# 1,000 Dead WW2 Vets a Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-dead-ww2-vets-a-day/67215>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-dead-ww2-vets-a-day/67215 "2001-06-01T14:47:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-dead-ww2-vets-a-day/67215/1 "2001-06-01T14:47:05Z")

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The ads starring Tom Hanks soliciting contributions for the World War II memorial in Washington say that American veterans of that war are dying at a rate of a thousand a day. My question is to all you actuaries out there: Is that an accurate figure, or just a nice round number made up to pluck at people’s heartstrings?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-dead-ww2-vets-a-day/67215/2 "2001-06-01T14:52:02Z")

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You can find most of your answers in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=72418) that asked the same question just a couple of days ago (although, I see the number has fallen from 1,500 to 1,000).

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**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-dead-ww2-vets-a-day/67215/3 "2001-06-01T21:41:24Z")

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OK, I can’t believe that I missed the other thread, but obviously I did. Thanks!