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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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Timothy W. Lester

Private, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Willie A. Lester

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 16, 1945
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Grady R. Lester, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Northumberland County
Casualty Date: May 2, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Henry Claybrook Lester, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Born: September 21, 1924
Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Casualty Date: June 17, 1944
Died In: Martinsville, Virginia

Second Lieutenant Lester served with the Marines Naval Air Training Center (NATC) in Corpus Christi, Texas. “Claybrook” graduated from Martinsville High School in 1942 where he  participated in varsity basketball, football and golf and he was a member of the Hi-Y club.  He entered the US Navy preflight school at …

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James Leroy Lester, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: February 20, 1947
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: May 8, 1967
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

Private First Class Lester served with A Company, 3rd Tank Battalion, 3rd Marine Division as a Tank Crewman. He is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia.

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Brian Scott Letendre

Captain, Marine Corps

Born: May 13, 1978
Hometown: Woodbridge
Casualty Date: May 3, 2006
Died In: Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Awards: Purple Heart

Captain Letendre served with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Div – Marine Forces Reserve Inspector & Instructor Staff. He was killed when a suicide vehicle exploded near him. He was a 1996 graduate of Potomac High School and volunteered for his second tour in Iraq. He is …

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Ralph Hunter Lett

Electrician's Mate Third Class, Navy

Born: September 21, 1926
Hometown: Richmond

Electrician’s Mate Third Class Lett served aboard the USS VENT (ARS-29). A few of his memories: When we finally got on a ship and headed out into the Pacific, this was 1945, within a matter of a week or two the war ended. After the war ended, went to China, …

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Charlie A. Letterman

Chief Water Tender, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 7, 1942
Died In: near Bermuda
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William M. Levendis

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: May 25, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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William J. Levi

First Lieutenant, Air Force

Hometown: Clarke County
Casualty Date: September 7, 1950
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Victor Valiant Levy

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Died In: North Africa
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Charles T. Lewin

Private, Army

Hometown: Suffolk City, VA
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Albert Lee Lewis

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: December 31, 1944
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Albert Sylvester Lewis

Steward's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: February 29, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Arthur Lewis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Hanover County
Casualty Date: September 18, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles E. Lewis

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Charles T. Lewis

Other

Hometown: Suffolk
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Edward J. Lewis

Water Tender 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City
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Elma Claiborn Lewis

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: December 2, 1942
Awards: Purple Heart
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Flether L. Lewis

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: January 31, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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