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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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Melton L. Kidd

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: June 9, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Raymond Oscar Kidd

Captain, Army

Born: March 20, 1915
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 24, 1945
Died In: Ie Shima

Served with the 1902 Engineering Aviation Battalion. He was killed with other men in his unit when a Japanese bomb hit their shelter. Graduated in 1939 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is buried Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia.

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Robert E. Kidd

Private, Army

Born: April 12, 1925
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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Sammie Hugh Kidd

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

Private Kidd served with Company I, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division. Before the war, “Sammie” worked for Viscose Corporation in Roanoke, Virginia. He was killed in action near Mariadorf, Germany, and he is buried in Sherwood Burial Park, Roanoke, Virginia.

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Orvis M. Kidwell

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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Roger Gene Kidwell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warren County
Casualty Date: January 14, 1970
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Wayne M. Kidwell

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: March 8, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Christopher Spellman Kiernan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: February 12, 1970
Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: May 6, 2007
Died In: Baghdad, Iraq
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Meritiorious Service Medal

served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade – 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, TX; killed by an enemy sniper

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Frederick A. Kierson

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: February 16, 1917
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 1, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II. Served in New Zealand, on Bougainville and in the invasion of Guam and Iwo Jima. Was Killed in Action in Iwo Jima on March 1, 1945 and is buried at Maury Cemetery.

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Otis G. Kight

Navy

Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Unit Commendation, Vietnam Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Defense Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Served in World War II and Vietnam. Participated in operations in the Ryukyu Islands, Formosa, Luzon, and Manila Bay in 1944.

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Henry J. Kijewski

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Raymond Morgan Kilby

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 29, 1947
Hometown: Radford
Casualty Date: October 1, 1969
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Private First Class Kilby served with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. He was a 1965 graduate of Dublin High School and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute for two years before entering the Army in December 1968. He is buried in Highland Memorial Gardens, Pulaski, …

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Michael J. Kilduff

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: September 11, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Denver M. Kilgore

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: June 12, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Oliver William Kilgore

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: May 1, 1944
Died In: Italy

PVT Kilgore served with the 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Sicily-Rome, Italy.

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William Lynn Killen

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: January 25, 1945
Died In: Strasburg, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Epinal, France.

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John Howard Killmon, Jr.

Technician 4th Grade, Army

Born: February 21, 1922
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: May 30, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands

Served with the 544th Engineer Shore Regiment. Buried in the Manila American Cemetery.

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Manning Marius Kimmel

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Born: April 22, 1913
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: July 26, 1944
Died In: near Palawan, Philippine Islands
Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal

Lieutenant Commander Kimmel served aboard the submarine USS Robalo. 

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William Arthur Kimmel

Water Tender, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: August 9, 1942
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Anthony S. Kincaid

Chief Boatswain's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth
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