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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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Claude Junius Cook, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 11, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 18, 1944
Died In: Italy

Private First Class Cook served with the 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division. He was shot in the head by a sniper and died two days later. Before the war, he was employed by DuPont.

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John T. Cook, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
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Lloyd James Cook, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
Casualty Date: April 25, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart

Corporal Cook served with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.

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Russell Henry Cook, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Albert B. Cooke

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 16, 1950
Died In: Cooke
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Bobby G. Cooke

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: January 14, 1951
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Calvin Edward Cooke

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Petersburg
Casualty Date: May 22, 1969
Died In: Cooke
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Charles Thomas Cooke

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Covington, VA
Casualty Date: January 3, 1968
Died In: Cooke
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Douglas Rudolph Cooke

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 16, 1968
Died In: Cooke
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Hansford Louis Cooke

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: September 14, 1943
Died In: North Africa
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Robert Morris Cooke

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 31, 1946
Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: June 20, 1966
Died In: Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam

PFC Cooke served as an Infantryman with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. He died during Operation Nathan Hale in the vicinity of Trung Luong, 8 kilometers east of Dong Tre Airfield in Phu Yen Province. He is buried at Knollkreg Memorial Park, Abingdon, Virginia.

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Robert Nelson Cooke

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 4, 1918
Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: October 15, 1944
Died In: over Belgium

Second Lieutenant Cooke served with the 429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group, 70th Fighter Wing, 9th Air Force. He deployed to Europe in August 1944. He is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium.

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Douglas Rudolph Cooke

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 18, 1945
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 16, 1968
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Cooke served with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry, 11th Infantry BDE, Americal Division. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Ernest Frissell Cooke, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Hampton, VA
Died In: Cooke, Jr.
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Stanley Coolbaugh

Army

Hometown: Manassas, VA
Died In: N/A

Fought in WWI

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David Leo Cooley

Commander, Navy

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: January 10, 1978
Died In: Cooley
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Dickey Larue Cooley

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Galax, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1970
Died In: Cooley
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Glenn Roosevelt Cooley

Aviation Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Williamsburg, VA
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Dempsey Worth Coon

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Awards: Purple Heart
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Edward J. Cooney

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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