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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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Andrew C. Layne

Army

Hometown: Richmond City
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David D. Layne

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: March 7, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Harry Lee Layne

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: January 15, 1945
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Silver Star

TSGT Layne received the Silver Star on the same day that he was killed in action.

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Lewis William Layne, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 1, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Frank E. Layton

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Spottsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: December 13, 1944
Died In: Germany
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James W. Lazenby

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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Binh Ngoc Le

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: October 6, 1984
Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: December 3, 2004
Died In: Korean Village, Al Anbar Province, Iraq

Corporal Le served with the 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed by a car bomb set off near a checkpoint he was manning. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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James L. Lea

Commander, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Charles L. Leach

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: September 2, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Oliver D. Leach

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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William A. Leach

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: January 24, 1945
Died In: Luxembourg
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Robert Henry Leahey

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: April 1, 1944
Died In: Pforzheim, Germany
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Philip Rusk Leake, Jr.

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
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Robert Owen Leake, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Clarke County, VA
Casualty Date: October 1, 1945
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Carl Hawkins Leap

Sergeant, Army

Born: September 6, 1916
Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: December 6, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the Medical Corps. He was killed by a German V2 robot bomb in England. Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Bridgewater College. Worked at J C Penny before the war.

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Lewis Randolph Leary

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: May 5, 1922
Hometown: Bath County, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1945
Died In: Kassel, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. He is buried in Hamilton Church Cemetery, Highland County, VA.

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Patrick Vinson Leary

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
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Richard Willard Leary

Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Hillard C. Leatherwood, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 12, 1924
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: April 13, 1945
Died In: Frankfurt, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

Served with the 46th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Infantry Division, Third Army. PFC Leatherwood deployed to Europe October 5, 1943. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Limburg, Netherlands.

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Harold McKnight Leazor

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
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