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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 Philip Ford

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Culpeper, VA
Casualty Date: October 14, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Lafayette Napoleon Ford

Sergeant, Army

Born: January 12, 1917
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 6, 1945
Died In: France

Sergeant Ford is buried in City Point Cemetery, Hopewell, Virginia. Before the war, he was employed by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company.

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Lee A. Ford

Private, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: November 16, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Owen Haggerty Ford

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott, VA
Casualty Date: December 19, 1944
Died In: Luxembourg
Awards: Purple Heart
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Ralph P. Ford

1st Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax
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Ray Denver Ford

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: March 3, 1918
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 29, 1943
Died In: over Bremen, Germany
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal

Staff Sergeant Ford served  with the 360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a ball turret gunner on B-17 #42-29498 “Dark Horse.” He is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.

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Stanley Chase Ford

Electricians Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Born: July 25, 1911
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II in the Philippines and South Pacific.

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Thomas Martin Ford, Jr.

2nd Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
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Isaiah Forde

Technician 5th Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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William Ingram Forde

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: July 13, 1943

Served with the 579th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group.

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Edward Vincent Foresman

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: June 14, 1912
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: May 6, 1942
Died In: Corregidor Island, Philippines

Sergeant Foresman served with Service Company, 4th Marines. He was among those killed in an attack by Japanese forces on the night of May 5, 1942. His name is etched on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.

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John Sloane Forester

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte, VA
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Louis Forish

Seaman 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Dickenson, VA
Casualty Date: April 14, 1945
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Frank Hartman Forney

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Fairfax
Casualty Date: November 29, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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William A. Forney

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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Walter Altie Forren

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: November 21, 1944
Died In: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Forren served with Company D, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division. His name is etched in the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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John Roy Forrest

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: York, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
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Edward William Forster

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 9, 1942
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Jerome Fort

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: September 2, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ralph P. Fort

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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