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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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Frank Allison Fisher

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: October 1, 1944
Died In: the Netherlands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Frederick Edwin Fisher

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 23, 1944
Died In: over Romania near Ploesti
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

2LT Fisher was a former DuPont employee and John Marshall High School graduate. A P-51 Mustang pilot attached to the Fifteenth Air Force – was protecting bombers over the Ploesti oil fields

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James Anderson Fisher

Mess Attendant, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Greensville County, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Awards: Purple Heart

Killed in action on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Was stationed aboard battleship, U.S.S. Arizon. Awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.

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Owen H. Fisher

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Germany
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William Henry Fisher

Private, Army

Born: March 29, 1925
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: June 22, 1944
Died In: St Lo, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 70th Tank Battalion. Graduated from Washington & Lee High School. He is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

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James P Fisher, Jr.

Chief Aircraft Maintenanceman First Class, Navy

Hometown: Crewe, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Lived in the City of Richmond since 1947. Member of the Navy Bomber Squadron VPB-106. Also recieved the Air Bomber Special.

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Paul Haywood Fisher, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Samuel Cheatham Fisher, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax, VA
Casualty Date: January 13, 1943
Died In: South Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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John Edward Fissel

Captain, Army

Born: February 6, 1912
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: August 28, 1944

Captain Fissel served as a flight surgeon of the Medical Air Evaluation Transport Squadron. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and the School of Medicine. He completed an internship at Riverside Hospital in Newport News and went into practice for himself.  

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Forrest N. Fitchett

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 26, 1910
Hometown: Middlesex
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Private First Class Fitchett served with Company G, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in Hermitage Baptist Church Cemetery, Middlesex County, Virginia.

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Frederick E. Fitchette, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Lester Arthur Fitts

Private, Army

Born: June 12, 1914
Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: October 6, 1944
Died In: German border
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Fitts served with the 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. He was employed at Dan Valley Motor Company, Danville, Virginia. He is buried in the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial

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John Blair Fitts, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: August 4, 1922
Hometown: Richmond City
Awards: Silver Star

Second Lieutenant Fitts served with the 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School and was employed by Thalhimer Brothers before the war.

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Freeman O. Fitz

Army

Hometown: Amelia County
Casualty Date: May 3, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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Clark West Fitzgerald

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Augusta
Casualty Date: December 12, 1944
Died In: Western Germany
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Freeman L. Fitzgerald

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amelia County, VA
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Lawrence E. Fitzgerald

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: September 1, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Lawrence Nathaniel Fitzgerald

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 19, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Lyle Winston Fitzgerald

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta
Casualty Date: December 30, 1943
Died In: over Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Moses L. Fitzgerald

Private, Army

Hometown: Nottoway
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