How Many D Day Veterans Are Still Alive 2024. Veterans, around 200 of whom were present, have been the stars of commemorations throughout the week. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of world war ii veterans joined a new generation of leaders on thursday to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy on the shores where.

But even amid the tremendous loss of life, some survived. Though many were teenagers during battle, those who remain are near or past 100 years old.