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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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Lee McRay Coffman

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Melvin S. Coffman

Private, Army

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1950
Died In: Coffman
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Paul R. Coffman

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Carl L. Coggin

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Nelson County, VA
Casualty Date: July 31, 1952
Died In: Coggin
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Milo Bruce Coghill

Staff Sergeant, Air Force

Hometown: Mecklenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: February 2, 1962
Died In: Coghill
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Monroe Mitchell Coghill

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1944
Died In: Marshall Island
Awards: Distinguished Service Cross
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R. Stewart Coghill

Navy


Died In: N/A
Awards: Navy Seal

Served aboard aircraft carrier U.S.S. Shangri-La with the 3rd and 5th fleets.

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William Lloyd Coghill

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 25, 1921
Hometown: Essex County, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1944
Died In: Germany

Served in the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. He is buried in Upper Essex Baptist Church cemetery, Tappahannock, Virginia.

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Bernard Cohen

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Died In: Cohen
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Robert Lee Cohen

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 30, 1918
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1944

Died on Arisan Maru – POW in PW Camp # 4 O’Donnel Tarlac Luzon Philippines

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William Cohen

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: April 16, 1945
Died In: Cohen
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Richard E. Cohen

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 8, 1926
Hometown: Warrenton
Awards: Army Overseas Service Ribbon, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, WWII Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Private First Class Cohen served with the 9th Infantry Division during World War II.

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Lawrence William Cohn, Jr.

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 1, 1943
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George Urquhart Cohoon

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Suffolk City, VA
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Kenneth Ray Cohron

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: Cohron
Awards: Purple Heart
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Philip Lloyd Coiner

Sergeant 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Covington, VA
Died In: Coiner
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John Francis Colarusso

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: May 4, 1920

Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Good Conduct Medal, Prisoner of War Medal, WWII Victory Medal

Was in Ardennes and at the Battle of the Bulge. Was captured in St. Vith, Belgium in 1944. Was a POW until April (1944), when escaped on third attempt.

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Henry C. Coldiron, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Ashton Lee Cole

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Bert Cole

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 16, 1917
Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: October 21, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Cole served with the 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by Crystal Black Coal Company. He is buried in Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, France.

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