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This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some ...
S. List of last surviving World War I veterans. Categories: People of World War I.
American military personnel killed in World War I. United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I. World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor. United States Navy personnel of World War I. American prisoners of war in World War I. United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I. American World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross.
A. Aces (military) (1 C, 2 P) Albanian military personnel of World War I (3 P) American military personnel of World War I (8 C, 346 P) Australian military personnel of World War I (6 C, 1,056 P) Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I (3 C, 533 P, 2 F) Azerbaijani military personnel of World War I (6 P)
In all some 125 men received the Medal for their actions in World War I (34 of them posthumously): 92 from the Army, to include 4 from the Air Service, 21 from the Navy (including 10 who received the Medal of non-combat actions), and 8 from the Marine Corps. Among the recipients were Alvin York, who later became the basis for the movie Sergeant ...
Emory Pike, class of 1901, Medal of Honor recipient, mortally wounded in World War I. The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. This list is drawn from alumni of the Military Academy who are veterans of World War I.
The World War Veterans (WWV) was established in 1919 as a progressive organization of American veterans of the First World War. It officially claimed to have been organized just 9 days after the armistice , on November 20, 1918 in Bois, France , while the group filed formal certificate of incorporation in New York state on February 13, 1919.
Florence Green and Claude Choules both have a claim to be in a list such as "last surviving veterans" but for different reasons. This particular list is so narrowly defined that it fails to capture the nuance. I think that List of last surviving World War I veterans is much better at doing this. This list (herein) appears to be a parallel list.