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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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Earl P. Herron

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Emitt Herron

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: August 31, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Kenneth R. Herron

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: Northeast of Bulao, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Paul E. Herron

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: September 19, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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David Harper Hershberger

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: January 10, 1968
Died In: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart

Sergeant Hershberger served with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. He is buried in Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, Virginia.

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Andrew Parsons Hess

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Corbin Kenneth Hess

Private, Army

Born: January 7, 1933
Hometown: Lebanon, VA
Died In: N/A
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Irvin Woodrow Hess

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Buchanan County
Casualty Date: December 8, 1950
Died In: Chosin Reservoir, Korea
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Robert Joseph Hess

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: March 25, 1987
Hometown: Fairfax
Casualty Date: April 23, 2013
Died In: Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan
Awards: Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Global war on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 2nd Battalion 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade – 10th Mountain Div, Fort Drum, NY; 2005 graduate of Robinson High School; attended Old Dominion University; killed from enemy indirect fire

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Joseph Victor Hess, Sr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: September 7, 1944
Died In: France
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Charles W. Hester

Private, Army

Born: September 22, 1912
Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
Casualty Date: June 5, 1944
Died In: Italy

Private Hester served with the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Malvin P. Hetherington

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
Casualty Date: September 27, 1943
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Louis Guido Heuser

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: August 26, 1944
Died In: Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Glen Phillips Hevener

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County
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Norman Elwood Hewitt

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: November 21, 1944
Died In: France
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William W. Hewitt

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Goochland County, VA
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Charles Henry Hey, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Born: September 30, 1920
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1943

Attended Washington & Lee High School.

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Aubrey M. Heyl

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
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William Jennings Heywood

Private, Army

Hometown: Gloucester County, VA
Casualty Date: December 1, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Arthur Robert Hiatt

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 23, 1920
Hometown: Patrick County
Casualty Date: June 25, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

PFC Hiatt served with HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. He is buried in Willow Hill Cemetery, Ararat, Virginia.

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