<P> There were 16,112,566 members of the United States Armed Forces during World War II . There were 291,557 battle deaths, 113,842 other deaths in service (non-theater), and 670,846 non-mortal woundings . According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, around 558,000 American veterans from the war are estimated to still be alive as of 2017 . </P> <P> During this conflict 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously . Additionally, the only Medal of Honor recipient in the history of the United States Coast Guard, Douglas Albert Munro, received the Medal for his actions during this war . There are currently four living World War II Medal of Honor recipients . </P>

Estimated number of world war 2 veterans still alive