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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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John Paul Franklin

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: June 17, 1916
Hometown: Goodview
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Staff Sergeant Franklin served as a rifleman and scout with Company C, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, First Army. He sailed to England on the Queen Mary in August 1944, landed on Omaha Beach, August 1944, marched through liberated Paris and fought through the Normandy hedgerows. He was with …

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John Cauthon Franklin, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: November 5, 1944
Died In: near Germeter, Germany
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Ernest Richard Franks

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: March 14, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Mitchell T. Franks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Frederick, VA
Casualty Date: November 10, 1943
Died In: Italy
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Marcus Lanier Fravel

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: December 30, 1944
Died In: near San Jose, Mindoro, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Peyton Charles Fravel

Corporal, Army

Born: January 29, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 29, 1944
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

CPL Fravel served with the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He graduated from Virginia Episcopal High School in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1940 and attended the University of Virginia.

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Edward Michael Frawner

Corporal, Army

Born: June 28, 1909
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II in the Philippines.

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Delmar Van Fraysier

Private, Army

Hometown: Scott, VA
Casualty Date: July 15, 1944
Died In: near Rome, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Aubrey W. Frazier

Private, Army

Hometown: Warren, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart
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B. E. Frazier

Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
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Charles David Frazier

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: January 2, 1943
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Edd C. Frazier

Private, Army

Hometown: Scott, VA
Casualty Date: August 29, 1944
Died In: Brest, France
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George Earman Frazier

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Albemarle, VA
Casualty Date: November 29, 1943
Died In: over Mediterranean
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Henry Brown Frazier

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Giles, VA
Casualty Date: December 22, 1944
Died In: Belgium
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James Edward Frazier

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Stafford, VA
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James F. Frazier

Private, Army

Hometown: Culpeper, VA
Casualty Date: September 10, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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John Willie Frazier

Private, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: February 12, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Joshua James Frazier

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: June 28, 1982
Hometown: Spotsylvania
Casualty Date: February 6, 2007
Died In: Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Awards: Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Marine Corps Seal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Global war on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal

Sergeant Frazier served with the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed by a sniper’s bullet. He was a 2000 graduate of Spotsylvania High School.

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Junior E. Frazier

Private 1st Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Albemarle
Casualty Date: March 21, 1953
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Lawrence Otto Frazier

Chief Boatswain's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: September 6, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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