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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 Donald Dickerson

Private, Army

Hometown: Henrico, VA
Casualty Date: January 12, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Buried in US Military Cemetery Lorraine, France

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Melville Lucius Dickerson

Aviation Radio Technician 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 25, 1944
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Paul Lawrence Dickerson

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: December 1, 1950

Served with the 31st Infantry Regiment.

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William Dickerson

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: February 21, 1953
Died In: North Korea

Served with the 15th Infantry Regiment.

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William Loran Dickerson

Private, Army

Hometown: Carroll, VA
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John W Dickerson, Jr.

Navy

Born: January 16, 1923
Hometown: Vinton, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal
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Lacy Lee Dickerson, Jr.

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: July 30, 1919
Hometown: Appomattox, VA
Casualty Date: February 4, 1942

Served aboard the USS Houston CA-30. He was killed during the Battle of Makassar Strait (also known as Battle of Bali Sea) when the USS Houston took a direct hit from Japanese air raids. Buried in Liberty Baptist Cemetery in Appomattox, VA.

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Leonidas Camden Dickerson, Jr.

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Patrick, VA
Casualty Date: October 31, 1941
Died In: about 250 miles South of Iceland
Awards: Purple Heart

Served aboard the USS Reuben James DD-245. Ship torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-552 while escorting Convoy HX-156.

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James Wheeler Dickey

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: October 21, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Carl Duncan Dickinson

Private, Army

Born: January 9, 1919
Hometown: Warwick, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1943
Died In: North Africa

Private Dickinson served with the 384th Port Battalion. He graduated from Morrison High School and attended Hargrave Military Academy. He is buried in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Italy.

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Jesse S. Dickinson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City, VA
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Paul Mattingly Dickinson, Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Awards: Air Force Combat Readiness Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award, Air Force Organization Excellence Award, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Force Training Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Commendation Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Svc Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

Sitting Nuclear alert in an ICBM Launch Control Center. Working with AF Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado and at MIT Lincoln Labs in Bedford, MA. Developing Space strategy at the Pentagon. Missile Combat Crew Commander assigned to the 90th Space Wing in Cheyenne, WY. Air Force Space Command Liaison …

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Richard Dickson

Major, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Nicholas Didich, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Amelia County, VA
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Samuel Harvey Diehl

Private, Army

Hometown: Augusta
Casualty Date: April 15, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Lester Emery Diemer

Chief Fire Controlman, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

Served aboard the USS Vincennes CA-44.

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Palmer H. Diffenderfer

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee, VA
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Joshua Diggd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: July 27, 1945
Died In: Europe

Buried in US Military Cemetery Lorraine, France

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Douglas Willard Diggs

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: May 3, 1922
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 12, 1943
Died In: near Dobodura, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Served with the 19th Bomber Squadron, 22nd Bomber Division. Buried in US Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands.

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Michael Ronell Diggs

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: July 21, 1947
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: April 30, 1968
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
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