How Many D Day Veterans Are Still Alive 2024. Department of veterans affairs says it doesn’t track their. 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.

According to the national world war ii museum, less than 1% of american world war ii veterans are still alive today. Despite the horrific losses suffered by the u.s.