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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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Walter Tasman Eads

Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Falls Church
Casualty Date: July 29, 1967
Died In: Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam
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J. Gregory Eanes

Captain, Air Force

Born: May 27, 1959
Hometown: Crewe, VA
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Southwest Asia Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Captain Eanes served with SOCCENT. He enlisted in the Navy from 12/77-1/86 and served in the Air Force Reserved from 1/93 to present. He was recalled to active duty after September 11, 2001.

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John Herbert Eanes

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 11, 1944
Died In: France
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Robert Mason Eanes

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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Robert H. Earhart

Captain, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
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Stephen Gilbert Earhart

Sergeant, Air Force

Born: April 29, 1947
Hometown: Pulaski, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Air Force Seal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal
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James Samuel Earles

Private 1st Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: December 6, 1950
Died In: Chosin Reservoir, Korea
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Walter Reid Early

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Madison
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Elwood W. Earman

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Rockingham, VA
Casualty Date: February 14, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
Awards: Purple Heart
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John Miller Earman

First Lieutenant, Other

Born: May 20, 1918
Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: April 27, 1944
Died In: over Montzen, Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart

First Lieutenant Earman served with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Guy W. Earnest

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Wise, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Clifford Jerry Earnhardt

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Carroll
Casualty Date: April 13, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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John W. Easley

Lt. Colonel, Marine Corps

Hometown: Pittsylvania, VA
Casualty Date: August 2, 1944
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Lawrence Thomas Easley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax, VA
Casualty Date: May 18, 1944
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Samuel Harrison Easley, II

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Henry
Casualty Date: May 28, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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James George East

Ensign, Navy

Born: July 10, 1920
Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
Died In: 150 miles east of Espiritu Santo
Awards: Purple Heart

Ensign East served aboard the USS Navajo (AT-64) tug boat as a communications officer and assistant navigator. The ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarines. Seventeen crew members were lost and the survivors were picked up by a nearby minesweeper. He was a 1938 graduate of Fishburne Military Academy and …

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Joe C. East

Major, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City, VA
Casualty Date: January 15, 1945
Died In: Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
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Leon Nelson East

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Montgomery
Casualty Date: October 17, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Wayne Howell East

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 4, 1918
Hometown: Pulaski, VA
Casualty Date: February 11, 1945
Died In: Rhine River, Germany

PFC East is buried in Felts Memorial Cemetery, Galax, Virginia. Before the war, he worked for Southern States Cooperative.

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William C. Easte

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield
Casualty Date: May 17, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
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