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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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William Wayne Henderson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: April 27, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles Herbert Henderson, Jr.

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: June 11, 1944
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Claude Thomas Henderson, Jr.

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
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William Henry Henderson, Jr.

Steward's Mate, First Class, Navy

Born: August 18, 1917
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1943
Died In: southeast of San Cristobal Island
Awards: Purple Heart

Steward’s Mate First Class Henderson served aboard the USS Wasp CV-7 when it was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19. Before the war, he was employed as a porter for WRVA.

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Cornelius Bacey Hendrick, Jr.

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: August 26, 1945
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Wilford Walker Hendricks

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 1, 1919
Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: January 4, 1943

Private First Class Walker served with the 175th Field Artillery Battalion, 34th Infantry Division. He was severely wounded on December 11, 1942 and left behind in the cellar of a French farmhouse in Tunisia. He was taken prisoner by the Germans and died on January 4, 1943. He was a …

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James Henry Hendricks, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
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Joseph A. Hendricks, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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John J. Hendrickson

Private, Army

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
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Edward A. Hendrix

Private, Army

Hometown: Nansemond County
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Robert C. Henegar

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: November 6, 1944
Died In: Leyte, Philippine Islands
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Emerson David Henkel

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
Casualty Date: June 15, 1942
Died In: North Atlantic
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Earl Henson Henley

Corporal, Army

Born: September 29, 1920
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Good Conduct Medal

Served in World War II in the Asiatic Pacific Theater from August 04, 1944 to May 07, 1946. Fought at Iwo Jima from February 19, 1945 to March 16, 1945.

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Eugene Allen Henley

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: April 28, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Floyd Jackson Henley

Private, Army

Born: August 28, 1921
Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: June 15, 1944
Died In: France

Private Henley served with the 120th Infantry Regiment. He is buried in Richmond National Cemetery. Before the war, he was employed by Larus & Reed Tobacco Company.

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Hamilton Carter Henley

Corporal, Army

Born: March 20, 1931
Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: September 12, 1952
Died In: North Korea

CPL Henley served with the Army Corps of Engineers, C Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Marshall Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia.

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Ronald Repass Henley

Private, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: France
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Wilbur Eugene Henley

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: September 5, 1925
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Died In: Germany

Staff Sergeant Henley served with Company C, 56th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division. He is buried in a family cemetery in Hanover County, Virginia. Before the war, he was employed by the Albemarle Paper Company.

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Robert Edward Henley, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Born: April 30, 1919
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 30, 1942

Ensign Henley graduated from St. Christopher’s School and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia  in two years. He attended the United States Navy Reserve Midshipmen’s School in Prairie State, New York. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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William Everett Hennigar

Captain, Navy

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945

Served aboard the USS Texas.

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