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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 Gibson

Gunner's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: April 18, 1945
Died In: off Okinawa
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Kenneth Bartlett Gibson

Sergeant, Army

Born: August 1, 1983
Hometown: Christiansburg
Casualty Date: August 10, 2008
Died In: Tarmiyah, Iraq

served with the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigde, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI; 2001 graduate of Christiansburg High School where he played football and baseball; enlisted in the Army in 2002; killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position

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Lee Trinkle Gibson

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: December 12, 1944
Died In: Marienthal, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Michael Thurston Gibson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: November 28, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Nelson Ray Gibson

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 18, 1921
Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1945

Served with the 180th Infantry Regiment.

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Paul R. Gibson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Loudon County, VA
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Walter Otis Gibson

Sergeant, Army

Born: March 30, 1922
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1944
Died In: France

Sergeant Gibson served with Company A, 318th Infantry Regiment. He had been wounded while serving with General George Patton’s Third Army and died of his wounds. He attended Fork Union Military Academy and Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Wiley G. Gibson

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Hilary Gibson, Jr.

Army

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: March 12, 1946
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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James Roscoe Gibson, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1944
Died In: over Wollersdorf, Austria
Awards: Air Medal
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John Alexander Gibson, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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John Norman Gibson, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 20, 1918
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: November 2, 1943
Died In: over Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
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Albert Hugh Giddings

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: August 22, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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William J. Giddings

Other

Hometown: Fredericksburg
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Herbert Daniel Giffin

Aviation Metalsmith 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Wise County
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Charles Gilbert

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 4, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Clarence Hamilton Gilbert

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1945
Died In: Clark Field, near Manila, Philippine Islands
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Irvin Camelton Gilbert

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: December 14, 1944
Died In: Saarlautern-Roden, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Gilbert

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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James Silas Gilbert

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County
Casualty Date: November 18, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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