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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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Hollis Lee Heiston

Aviation Radioman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: January 24, 1945
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John Heitmann

Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Jerry Hogue Heizer

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: August 8, 1947
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: September 6, 1967
Died In: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Pfc Heizer served in I Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, III Marine Amphibious Force. On August 13, 1967, he was engaged in an operation in Quang Tin Province, Vietnam, 12 kilometers south of Que So, when he was struck by hostile rifle fire. He was taken to …

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Marvin H. Helbert

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
Died In: St Lo, France
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Roy Lee Helbert

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: February 11, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Douglas Edward Held

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: March 29, 1962
Hometown: Richmond
Casualty Date: October 23, 1983
Died In: Beirut, Lebanon

Lance Corporal Held served with 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 Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Virginia.

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David Franklin Helm

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Loudoun County
Casualty Date: June 8, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Thomas Helm

Metalsmith, Second Class, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
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Harry R. Helmick

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Waynesboro
Casualty Date: October 9, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Melvin Hyde Helmick

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
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James Milton Helms

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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John Allen Helms

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: July 4, 1943
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William Thomas Helms, Jr.

Metalsmith, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1945
Died In: near New Guinea
Awards: Purple Heart

ship was hit by a bomb from a Japanese airplane

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Bert Thomas Helton

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 6, 1943
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Lewis L. Helton

Private, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: January 19, 1945
Died In: France
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Paul Raymond Helton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1945
Died In: Siersdorf, Germany

Killed in the Battle of the Bulge

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Robert Lee Helton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: March 15, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Henry Edgar Helton, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Bristol
Casualty Date: September 21, 1950
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Odell Vernon Heltzel

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clarke County, VA
Casualty Date: August 30, 1943
Died In: Southwest Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Davidson Helvey, Jr.

Seaman First Class, Navy

Born: August 11, 1924

Awards: Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal
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