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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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George E. Lewis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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George W. Lewis

Private, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg
Casualty Date: September 7, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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Herbert James Lewis

Private, Army

Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: December 9, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with A Company, 1276th Engineer Combat Battalion, 9th Army.

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Howard T. Lewis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: June 30, 1944
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Jack Kale Lewis

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: April 14, 1923
Hometown: Danville City, VA
Casualty Date: July 28, 1943
Died In: North Sea
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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James Daniel Lewis

Pharmacist's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Born: June 8, 1920
Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1944
Died In: English Channel
Awards: Purple Heart

Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Lewis served aboard LST – 314 that was torpedoed and sunk by a German E-Boat off the coast of Normandy. James graduated from Damascus High School in 1938 and continued his education at the Abingdon Industrial School. After graduation, James began working for the Norfolk and …

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James H. Lewis

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Washington County
Casualty Date: December 10, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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James Randolph Lewis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Northumberland County, VA
Casualty Date: February 28, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Jeff Lewis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
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John Courtland Lewis

Private, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: September 24, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Lewis served with Company F, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. He attended Nelson County High school and managed Lewis Brother’s Shell Service Station in Union, New Jersey before the war. He is buried in a family cemetery in Howardsville, Virginia.

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Joseph Henry Lewis

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: June 25, 1944
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Robert Lewis

Private, Army

Hometown: King William County, VA
Casualty Date: November 25, 1944
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Robert C. Lewis

First Lieutenant, Air Force

Hometown: Fredericksburg
Casualty Date: April 10, 1951
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Robert C. Lewis

Air Force

Hometown: Spottsylvania County
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Robert L. Lewis

Specialist 4, Army

Born: October 4, 1940
Hometown: Hopewell
Casualty Date: November 15, 1965
Died In: Pleiku Province, South Vietnam

Served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in City Point National Cemetery in Hopewell, Virginia.

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Robert Lee Lewis

Specialist, Fourth Class, Army


Casualty Date: November 15, 1965
Died In: N/A

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action on November 15, 1965 in the Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam. He is mentioned in the book, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE… AND YOUNG.

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Robert Raymond Lewis

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: September 16, 1946
Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: April 25, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam

1LT served with G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry.

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Russell L. Lewis

Army

Hometown: Richmond City
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Thad Quinton Lewis

Platoon Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Thomas Gramiel Lewis

Private, Army

Hometown: Northumberland County, VA
Casualty Date: January 24, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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