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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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Richard A. Henze

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Hampton, VA
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Junious Edward Hepburn

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
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Lenis Allen Hepler

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 16, 1913
Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: August 19, 1944
Died In: vicinity of Mt Alifan, Guam
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 367th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division.

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Harry Taylor Herbert

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1944
Died In: aboard Arisan Maru in South China Sea
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Robert L. Herbold

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: State at Large and Addenda, VA
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Robert Taylor Hering

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: July 31, 1944
Died In: Southern end of Cherbourg peninsula, France
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Theodore S. Heriot, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: September 20, 1949
Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: June 13, 1969
Died In: Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam

PFC Heriot served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division.

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Clyde Russel Herman

Specialist, Fourth Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: November 6, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action on November 6, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam. He is mentioned in the book, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE… AND YOUNG.

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Donald Lee Herndon

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: February 20, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Roderick Halladay Herndon

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: May 16, 1923
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: June 2, 1944
Died In: Sterling Island, British Solomon Islands

Attended Central High School in Washington, D.C.

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Willis Ervin Herndon

Private, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: March 6, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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James C. Herndon, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Andrew Clyde Herold, Jr.

Storekeeper, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: May 5, 1943
Died In: POW Camp
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Victor Paul Herold, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 27, 1921
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 20, 1944
Died In: Saint-Georges-d'Elle, France

Private First Class Herold served with Company L, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by Sears Roebuck & Company. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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John R. Herr

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Boyd Lemuel Herring

Sergeant, Army

Born: February 16, 1943
Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: March 8, 1968
Died In: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Sergeant Herring served with D Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division as a combat engineer. He was a graduate of Nelson County High School and served as an apprentice at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He also attended Old Dominion College (now, University). He is buried …

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Elvin A. Herring

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: January 11, 1943
Died In: Guadalcanal
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Thomas Leandra Herring

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: December 2, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Earl Herring

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: July 7, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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A. P. Herron

Private First Class, Army

Born: September 25, 1923
Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: January 18, 1945
Died In: Bastogne, Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Herron served with Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 101st Airborne Division. Before the war, A P was employed by Stonega Coal and Coke Company, Wise, Virginia.  He had two brothers, Garnet and Vernon who also served in WWII. He is buried in Glencoe Cemetery, Big …

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