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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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Nicholas Covell

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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William R. Coverstone

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
Died In: Coverstone
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Emmett Lee Covey

Aviation Radioman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Radford City, VA
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William Robert Covington

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: October 22, 1944
Died In: Covington
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Served with the 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group Heavy.

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Francis M. Cowan

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Charles Hayes Cowan, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
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Hassell S. Coward

Machinist's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: June 8, 1944
Died In: near Saint-Mareouf Island, English Channel

Served aboard the USS Rich DE-695. The ship was sunk by mines off Utah Beach Normandy, France.

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William John Cowart

Colonel, Army

Born: September 23, 1918

Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, American Campaign Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal

Commanded a unit that occupied the city of Otake, Japan in December 1945 (near Hiroshima).

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Claude Gilmer Cowden

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
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Leonard Mallonee Cowherd III

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: August 6, 1981
Hometown: Culpeper, VA
Casualty Date: May 16, 2004
Died In: Karbala, Iraq
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal

Second Lieutenant Cowherd served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armor Division, Friedberg, Germany. He was killed in action in Karbala, Iraq on May 16, 2004, by a sniper and rocket propelled grenade fire. He was a graduate of Wakefield Country Day School in Flint Hill, Virginia and …

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Harry Hubbard Cowles

Captain, Marine Corps

Born: August 16, 1918
Hometown: Charlottesville City, VA
Casualty Date: July 24, 1944

Served with the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division. Attended Lane High School and the University of Virginia. He was killed by machine gun fire Tinian Islands.

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Avis H. Cox

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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Charles E. Cox

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
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Claude Cox

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Edenbur Cox

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Petersburg City, VA
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Edward Kenneth Cox

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Radford City, VA
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Elmo Cox

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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George Jose Cox

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: March 14, 1968
Died In: Cox
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Henry Purcell Cox

Electrician's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Henry Thomas Cox

Captain, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: August 13, 1970
Died In: Cox
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