Greatest Generation Deaths

Some of the Greatest Generation - Allied (American, Canadian, New Zealander, British, Free French, Free Czechoslovak) World War 2 Soldiers who died in 2024:

André Hissink, 104, Dutch World War II veteran (No. 320 Dutch Squadron of the British Royal Air Force).  was shot out of the sky in December 1944 after an attack on the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, but he managed to survive. In total, he flew 69 sorties with this Squadron. Hissink was awarded the Flying Cross on December 21,1944. Died on January 1, 2024.

Mike Sadler, 103, British Army Officer, last original Member of the Special Air Service. One of the last Survivors of the Long Range Desert Group.  Died on January 4, 2024.

Jack Jennings, 

104, British World War II Veteran, last Survivor of the Burma Death Railway. He died on January 19, 2024.

Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele, 103, British Army Officer (helped liberate the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp), Businessman and Hereditary Peer, Member of the House of Lords (1968–1999). He died on January 20, 2024.

Norman C. Gaddis, 

100, American Brigadier General in the US Air Force from 1942-1945 and from 1949-1976 Shot down in Vietnam in 1967 and was a POW in the Hanoi Hilton until 1973. Died on February 13, 2024.

Ervín Hoida, 105, Czechoslovak-born British World War II Veteran (the Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade within the British Military.) He died on February 14, 2024.

Mollie Lentaigne, 

103, British Artist and Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse during World War II. Died on April 29, 2024.

Bud Anderson, 

102, American Air Force Colonel and Flying Ace (the Yoxford Boys.) Died on May 17, 2024.

David Teacher, 100, British World War II Veteran (RAF Regiment). Died on May 24, 2024.

Ethel Lote, 

103, British World War II Nurse. Died June 11, 2024.

 Romay Davis, 

104, American World War II Veteran (Congressional Gold Medal Recipient known for her service in the first All-Female, All-Black unit  - 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion- in the United States Army that was deployed overseas during World War II. Died on June 21, 2024.

Richard G. Candelaria, 

102, American World War II Flying Ace. Died on September 15, 2024.

Pierre Vilars, 108, French Military Officer (Operation Dragoon.) Died on September 19, 2024.

John Kinsel Sr., 107, American World War II Veteran (Navajo Code Talkers). Died on October 19, 2024.

Sir Bom Gillies,

99, New Zealand Soldier, last Surviving Member of the Māori Battalion. Died on November 7, 2024.

Robert Dixon, 103, American World War II Veteran, last Surviving Buffalo Soldier. Died on November 15, 2024.

Bob Fernandez, 100, American veteran (Pearl Harbor). Died on December 11, 2024.