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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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Raleigh E. Fitzgerald

E-6, Navy

Born: December 4, 1943
Hometown: Crimora, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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William R. Fitzgerald

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Woodrow Melvin Fitzgerald

Captain, Air Force

Born: September 9, 1932

Casualty Date: October 24, 1963
Died In: South of Saigon, South Vietnam
Awards: Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Capt Fitzgerald served in the 310th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Tactical Airlift Wing, 13th Air Force. On October 24, 1963, he was piloting a C-123 aircraft that was on a nighttime flare dropping mission near a village in Vinh Binh Province in the Mekong River delta area that was under …

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Wilbur Fisk Fitzgerald, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Northampton, VA
Casualty Date: July 7, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Fitzpatrick

Other

Hometown: Richmond City
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Charles William Fizer

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 6, 1922
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: near St Lo, Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in Normandy American Cemetery.

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Robert Alvin Fizer

Private, Army

Born: June 8, 1924
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: September 17, 1944
Died In: France

Served with L Company, 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia.

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Melvin America Flammia

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: June 23, 1924
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 3, 1944
Died In: Germany

SSG Flammia served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Arnold Flanagan

Private, Army

Hometown: Carroll, VA
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Leslie R. Flanagan

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
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William J. “Bill” Flanagan

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Colonial Heights, VA
Awards: Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, Army Seal

Was 1st Chief of Staff of Defense Commissary Agency, 1st Chief-Office of the Quartermaster General, Commander Defense Subsistence Region – Europe, Chief of Staff – 2nd Corps Support Command, Service with British Army 1975-77.

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Ballard Spencer Flanary

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Evert J. Flanary

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Samuel H. Flanary

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Lee
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Robert Evans Flanders

Chief Fire Controlman, Navy

Born: December 6, 1919
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: May 4, 1945
Died In: off Okinawa
Awards: Purple Heart, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Chief Fire Controlman Flanders served aboard the USS Ingraham (DD-694) when the ship came under air attack by Japanese kamikazes. Four enemy planes surrounded the Ingraham when a fifth plane crashed into the the ship’s waterline and a bomb exploded in the generator room, killing 15 crew members. He is …

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Irving Flax

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 8, 1943
Died In: Myanmar
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross

Staff Sergeant Flax served with the 6th Squadron, 1st Ferry Group. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and was employed by Freedman Marks before the war.

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Harry Lloyd Fleck

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 10, 1943
Died In: Pacific
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Walter Sidney Fleeman

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
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Emmett Vance Fleenor

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Lee
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George Woodrow Fleenor

Flight Officer, Army

Hometown: Bristol City, VA
Casualty Date: June 26, 1944
Died In: over Europe
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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