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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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Joseph E. Jones, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Joseph Wheeler Jones, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: February 20, 1945
Died In: Luxembourg
Awards: Purple Heart
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Orvin Clarence Jones, Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: September 27, 1979
Died In: near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam
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Shearod N. Jones, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 10, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Sydney B. Jones, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Bristol City, VA
Casualty Date: January 10, 1945
Died In: Europe
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Thaddeus W. Jones, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Northampton County
Casualty Date: July 2, 1944
Died In: near Hollandia, New Guinea
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Wilbert J. Jones, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County
Casualty Date: August 9, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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William Raymond Jones, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: April 19, 1944
Died In: near Kassel, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Staff Sergeant Jones served with the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Group, Heavy, as a radio operator in a B17 #42-3525 that was hit by enemy fighters. Two crew members bailed out of the plane but seven were killed when the plane exploded and crashed two kilometres south east of  Frettenrode, …

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William Winston Jones, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: New Kent County, VA
Casualty Date: July 18, 1943
Died In: Africa
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James W. Jones, Sr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: December 16, 1944
Died In: Luxembourg
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James P. Jordan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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James Pershing Jordan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: December 5, 1944
Died In: Husenfeld, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Jervon Kieran Jordan

Sergeant, Army

Born: May 17, 1975
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: March 29, 2008
Died In: Abu Jassim, Iraq

served with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade – 3rd Infantry Div, Fort Stewart GA; 1994 graduate of Salem High School; died of wounds suffered when his vehicle came in contact with an improvised explosive device

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John Innes Jordan

Lieutenant, Navy

Born: August 10, 1966
Hometown: Newport News, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Navy Seal, Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Unit Commendation, Navy "E", Sea Service Deployment, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)

Served in the Persian Gulf/Desert Storm War.

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Perry R. Jordan

Private, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: June 12, 1944
Died In: France
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Robert L. Jordan

Private, First Class, Army

Born: March 12, 1930
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Korean Service Medal, American Campaign Medal

Served in the Korean War for one year.

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Roy Watson Jordan

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart
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Samuel Eugene Jordan

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1945
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. He was killed in the Battle of the Bulge. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.

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Stewart Bishop Jordan

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1945
Died In: near Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
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Thomas H. Jordan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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