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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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William D. Aney

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Falls Church
Casualty Date: October 21, 1952
Awards: Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal

Private First Class Aney served with Company C, 245th Medium Tank Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Ronald Edward Ange

Specialist 4, Army

Born: May 6, 1947
Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: May 21, 1966
Died In: Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal

Specialist 4 Ange served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. While attempting to rescue a fallen soldier in Ho Bo Woods, South Vietnam, Ange was killed by a sniper’s bullet. He is buried in Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Claude Johnson Angel

Private, Army

Born: August 25, 1918
Hometown: Campbell County, VA

Private Angel served with Company D, 32nd Medical Training Battalion. He is buried in Clover Bottom Baptist Church cemetery, Halifax County, Virginia.

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Robert F. Angell

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Marshall Joseph Angell

Specialist 5, Army

Born: January 29, 1939
Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: December 12, 1963
Died In: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart

Specialist 5 Angell served with the  611TH Transportation Company, United States Army Support Group Vietnam, Military Assistance Command Vietnam as a helicopter repairman. The helicopter he was in was hit by enemy ground fire while attempting to recover another downed helicopter. His body was never recovered and his name is …

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Frank J. Angell, Jr.

Water Tender, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Danville City, VA
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Peter Jason Angle

Corporal, Army

Born: January 20, 1949
Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: July 1, 1968
Died In: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Corporal Angle served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

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Clarence Ray Angus

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: August 15, 1967
Died In: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Angus served with C Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division as a machine gunner. He was serving on his second tour in Vietnam when he was killed by an enemy booby-trap (mines). He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Merrill Lane Annis

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 13, 1916
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: March 22, 1945
Died In: Belgium

Private First Class Annis served with Company D, 134th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Before the war, Merrill was employed by Fleming Brothers in Pocomoke, Maryland.  He enlisted in the Army before the United States entered the war.  He was a heavy machine gun operator for the 134th which provided …

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Everette Vincent Anthony

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
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Houston Gettle Anthony

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with B Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment. He is buried in Mt Hermon United Methodist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Virginia.

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Ernest Lee Anthony

Army

Born: April 19, 1931
Hometown: Westmoreland
Casualty Date: September 8, 1950
Died In: Naktong Bulge, Republic of Korea

Private Anthony served with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in the Rappahannock Baptist Church Cemetery, Newland, Virginia.

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Joseph W. Anthony

Private First Class , Army

Born: June 5, 1928
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 13, 1950
Died In: Pusan Perimeter-Southwest near Haman, South Korea
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Anthony served with H Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

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John Virgil Anthony, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
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John Newton Apperson

Major, Army

Born: November 11, 1906
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: August 21, 1944
Died In: France

Major Apperson served with Headquarters, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. He attended John Marshall HS for three years where he played three different sports. Before the war, he worked as a seed analyst for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and joined the Virginia National Guard, 183rd Infantry Regiment. He was stationed …

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James Magill Applegate

Flight Officer, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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William Wray Applewhite

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 5, 1922
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: March 4, 1945
Died In: Germany

Private First Class Applewhite served with HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division. He is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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David Goodwin Apt

Private, Army

Born: January 11, 1932
Hometown: Richmond City and Henrico County
Casualty Date: November 21, 1950
Died In: Majon-Ni, North Korea
Awards: Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Medal

Private Apt served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. His name is etched in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Maria “Susie” Arce

E-7, Air Force

Born: August 3, 1967
Hometown: La Feria, Texas
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Maurice Patrick Archer

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 22, 1924
Hometown: Burke, VA
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart
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