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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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Francis A. Heaton

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Dwight Everette Heatwole

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: February 24, 1944
Died In: over Regensburg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

ball turret gunner on a B-17G Flying Fortress (42-31416); shot down by German fighter aircraft

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Floyd E. Heatwole, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: February 7, 1943
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William Fred Heavener

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: September 20, 1943
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Benton T. Heberlin

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
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Frederick Conrad Hebert

Warrent Officer, 1st Class, Army

Born: January 13, 1951
Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: September 30, 1971
Died In: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Army Seal

Served in the Vietnam War with the 222nd Aviation Battalion.

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Donald Earle Hedden

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: January 9, 1915
Hometown: Hampton, VA

Served with 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division. Graduated from Amherst College. He is buried in Brittany American Cemetery.

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Herbert Brewster Hedden

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1945

Brother of Donald Earl Hedden. Graduate of Princeton University.

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Charlie Mack Hedge

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Wythe County
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James Robert Hedgecock

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: April 6, 1944
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Daniel Henry Hedges

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
Casualty Date: October 30, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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Nancy Holden Hedges

Lieutenant, Army

Born: October 25, 1910
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: April 22, 1945

Graduated from Randolph-Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia and earned a master’s degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps in 1943 and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in January 1945.

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Hilary Hann Hedrick

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 15, 1921
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 5, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal

First Lieutenant Hedrick served with the 545th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group, Heavy, 8th Air Force. He went missing in action on a mission to Cologne, Germany. He is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.

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James Paul Hedrick

Ensign, Navy

Born: November 30, 1922
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 30, 1945
Died In: Pacific

Ensign Hedrick was serving aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11) when it was hit by a kamikaze aircraft.

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Frederick Franklin Heflin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: January 17, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Raymond W. Hege

Captain, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: May 11, 1945
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Elbert Stewart Heim

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: March 27, 1945
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Harry E. Hein

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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Louis Armistead Heindl, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Born: November 7, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 19, 1943

Lieutenant Heindl was assigned as an assistant engineering claims, operations and surveying officer. He attended St. Christopher’s School and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1942, majoring in Civil Engineering. Before the war, he was employed by W. W. LaPrade Brothers.

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Harry S. Heinke, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Air Force

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: February 28, 1952
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