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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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Carl Harvey Barton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: February 27, 1945
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Frank W. Barton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
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John V. Barton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA

killed in World War II

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Lance Bryan Barton

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: December 26, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Russell Armstrong Barton

Private, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: February 20, 1945
Died In: Italy
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John Patrick Bartone

Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: July 15, 1970
Died In: Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam
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Frank W. Bartos

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Arlington County

killed in World War II

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Rolen Galloway Basden, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Derwood Murman Basham

Sergeant, Army

Born: January 19, 1920
Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: October 13, 1944

Sergeant Basham served with the 36th AAF Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group. He is buried in Sherwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia.

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Mac Lee Basham

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: January 24, 1918
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 28, 1944
Died In: France

First Lieutenant Basham served with the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Sherwood Burial Park, Salem, Virginia. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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Ulva Basham

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA

killed in World War II

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Ashby Baskett

Private, Army

Hometown: Hanover County, VA

served with the 2nd Chemical Company; killed in World War II

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Allan A. Basnight

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: October 3, 1913

Awards: Army Seal
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Ralph Wood Basnight

Sergeant, Army

Born: January 16, 1948
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: November 20, 1970
Died In: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Sergeant Basnight served with Company A, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Division. He was on his third tour of duty in Vietnam when he was killed. Before the war, he attended Maury High School. He is buried in Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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James Warren Bass

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: October 27, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 20, 1944
Died In: Schevenhutte, Germany

Before the war, 2LT Bass worked for the Reynolds Metals Company and attended Smithdeal-Massey Business College in Richmond.

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John D. Bass

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: September 23, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Joseph Frank Bass

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Robert Douglas Bass

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: March 31, 1942
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Ronald Wayne Bass

Corporal, Army

Born: April 11, 1947
Hometown: Southampton County
Casualty Date: March 14, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart
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Horace Ancel Bass, Jr.

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 17, 1942
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Cross

Ensign Bass was a naval aviator/pilot of a F-4F Wildcat who served with the Fighting Squadron 5 aboard the carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3). Before the war, he graduated from Jefferson High School, attended Roanoke College and graduated from Richmond Professional Institute in 1937.  He taught art in the Roanoke schools …

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