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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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Benjamin H. Beadles

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: November 30, 1942
Died In: near Guadalcanal

served aboard the USS Pensacola CA-24

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Calvin L. Beadles

Private, Army

Born: October 14, 1903
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 4, 1943

Private Beadles served with Battery C, 13th Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. Before the war, he worked for the American Locomotive Company.

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William Lee Beadnell

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: December 28, 1969
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Harold Westem Beahm

Private, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: January 23, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Killed on reconnaisance patrol

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Warren M. Beahr

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 22, 1944
Died In: over Orianenburg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 508th Bombardment Squadron

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Floyd Beale

Cook, 3rd Class, Navy

Born: November 7, 1924
Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA
Awards: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon
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Joshua Zachary Beale

Sergeant First Class, Army

Born: March 1, 1986
Hometown: Carrollton
Casualty Date: January 22, 2019
Died In: Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Sergeant First Class Beale served with 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died of wounds sustained from enemy small arms fire. He was a 2008 graduate of Old Dominion University.  

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Mills Beale, III

Sergeant First Class, Army

Hometown: Southampton County
Casualty Date: May 11, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Clarence Marshall Beamer

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: March 8, 1945
Died In: Italy
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Richard N. Bean

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
Casualty Date: July 7, 1944
Died In: Saipan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 105th Infantry Regiment

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Samuel M. Bean

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA

killed in World War II

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Arthur Beane

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
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Leon Beard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: January 30, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Vernon R. Beard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County

killed in World War II

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William Franklin Beard

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: January 11, 1946
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Byron Franklin Beard, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Born: September 6, 1918
Hometown: Scott County, Virgniia, VA
Casualty Date: July 22, 1942
Died In: Tayabas, Philippine Islands

Corporal Beard served with the 409th Signal Company, Aviation. He was wounded in action and was taken prisoner by the Japanese. Sadly, he died during the Bataan Death March and his remains were never returned to the United States. He enlisted in the Army in May 1940. Before the war, …

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Raymon Chapman Bearse, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: August 20, 1926
Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: October 9, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea

First Lieutenant Bearse served with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division. He was killed at Suwon-Teague Road ambush. He attended Washington-Lee High School and graduated in 1944 from Fork Union Military Academy. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Ernest D. Beasley

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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James B. Beasley

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: November 25, 1942
Died In: Philippine Islands
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Sykes Lee Beasley

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: January 3, 1944

served aboard the USS Turner DD-648

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