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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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Junior Wayne Barr

Chief Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Grayson County
Casualty Date: May 22, 1968
Died In: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
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Thomas Linwood Barr

Corporal, Army

Born: April 20, 1925
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: Adriatic Sea

Corporal Barr served with the 828th Bomb Squadron, 485th Bomb Group. He served as a Gunner on a B–24 J # 42-51812 that was hit by enemy flak and crashed into Adriatic Sea, killing all eight on board. Before the war, he attended John Marshall High School in Richmond.

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Lawrence Vernon Barrack

Private, Army

Born: July 29, 1916
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: December 20, 1944
Died In: Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Private Barrack served with the 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. Before the war, he worked for Pennsylvania Railroad.  He was killed by enemy fire and he is buried at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.

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John Joseph Barreto

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: January 16, 1908
Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

Seaman First Class Barreto served aboard the USS Benjamin Franklin CV-13. His name is etched in the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Charles Dodson Barrett

Major General, Marine Corps

Born: August 16, 1885
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1943
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal

Served with the 1st Marine Amphibious Corps. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Charles Dodson Barrett

Major General, Marine Corps

Born: August 16, 1885
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1943
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal

Served with the 1st Marine Amphibious Corps. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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James F. Barrett


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Leon E. Barrett

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Melvin S. Barrett

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA

killed in World War II

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Richard Everett Barrett

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: January 8, 1962
Hometown: Tappahannock
Casualty Date: October 23, 1983
Died In: Beirut, Lebanon

Lance Corporal Barrett served with the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. He was killed when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks, killing 241 U. S. military personnel. He is buried in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Virginia.

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Alvis T. Barrington, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Born: February 10, 1950
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: October 17, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam

Sergeant Barrington served with the 101st Airborne Division was a UH-1 Helicopter Repairer.

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James V. Barron

Private, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA

killed in World War II

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Kyle Willis Barrow

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: November 26, 1944
Died In: France

served with the 104th Infantry Regiment

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Eugene A. Barry

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: February 25, 1945
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Howard E Bartholf

Specialist, Fifth Class, Army

Born: February 8, 1947
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Meritorious Unit Award

Served in Vietnam 10/66-9/67

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Clifford H. Bartlett

Private, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA

killed in World War II

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Elmer Robert Bartlett

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: October 26, 1924
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima

Corporal Bartlett served with Company B, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division. He was shot in the stomach during the Battle of Saipan on July 4, 1944, but returned to service after five months in the hospital. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima less than a year …

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James E. Bartlett

Private, Army

Born: January 15, 1925
Hometown: Montross, VA
Died In: Bartlett
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Served in World War II in Manila, Phillipines and Atsugi Japan with the Air Transport Command (Pacific Division). Continued to serve in Japan after the surrender as an MP guarding Prisoners of War.

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Willie Edward Bartlett

Water Tender, third Class, Navy

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: October 25, 1944
Died In: off Samar, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

served aboard the USS St Lo CVE-63; ship sunk by Japanese kamikaze

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Don Laverne Bartley

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Born: July 27, 1937
Hometown: Rockbridge County
Casualty Date: June 8, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Silver Star, Vietnam Service Medal

LTC Bartley graduated from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, and from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He served as pastor of the Bethesda Presbyterian, McElwee Chapel, and Immanuel Presbyterian Churches in Rockbridge County from 1958 to 1961. He entered the Army in 1961 and served with …

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