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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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George R. Ellison

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania, VA
Casualty Date: March 5, 1944
Died In: New Guinea
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Harry M. Ellison

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Loudoun
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Harry Meredith Ellison

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Prince William, VA
Casualty Date: July 18, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Milton Ellison

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise, VA
Casualty Date: October 22, 1944
Died In: near Aachen, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Donald Elliston

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Arlington
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Wallace Franklin Ellsworth

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Southampton, VA
Casualty Date: April 18, 1945
Died In: Nuernburg, Germany
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Frank S. Elmore

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Rappahannock, VA
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George William Elmore

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: August 7, 1930
Hometown: Washington
Casualty Date: February 26, 1951
Awards: Navy Cross, Purple Heart

Private First Class Elmore served with the 1st Marine Division as an automatic rifleman. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1949 and served one year before being called back on active duty in October 1950. He is buried in Elizabeth Cemetery, Saltville, Virginia.

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John Elridge, Jr.

Other

Hometown: Buckingham
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Ray Elder Elrod

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: January 18, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

SSGT Elrod was a bombardier and aerial photographer. He enlisted in the Army in November of 1940, and was sent to Hawaii, where he received his training with the Army Air Corps. He attended Hopewell High School.

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Clint G. Elswick

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell, VA
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Talmadge Henson Elswick

Quartermaster, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Tazewell, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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James Tipton Elswick, Jr.

Private 1st Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Tazewell
Casualty Date: May 12, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Richard John Ely

Other

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Olvie D. Emberton

Sergeant 1st Class, Army

Born: February 24, 1921
Hometown: Midlothian, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon
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David Norman Embrey

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Nelson
Casualty Date: August 22, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Paul Taylor Embrey

Army

Hometown: Fauquier
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Thomas Embrey

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: July 25, 1944
Died In: Afua, New Guinea
Awards: Purple Heart
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Douglas L. Emerson

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: February 10, 1926
Hometown: Alexandria
Awards: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Served with the 1st MAW, 3rd MAW

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Giles James Emerson

Private, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
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