER
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| Maximiano Jose dos Santos | M | 22 Feb 1893 | 25 Apr 2006 | 113 years, 62 days |  BRA
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| Richard Overton [1] | M | 11 May 1906 | 27 Dec 2018 | 112 years, 230 days | USA
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| Yoshikazu Yamashita | M | 10 Apr 1907 | 7 July 2019 | 112 years, 88 days |  JPN
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| Emma Didlake | F | 13 Mar 1904 | 16 Aug 2015 | 111 years, 154 days | USA
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| Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski | M | 19 July 1894 | 6 Dec 2005 | 111 years, 140 days |  UKR UK
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| Alf Smith | M | 29 Mar 1908 | 4 Aug 2019 | 111 years, 128 days | UK
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| Shelby Harris | M | 31 Mar 1901 | 25 July 2012 | 111 years, 116 days | USA
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| Kamado Tsuha | M | 10 June 1908 | 15 Aug 2019 | 111 years, 66 days | JPN
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| Leopold Vietoris | M | 4 June 1891 | 9 Apr 2002 | 110 years, 309 days |  AUT
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| Gerhart Schneider | M | 13 Mar 1908 | 18 Dec 2018 | 110 years, 280 days | POLGER
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| Gertrude Noone | F | 30 Dec 1898 | 10 Sept 2009 | 110 years, 254 days | USA
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| Rezso Gallai | M | 29 Jan 1904 | 25 Sept 2014 | 110 years, 239 days |  HUN
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| Yang Changwen | M | 23 Jan 1908 | 14 Sept 2018 | 110 years, 234 days |  CHN
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| Niko Dragos | M | 27 Aug 1907 | 31 Mar 2018 | 110 years, 216 days |  SVN
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| Giovanni Quarisa | M | 24 Aug 1909 | 21 Mar 2020 | 110 years, 210 days |  ITA
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| Frank Levingston | M | 13 Nov 1905 | 3 May 2016 | 110 years, 172 days | USA
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| Michel Chevallier | M | 3 July 1908 | 11 Nov 2018 | 110 years, 131 days | FRA
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| Ralph Tarrant | M | 7 Jul 1903 | 30 Oct 2013 | 110 years, 115 days | UK
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| Lynn Balmer | F | 12 Sept 1907 | 9 Dec 2017 | 110 years, 88 days | USA
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| Martin Eichel | M | 13 July 1907 | 18 Sept 2017 | 110 years, 67 days | GER
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| Paul Veit | M | 15 Jan 1903 | 21 Mar 2013 | 110 years, 65 days | GER
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| Reg Dean | M | 4 Nov 1902 | 5 Jan 2013 | 110 years, 62 days | UK
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| Salvatore Cavallo | M | 16 May 1909 | 11 July 2019 | 110 years, 56 days | ITA
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| Luigi Tomasi | M | 17 Oct 1908 | 7 Dec 2018 | 110 years, 51 days | ITA
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| Ben Haymon | M | 8 Nov 1909 | 18 Dec 2019 | 110 years, 40 days | USA
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| Rizalina Alvarez Claravall [2] | F | c.7 May 1909 | 4 June 2019 | 110 years, c.28 days |  PHL
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| Teiichiro Iwakawa | M | 25 Feb 1909 | 21 Mar 2019 | 110 years, 24 days | JPN
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| Bill Sheetz | M | 17 May 1906 | 28 May 2016 | 110 years, 11 days | USA
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| Mzee Stanslaus Sajjabbi Kavuma | M | 15 Aug 1907 | 13 Aug 2017 | 109 years, 363 days |  UGA
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| Walter Sturzebecher [3] | M | 25 July 1908 | 14 July 2018 | 109 years, 354 days | GER
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| Robert Meier | M | 10 Mar 1897 | 29 Jan 2007 | 109 years, 325 days | GER
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| Otello Pomponi | M | 4 Feb 1908 | 26 Dec 2017 | 109 years, 325 days | ITA
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| Robert Winterstein [4] | M | 6 Sep 1907 | 25 May 2017 | 109 years, 261 days | GER
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| Antoni Wojciechowski | M | 15 Nov 1906 | 19 May 2016 | 109 years, 186 days | POL
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| Curtis Tigard [5] | M | 13 Apr 1909 | 25 July 2018 | 109 years, 103 days | USA
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| Tom Morris [6] | M | 1 Aug 1910 | 20 Oct 2019 | 109 years, 80 days | USA
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| Heinrich Homann [10] | M | 24 June 1911 | 24 June 2020 | 109 years, 0 days | GER
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| Dragoljub Galic | M | 12 Oct 1909 | 26 Aug 2018 | 108 years, 318 days |  BIH
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| Lucy Coffey [7] | F | 14 May 1906 | 19 Mar 2015 | 108 years, 309 days | USA
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| Bernhard Prott | M | 16 Sept 1904 | 16 July 2013 | 108 years, 303 days | GER
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| James Brown [8] | M | 20 June 1911 | 2 Apr 2020 | 108 years, 287 days | USA
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| Ben Raymond | M | 23 July 1911 | 20 Apr 2020 | 108 years, 272 days | UK
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| Karl-Heinz Buschen [9] | M | 20 Nov 1909 | Aug 2018 | 108 years, 254 days+ | GER
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| Eugene Ruf [10] | M | 19 Apr 1909 | 29 Dec 2017 | 108 years, 254 days | USA
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| Odo Buratti [11] | M | 22 Feb 1911 | 14 Oct 2019 | 108 years, 234 days | ITA
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| Jozef Zurek | M | 31 Aug 1909 | 20 Mar 2018 | 108 years, 201 days | POL
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| Anthony Mancinelli | M | 2 Mar 1911 | 19 Sept 2019 | 108 years, 201 days | ITA USA
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| Waldemar Levy Cardoso | M | 4 Dec 1900 | 13 May 2008 | 108 years, 160 days | BRA
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| Alyce Dixon [11] | F | 11 Sept 1907 | 27 Jan 2016 | 108 years, 138 days | USA
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| Anne Robson [12] | F | 14 Sept 1911 | 20 Jan 2020 | 108 years, 128 days | UK
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| Georges Loinger [13] | M | 29 Aug 1910 | 28 Dec 2018 | 108 years, 121 days | FRA
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| Bill Mohr [14] | M | 22 Oct 1908 | 18 Dec 2016 | 108 years, 57 days | USA
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| Erich Walde | M | 1 July 1905 | 5 Aug 2013 | 108 years, 35 days | GER
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| Roland Hoffmann | M | 30 Aug 1909 | 1 Oct 2017 | 108 years, 32 days | GER
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References
- ↑ Nation's oldest living veteran Richard Overton dies in Austin at age 112 FOX News, 27 December 2018
- ↑ Filipino World War II Veterans awarded with US Congressional Gold Medal Mintfo, 10 September 2019
- ↑ Death notification CHRISTOPHORUS
- ↑ Hier trifft der älteste Münchner die älteste Münchnerin
• Der älteste Münchner ist tot (†109) - der Sohn (66) erinnert sich - ↑ Curtis Tigard, member of city's founding family, dies Koin 6
- ↑ Tom “Ike” Morris 109th Birthday
- ↑ Oldest American woman veteran dies at 108
- ↑ James Brown Obituary Oscar’s Mortuary, Inc.
- ↑ Personal Correspondence
- ↑ Army veteran celebrates 108th birthday, shares his secret to a long, happy life FOX San Antonio, 20 April 2017
- ↑ Alyce Dixon, nation’s oldest female World War II veteran, dies at 108 The Washington Post
- ↑ World War Two veteran Anne Robson dies aged 108 BBC News, 23 January 2020
- ↑ Le résistant Georges Loinger est mort à l'âge de 108 ans France bleu
- ↑ 108-year-old WWII veteran pays special visit to DC memorial
• World War II vet Sgt. Bill Mohr of Montgomery County who met President Obama last month dies at 108