He played Neil Thomas, a WWII hero in the 2011 film The Lost Valentine based on the book "The Last Valentine" by James Michael Pratt.

As it turns out, Oleg's father was Marshal Dimitri Kazov, a WWII hero in Stalingrad, and former Soviet Minister of Defence.

Baron Zemo became the patriotic American Citizen V, patterned after a WWII hero his father killed.

Richard E. Hawes - Navy admiral, WWII hero, and namesake of guided missile frigate USS Hawes.

Audie Murphy was a WWII hero, Sergeant York, a WWI hero, and Paul Revere, a Revolutionary War hero.

July 7 - Georges Mandel, French politician and WWII hero (executed) (b. 1885)

Gustave Biéler, Swiss WWII hero (executed) (b. 1904)

Frank Pickersgill, Canadian WWII hero (executed) (b. 1915)

Roméo Sabourin, Canadian WWII hero (executed) (b. 1923)

Qemal Stafa, a notable WWII hero, had been a company employee prior to his death in 1942.