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How many World War 2 veterans are still alive?

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They are dying quickly—according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 558,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II are alive in 2017. ... read more

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, and 670,846 non-mortal woundings. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, around 558,000 American veterans from the war were estimated to still be alive in September 2017. read more

As of June 2014, there were an estimated 1 million American World War II veterans still alive. Roughly 555 veterans die per day, according to the Veterans Administration, and most living veterans are in their 80s and 90s. read more

Nineteen years earlier, 10.7 million of the 16 million American World War II veterans were still alive. By 2024, an estimated 81,117 veterans may be alive, according to VA statistics. By comparison, the last World War I veteran died in February 2011, nearly 100 years after the conflict. read more

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