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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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Rudolph Gand

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bedford

Technical Sergeant Gand served with the 126th Infantry Battalion.

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Alfred Armstrong Gander

Flight Officer, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: April 12, 1945
Died In: Italy
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Robert L. Gangwer

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: October 20, 1944
Died In: Myitkyina, Burma
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Finlay Howard Ganoe

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Giles, VA
Casualty Date: January 12, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
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Richard Lynwood Garber

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 15, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Charles William Garber, Jr

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: April 9, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Corporal Garber graduated in 1965 from Ft. Defiance High School, where he was on the track team. He attended Bridgewater College before joining the Marine Corps in September 1966. He completed individual combat training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in March 1967. He was a mortar man with C Company, …

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John W. Garbett, III

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: October 31, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Robert L. Garbett, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warwick, VA
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Peter J. Garcia

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Princess Anne, VA
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Harry C. Gardner

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: May 10, 1943
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Howard Nathaniel Gardner

Electrician's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 1, 1942
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James O. Gardner

Major, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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James P. Gardner

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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Lawrence Dabney Gardner

Private, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Rubin Jackson Gardner

Private, Army

Hometown: Scott, VA
Casualty Date: December 1, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Conley R. Garland

Specialist 4, Army

Born: September 28, 1946
Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1967
Died In: Binh Hoa, Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart

SP4 Garland served with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on January 7, 1967 in Binh Hoa, Vietnam.

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Fletcher R. Garland

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: November 26, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Thomas Alfred Garman

Specialist 4, Army


Casualty Date: February 24, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam

Died as a result of an enemy artillery attack. He was a graduate of Thomas Dale High School. Was one of 8 children.

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Wilton E. Garmon

Other

Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
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Gordon Garner

Staff Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: November 12, 1920
Hometown: Newport News, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1950
Died In: Chosin Reservoir, Korea

SSgt Gordon served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

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