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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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James G. Lawson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: September 10, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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John H. Lawson

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: August 6, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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John W. K. Lawson

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: January 3, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Lucius R. Lawson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: August 20, 1944
Died In: France
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Marcellus Hoke Lawson

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 7, 1922
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: April 26, 1945

Served with the 3028th AAF Base Unit. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Marvin W. Lawson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amelia County, VA
Casualty Date: July 13, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Perry David Lawson

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 14, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Raymond Christopher Lawson

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: December 20, 1948
Hometown: Halifax County
Casualty Date: February 9, 1968
Died In: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal

Pfc Lawson served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

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Roy Lawson

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: April 28, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Theodore R. Lawson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Tommy Maxwell Lawson

Private, Army

Hometown: Gloucester, VA
Casualty Date: June 1, 1944
Died In: New Guinea
Awards: WWII Victory Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon

Served in World War II with the 41st Division. Was Killed in Action in Hollandia, New Guinea on June 1, 1944.

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Champ Jackson Lawson, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County
Casualty Date: November 4, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles Lawson, Jr.

Signalman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
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Walter W. Lawson, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Lawrence Paul Lay, Jr.

Aviation Ordnanceman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: September 16, 1943
Died In: near Guadalcanal
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Morris Benjamin Laycock

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: June 12, 1922
Hometown: Loudon County, VA
Casualty Date: November 20, 1943

Private First Class Laycock served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. His name is etched in the Courts of the Missing in the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Edward Thomas Layfield

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Charles City County, VA
Casualty Date: January 3, 1943
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Billy Carlton Layman

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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Charles Wortley Layman

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Craig County, VA
Casualty Date: February 11, 1945
Died In: Lingayen, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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John W. Layman

RM2, Navy

Born: October 21, 1947
Hometown: Waynesboro, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Served in Vietnam.

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