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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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Edward E. Hamilton

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Ernest Hamilton

Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Frank Gilbredth Hamilton

Private, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: October 29, 1944
Died In: Leyte, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Gregory J. Hamilton

Captain, Marine Corps

Born: March 5, 1976
Hometown: Ruther Glen, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal

Served in the Global War on Terrorism in Iraq. Received the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal.

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Harry P. Hamilton

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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James O. Hamilton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: April 7, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Kyle Stevens Hamilton

Specialist 5, Army

Born: May 5, 1951
Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: March 28, 1971
Died In: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam

Served with the HHC, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division.

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Loyd Taylor Hamilton

Seaman 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Washington County
Casualty Date: April 24, 1944
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Melvin Emerson Hamilton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: November 26, 1943
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Norbert B. Hamilton

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
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Ora Dold Hamilton

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Buena Vista, VA
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William Loving Hamilton

Sergeant, Army

Born: July 15, 1909
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: May 22, 1944
Died In: near Kiel, Germany

Sergeant Hamilton served with the 364th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. He served with the National Guard, then joined the Army Air Corp in June 1942. He was a waist gunner on B17 # 42-37979 “Bayou Gal” when it was hit by flax and exploded May 22, 1944 near Kiel, …

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Gregory K Hamlett

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: May 14, 1970
Hometown: Appomattox, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, NCO Pro Development Ribbon, Reserve Component Achievement, American Defense Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon
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Garland H Hamlett, Jr.

Sergeant, First Class, Army

Born: March 20, 1954
Hometown: Drakes Branch, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Reserve Component Achievement, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal
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Johnnie Floyd Hamlette

Private, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: March 17, 1945
Died In: Italy

Served with the 236th Ordnance Ammunition Company.

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Fred Hamlin

Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
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Clarence Lee Hamm

Private, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: March 5, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Emerel Hamm

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Born: August 9, 1925
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944
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James Hamm

Army

Hometown: Fluvanna County, VA
Died In: N/A

Served in Korea for 18 months on the front lines.

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James Douglas Hamm

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 16, 1920
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: May 3, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Second Lieutenant Hamm served with the 95th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group. He was deployed to Europe in January 1943 as a pilot of a P-38 and had taken on German and Italian aerial forces. He was a 1936 graduate of Lane High School and a 1940 graduated of the …

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