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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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Claudie Swanson Jennings

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Daniel Melvin Jennings

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: June 7, 1944
Died In: France
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Edwin D. Jennings

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: December 11, 1944
Died In: near Duren, Germany
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Forrest Jennings

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Garland Paul Jennings

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: February 23, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Horton Jennings

Army

Born: April 30, 1925
Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Purple Heart, Overseas Service Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II with the 119th Regiment, 30th Division. Killed in Action in Belgium.

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Ralph E. Jennings

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Randolph T. Jennings

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Raymond B. Jennings

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
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George Jensen

S/1C, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Died In: N/A

Served in the Navy.

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James Hunter Jernigan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: September 4, 1911
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: December 6, 1944
Died In: Germany

Staff Sergeant Jernigan served with Company A, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia. He is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Ryan Jeschke

Gunnery Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: December 5, 1980
Hometown: Herndon
Casualty Date: August 10, 2012
Died In: Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 1st Marie Special Operations Battalion – Camp Pendleton, CA; shot and killed by an Afghan policeman

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Franklin T. Jessee

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: August 8, 1945
Died In: France
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Ernest F. Jessee, Jr.

Other

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Robert M. Jessee, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA

Killed in action during World War II

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Clyde W. Jessie

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Middlesex County
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James Jessop

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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Richard Garver Jester

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: December 14, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Benton A. Jeter

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: August 29, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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David Jeter

Private, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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