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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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Henry C. Horton

Private, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: March 28, 1943
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Palmer W. Horton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: April 19, 1945
Died In: Italy
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Robert F. Horton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: January 23, 1945
Died In: Belgium
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Roy S. Horton

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: April 8, 1945
Died In: Austria
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Wallace Jennings Horton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
Died In: vicinity Belgium/Holland border
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William Jethro Horton

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Wythe County
Casualty Date: May 12, 1942
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Wana Hoskins

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
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Robert Lee Hoskins, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: September 28, 1942
Hometown: Norfolk, VA
Casualty Date: February 26, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal

Served with Co A 2nd Bn 503d Inf 173d Abn Bde

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William R. Hoskins, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: October 4, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Charles Stewart Hoster

Colonel, Air Force

Born: September 19, 1923
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Air Force Seal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal

Served in World War II and Korea. Looked up his Japanese Prisoner Of War from 1945 in 1968. This reunion made papers all over the United States.

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Oscar Jefferson Hostetter

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buena Vista, VA
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George Mays Hostetter, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: March 8, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Richard Leroy Hotinger

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
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Herman Ray Hottel

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: January 17, 1945
Died In: Europe
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Billie Franklin Hottle

Electrician's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Loudon County, VA
Casualty Date: May 14, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Virgil Vernon Houchin

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
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George B. Houchins

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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James Earl Houchins

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 13, 1942
Died In: Australia
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star
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John Paul Houck

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: October 11, 1922
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: November 23, 1944
Died In: over Tanchuk, China

Second Lieutenant Houck served with the 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force. He was the pilot of a P51C # 43-25176 on a reconnaissance mission over Tanchuk, China and he disappeared after staffing the target. Before the war, he worked on his father’s farm. He is buried …

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Hampton Lee Houff

Sergeant, Army

Born: November 29, 1918
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: August 19, 1944
Died In: San Mauro, Italy

He is buried in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA.

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