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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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Stanley Ray Dennis

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fauquier
Casualty Date: September 22, 1950

Served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment

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John Bradford Dennison

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: May 7, 1945
Died In: Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

buried in US Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands

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Harry Denny

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clarke, VA
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Guy A. Denslow, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City, VA
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Daniel Dent

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: November 6, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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George Albert Dent

Officer's Steward, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: September 16, 1943
Died In: near Guadalcanal
Awards: Purple Heart

Served aboard the USS Wasp CV-7

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Horace Greely Dent

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Giles, VA
Casualty Date: June 11, 1944
Died In: 2 miles off coast of Normandy, France

Served aboard the USS Partridge ATO-138 which was torpedoed/sunk by German motor torpedo boats

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Guy Thomas Denton

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class, Navy

Born: April 24, 1939
Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: March 16, 1970
Died In: Da Nang, South Vietnam
Awards: Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Petty Officer Second Class Denton was the son of Arthur Marshall Denton and Maude Elsie Miner Denton. He was attached to VQ-1, 7th Fleet. He is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA. His wife, Saundra Denton, and a daughter survived him.

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Harold Denton

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Edwin J. Dentz

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Burke, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Presidential Unit Citation, Overseas Service Ribbon, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge

Fought in the Battle of the Bulge with 423rd Regiment, escaped from behind enemy lines.

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Carl Joseph DePanicis

1st Lieutenant, Army

Born: January 23, 1919
Hometown: Ashland, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Defense Distinguished Service Medal

Fought in the Battle of the Bulge and at Mortain. In addition to those below, received 2 French Croix de Guerre medals and the Belgian De Guerre medal.

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Garland Lee Depew

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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David Wayne DePriest

Specialist 4, Army

Born: February 23, 1948
Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: January 30, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam

SP4 DePriest served with the 3rd Battalion, 391th Artillery. He was scheduled to return home three weeks after the time of his death. He enlisted on February 25, 1966 and did his basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Was a graduate of E. C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, …

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Arthur Lawrence Derby, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 8, 1916
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: January 22, 1945
Died In: north of Formosa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

First Lieutenant Derby served as a forward observer on Mt Orion, Bataan, Philippines for the 88th Field Artillery Regiment, Philippine Scouts. He was captured, taken prisoner, and survived the Bataan Death March. He was killed when the Japanese Prisoner of War ship was sunk by American planes. His name is …

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James M. Derflinger

Private, Army

Hometown: Warren, VA
Casualty Date: November 3, 1945
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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James Rolfe Derflinger

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Warren, VA
Casualty Date: June 7, 1944
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Floyd Lee Derflinger, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Frederick, VA
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Virgil Emannel Derrow

Private, Army

Hometown: Augusta
Casualty Date: August 10, 1942
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Ernest Herbert Dervishian

Colonel, Army

Born: August 10, 1916
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Medal of Honor, Silver Star

Colonel Dervishian’s numerous accomplishments can be viewed at http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Dervishian_Ernest_Herbert.

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James Kenneth Desper

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: November 9, 1922
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with L Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

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