how many wwii u.s. veterans are still alive
how many wwii u.s. veterans are still alive
About 2,000,000 US WW2 veterans are still alive (includes sailors, marines, airmen, coastguardsmen, and soldiers). See related links for more details.
There are no US Civil War Veterans alive today. The War ended 150 years ago.
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The last two British veterans from World War 1 have just died (July 2009).
Of the 2.7 Million of Americans who served in Vietnam approximately 57,000 were killed. It is estimated that out of those survivors less than 900,000 are alive today. This is stark contrast to the US census figures and VFW magazine polls showing that 13,853,027 Americans claim to be Vietnam Veterans. Four out of Five of those who claim to be Vietnam Veterans are not.
There are still WWI veterans living in the US.
AnswerAccording to the US Census Bureau, of the 2.8 million Vietnam veterans who served in country Vietnam, there are 1,027,000 alive as of the 2000 census. It is interesting to note that another 15 million claim to be Vietnam veterans.
All veterans of all wars are honored on US Veteran's Day.
There are no surviving US Veterans of World War 1 now. Think about it most of them were born in 1899. They would be 111 years old if they were alive today.
Veterans are all people, male and female, dead and alive, who served in the US armed forces in times of peace and in times of war.
Yes, there a number of Vietnam veterans that are still alive today. There also associations that support these veterans.