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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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Theodore Roosevelt Junkins

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: November 2, 1918
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: September 28, 1944
Died In: Peleliu, Palau Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with Headquarter Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps before entering the Marine Corps.

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Dan R. Justice

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: July 23, 1944
Died In: Guam
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Ezra Justice

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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Luther Junior Justice

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: April 10, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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William A. Justice

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County
Casualty Date: August 27, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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William R. Justice

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Floyd L. Justice, Jr.

Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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Dillon Miles Jutras

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 2, 1985
Hometown: Fairfax Station
Casualty Date: October 28, 2005
Died In: Husaybah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Global war on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal

served with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment – Fort Benning, GA

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Kenneth Louis Kacel

Technician Fourth Grade, Army

Born: April 12, 1922
Hometown: Warren, Michigan
Awards: WWII Victory Medal

Technician Fourth Grade Kacel served with Battery B, 575th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion. He passed away on August 22, 2015.

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Andrew Kaloski

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Luxembourg
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Charles Edward Kanach

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: February 28, 1942
Died In: off Cape May, New Jersey
Awards: Purple Heart

Chief Machinist’s Mate Kanach served aboard the USS Jacob Jones DD-130 which was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey. Only 11 service members survived. His body was never recovered.

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John Kane

Staff Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Portsmouth
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Joseph Theodore Kane

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 26, 1945
Died In: Europe
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Stephen P. Kane

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: December 31, 1944
Died In: Europe
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Vincent Kane

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: October 8, 1945
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
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Harry H. Kanmermier

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Joseph M. Kanney

Private, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 17, 1953
Died In: North Korea
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Richard L. Kanutz

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Alvin Saul Kaplan

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: April 21, 1945
Died In: 30 miles off Cape Bengut, Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart
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Paul Richard Karas

Major, Army

Born: September 6, 1934
Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: February 3, 1967
Died In: Hau Nghia Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal

Major Karas served with the 162nd AHC, 11th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade.

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