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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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John Goode Barnes

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Suffolk, VA

killed in World War II

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Merrill Barnes

Sergeant First Class, Army

Hometown: Colonial Heights
Casualty Date: May 26, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Ernest Barnes

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Casualty Date: December 25, 1944
Died In: Belgium
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Herman Riley Barnes

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: August 19, 1924
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: February 24, 1945
Died In: England
Awards: Air Medal

Staff Sergeant served with the 702nd Bombardment Squadron, 445th Bomber Group Heavy as a nose gunner on a B-24 Liberator. Before the war, Herman attended high school and he was employed by Baltimore Copper Works in Maryland. He enlisted in the Air Corps and he received his aerial gunner training …

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Clyde B. Barnes, Jr.

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Samuel Francis Barnes, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
Casualty Date: April 29, 1945
Died In: near Lohof, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

served with the 65th Armored Infantry Battalion

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General Howard Barnett

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: April 3, 1945
Died In: Magdeburg, Germany
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Wilbert L. Barnett

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA

killed in World War II

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Cecil Aubrey Barnett

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: January 11, 1926
Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: September 4, 1950
Died In: Hill 303, near Waegwan, Taegu Area, Republic of Korea
Awards: WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge

Second Lieutenant Barnette served with A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

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Carroll Elmo Barnette

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: November 20, 1944
Died In: Germany

served in the 406th Infantry Regiment

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Fred Edward Barnette

Staff Sergeant, Air Force

Hometown: Clifton Forge
Casualty Date: April 26, 1967
Died In: near Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam

served with the 4th Air Commando Squadron

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Garneth W. Barnette

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: October 23, 1944
Died In: Vedriano, Italy

served with the 349th Infantry Regiment

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Marion Shelton Barnette

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Born: February 19, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: January 22, 1945
Died In: Gereonsweiler, Germany

Technician Fourth Grade Barnette served with the 327th Engineers Combat Battalion, 102nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Salem Church, Studley, Virginia. Before the war, he was employed as a carpenter with Laburnum Construction Company.

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Paul McLaws Barnette

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: December 5, 1925
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: Pacific

Seaman First Class Barnette served aboard the USS Yorktown. On March 19, 1945 during an airstrike on Kyushu, Japan, an enemy bomb went through the starboard side and killed five men aboard the Yorktown.

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George Draton Barnette

Captain, Army

Born: November 30, 1919
Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: September 21, 1950
Died In: South Korea

Captain Barnette served as the Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action when Headquarters was struck by artillery fire. He had also served in World War II then re-enlisted on December 9, 1942. Before the war, he was employed by Mutual …

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Joseph Waverly Barnhill

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Jim Bob Barns

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: April 23, 1951

served with the 7th Marine Regiment

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William Thomas Barns

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: April 14, 1945
Died In: Italy
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Sandro Nicholas Barone

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: October 25, 1947
Hometown: Falls Church
Casualty Date: April 15, 1970
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

First Lieutenant Barone served with Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division as an Infantry Unit Commander. He was a 1968 graduate of the Foreign Service School of Georgetown University. He had completed Ranger and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, before being deployed to Vietnam on …

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Allen E. Barr

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA

killed in World War II

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