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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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Gilbert Tucker Davis

Private, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield, VA
Casualty Date: June 15, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 534th Amphibious Tank Battalion

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Henry Joseph Davis

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Born: March 25, 1919
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944

S2C Davis worked for the Atlantic Coastline Railroad before the war.

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Herbert Allen Davis

Private, Army

Born: February 7, 1919
Hometown: Grayson, VA
Casualty Date: January 2, 1945
Died In: Davis
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Davis served with the 50th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division. His brother, Private William Fletcher Davis, was also killed in action. He is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium.

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Holbert Eugene Davis

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: October 5, 1967
Died In: Davis
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Jack Edward Davis

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise
Casualty Date: September 26, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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James French Davis

Private, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
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John Frank Davis

Steward's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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John McAdoo Davis

Private, Army

Born: February 19, 1918
Hometown: Sussex County, VA
Casualty Date: July 25, 1942

Private Davis served with H Company, 366th Infantry Regiment. Before the war, he worked for the Gray Lumber Company in Sussex, Virginia.

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John R. Davis

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Danville City, VA
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John Wesley Davis

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
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Joseph Cecil Davis

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
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Lawton Davis

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Leonard F. Davis

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Leroy Davis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Northampton County, VA
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Lonzie Calvin Davis

Chief Petty Officer, Navy

Hometown: Danville City, VA
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Louis Sandford Davis

Private, Army

Hometown: Orange County, VA
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Melvin Loyd Davis

Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Raymond Earl Davis

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 2, 1926
Hometown: Charlottesville City, VA

Served with the 107th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group. Graduated from Lane High School.

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Robert Lee Davis

Private, Army

Born: April 20, 1923
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: August 9, 1944
Died In: France

Private Davis served with Company A, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Virginia.

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Samuel Leonard Davis

Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
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