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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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George Edward Bailey

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: December 6, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Gordon Vest Bailey

Technical Sergeant, Air Force

Born: March 21, 1932
Hometown: Brookneal, VA
Died In: N/A

TSGT Bailey served in Korea and Vietnam and ended his career at NORAD in Colorado.

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Guinn Lawson Bailey

Aviation Ordnanceman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: April 7, 1945
Died In: Pacific Ocean

Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Bailed served aboard the USS Hancock when an enemy plane hit the flight deck. His name is etched on the Tablets of the Missing in the National Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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James Bailey

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Hampton City, VA
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James A. Bailey

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: James City County, VA
Casualty Date: January 23, 1945
Died In: North Pacific
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James Hamlet Bailey

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: August 27, 1905
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: December 14, 1944

Staff Sergeant Bailey served with the Headquarters Co 1204 S.C.S.U.  2nd Service Command. He first enlisted in the Army in 1930 with the Calvary and was discharged.  He reenlisted in Oct 1939 and served with the 36th Field Artillery.  He was sent to North Africa and captured as a prisoner …

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James Mitchell Bailey

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Williamsburg, VA
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John Everett Bailey

Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Leon Edwin Bailey

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond County, VA
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Marshall William Bailey

Chief Boatswain, Navy

Born: August 1, 1908
Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: December 25, 1942
Died In: Marshall Islands
Awards: WWII Victory Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon

Served in World War II. Killed in Action in the Marshall Islands.

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Oscar G. Bailey

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Spurgeon Wilson Bailey

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
Casualty Date: November 9, 1945
Died In: Sicily
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Wilford Cleveland Bailey

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
Casualty Date: January 10, 1945
Died In: Pa Shan, China
Awards: Purple Heart
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William L. Bailey

Private, Army

Born: May 21, 1925
Hometown: Accomack County

killed in action in World War II

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William M. Bailey

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1943
Died In: Marshall Islands
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William T. Bailey

Captain, Army

Born: September 4, 1919

Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Overseas Service Ribbon, American Defense Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal

Jumped on Noemfor (New Guinea), beachhead landing on Mindora Island (Phillipines), jumped on Corregidor Island, Commanded Company F, was in combat at Negros.

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Woodrow W. Bailey

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
Casualty Date: August 21, 1944
Died In: France
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James Maynard Bailey

Corporal, Army

Born: December 11, 1930
Hometown: Franklin County
Casualty Date: February 9, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Korean Service Medal Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge

Corporal Bailey served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was wounded in action on November 30, 1950 and returned to duty on December 29, 1950. He was killed in action on February 9, 1951. He is buried in Doe Run Community Cemetery, Franklin County, …

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John Solenberger Bailey

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: January 21, 1944
Died In: Tarawa Island

Technical Sergeant Bailey served with the 38th Bombardment Squadron, (Heavy), 30th Bombardment Group. He is buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia.

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Jesse Thomas Bailey, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Born: February 25, 1930
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: February 2, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam

SGT Bailey served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School for two years and got his high school degree after he joined the service. He is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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