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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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Joseph Montgomery Holland

Private First Class, Army

Born: September 15, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Holland served with the Company B, 746th Tank Battalion. He is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Normandy, France. Before the war, he attended the College of William & Mary.

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Leo Gibbons Sheridan Holland

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: July 25, 1944
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Max L. Holland

Captain, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
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Oscar Lee Holland

Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1945
Died In: off Northern France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Richard Lee Holland

Private, Army

Hometown: Isle of Wight County, VA
Casualty Date: April 12, 1945
Died In: Eisenach, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Robert Vernon Holland

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Casualty Date: June 4, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Willard Zachariah Holland

Coxswain, Army

Hometown: Surry County, VA
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Kermit W. Holland, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: March 22, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Robert Edward Holland, Jr.

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: April 4, 1944
Died In: Atlantic Ocean
Awards: Air Medal
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Shirley Thomas Holland, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Isle of Wight County, VA
Casualty Date: September 18, 1944
Died In: near Monya, Burma
Awards: Air Medal
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Alger Edward Hollar

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Howard Eslie Hollar

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: March 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles Ernest Hollenbeck, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 7, 1914
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 21, 1944
Died In: Vershoven, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Staff Sergeant Hollenbeck served with the 578th Bombardment Squadron, 392nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force as a Right Waist Gunner on B-24 Liberator (41-29002). Other crew members reported that after he bailed out of the plane, he was killed by German civilians. His son was born 9 days after his …

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Edgar Allen Hollenger

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Cova N. Holley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: May 11, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
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James E. Holley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Julian Swanson Holley

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA

Killed in action during World War II.

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Daniel Davis Holliday

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Roger Dale Hollifield

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: August 10, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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William H. Hollingsworth

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: July 22, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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