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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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William Haywood Jefferson, Jr.

Technical Sergeant, Air Force

Born: July 21, 1973
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: March 22, 2008
Died In: near Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron – Pope Air Force Base, NC; 1991 graduate of Lake Taylor High School; 2004 graduate of Embry-Riddle University where he earned his BS in Professional Aeronautics; died of wounds when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device

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Robert Valentine Jeffress

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: June 20, 1923
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 7, 1942
Died In: Strait of Gibraltar
Awards: Purple Heart

Seaman First Class was serving aboard the USS Thomas Stone when it was torpedoed by the Japanese. Before the war, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School and was employed by E. I. DuPont.

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Frank Jeffries

Army


Died In: N/A
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John Wesley Jeffries

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: February 16, 1945
Died In: Luxembourg
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Ewing W. Jenkin

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Alvin A. Jenkins

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Warrenton, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Silver Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Served in World War II.

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Carlton Talley Jenkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: May 5, 1945
Died In: near Mt Imugan, Villa Verge Trail, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Jenkins served with the Cannon Company, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. He is buried Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Charles A. Jenkins

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: June 25, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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Claude Thomas Jenkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: April 12, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Emmett Junious Jenkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Ewing W. Jenkins

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County
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George Jenkins

Steward's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Winchester City, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
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George B. Jenkins

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: October 16, 1944
Died In: Holland
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Grover Crawford Jenkins

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1944
Died In: Mediterranean Area
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Harold Samuel Jenkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Madison County
Casualty Date: March 22, 1945
Died In: near Kumpel, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Harry Mosby Jenkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Madison County
Casualty Date: January 10, 1943
Died In: England
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Irvin Benjamin Jenkins

Private, Army

Hometown: Madison County
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James Virgil Jenkins

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
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Jerry Malone Jenkins

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Winchester
Casualty Date: June 16, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Lewis F. Jenkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clarke County
Casualty Date: July 11, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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