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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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Billy George

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Clarence Edward George

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: April 21, 1944
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Hubert Henry George

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 16, 1921
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 5, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division

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Manual G. George

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Matthew E. George

Specialist, Army

Born: February 10, 1988
Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: August 31, 2010
Died In: Logar, Afghanistan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Action Ribbon

Specialist George served with the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Bamberg, Germany. He was killed when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Thomas Thurman George

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: July 26, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Ingram George

Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Lancaster County
Casualty Date: May 29, 1945
Died In: off Okinawa
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William M. George

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: February 28, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart
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George Aden Gerald

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: September 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles Walter Gerhardt

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy


Casualty Date: April 5, 1943
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John Melville Gerhart, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Charles City County, VA
Casualty Date: January 22, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Richard Herman Getling

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Born: July 28, 1926
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945

Apprentice Seaman Getling served with Company 4046. He is buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Elwood D. Getz

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah, VA
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Owen Monroe Getz

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: September 16, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Samuel Rothmel Geyer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Arlington W. Ghee

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
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Sidney N. Gholsen

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Waynesboro, VA
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Andrew Joseph Giannotti

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: November 15, 1913
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Casualty Date: July 9, 1944
Died In: Sainteny, Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Giannotti served with Battery B, 324th Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division. He and two of his gun crew were all killed by shell fragments northwest of the town of Sainteny. He is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Andrew Joseph Gianotti

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 9, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

SSG Gianotti was section chief of one of B Batterys four 155 mm howitzers. He was killed on Omaha Beach on D-Day one week prior to his 31st birthday. He was a 1932 graduate of Benedictine High School in Richmond, VA.

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Darrell Lee Gibbons

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: December 18, 1947
Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: October 11, 1967
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

Private First Class Gibbons served as a machine gunner with 1st Platoon, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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