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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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Phillip James Baughans

Private, Army

Born: March 12, 1931
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: April 13, 1951
Died In: North Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Korean Service Medal Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal

Private Baughans served with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Harry L. Baughman

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: August 2, 1944
Died In: France

Private First Class Baughman served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. He is buried in Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.

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Richard Kidder Meade Baughman

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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James Milton Baumgardner

Commander, Navy

Born: January 26, 1927

Died In: N/A
Awards: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Served as supply officer on the U.S.S. Mars, supporting the 7th fleet during Vietnam.

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Lewis Kenneth Bausell

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: April 17, 1924
Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1944
Died In: Peleliu, Palau Islands
Awards: Medal of Honor

Corporal Bausell was mortally wounded in action on Peleliu Island in the Pacific Ocean on September 15, 1944, and died 3 days later on a hospital ship. He had thrown himself on a Japanese grenade to save his squad. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his sacrifice …

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Joseph Ernest Baxter, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 22, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Paul Martin Bayliss

Captain, Air Force

Born: March 20, 1938
Hometown: Vietnam - Addenda, VA
Casualty Date: November 7, 1966
Died In: Thailand
Awards: Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Capt Bayliss earned a civil engineering degree from the Virginia Military Institute in 1960. He served as a pilot in the 606th Air Commando Squadron, 634th Combat Support Group, 7th Air Force, U.S. Air Force Vietnam.

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Forrest Perkins Baylor

Private, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: May 9, 1945
Died In: near Mestys Zelezna Ruda, Czechoslovakia
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Robert Payne Waring Baylor, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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James Ricky Baynard

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: August 6, 1960
Hometown: Richmond
Casualty Date: October 23, 1983
Died In: Beirut, Lebanon

Lance Corporal Baynard served with  He was killed when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks, killing 241 U. S. military personnel. He is buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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John Wesley Bayne

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1944
Died In: Corsica, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

CPL Bayne served with the 489th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group.

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Billie C. Bayne

Corporal, Army

Born: January 30, 1931

Casualty Date: September 18, 1950
Died In: Changyong, Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal

Corporal Bayne served with F Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia.

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Walter Thomas Baynes

Private, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: May 24, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Donald Edgar Bays

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Hickam Field, Hawaii
Awards: Armed Forces Seal

Killed in action on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Assigned to the 17th Air Base Squadron, Hickam Field.

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Obelist Alfred Baysmore

Hospital Apprentice 1st Class, Navy

Born: August 28, 1922
Hometown: Portsmouth

Hospital Apprentice First Class Baysmore served with Headquarters & Service Battery, 51st Defense Battalion. He is buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Ernest Green Baytops

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: King and Queen County, VA
Casualty Date: February 3, 1944
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William Hodges Bazemore

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: April 22, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Clyde D. Beach

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 1, 1915
Hometown: Stafford, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge

Served with the Sixth Armored Division.

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Joseph Evan Beach

Radioman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1945
Died In: Prisoner of War Camp in Japan

captured at Corregidor, Philippine Islands

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Garland W. Beach

Private, Army

Born: October 25, 1929
Hometown: Stafford County
Casualty Date: April 7, 1952

Private Beach served with F Company, 135th Infantry Regiment, 47th Infantry Division. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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