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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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Charles J. Henry

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: April 30, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Earlie F. Henry

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
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Jackson R. Henry

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: January 18, 1945
Died In: near Sessenheim, France
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James O. Henry

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
Casualty Date: March 13, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Robert L. Henry

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warren County
Casualty Date: September 1, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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William F. Henry

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Warren County
Casualty Date: November 29, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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William O. Henry

Army

Hometown: Hopewell
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Woodson Henry

Private, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: April 12, 1943
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Ernest Victor Hensel, Jr.

Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: February 17, 1967
Died In: Kontum Province, South Vietnam
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Stephen Willis Hensler

Private, Army

Born: May 21, 1919
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: November 8, 1944
Died In: Bertrange near Metz, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division. He was killed by machine gun fire after crossing the Moselle River Bertrange, Luxembourg.

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Darold D. Hensley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County
Casualty Date: September 15, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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James William Hensley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: April 18, 1945
Died In: Northern Italy
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Lee Hensley

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: July 25, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Leroy Hensley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: November 24, 1944
Died In: Leyte, Philippine Islands
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Shelby Gleason Hensley

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: February 10, 1971
Died In: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

SP4 Hensley served as a field illumination crewman in H Battery, 29th Artillery, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was killed by hostile action in the vicinity of Cai Lay. He graduated in 1964 from Rural Retreat High School, in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Known as “Shag” to his friends, he was honored …

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Wilbert L. Hensley

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: June 29, 1944
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Lewis E. Hensley, Jr.

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Bristol
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Harry Cletus Henson

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: October 28, 1945
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William Rachel Henson

Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Born: May 26, 1925
Hometown: Buena Vista, VA
Casualty Date: November 12, 1944
Died In: South Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Henson was serving aboard USS LST-626 tank landing ship at the time of his death. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines. Before the war, he was employed by Philip Morris Tobacco Company in Richmond, Virginia.

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John W. Henson, Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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