John McClelland Elliott, a historian and Marine aviation veteran who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, died on March 22. He was 101.

Ken Stevens, who as a 19-year-old sailor aboard the USS Whitney saw the first bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor during the Japanese surprise attack in 1941, died this week in Powers, Ore. He was 102.

Art Schallock spent three years as a radio operator on the USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier deployed in the Pacific Ocean, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japan.

William R. Lucas, who directed the Marshall Space Flight Center from a crucial time of expansion into one of its darkest hours, died Feb. 10, 2025, at his home in Huntsville. He was 102.

Harry S. Stewart Jr., a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for three kills in a single mission, died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was 100.

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a submarine during World War II, died last week in Fresno, Calif. He was 103.

Warren “Red” Upton, the last surviving veteran of the battleship USS Utah, died on Christmas Day.

Robert Fernandez, who died Wednesday at age 100 in Lodi, Calif., was among the hundreds of service members who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. His death leaves barely more than a dozen survivors of the attack still living.

Lucille “Cille” MacDonald, who this spring was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her “Rosie the Riveter” work as a ship welder during World War II, died last week in Hawaii. She was 98.

Charles Sehe, who served on the ship during Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France, and the 1945 invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, died Sunday at age 101.