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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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Charles James Gibbs

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1944
Died In: a few miles off Anzio, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Floyd A. Gibbs

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg City, VA
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Forrest I. Gibbs

Private, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
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James A. Gibbs

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Walter Andrew Gibbs

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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George Alister Gibbs, Jr.

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: May 4, 1945
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John Jennings Gibbs, Jr.

Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 21, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Gibbs served about the USS LCI(G) 365. He died of wounds sustained during the assault on Guam. He has a memorial stone in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia and his name is etched in the Courts of the Missing in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, …

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Avis G. Gibson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: November 2, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Calvin Gibson

Seaman 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Louisa
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Carl Franklin Gibson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Died In: Italy
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Carl Reed Gibson

2nd Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Radford
Casualty Date: April 30, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Carlton W. Gibson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
Casualty Date: February 17, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Clarence Cecil Gibson

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: February 12, 1943
Died In: North Africa
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Coleman Thaft Gibson

Private, Army

Born: December 3, 1908
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: February 5, 1944

Served with D Company, 117th Field Artillery.

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Cornell H. Gibson

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: March 29, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Edward Allen Gibson

Private, Army

Born: June 21, 1921
Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1944

Private Gibson served with Company F, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by Dan River Mills. He is buried in County Line Christian Cemetery, Callands, Virginia.

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Franklin Elvin Gibson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: King and Queen County, VA
Casualty Date: February 4, 1945
Died In: Alsace-Lorraine, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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George Davis Gibson

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 10, 1944
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James William Gibson

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 11, 1943
Died In: North Atlantic
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Jesse L. Gibson

Private, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: November 27, 1944
Died In: vicinity of Torcheville, France
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