# Veterans Day question:  How many Great War veterans are still alive?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-question-how-many-great-war-veterans-are-still-alive/212668 "2003-11-11T20:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Titan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Titan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Titan2)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-question-how-many-great-war-veterans-are-still-alive/212668/21 "2003-11-15T08:43:31Z")

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Even more staggering were the numbers killed by the socalled “Spanish Flu of 1918”,which was,in an account I read, spread by WW1 troops.

Don’t recall the actual numbers but I’ve heard as high as 1 in 4 in some locales that contracted it died.One was my grandfather,who left my Grandmother with an infant child-my Mother.

I’d guess that flu depleted the survivor ranks more than,say WW11 vets when they reach the C mark around 2025 or so.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-question-how-many-great-war-veterans-are-still-alive/212668/22 "2003-11-15T10:46:46Z")

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…any word on how many GERMAN WWI veterans are still alive today?

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