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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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Richard Archer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amelia County, VA
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Richard K. Archer

Private, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
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George Washington Archer, Jr.

Private First Class , Army

Born: June 8, 1929
Hometown: Brunswick County
Casualty Date: September 15, 1950
Died In: Taegu Area, South Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Korean Service Medal Ribbon

Private First Class Archer served with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He is buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

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Edwin Archibald

Aviation Machinist's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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David Ellsworth Armel

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Winchester City, VA
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Layton C. Armentrout

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
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Sheridan Luther Armentrout

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: December 12, 1924
Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: March 28, 1945
Died In: Atlantic Ocean

Served aboard the USS Oklahoma tanker. Ship was sunk by torpedo in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Bradley T. Arms

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: February 13, 1984
Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: November 19, 2004
Died In: Anbar Province, Iraq

Corporal Arms served with the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve, Baltimore, Maryland. He was killed by enemy fire on November 19, 2004. He attended the University of Georgia and is buried in Monticello Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Charles W. Armstrong

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Spottsylvania County, VA

Private First Class Armstrong served with the 94th Infantry.

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Homer Clinton Armstrong

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Staunton City, VA
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Leon Armstrong

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
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Marion J. Armstrong

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
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William Conway Armstrong

Lieutenant, Navy

Born: June 29, 1914
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: April 19, 1945
Died In: Pacific

Before the war, Lieutenant Armstrong attended the University of Virginia and practiced law.

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William D. Armstrong

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: August 12, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Edward Armstrong

Army

Born: June 11, 1924

Served on the Queen Elizabeth as a gunner.

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Kenton W. Armstrong

Sergeant, Army

Born: July 22, 1923
Hometown: Rockbridge County
Casualty Date: February 9, 1951
Died In: Chipyong-Ni, South Korea

Sergeant Armstrong served with K Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia.

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Jason Russell Arnette

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: November 7, 1982
Hometown: Amelia
Casualty Date: April 1, 2007
Died In: Baghdad, Iraq
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Iraq Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Svc Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Army Service Ribbon

Staff Sergeant Arnette served with the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. He was killed by an improvised explosive device that detonated near his vehicle. He was a 2001 graduate of Amelia County High School where he played soccer and was part …

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Kenneth R. Arnette

Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Bernard Joseph Arnn

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 6, 1917
Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Casualty Date: December 16, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Arnn served with Co A, 46th Armored Infantry Regiment, 5th Armored Division, 1st Army. Before the war, he graduated from Callands High School, he attended business school and he was employed as an assistant cashier at the Bank of Chatham. He was first buried in US Military …

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James Anthony Arnold

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 18, 1914
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Casualty Date: November 18, 1944
Died In: France

Private First Class Arnold served with the 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed as a stenographer for the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. He has a memorial marker in Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, Virginia and is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France.

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