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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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Philip Wallace Hiden

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 8, 1944
Died In: Europe
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Ralph Taylor Higdon

Chief Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: October 3, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Hill Higginbotham

Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: April 11, 1945
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Bert Woodie Higgins

Private First Class, Army

Born: November 15, 1913
Hometown: Grayson County
Casualty Date: April 14, 1945
Died In: Germany

Private First Class Higgins served with the 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division.

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Donald R. Higgins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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James A. Higgins

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
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Ned W. Higgins

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
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Roy Higgins

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
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William Augustus Higgins

Captain, Marine Corps

Born: May 28, 1923
Hometown: Sussex County
Casualty Date: January 15, 1953
Died In: Korea
Awards: Air Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal

Captain Higgins served with 115th Marine Fighter Squadron, 33rd Marine Aircraft Group when he was shot down in Korea. He was a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech). His name is etched in the Courts of the Missing in the National Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.  

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Donald L. Higgs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: September 27, 1943
Died In: near North Africa
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Ralph E. Higgs

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: March 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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George Gerald High

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 1, 1922
Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: January 11, 1945
Died In: Germany

Private First Class High served with the 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. He was killed during the Battle of the Bulge. Before the war, he was employed by the Norfolk Naval Yard. He is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium.

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Luther T. High

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
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Reese C. Hight

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 31, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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John P. Hightower

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
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Mack W. Hightower

Private, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Waldo B. Hilbert

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: February 29, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Harner Huston Hildebrand

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: March 18, 1944
Died In: Le Ployron, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Harold Hildebrand

Private, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: November 24, 1951
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John Arthur Hildebrand, Jr.

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Awards: Purple Heart, 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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