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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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Arnold Stanford Edwards

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell, VA
Casualty Date: May 11, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Carl S. Edwards

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lee, VA
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Charles Luther Edwards

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: May 28, 1945
Died In: off Okinawa
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Charles Phillips Edwards

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Casualty Date: November 6, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Charles Wallace Edwards

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: December 11, 1920
Hometown: Accomack, VA
Casualty Date: August 24, 1944
Died In: Czechoslovakia
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group Heavy. 1941 graduate of Virginia Tech. He is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.

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Dan Edwards

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Born: November 21, 1926
Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: off Honshu, Japan

S2C Edwards served aboard the USS Franklin CV-13.

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Eddie Lewis Edwards

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: January 31, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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Elzia Montell Edwards

Private 1st Class, Army

Born: June 5, 1932
Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: September 22, 1951
Died In: Heartbreak Ridge, North Korea
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart

Private First Class Edwards served with Tank Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He volunteered to clear a path for his armored unit and was fatally wounded. He is buried in Sherwood Burial Park, Salem, Virginia.

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Eugene Edwards

Other

Hometown: Dickenson
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Everett Ashe Edwards

Army

Hometown: Gloucester, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1943
Awards: WWII Victory Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon

Served in World War II with the 169th Infantry Division, Unit A. He was Killed in Action on the Island of Munda in the Southwest Pacific on July 17, 1943.

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Fred Lee Edwards

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Elizabeth City, VA
Casualty Date: August 18, 1943
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George Foster Edwards

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: August 31, 1920
Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: January 24, 1945
Died In: Leyte, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Edwards served with the 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. Before the war, he attended Gordon Military College, Barnesville, Georgia. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

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Hunter F. Edwards

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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James Edwards

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise, VA
Casualty Date: January 14, 1942
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James A. Edwards

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson
Casualty Date: November 30, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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James E. Edwards

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Wythe, VA
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James O. Edwards

Technician 5th Grade, Army

Hometown: Amherst, VA
Casualty Date: November 11, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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James S. Edwards

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: October 22, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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John Linwood Edwards

Private, Army

Born: August 9, 1927
Hometown: Louisa, VA
Casualty Date: May 1, 1951
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John Manning Edwards

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 27, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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