How Many D-Day Veterans Are Still Alive. Eighty years after allied armies invaded the beaches of normandy, marking a definitive turning point in world war ii, those veterans who are still alive and sound. Of the 61,000 british soldiers who stormed the beaches of normandy 70 years ago this friday, fewer than 500 are still alive.

Of the 61,000 british soldiers who stormed the beaches of normandy 70 years ago this friday, fewer than 500 are still alive. According to the national museum of world war ii, an estimated 119,550 of the 16.4 million americans who served in that conflict were still alive at the end of 2023.