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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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Nicholas Baker

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: October 23, 1983
Died In: Beirut, Lebanon

Corporal Baker served with the the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. He was killed when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks, killing 241 U. S. military personnel He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Claude F. Baker

Master Sergeant, Army

Born: February 4, 1922
Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: September 2, 1950
Died In: Naktong Bulge, Republic of Korea
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation

Master Sergeant Baker served in World War II with the 104th Infantry Division in Europe. He was wounded in action in Germany on Armistice Day in 1944. During the Korean War, he served with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Arlington National …

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Boris Baker

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: March 9, 1930
Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
Died In: North Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal

Corporal Baker served with Company A, 5th marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He attended Mansfield public schools and was employed at the Ohio Brass Co. when he enlisted in the Marine Corps July 6, 1948. Cpl Baker was one of the Marines trapped with the First Division at the Chosin …

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William Kenneth Baker

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 18, 1952

Private First Class Baker served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro, North Carolina.

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Bernice Lynn Baker

Private, Army

Born: June 27, 1911
Hometown: Louisa County, VA
Casualty Date: June 16, 1945

Private Baker is buried in Trinity Episcopal Church cemetery, Beaverdam, Virginia.

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Eather Baker, Jr.

Technical Sergeant, Air Force


Died In: N/A
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Hensel Wright Baker, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: April 7, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Alexander Baker, Jr.

Radioman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: February 16, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Clarence Benjamin Balderson

Private, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: December 12, 1944
Died In: Southern France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 83rd Chemical Battalion

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David Nichoals Baldock

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: August 23, 1945
Died In: Europe

Served with the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. He is buried in Indian Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Campbell County, Virginia.

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Eugene F. Baldwin

Private, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
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Frank D. Baldwin

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: August 4, 1921
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 14, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

Second Lieutenant Baldwin served with the 861st Bombardment Squadron, 493rd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator. His two brothers and father all served in World War II. He is buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom.

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Garnett Wilson Baldwin

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 26, 1915
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 8, 1944
Died In: France

Private First Class Baldwin served with Company G, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Before the war, he worked for Philip Morris.

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Harry Connor Baldwin

Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Born: October 11, 1916
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 6, 1944

Second Lieutenant Baldwin served with VMF 922, Marine Aircraft Group 22, 9th Marine Aircraft Wing. He attended George Washington University for one year and then was employed by the Washington Naval Yard. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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James Daniel Baldwin

Sergeant, Army

Born: September 9, 1921
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 4, 1944
Died In: Holland
Awards: Purple Heart

Sergeant Baldwin served as an Apprentice Electrician with the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. He is buried in U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten, the Netherlands. Before the war, he was employed by the Roanoke Electrical Supply Company.

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James Earl Baldwin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: December 23, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Joel Egan Baldwin

Chief Petty Officer, Navy

Born: October 16, 1967
Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: December 21, 2004
Died In: Mosul, Iraq

Chief Petty Officer Baldwin served with the Navy Mobile Construction Batallion 77, Gulfport, Mississippi. He is buried in Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Robert Lee Baldwin

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: March 23, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion

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Russell Jacob Baldwin

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

brother of James D Baldwin

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Sanders Ray Baldwin

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Manassas
Casualty Date: December 23, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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