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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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Jeffrey Kay Hoagland

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: July 14, 1950
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: April 23, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: American Defense Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation

Cpl Hoagland served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

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Bedford Turner Hoback

Private, Army

Born: September 15, 1913
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Brother of Raymond Samuel Hoback.

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Joseph N. Hoback

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: July 13, 1945
Died In: France
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Raymond Samuel Hoback

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Brother of Bedford Turner Hoback.

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Robert Lewis Hobart

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 16, 1945
Died In: near Okinawa
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Carol H. Hobbs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: January 26, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Don Baker Hobbs

Private, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
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Howard L. Hobbs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: July 25, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Kenneth W. Hobbs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County
Casualty Date: October 12, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Marvin Thomas Hobbs

Private, Army

Born: July 10, 1923
Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 10, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy

Private Hobbs served with Battery B, 185th Field Artillery Battalion. He is buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Castlewood, Virginia. Before the war, he was employed by Clinchfield Coal Company.

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Mills Hubert Hobbs, Jr.

Army

Born: May 28, 1922
Hometown: Roanoke
Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal

Hubert Hobbs, Jr. served with A Company, 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division and went in with the second wave at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He received two Purple Hearts – July and September 1944. He attended Jefferson High School and Virginia Business College. Before the war, he …

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A. Dewey Hobson

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: June 4, 1924
Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: June 17, 1944
Died In: Saipan, Mariana Island
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Hobson served with Company B, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division. Before the war, “A. D.” (Admiral Dewey) moved to California and lived with his in-laws and he was employed by North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California. After enlisting in the Marines, he trained at Marine …

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James Edward Hockaday

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
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Wendell Wallace Hockaday

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: March 9, 1923
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 25, 1945
Died In: near Munich, Germany

Second Lieutenant Hockaday served with the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group with the Tuskegee Airmen. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Charles W. Hockman

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County
Casualty Date: July 17, 1953
Died In: North Korea
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Ernest Lee Hockman

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Everett Franklin Hockman

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Franklin Lee Hockman

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Frederick County, VA
Casualty Date: December 11, 1944
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Burnell Bonner Hodge

Shipfitter Third Class, Navy

Born: September 29, 1920
Hometown: Bath County, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

Shipfitter Third Class Hodge served aboard the USS Juneau CL-52. The ship was sunk by the Japanese. 687 crew members were lost. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery Manila, Philippines.

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Charles R. Hodge

Private, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: May 12, 1944
Died In: Italy
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