#1: RIP Senator Lautenberg Author: dj, Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:36 am Today the last remaining WWII Veteran in U.S. Congress passed away at age 89, Senator Frank Lautenberg. Amazing achievement that despite his age, he was an active participant in the Senate up until his death. Senator Lautenberg served in Belgium during the war in the 3185th Signal Service Battalion.