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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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Leslie Eldridge Goodman

Sergeant, Army

Born: August 23, 1919
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant Goodman served with the 224th Field Artillery Battalion, 410th Army Hospital Plant. He is buried in Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Robert Lee Goodman

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: June 12, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Stanley Leroy Goodman

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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William L. Goodman, Jr.

Army

Hometown: Charlottesville
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Morgan Goodpasture

Flight Officer, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: February 24, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Joseph Leonard Goodrich

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA

Graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria in 1936.

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Charles Woodrow Goodwin

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: June 15, 1943
Died In: Caribbean Sea

torpedoed/sunk by German submarine; survived sinking of SS Scottsburg on 06/14/1942, picked up 06/15/1942 by SS Kahuku which was also torpedoed/sunk later that day

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Elmore B. Goodwin

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 27, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Oliver Goodwin, II

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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David Lynford Goodwin, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 27, 1923
Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
Casualty Date: November 15, 1944
Died In: France

Private First Class Goodwin served with the 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by Sterling Lumber Company. He is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, France.

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William Archer Rutherford Goodwin, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Williamsburg, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1944
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Cabell Weisiger Goolsby

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
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Fleming Clark Goolsby

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: December 26, 1942
Died In: Tunisia
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Ray Kite Goolsby

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: April 8, 1944
Died In: vicinity of Salzwedel, Germany

Staff Sergeant Goolsby served with the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group. He is buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.

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Rawley M. Goolsby, Jr.

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Danville, VA
Died In: Pacific
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Clyde O. Gordon

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County
Casualty Date: October 20, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Edward McGuire Gordon

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: August 18, 1944
Died In: Pacific

Lieutenant Commander Gordon attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire and was a 1940 graduate of Yale University. His hometown was Savannah, Georgia. Before the war, he was employed as an investment banker and was a member of the Naval Reserve. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery, …

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Eugene Q. Gordon

Technician 4th Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Homer G. Gordon

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County
Casualty Date: September 4, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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James Shelton Gordon

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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