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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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Thomas K. Helvin, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
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Frederick William Hemhauser

Corporal, Army

Born: January 10, 1932
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal

Served in the Korean War and in Japan as a Combat Medic Dispensary Technician. Remembers being in six feet of snow, and running out of food and water for two months.

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Elwood Franklin Hemp

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 29, 1920
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: July 16, 1943

Served with I Company, 26th Infantry Division. He is buried in St. Johns Lutheran-German Reformed Church Cemetery near Middlebrook, Augusta Co.

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Stuart Franklin Hemp

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: August 22, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Kermit Hemphill

Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 12, 1942
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Roy E. Henderlite

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: April 19, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
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Bernard Douglas Henderson

Private, Army

Born: March 9, 1915
Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Good Conduct Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II. Remembers the Fall of the Fortress of Metz, France and the drive to Berlin.

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Donald James Henderson

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Washington County
Casualty Date: March 3, 1951
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Embra Roper Henderson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: July 30, 1943
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Ernest W. Henderson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Northampton
Casualty Date: June 11, 1953
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George Everett Henderson

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 7, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
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George S. Henderson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: January 10, 1945
Died In: Belgium
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Gilbert Allen Henderson

Mess Attendant, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Awards: Armed Forces Seal

Killed in action on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Was stationed aboard battleship, U.S.S. California.

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Leonard Merrill Henderson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: August 8, 1944
Died In: France
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Mahlon Henderson

Captain, USAR, Army

Born: December 31, 1941
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Died In: N/A

Served in Vietnam.

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Nero Henderson

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Russell R. Henderson

Major, Army


Died In: N/A
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Ryland Walton Henderson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: February 2, 1945
Died In: Italy
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Wendell Keith Henderson

Aviation Radioman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: December 30, 1946
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William Insley Henderson

Coxswain, Navy

Born: March 16, 1924
Hometown: Montgomery County, VA
Casualty Date: September 16, 1944
Died In: South Pacific

Coxswain Henderson served on the USS Bebas DE-10. He went to boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland, then transferred to the Norfolk naval base for gunnery training. Before the war, he was employed by the Mick-or-Mack Grocery Store in Cambria, Virginia.

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