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Welcome to the Virginia War Memorial’s Virginia Heroes database. This online resource is a comprehensive list of Veterans both in Virginia and across the country who wish to be represented.

This list includes all of Virginia’s Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf and whose names are etched in stone and glass on the walls of the Shrine of Memory. Their records are indicated by a gold star.

Staffers and volunteers at the War Memorial continue to research the names and personal histories of Virginia’s fallen. As we learn more about these brave men and women, we will continue to add information to this database so that their stories may never be forgotten.

To submit your personal service record information, or that of any other Virginia veteran, living or deceased, please use the Veteran Updates form and submit to the Memorial for inclusion.

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Richard Kenneth Clough

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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William Blair Clough

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
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Algernon S. Clowe

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
Died In: Clowe
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Alfred W. Clowers

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Died In: Clowers
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Jesse Gladden Clowers, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: January 26, 1980
Hometown: Roanoke
Casualty Date: August 12, 2007
Died In: Kuzkalakhel, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Awards: Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Clowers served with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was a  1998 graduate of Cave Spring High School and 2003 graduate of Virginia Tech. He is buried in the …

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Clifford J. Clyburn

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Luther J. Clyburn

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Randolph L. Clyburn

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Joseph Gilbert Clyburne

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA

Staff Sergeant Clyburne served with the 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, Heavy as a waist gunner. Before the war, he graduated from William Fleming High School. Late on November 10, 1943, a B17 #42-29646 nicknamed “Peg O’ My Heart” was returning to Massioault, Tunisia, from a bombing mission over …

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Carlton F. Clymer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
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Barton Coalson

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Smyth County
Died In: Coalson
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Floyd Burnett Coates

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Culpeper, VA
Died In: Coates
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Hampton N. Coates

Navy

Hometown: Richmond County, VA
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James Hampton Coates

Private, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Belgium

Private Coates served with Battery B, 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Kilmarnock, Virginia.

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William S. Coates, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Other

Hometown: Richmond City
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William “Buddy” S. Coats, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: December 11, 1917
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 9, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

LT Coats served with the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was killed in action in the Normandy campaign. He was an avid golfer and a co-medalist in the City Golf Tournament, Lakeside Country Club, 10/9/1939, at age 19. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in …

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Melvin Speer Cobb

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Fairfax
Casualty Date: December 13, 1945
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Paul Frederick Cobb

Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: May 16, 1968
Died In: Cobb
Awards: Navy Cross

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action on May 16, 1968 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. After being wounded, he continued to lead his platoon in hand-to-hand combat to rescue an adjoining company under siege, until he fell dead from a 2nd wound.

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John H. Cobbler

Private, Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Died In: Cobbler
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James Harry Cobbs

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Danville City, VA
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