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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 E. Jones

Army

Hometown: Faquier County
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John M. Jones

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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John Thomas Jones

Private, Army

Hometown: Caroline County, VA
Casualty Date: September 19, 1944
Died In: Collersville, France

Served with the 502nd Port Battalion. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.

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Joseph Jones

Private, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
Casualty Date: February 16, 1945
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Joseph H. H. Jones

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: July 25, 1953
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Junior Rhea Jones

Private, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: June 4, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Lavoyn Augustus Jones

Staff Sergeant, Air Force

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: October 10, 1969
Died In: Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam
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Leonard Allen Jones

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Stafford County, VA
Casualty Date: September 24, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Marsh J. Jones

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Northumberland County, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1944
Died In: France
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Marshall Frank Jones

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: April 9, 1945
Died In: near Frederburg, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
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Marvin W. Jones

Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
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Maryus N. Jones

Sergeant First Class, Army

Hometown: York County
Casualty Date: April 12, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Melvin Lafayette Jones

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: February 28, 1942
Awards: Purple Heart
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Meriwether Jones

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: May 8, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: April 21, 1944
Died In: over Bucharest, Rumania
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Murray A. Jones

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: April 13, 1945
Died In: near Erndetebreuck, Germany
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Norman Meredith Jones

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: March 4, 1922
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 8, 1945
Died In: over Honshu Island, Japan
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart

First Lieutenant Jones served as a bombardier with the 6th Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force. His plane was shot down over Honshu Island, Japan on his 21st mission. He, along with four others, were killed in the crash and all five are buried together at Arlington National …

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Otis W. Jones

Army

Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
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Owen Gilliam Jones

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 18, 1921
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: January 30, 1944
Died In: North Sea
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

SSG Jones served with the 445th Bomb Group, 701st Bomb Squadron. He attended Robert E. Lee High School and worked for DuPont before the war.

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Paul Elden Jones

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Westmoreland County
Casualty Date: February 12, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ralph Van Kirk Jones

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 8, 1922
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Bremurn, Germany

Private First Class Jones served with the 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division.

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