Last surviving United States war veterans

American Indian Wars (1622–1774)

• Samuel Murphy (1758–1851) – Virginia colonists. Last participant of Lord Dunmore's War.^[1]
• Noah Johnson (1698–1798) – New England colonists. Last participant of Lovewell's War.^[2][3]

French and Indian War (1754–1763)

• John Owen (1741–1843) – British Army. Enlisted in 1758. Also fought in the Revolutionary War.^[4][5]
• Jonathan Benjamin (1738–1841) – British Army. Also fought in the Revolutionary War.^[6]

American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

• Daniel Frederick Bakeman (1759–1869) – Continental Army. Last veteran drawing a pension awarded by Congress; granted a pension in 1867 even though he could not prove his service.^[7]
• John Gray (1764–1868) – Continental Army. Last verifiable veteran. Served at Yorktown. Six month service period was too short to qualify for pension.^[8] Granted a pension in 1867.
• James Robinson (1753–1868) – Continental Army. Last African American veteran. Served at Yorktown and Brandywine. Awarded Gold Medal of Valor.^{[9][10][11][12]}
• Lemuel Cook (1759–1866) – Continental Army. Last cavalryman. Served with the 2nd Light Dragoons.
• Elijah Churchill (1755–1841) – Continental Army. Last Badge of Military Merit recipient.
• William Richardson (1765–1873) – Claimed to have served in an Ohio militia and in a Continental Line.^[13][14]

American Indian Wars (1775–1924)

• Frederick Fraske (1872–1973) – U.S. Army. Last Army veteran.^[15]
• John Daw (1870–1965) – U.S. Army. Last Indian Scout.^[16][17]
• Dewey Beard (1857–1955) – Lakota Tribe. Last Native American participant of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also survived Wounded Knee.^[18][19]
• John Winchell Cullen (1838–1939) – U.S. Army. Fought in the Yakima War.^[20][21]
• Henry L. Riggs (1812–1911) – U.S. Army. Served in the Black Hawk War.^[22]

Shays's Rebellion (1786–1787)

• David Whitney (1767–1867) – Massachusetts State Militia.^[23]

Whiskey Rebellion (1791–1794)

• Michael Edwards (1767?–1876) – Pennsylvania State Militia.^[24]

War of 1812 (1812–1815)

• Hiram Cronk (1800–1905) – New York Militia.^[25]
• James Hooper Jr. (1804–1898) – U.S. Navy. Served on the schooner Comet during the Battle of Baltimore.^[26][27]
• Aaron Stafford (1787–1885) – Major, New York Militia. Last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 known to have held an officer's commission. Wounded at Battle of Queenston Heights.

Toledo War (1835–1836)

• Lewis W. Pearl (1815–1914) – Michigan State Militia. Later served in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War.^[28][29]

Texas Revolution (1835–1836)

• William Physick Zuber (1820–1913) – Texian Army.^[30][31]

Dorr Rebellion (1841–1842)

• Wanton Briggs (1821–1923) – Rhode Island State Militia. Last "Charterite".^[32][33]

Bear Flag Revolt (1846)

• John Grider (1826–1924) – California Republic Militia.^[34][35]

Mexican–American War (1846–1848)

• Owen Thomas Edgar (1831–1929) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Potomac and USS Allegheny.^[36]
• William Fitzhugh Buckner (1828–1929) – U.S. Army. Fought at Taos.^[37][38]

Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861)

• Israel Adam Broadsword (1846–1952) – Free-Stater. Joined a Kansas Home Guard unit in 1859 to protect against raids. Later served in the Civil War.^[39]: 857
• John Brown (1844–1940) – Border Ruffian. Participated in the Lawrence Massacre with Quantrill's Raiders.^[40][41]

American Civil War (1861–1865)

• Albert Henry Woolson (1850–1956) – Union Army. Last verified Union veteran.^[42]
• James Albert Hard (1843–1953) – Union Army. Last combat veteran. Served at First Bull Run, Antietam, and Chancellorsville.^[43]
• Pleasant Riggs Crump (1847–1951) – Confederate Army. Last verified Confederate veteran. See Last surviving Confederate veterans.
• Alden G. Howell (1841–1947) – Confederate Army. Last commissioned Confederate officer.^{[39]: 1008 [44]: 1458}
• Henry Doll (1847–1947) – Union Navy. Last surviving Union sailor. Served on the USS Portsmouth and USS Brooklyn.^[45]
• James Frederick Lyon (1843–1946) – Union Army. Last commissioned Union officer.^[39]: 1007
• James Burns (1845–1944) – Union Marine Corps. Last surviving Union Marine veteran. Enlisted 9 Sep 1862.^[45]
• Samuel B. Grant (1845–1944) – Confederate Marine Corps. Last surviving Confederate Marine veteran. Served with the Marine Guard attached to the CSS Fredericksburg.^[45]
• William Sickles (1844–1938) – Union Army. Last Medal of Honor recipient.
• Aaron Daggett (1837–1938) – Union Army. Last surviving General of the Civil War.
• Billy Rufus Stanford (1850–1937) – Confederate Navy. Last surviving Confederate sailor. Defended Columbus, Georgia during Sherman's March to the Sea with Company C of the Naval Battalion.^[45]
• Adelbert Ames (1835–1933) – Union Army. Last surviving General of the Regular U.S. Army.
• Oliver Otis Howard (1830–1909) – Union Army. Last surviving General to have held the permanent rank of a general in the regular U.S. Army.
• John McCausland Jr. (1836–1927) – Confederate Army, Last surviving Confederate General, Held the rank of Brigadier General, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland

Korean Expedition (1871)

• William F. Lukes (1847–1923) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Colorado. Last Medal of Honor recipient.

Spanish–American War (1898)

• Jones Morgan (1882–1993) – U.S. Army. Claimed to have served in the 9th Cavalry.
• Jasper Garrison (1880–1987) – U.S. Army. Last verified veteran.^[46]
• Jesse D. Langdon (1881–1975) – U.S. Army. Last member of the Rough Riders.^[47][48]
• John Davis (1877–1970) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Marblehead. Last Medal of Honor recipient.

Second Samoan Civil War (1898–99)

• Bruno Albert Forsterer (1869–1957) – U.S. Marine Corps. Last Medal of Honor recipient.

Banana Wars (1898–1934)

• Donald Leroy Truesdell (1906–1993) – U.S. Marine Corps. Served in Nicaragua. Last Medal of Honor recipient.
• Herman H. Hanneken (1893–1986) – U.S. Marine Corps. Served in Haiti. Last Medal of Honor recipient.
• George M. Lowry (1889–1981) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Florida at Veracruz. Last Medal of Honor recipient.
• Roswell Winans (1887–1968) – U.S. Marine Corps. Served in Dominican Republic. Last Medal of Honor recipient.

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

• Nathan E. Cook (1885–1992) – U.S. Navy.^[49]
• Walter Pleate (1876–1985) – U.S. Army. Also served in the Philippine–American War.^[50]
• William Seach (1877–1978) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Newark. Last Medal of Honor recipient.

Philippine–American War (1899–1902)

• Nathan E. Cook (1885–1992) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Pensacola.^[51][49] Also served in Boxer Rebellion.
• Walter Pleate (1876–1985) – U.S. Army.
• John Thomas Kennedy (1885–1969) – U.S. Army. Last Medal of Honor recipient.

Border War (1910–1919)

• Samuel Goldberg (1900–2006) – U.S. Cavalry.^[52]

World War I (1914–1918)

• Frank Woodruff Buckles (1901–2011) – U.S. Army. Last U.S. veteran, served with the 1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment.^[53]
• Lloyd Brown (1901–2007) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS New Hampshire.
• Howard Ramsey (1898–2007) – U.S. Army. Last combat veteran.^[54]
• Albert Wagner (1899–2007) – U.S. Marine Corps. Served in the 6th Marine Regiment.^[55]
• Moses Hardy (1894–2006) – U.S. Army. Last African-American veteran.
• James William Pearson (1895–1993) – Royal Air Force. Last American flying ace. Served in No. 23 Squadron RAF.
• Arthur Raymond Brooks (1895–1991) – Air Service, United States Army. Last American flying ace to serve in a U.S. unit. Served in the 22d Aero Squadron.
• Edouard Izac (1891–1990) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Florida and USS President Lincoln. Last Medal of Honor recipient.
• Henry Forster (1889–1989) – Aéronautique Militaire. Last American member of the La Fayette Escadrille.^[56]

Pancho Villa Expedition (1916–1917)

• Mark Matthews (1894–2005) – U.S. Army.^[57]

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1925)

American and other Allied forces were involved in the Polar Bear Expedition which began during World War I and continued into the Russian Civil War

• Warren V. Hileman (1901–2005) – U.S. Army. Served in the 27th Infantry Regiment as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia.^[58]
• Harold Gunnes (1899–2003) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Olympia. Also attached to the 339th Infantry Regiment as part of the Polar Bear Expedition.^[59]

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

• Raphael Buch Brage (1915–2018) – International Brigades.^[60][61]
• Delmer Berg (1915–2016) – International Brigades. Volunteered in 1938. Served in anti-aircraft in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.^{[62][63][note 1]}

World War II (1939–1945)

• James Bollich (1921–) – U.S. Army Air Forces. Last American survivor of the Bataan Death March.^[64]
• Lou Conter (1921–2024) – U.S. Navy. Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona.^{[65][note 2]}
• Warren "Red" Upton (1919–2024) U.S. Navy. Last surviving crew member of the USS Utah (BB-31).^[68]
• Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (1923–2022) – U.S. Marine Corps. Last Medal of Honor recipient.^{[69][note 3]}
• Bradford Freeman (1924–2022) – U.S. Army. Last surviving member of Easy Company.^{[71][note 4]}
• Frank S. Losonsky (1920–2020) – American Volunteer Group. Last member of the Flying Tigers. Enlisted in the USAAC in 1939. Joined the AVG in 1941.^[72]
• Richard E. Cole (1915–2019) – U.S. Army Air Forces. Last participant of the Doolittle Raid (Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot).
• Carl Kice Brown (1917–2017) – American Volunteer Group. Last pilot of the Flying Tigers. Joined in 1941.^[73]
• Steve Pisanos (1919–2016) – RAF. Last pilot of the Eagle Squadrons. Joined in 1941.^[74]
• Bill Bower (1917–2011) – U.S. Army Air Forces. Last pilot of Doolittle Raid.
• Lemuel R. Custis (1915–2005) – U.S. Army Air Forces – Tuskegee Airmen. Last surviving graduating member of original aviation cadet class, Class 42-C.^[75]

Korean War (1950–1953)

• Charles G. Cleveland (1927–2021) – U.S. Air Force. Last flying ace.^[76]