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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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John T. DeBell, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax, VA
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Henry Deboer

Private, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: February 6, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Victor Jay DeBord

1st Sergeant, Army

Born: August 24, 1948
Hometown: Stafford, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Legion of Merit, Achievement Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge
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Charles Benton DeBord, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Smyth, VA
Casualty Date: July 22, 1944
Died In: near Livorno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Buried in US Military Cemetery Florence, Italy

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William DeBruyn

Private, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg
Casualty Date: March 22, 1953
Died In: North Korea
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Oscar Vincent DeCamillis

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Frank Walker Decker

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 17, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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George Sam Decker

Printer 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Jerome Howard Decker

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie, VA
Casualty Date: November 21, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Newell Smith Dedcovich, Jr.

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: January 24, 1944

Served aboard the USS Plunkett DD-431

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Autie Jackson Deel

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan, VA
Died In: France
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John H. Deel

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Buchanan, VA
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Stoney Lee Deel

Specialist 4, Army


Casualty Date: June 9, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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John Henry Deel, Jr.

Ship's Cook, Second Class, Navy

Born: October 10, 1923
Hometown: Buchanan, VA
Casualty Date: August 15, 1944
Died In: the invasion of Southern France

Served aboard USS LST-282. He is buried in Deel Cemetery, Murphy, Virginia.

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William Oscar Deel, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Dickenson, VA
Casualty Date: April 25, 1943
Died In: North Africa

Buried in US Military Cemetery North Africa (Carthage, Tunisia)

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James Montague Deer

Boatswain, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
Casualty Date: April 2, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Francis Deeton

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: September 1, 1923
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: February 27, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima

Served with Company A, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division. 1943 graduate of George Washington High School in Alexandria. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Jackie Clyde DeHart

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: August 29, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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James Norman DeHart

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Floyd, VA
Casualty Date: December 2, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

buried in Lee Cemetery Tuggle’s Gap, Patrick Co

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Roscoe C. DeHart

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: May 27, 1944
Died In: Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Served with the 23rd Bombardment Squadron

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