As far as I can tell the oldest living vet, or at least female, is Gertrude Noone. She served in WAC after joining 1943 at 45yrs old. The oldest WW2 Medal of Honor recipient is John Finn from the Navy. Finn is turning 100 and Noone is 110. If you research them something should come up.
There are several hundred British WW2 soldiers still alive. Because of their advancing years, the oldest Survivor is constantly changing.
Then oldest serving solder during WW2 was 52 in 1945
World War 1
They were from Texas
A Tommy in world war one was a British soldier.
The life of a soldier during World War 2 was very hard. They were given inadequate living quarters. Many became sick due to the harsh winters and sweltering summer conditions. Malaria and other illnesses were contracted due to insect bites and poor nutrition.
110 year old is the oldest soldier during world war 1
Then oldest serving solder during WW2 was 52 in 1945
Private Deoderant was his name!
The average age of a Civil War soldier was around 25-26 years old. The youngest soldier was estimated to be around 13 years old and the oldest soldier was in his 80s.
The youngest soldier was 13, while the oldest soldier was 98 years old
See the Related Link below for a list of survivors.
The oldest veteran of World War II is currently Richard Overton. He is living in America at the age of 107 years old.
98 years of age
Raycroft Keating, Huron, S.D., was born October 8, 1915
World War I.
Henry John "Harry" Patch (17 June 1898 - 25 July 2009) - known as "the Last Fighting Tommy" - was a British supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches of the First World War.[1] Patch was, with Claude Choules and Florence Green, one of the last three surviving British veterans of the First World War and, along with Frank Buckles and John Babcock, one of the last five veterans worldwide.At the time of his death, aged 111 years, 38 days, Patch was the verified third-oldest man in the world, the oldest man in Europe and the 68th oldest man.
Dough boy was a soldier in II world warDog face was a soldier in the I world war