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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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Thomas John Howe

Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Prince William County
Casualty Date: October 6, 1968
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
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Andrew L. Howell

Private, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
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Frank Myers Howell

Yeoman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: May 25, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Ivan W. Howell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
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Philip Howell

Specialist, Fourth Class, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County
Casualty Date: November 17, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action on November 17, 1965 in the Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam. He is mentioned in the book, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE… AND YOUNG.

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Russell E. Howell

Private, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: September 26, 1944
Died In: Holland
Awards: Purple Heart
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William R. Howell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City, VA
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William T. Howell

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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Claude C. Howell, Jr.

Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
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Richard T. Howell, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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John Kennedy Howerton

Lcpl, Marine Corps

Born: August 28, 1965
Hometown: McKenney
Awards: Good Conduct Medal
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Thomas Dry Howie

Major, Army

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944
Died In: near St Lo, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Star

Served with the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Taught at Staunton Military Academy. 1929 graduate of the Citadel. Was killed by shrapnel from an exploding enemy mortar.

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Claude S. Howington

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: September 30, 1944
Died In: France
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Rufus Carl Howington

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: May 5, 1946
Died In: Pacific
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Baxter McLendon Howle

Aviation Machinist's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Suffolk, VA
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Clarence Walter Howlett

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 18, 1925
Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: April 16, 1945
Died In: Europe

PFC Howlett served with the 567th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Before the war, he was employed by the Carroll Silk Hosiery Mill. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.

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Frank B. Howze

Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Jim F. Hoy

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: January 11, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Staff Sergeant Hoy served with the 358th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Left Waist Gunner. On a bombing raid to Oschersleben, Germany, his plane was shot down by enemy fighters. He is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium.

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Robert Elvin Hoy

Captain, Army

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: April 27, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Harry Hoyt, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: January 13, 1943
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