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Last
Surviving Veterans for all American Wars American Revolutionary War of 1812 Mexican American War American Civil War Spanish
American War World War I World War One World War II World War Two
Fact Sheet: Last Surviving Veteran for Each American War and Conflict
| American Revolution |
Last veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109
Last widow, Catherine S. Damon, died
11/11/06, age 92
Last dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/11, age 90 |
| War of 1812 |
Last veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105
Last widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/36, age
unknown
Last dependent, Esther A.H. Morgan, died 3/12/46, age 89 |
| Indian Wars |
Last veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/73, age 101 |
| Mexican War |
Last veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/29, age 98
Last widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/63,
age 89
Last dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/62, age 94 |
| Civil War |
Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/56, age 109
Last Confederate veteran, John Salling, died
3/16/58, age 112
Last Union
widow, Gertrude Janeway, died 1/17/2003, age 93 |
| Spanish-American War |
Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106 |
It is estimated that the number of living World
War II U.S. veterans will be:
| 9/30/07.....2,795,000 |
9/30/08.....2,457,000 |
9/30/09.....2,143,000 |
9/30/10.....1,850,000 |
| 9/30/11.....1,581,000 |
9/30/12.....1,336,000 |
9/30/13.....1,117,000 |
9/30/14........921,000 |
| 9/30/15........750,000 |
9/30/16........602,000 |
9/30/17........477,000 |
9/30/18........371,000 |
| 9/30/19........285,000 |
9/30/20........214,000 |
9/30/21........158,000 |
9/30/22........115,000 |
Sources: All figures are the latest compiled statistics and data filed December 2007: Department
of Defense (DoD); Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Advance to:
American Civil War and its Bloodiest Battles
Recommended Viewing: America at War Megaset (History Channel) (Number of discs: 14) (Run Time: 1948 minutes). Description: From the first musket
shots at Lexington and Concord to the precision-guided munitions in modern-day Baghdad. America's history has been forged
in the heat of battle. AMERICA AT WAR presents twenty-five documentaries from THE HISTORY CHANNEL charting U.S. military
conflict over two centuries. This "fourteen disc set" explores key moments of the American Revolution, the Alamo, Mexican
American War, the Civil War, Spanish American War, World Wars I and II as well as the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian
Gulf, and Iraq. Continued below...
The chronological collection draws upon the expertise of noted historians, military authorities, engineers,
and war correspondents to convey the personal side of conflict not often found in history books. A trove of archival footage
and documents brings viewers closer than ever to the heated heart of combat. This is truly a one-of-a-kind collector's
set!
Recommended
Viewing: The History Channel - The Battle History of the United States Military (2005) (Number of
discs: 5) (766 minutes). Description: A mighty compendium of America’s
five major military branches--Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard--THE BATTLE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY trumpets the myriad strengths of one of the world’s greatest military powers. Plunge headlong into the
great battles fought on land, sea, and air. Marvel at the arc of musket to missile. Meet the key figures and lesser-known
heroes who have shaped the organization, the strategy, and the future of the United
States armed forces. Encompassing over two centuries of courage and conquest, THE BATTLE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY marches through America’s
military development from its earliest Coast Guard days to the technological wonders of the Gulf War. Continued below...
With official government documents, extensive combat footage, and commentary by historians and decorated
veterans, THE BATTLE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY is a full-scale, full-dress salute to the men and women
who give and have given to America’s fight for freedom. DVD Features: Downloadable
Historical Documents; Branch Heraldries; Bonus Film: "Pageantry of the Corps"; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection.
Recommended Viewing: The
World at War (30th Anniversary Edition) (1357 minutes) (A&E). Description:
Sir Jeremy Isaacs highly deserves the numerous awards for documentaries
he has earned: the Royal Television Society's Desmond Davis Award, l'Ordre National du Mérit, an Emmy, and a knighthood from
Queen Elizabeth II. His epic The World at War remains unsurpassed as the definitive visual history of World War II.
Continued below...
The Second World War was different from other wars in thousands of ways,
one of which was the unparalleled scope of visual documents kept by the Axis and Allies of all their activities. As a result,
this war is understood as much through written histories as it is through its powerful images. The Nazis were particularly
thorough in documenting even the most abhorrent of the atrocities they were committing--in a surprising amount of color footage.
The World at War was one of the first television documentaries that exploited these resources so completely, giving viewers
an unbelievable visual guide to the greatest event in the 20th century. This is to say nothing of the excellent, comprehensible
narrative. Some highlights:
• A New Germany 1933-39: early German and Nazi documentation
of Hitler's rise to power through the impending attack on Poland
• Whirlwind: the early British losses in the
blitz in the skies over Britain and in North Africa
• Stalingrad: the turning point of the war and Germany's first defeat
• Inside the Reich--Germany
1940-44: one of the most fascinating documentaries that exists on life inside Nazi Germany, from Lebensborn to the Hitler
Youth
• Morning: prior to Saving Private Ryan, one of the only unromanticized views of the Normandy invasion
• Genocide: this film is one of the most widely shown introductions to the Holocaust
• Japan
1941-45: although The World at War is decidedly focused more on the European theater, this is an important look into wartime
Japan and its expansion--early 20th-century history that lead to Japan's role in World War II is superficial
• The
bomb: another widely shown documentary of the Manhattan Project, the Enola Gay, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
The World at War will remain the definitive visual history of World War II, analogous to Gibbon's Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire. No serious historian should be missing The World at War in a collection, and no student should leave school
without having seen at least some of its salient episodes. Rarely is film so essential. --Erik J. Macki
Recommended Reading: The
History Buff's Guide to the Civil War (400 pages). Description:
Exploring the Civil War can be fascinating, but with so many battles, leaders, issues, and more than 50,000 books on these
subjects, the task can also be overwhelming. Was Gettysburg the most important battle? Were Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson
Davis so different from each other? How accurate is re-enacting? Who were the worst commanding generals? Thomas R. Flagel
uses annotated lists organized under more than thirty headings to see through the powder smoke and straighten Sherman’s
neckties, ranking and clarifying the best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal aspects of the conflict. Continued
below...
Major sections are fashioned around the following topics:
• Antebellum: Investigates the critical years before the war, in particular
the growing crises, extremists, and slavery.
• Politics: Contrasts the respective presidents and constitutions
of the Union and Confederacy, the most prominent politicians, and the most volatile issues of the times.
• Military Life: Offers insights into the world of the common soldiers,
how they fought, what they ate, how they were organized, what they saw, how they lived, and how they died.
• The Home Front: Looks at the fastest growing field in Civil War
research, including immigration, societal changes, hardships and shortages, dissent, and violence far from the firing lines.
• In Retrospect: Ranks the heroes and heroines, greatest victories
and failures, firsts and worsts.
• Pursuing the War: Summarizes Civil War study today, including films,
battlefield sites, books, genealogy, re-enactments, restoration, preservation, and other ventures.
From the antebellum years to Appomattox and beyond, The History Buff’s
Guide to the Civil War is a quick and compelling guide to one of the most complex and critical eras in American history.
Recommended Reading: The
Civil War Battlefield Guide: The Definitive Guide, Completely Revised, with New Maps and More Than 300 Additional Battles
(Second Edition) (Hardcover). Description: This new edition of the definitive
guide to Civil War battlefields is really a completely new book. While the first edition covered 60 major battlefields, from
Fort Sumter to Appomattox, the second covers all of the 384 designated as the "principal battlefields" in the
American Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report. As in the first edition, the essays are authoritative and
concise, written by such leading Civil War historians as James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Edwin C. Bearss, James I. Robinson,
Jr., and Gary W. Gallager. The second edition also features 83 new four-color maps covering the most important battles. The
Civil War Battlefield Guide is an essential reference for anyone interested in the Civil War. "Reading this book is
like being at the bloodiest battles of the war..."
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