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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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James Elwood Fern

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Washington
Casualty Date: December 1, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Martha Forrest Street Ferneyhough

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: May 30, 1919
Hometown: Lake Placid, FL
Died In: N/A
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Women's Army CORPS Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Seal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II.

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Benjamin D. Ferrell

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Wise, VA
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Charles Gilliam Ferrell

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte, VA
Casualty Date: March 1, 1944
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Elmer William Ferrell

Private, Army

Hometown: Halifax, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1943
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Erman P. Ferrell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Died In: France
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Hugh James Ferrell

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: January 11, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Edward Ferrell

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Edward R. Ferris

Other

Hometown: Arlington
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James W. Ferris

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Russell, VA
Casualty Date: December 26, 1943
Died In: Watje Atoll, Marshall Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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John Daniel Ferris

Private, Army

Born: February 24, 1908
Hometown: Elizabeth City, VA
Casualty Date: June 5, 1944

Private Ferris served with Company C, 54th Battalion. He attended Catholic University and the University of Virginia. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Vernon G. Ferris

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: August 14, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Samuel A. Ferrizzi

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: January 1, 1922
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1943
Died In: Germany
Awards: Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal

Served during World War II in Germany with the 702nd Squadron. SSGT Ferrizzi was stationed at an army air base in VA for a year before going overseas.

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Carl S. Fetterole

Other

Hometown: Middlesex
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William J. Feury

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Alleghany
Casualty Date: December 1, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Robert Lee Fewell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Loudon, VA
Casualty Date: November 17, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart
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Woodrow W. Fewell

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier, VA
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Leonard Fewox

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: June 22, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Charles William Fidler

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 18, 1942
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Harry Owen Field

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Henrico, VA
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