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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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Laney C. Atkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rappahannock County, VA
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Roxie L. Atkins

Private, Army

Hometown: Rappahannock County, VA
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Ulysses Garfield Atkins

Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
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Theodore William Atkins

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: January 14, 1926
Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: May 15, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Purple Heart, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
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Buford H. Atkinson

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: February 5, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands

Served with Co H, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands.

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Edgar Blannem Atkinson

Quartermaster, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Scott County, VA
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James R. Atkinson

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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James Stewart Atkinson

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA

Private Atkinson served with the 113th Infantry Regiment, 34th Division. He is buried in Florence American Cemetery, Toscana, Italy.

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Mell Vernon Atkinson

Private, Army

Born: October 26, 1924
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: February 1, 1944
Died In: Italy

PVT Atkinson served with Company I, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He worked for Southern Material Inc. before enlisting in the Army. He is buried in the Gethsemane Church cemetery in Ellerson, Virginia.

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Shirley Elinor Atkinson, Jr.

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: February 26, 1926
Hometown: Dinwiddie
Casualty Date: July 3, 1950

Corporal Atkinson served with Company A, 10th Amphibious Tractor Battalion, Fleet Marine Force. He is buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.

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Melvin Kenneth Atwell

Lieuntenant, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 6, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Navy Cross

Lieutenant Atwell served with Patrol Squadron 91. His name is listed in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Charles Henry Atwood

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Clyde Buford Atwood

Sergeant, Army

Born: October 17, 1919
Hometown: Tazewell
Casualty Date: January 18, 1951
Awards: Korea Defense Service Medal Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Medal, National Defense Service Medal

Sergeant Atwood served with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Virginia.

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Charles Harwood Augustine

Lieutenant, Army

Born: December 20, 1921
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 5, 1944
Died In: over Germany
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Lieutenant Augustine served with the 366th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 1st Bombardment Wing, 8th Air Force. He served as the Navigator of B17 # 43-38074 that was hit after dropping bombs over Berlin. All of the other crew members were captured by the Germans. He graduated from Westhampton High …

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Albert K. Ault

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
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Jesse Adam Ault

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: February 18, 1980
Hometown: Dublin
Casualty Date: April 9, 2008
Died In: Baghdad, Iraq

Staff Sergeant Ault served with the Virginia Army National Guard, E Company, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, Roanoke, Virginia. Just three weeks shy from returning home, SSG Ault was killed by a roadside bomb. He was a graduate of  Tyler Consolidated High School. He is buried in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin, …

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Leroy Edgar Aulthouse

Sergeant, Army

Born: April 21, 1921
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Casualty Date: June 5, 1944
Died In: English Channel
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant Aulthouse served with the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group as a right waist gunner on B-17 #42-39887 ‘Pickle Dropper” that was hit by anti aircraft fire over France and crashed into the English Channel near the Straits of Dover. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the …

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Robert L. Ausburne

Private, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
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Beauregard Austin

Private, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 12, 1945

He is buried in Bethany-Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery near Leesville, Campbell County, Virginia.

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Edward James Austin

Private, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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