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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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Robert Sherwood Dotson

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Washington, VA
Casualty Date: July 25, 1946
Died In: Pacific

Robert served with the 315th Composite (Bombardment) Wing in the Army Air Corps.

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Frank Bavier Doty

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy

Born: January 1, 1916
Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: May 7, 1943

He is buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, NC.

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Merchant Dough

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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James V. Dougherty

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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Rufus Doughtie, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Claude Burt Douglas

Private, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Dwight Samuel Douglas

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: February 3, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Joseph E. Douglas

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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William J. Douglass

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg
Casualty Date: October 7, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Paul Policron Doulis

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
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Volckert Petrus Douw

Commander, Navy

Born: March 4, 1907
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: April 29, 1945

Served aboard the USS Hazelwood DD-531. Killed in combat during Okinawa assault by kamikazes. Ten of the ships 19 officers and 67 enlisted men were killed.

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Elbert L. Dove

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Danville, VA
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Henry L. Dove

Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: August 3, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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Jack Paris Dove, Sr.

Captain, Air Force

Born: September 9, 1940
Hometown: Tazewell
Casualty Date: July 12, 1967
Died In: Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam
Awards: Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Silver Star

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam on his 93rd mission on July 12, 1967. while flying a T-28D for strafing and bombing.

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Thomas Hudson Dovel

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Page, VA
Casualty Date: June 17, 1944
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James Abraham Dowden

Chief Water Tender, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
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Claude Marshall Dowdy

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Giles, VA
Casualty Date: August 16, 1943
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Douglas Huske Dowdy

Storekeeper 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Lawrence R. Dowdy

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: August 22, 1944
Died In: France
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Melvin Dunford Dowdy

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1944
Died In: Mortain, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Dowdy joined the Virginia National Guard in 1941, serving with the 176th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He served with the Presidential Honor Guard for President Roosevelt and trained troops at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was killed on August 10, 1944 in Mortain, France, with the heroes of …

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