Surviving U.S. veterans of World War II
There were 16,112,566 members of the United States Armed Forces during World War II. There were 291,557 battle deaths, 113,842 other deaths in service (non-theater), and 670,846 non-mortal woundings. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, around 389,292 American veterans from the war were estimated to still be alive in September 2019.[1]
Medal of Honor recipients[edit]
During this conflict, 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously. Additionally, the only Medal of Honor recipient in the history of the United States Coast Guard, Douglas Albert Munro, received the Medal for his actions during this war.[2] There are currently two living World War II Medal of Honor recipients.[3]
Mortality[edit]
In 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that 294 American World War II veterans died every day.[4]
Notable veterans[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars
- Last surviving United States war veterans
References[edit]
- ↑ "WWII Veteran Statistics". The National WWII War Museum. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Medal of Honor Statistics". US Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ↑ "Living Recipients". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- ↑ "WWII Veteran Statistics".
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