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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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Nathan Gilbert

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: November 29, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Ollie Gilbert

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: July 26, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Roy L. Gilbert

Private, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: April 20, 1944
Died In: 30 miles off Cape Bengut, Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart
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Russell G. Gilbert

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
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Russell Johnson Gilbert

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: November 27, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Twyman Alfred Gilbert

Gunner's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Orange County, VA
Casualty Date: August 23, 1943
Died In: near Guadalcanal
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Guy Gilbert, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: March 5, 1924
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: December 28, 1944

Second Lieutenant Gilbert served with the 733rd Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. He had left The Citadel to join the Army Air Corps. He is buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, Missouri.

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Henry Easley Giles

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: January 13, 1943
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Robert Clyde Giles

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Reavy Hawthorne Giles, Jr.

Captain, Army

Hometown: Nelson County, VA
Casualty Date: April 7, 1946
Died In: near Sissonne, France
Awards: Air Medal
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Charles William Gill

Private, Army

Hometown: Meadowview, VA
Casualty Date: February 3, 1943
Died In: North Atlantic
Awards: Purple Heart
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George Edwar Gill

Corporal, Army


Casualty Date: January 2, 1945
Died In: Belgium
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Donald Wade Gill, Jr.

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: December 26, 1950
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: November 12, 1969
Died In: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
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Nick Napoleon Gillaspie

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 31, 1913
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

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Clarence E. Gillenwater

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: December 22, 1944
Died In: over Nagoya, Japan
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

SGT Gillenwater served with the 877th Bombardment Squadron in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

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John Chad Gillenwater

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: March 20, 1943
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Ernest Orville Gillenwaters, Jr.

Gunner's Mate, First Class, Coast Guard

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: August 27, 1944
Died In: English Channel

Served aboard the USS LST 327. Killed in the English Channel when boat was hit by German torpedo. Attended Washington & Lee High School.

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Ervin E. Gillerlain

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1945
Died In: Philippine Islands
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Brown Gillespie

Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Henry D. Gillespie

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: May 13, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart
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