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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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Charles Ashby Crockett, Jr.

Private, Army

Born: July 26, 1924
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: January 21, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

Served with the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. He is buried in Swain Memorial United Meth Church, Tangier VA.

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Ernest Eugene Cromer

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Harrisonburg City, VA
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Fred W. Cromer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: November 21, 1951
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Ralph Madison Cromer

Seaman 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Montgomery County, VA
Casualty Date: November 25, 1943
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Richard Gunter Crommelin

Lieutenant Commander, Navy


Casualty Date: July 14, 1945
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Elmo Cromwell

Private, Army


Casualty Date: November 11, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 855th Engineer Aviation Battalion in the Army Air Corps.

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James Edward Cromwell

Steward's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Willie Cromwell

Private, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
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Adrian “Good Morning Vietnam!” Cronauer

Sergeant, Air Force

Born: September 18, 1938
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Air Force Seal
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Robert Charles Cronin

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 9, 1943
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Robert H. Crookshanks

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
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Alphonso Cross

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Suffolk City, VA
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Frank Warren Cross

Chief Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1968
Died In: Cross
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Frederick William Cross

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: August 19, 1970
Died In: Cross
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James Corin Cross

Soundman, Second Class, Navy

Born: January 1, 1922
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: August 23, 1943
Died In: off Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Soundman Second Class Cross served aboard the submarine chaser SC-696 that was bombed and sunk by German Ju-88 aircraft off Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was a 1939 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and was employed by the Tidewater Construction Company at Port Norfolk before the war. He is buried …

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James M. Cross

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Neil Harmon Cross

Seaman 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Suffolk, VA
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William Crossland

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Vernon N. Crossley

Sonarman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Alfred Parks Crosswhite

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: April 7, 1917
Hometown: Bristol City, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1942
Died In: Queensland

2LT Crosswhite served with the 90th Bomb Squadron, 3rd Bomb Group. He received his first aviation training at King College.

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