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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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Roland Charles Elliott

Quartermaster 3rd Class, Navy

Born: April 3, 1921
Hometown: Accomack
Casualty Date: September 29, 1942
Died In: Japanese Prison Camp, Philippine Islands

Quartermaster Third Class Roland Charles Elliott joined the U.S. Navy from Virginia amd was serving aboard the minesweeper USS Finch (AM-9) in Manila Bay when the Japanese attacked the Philippines. The minesweeper continued to operate in Manila Bay until March 1942, when it ran out of fuel. The majority of the …

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William Elliott

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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William B. Elliott

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
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William Edward Elliott

Motor Merchanists Mate, 2nd Class, Navy

Born: November 29, 1924
Hometown: Warsaw, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II. Paricipated in the Occupation of Japan in Tokyo Bay area in September 1945.

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George Lynwood Elliott, III

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: October 17, 1948
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: March 6, 1968
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Aerial Achievement Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Private First Class Elliott served with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF as a Field Radio Operator. His name is memorialized at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri.

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Charles Henry Elliott, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: August 21, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Norman Elliott, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: February 20, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ross Tomkins Elliott, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: April 6, 1945
Died In: off Okinawa
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Vanderbilt Elliott, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: March 11, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Henry Clarence Ellis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 4, 1945
Died In: near Odernhein, Germany
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Henry Edward Ellis

Private 1st Class, Marine Corps

Born: August 24, 1928
Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: November 30, 1950
Died In: Chosin Reservoir, Korea

Private First Class Ellis served with Headquarters Company, 1st Service Battalion, 1st Marine Division. While confronting an enemy roadblock near Koto-ri, North Korea, a firefight ensued and PFC Ellis was killed. His remains were recovered on September 29, 2020 and he will be buried in Salisbury, North Carolina.

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Howard F. Ellis

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Gloucester, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Osborne Ellis

Private, Army

Born: September 8, 1916
Hometown: Brunswick, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Ellis served with B Company, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. He is buried in the First Baptist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Virginia.

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Robert Gordon Ellis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Prince William, VA
Casualty Date: November 23, 1944
Died In: near Aachen, Germany
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Russell Kenneth Ellis

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Orange, VA
Casualty Date: June 9, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart
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Stephen Gordon Ellis

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: September 27, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 8, 1945
Died In: Okinawa

Sergeant Ellis served with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marines, 6th Marine Division, FMF. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Thomas George Ellis

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: December 18, 1923
Hometown: Accomack
Casualty Date: May 30, 1945
Died In: Northwest of the Canary Islands

Served aboard the USS Barr DE-576.

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Warren Preston Ellis

Electrician's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta
Casualty Date: April 8, 1945
Died In: off Hainan Island, South China Sea
Awards: Purple Heart
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John Henry Ellis, Jr.

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Philippine Sea
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Otis Randolph Ellis, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: March 28, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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