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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 Raymond Griggs

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Willie R. Grigsby

Army

Hometown: Henry
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Edward J. Grigsby, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
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Joseph Daniel Griles

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: January 20, 1945
Died In: Belgium
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Eugene Grillo, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Boyd Francis Grim

Private, Army

Hometown: Winchester
Casualty Date: April 24, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Charlie E. Grimes

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
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Herbert B. Grimes

Private, Army

Hometown: Loudon County, VA
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John Leonard Grimes

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: May 31, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Joseph D. Grimes

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: July 30, 1944
Died In: St Lo, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Otis Randolph Grimes

Navy

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: November 30, 1944
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William Embry Grimes

Private, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1945
Died In: Neurnberg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 294th Engineer Combat Battalion.

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Charles H. Grimm

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Robert Lee Grimsley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County
Casualty Date: February 12, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

Served with the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment.

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Daniel Thomas Grinnan

Captain, Army

Born: December 1, 1915
Hometown: Isle of Wight County, VA
Casualty Date: April 11, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

CPT Grinnan was killed by mid-air collision with a German Ju-52 off the Gulf of Tunis. He was a 1933 graduate of Smithfield High School and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) for one year.

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Thomas Dennison Grinnell, III

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: October 6, 1945
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: September 3, 1966
Died In: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam

Lance Corporal Grinnell served with S Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.

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Joseph Edgar Grinstead

Private, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: November 25, 1944
Died In: Western Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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George William Grisso

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 30, 1943
Died In: North Africa
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Alva F. Griswold

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Luxembourg
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James Franklin Grizzard

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Southampton
Casualty Date: January 10, 1953
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