“According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are around 558,000 World War II veterans that were still alive in 2017.
The youngest are in their late 80s and some are over a 100 years old. An average of 362 die each day, according to the VA.”
The death rate curve is exponential and will turn up radically from here on out. Very few make it to 100 years....
My Dad, European Theater and Battle of the Bulge, was interviewed by a congressional staffer in So Cal.