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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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Warren H. Bales

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
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Dennis Roberts Balfour

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: September 10, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Albert Thomas Ball

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: September 30, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ayers Friend Ball

Private, Army

Born: September 28, 1922
Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: August 18, 1944
Died In: Bari, Italy

Private Ball is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Carness Blanton Ball

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: August 13, 1944
Died In: France

served with the 358th Infantry Regiment

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Henry Grady Ball

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
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Ralph Edward Ball

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Newport News

killed in World War II

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Nathaniel Heyward Ball

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 1, 1944
Died In: over Matina airstrip, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

First Lieutenant Ball served with the 33rd Bomb Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group, Heavy. Before the war, Nathaniel graduated from high school in South Carolina, moved to Roanoke, Virginia, and worked at Salem Hosiery Mill as a weaver.  He took aviation classes and enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia, in 1942. On …

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James Bige Ball

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 20, 1926
Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: May 18, 1951
Died In: Chaun-Ni, Republic of Korea

Private First Class Ball served with the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery, Richlands, Virginia.

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Clarence Hubert Ball

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 6, 1922
Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: August 30, 1950
Died In: Pusan Perimeter, Republic of Korea

Private First Class Ball served with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 5th Infantry Regiment. He is buried in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery, Richlands, Virginia.

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James Edward Ball, III

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: July 4, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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John C. Ballard, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: January 4, 1945
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment

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Olive T. Ballentine

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: January 12, 1945
Died In: Pacific

served with the 1896th Engineer Battalion, Aviation Regiment

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Edward Joseph Ballou

Army

Hometown: Richmond City

killed in World War II

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William Edward Ballou

Chief Electrician's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 15, 1943
Died In: Caroline Basin NW of Admiralty Islands SW of Rabaul

Chief Electrician’s Mate Ballou served aboard the submarine USS Triton (SS-201).    

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Robert B. Balsey

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: November 3, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

served with the 401st Bombardment Squadron Regiment; Tail Gunner on B-17 Flying Fortress (42-39802)

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Everett Hershel Balthis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 6, 1944
Died In: Beau Coudray, France

served with the 357th Infantry Regiment

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Michael Arlin Balzer

Specialist 4, Army

Born: January 7, 1945
Hometown: Fairfax City
Casualty Date: March 21, 1967
Died In: Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

Specialist 4 Balzer served with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Raymond Douglas Bandy

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: October 18, 1932
Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: December 14, 1968
Died In: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Bandy served with D Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, 85th Engineer Group, 18th Engineer Brigade. He is buried in Plum Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Talladega County, Alabama.  

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Sidney Allen Bandy

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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