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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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Kenneth E. Goff

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Alleghany
Casualty Date: June 14, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Roger Earl Goff

Private First Class , Army

Born: September 13, 1946
Hometown: Bedford
Casualty Date: April 28, 1967
Died In: Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Private First Class Goff served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. PFC Goff was on patrol when an enemy mine exploded, which killed him and PFC Dwight Gilstrap. He is buried in Hunting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Island, Virginia.

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William G. Goff

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: October 20, 1944
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Charles David Goforth

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: March 30, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Robert Herndon Hoadley Goforth

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Born: November 20, 1922
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: September 12, 1944
Died In: Cebu, Philippine Islands
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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James Robert Goggin

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Stephen Malcolm Goggin

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 7, 1946
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Dallas J. Goin

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Patrick County
Casualty Date: January 9, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Charles C. Goins

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Charles E. Goins

Private, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: December 25, 1944
Died In: English Channel 5.5 miles off Cherbourg, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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William R. Goins

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: December 1, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Bill Goins, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Daniel Anthony Golberding

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: April 13, 1923
Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: August 4, 1943
Died In: Sicily
Awards: Purple Heart

Second Lieutenant Golberding served with Company G, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. He first enlisted in the Huntington Rifles (Virginia National Guard) and then applied for officer training. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery.

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Francis X. Golden

Other

Hometown: Norfolk County
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Francis Xavier Golden

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: January 16, 1945
Died In: Philippine Islands
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Philip Eugene Golden

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
Died In: Negros Island, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Thomas Mariner Goldsby, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: April 20, 1945
Died In: Ie Shima
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with E Company, 307th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Platoon, 77th Infantry Division.

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William Douglas Golladay

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: April 2, 1945
Died In: Germany

Served with the 46th Armored Infantry Battalion

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Paul Golnik

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince George, VA
Casualty Date: August 9, 1946
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Charles Henry Gompf

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 21, 1946
Died In: Atlantic
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