World War II Veterans Are Leaving Us

On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we remember Americans who served in the Second World War.  Less than eleven percent of those who served are still alive.  From the VA:

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 16,112,566 
• Battle Deaths 291,557 
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 113,842 
• Non-mortal Woundings 670,846 
• Living Veterans  1,711,000

VA estimates the number of living World War II U.S. veterans will be:

9/30/21…………223,727 9/30/22………177,734 9/30/23……….141,416 9/30/24……….112,692 9/30/25………......89,934 9/30/26……......71,878 9/30/27………...57,531 9/30/28………...46,116 9/30/29…………..37,017 9/30/30………..29,757 9/30/31………...23,955 9/30/32……...…19,311 9/30/33…………..15,589 9/30/34………..12,601 9/30/35……..…10,200 9/30/36………….8,267