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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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Alonzo Grier

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 26, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Allie Hinchey Griffin

Specialist 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince George County
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David Courtney Griffin

Command Sergeant Major, Army

Born: July 16, 1945
Hometown: Moseley, VA
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Served as a Special Forces Medic and Recon Team Member at Command and Control Central, Military Assistance Command, Studies and Observations Group of the 5th Special Forces Group, Kortum, Vietnam.

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Francis W. Griffin

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
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Jesse M. Griffin

Private, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
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William C. Griffin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
Casualty Date: August 8, 1944

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

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William L. Griffin

Private, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
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Albert Lucious Griffith

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Died In: North Africa
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Carl R. Griffith

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Harold D. Griffith

Private, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: August 7, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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John P. Griffith

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: April 4, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Joseph Griffith

Army

Hometown: Loudon County, VA
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Joseph T. Griffith

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Mack Junior Griffith

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Born: February 11, 1925
Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1943

He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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Paul William Griffith

Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: November 10, 1944
Died In: Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island NE of New Guinea
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Robert S. Griffith

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: August 19, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Samuel Mark Griffith

Major, Marine Corps

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: December 14, 2011
Died In: Helmand Province, Afghanistan

served with the 4th Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company – Marine Forces Reserve, West Palm Beach, FL

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Walter L. Griffith

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: July 19, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Willie Roger Griffith

Specialist 4, Army

Born: July 7, 1946
Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: May 18, 1967
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Specialist Four Griffith served with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. One citation for his bravery reads, “while on a search and destroy mission May 18, 1967 near Duc Pho, Viet Nam, with the platoon under fire, Sp. Griffith charged through a withering hail of enemy …

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Perry I. Griffith, Jr.

Ship's Cook 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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