General Heinrich Trettner the last surviving German General from WW II passed away September 18th 2006.
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Harry Patch was, until recently, the oldest surviving veteran of World War I in Britain. He died very recently so he would no longer be listed as a surviving vet.
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most are in there seventies so most are died and the few ones left are dieing or are in there last years
Henry John "Harry" Patch (17 June 1898 - 25 July 2009) - known as "the Last Fighting Tommy" - was a British supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches of the First World War.[1] Patch was, with Claude Choules and Florence Green, one of the last three surviving British veterans of the First World War and, along with Frank Buckles and John Babcock, one of the last five veterans worldwide.At the time of his death, aged 111 years, 38 days, Patch was the verified third-oldest man in the world, the oldest man in Europe and the 68th oldest man.