How Many D Day Veterans Are Still Alive 2024. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of world war ii veterans joined a new generation of leaders on thursday to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy on. Department of veterans affairs, 119,550 of the 16.4 million americans who served in world.

Less than 1% of the 16.4 million americans who served in the armed forces during world war ii were still alive at the end of last year, and 131 are dying every day, according to estimates. Department of veterans affairs, 119,550 of the 16.4 million americans who served in world.