[Heyworth]

According to a USA Today article, there are eight receiving VA benefits, but there are assumed to be a few dozen others. Probably between 30 and 50 total.

Here's an interesting thing:

Last Living Veterans of America's Wars
American Revolution (1775–1783)

Last veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109
Last widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/1906, age 92
Last dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/1911, age 90

War of 1812 (1812–1815)

Last veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/1905, age 105
Last widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/1936, age unknown
Last dependent, Esther A. H. Morgan, died 3/12/1946, age 89
Indian Wars (c. 1861–1898)

Last veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/1973, age 101

Mexican War (1846–1848)

Last veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/1929, age 98
Last widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/1963, age 89
Last dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/1962, age 94

Civil War (1861–1865)

Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/1956, age 109
Last Confederate veteran, John Salling*, died 3/16/1958, age 112

Spanish-American War (1898)

Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/1992, age 106

It's amazing to think that our entire history as a nation can spanned in three lifetimes.

[Sensei Ern]

I suggested to both the Discovery Channel and the History Channel that they interview the surviving World War 2 fighter pilots and ask them about their breatest air combats, then recreate them in CGI. They ignored me.

[Verginius Rufus]

The last veteran of the American Revolution died on April 5, 1869. When I was a kid, I knew an old lady who was born on February 8, 1869, so 8 weeks old when the last veteran of the Revolution died.

[SunkenCiv]

Last survivor of 'Christmas truce' tells of his sorrow (1914 - 1942 - 2004)
observer | Sunday December 19, 2004 | Lorna Martin, Scotland editor
Posted on 12/24/2004 3:03:46 AM PST by Truth666
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1307843/posts