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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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Ernest Eugene Austin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
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Ralph M. Austin

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: March 24, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart

Ralph is buried in in U. S. Military Cemetery Margraten, the Netherlands.

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Willie A. Austin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
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Orion Wilmer Austin

Seaman First Class, Navy

Born: July 20, 1914
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 26, 1945
Died In: Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

Seaman First Class Austin served aboard the USS Johnston DD-557 when it was sunk by a Japanese battleship. Including S1C Austin, 180 sailors were lost. His name is etched in the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.  

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Thomas Austin, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Willie Frank Authenrieth

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
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Earl L. Autry

Private, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
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Marvin Auville

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: April 21, 1931
Hometown: Rockingham County
Casualty Date: November 24, 1953

Private First Class Auville served with Company C, 8th Engineering Battalion, 2nd Division Shore Party, 2nd Marine Division Fmf. He is buried in Sangersville Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Bridgewater, Virginia.

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Charles L. Ayers

Ship's Service Man, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
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Eston W. Ayers

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
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Gordon Whitt Ayers

Sergeant, Army

Born: November 27, 1922
Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: November 20, 1944

Before the war, SGT Ayers worked for the Higgins Lumber Company. He is buried in River Hill Cemetery, Galax, Virginia.

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James Edward William Ayers

Private, Army

Born: December 20, 1911
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 27, 1944

PVT Ayers served with the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He is buried in Cambridge American Cemetery. Before the war, he worked for the Albemarle Paper Company.

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Richard Garland Ayers

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Ellsworth Palmer Ayers, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Williamsburg, VA
Casualty Date: December 26, 1943
Died In: Italy
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John Ayres

Army

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, in the South Pacific Campaign. Between 1944 and 1945, served in New Guinea, Okinawa, and the Philippines assigned to the 63rd Bomb Squadron of the 43rd Bomb Group.

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George H. Ayres, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Prince William, VA
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Lewis F. Ayscue

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield, VA
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James H. Babb

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
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Kenneth Alvin Babb

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Suffolk
Casualty Date: June 11, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Curtis Burton Baber

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Staunton City, VA
Casualty Date: December 21, 1944

Served with the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. He is buried in Henri Chapelle American Cemetery.

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