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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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John William Mason

Electrician's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Born: October 15, 1921
Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: June 9, 1944
Died In: off the coast of Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Electrician’s Mate Second Class served aboard LST-314 when it was sunk by a torpedo from a German E-boat off the coast of Normandy, France. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942, trained at Norfolk Naval Base and graduated from the electrical school at Newport, Rhode Island. He also served in …

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Kenneth C. Mason

First Lieutenant, Air Force

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: October 14, 1951
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Larry M. Mason

Private, Army

Hometown: Sussex County
Casualty Date: March 21, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Leroy Tatum Mason

Private, Army

Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
Casualty Date: October 11, 1944
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Linwood Mason

Private, Army

Hometown: Suffolk, VA
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Mack C. Mason

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Nicholas Conan Mason

Specialist, Army

Hometown: King George County
Casualty Date: December 21, 2004
Died In: Mosul, Iraq

served with the Virginia Army National Guard – 276th Engineer Battalion, West Point, VA

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Robert M. Mason

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Stedman K. Mason

Motor Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Thornton B. Mason

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: August 6, 1944
Died In: near St Lo, France

Served with the 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

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Tom C. Mason

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Walter G. Mason

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
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William Mason

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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William T. Mason

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Served in World War II with the 23red Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division. Sergeant Mason was Killed in Action on March 19, 1945 and is buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery.

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Walter Norris Mason, Jr.

Captain, Army

Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: December 20, 1943
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Attended the Virginia Military Institute.

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William B. Mason, Jr.

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Orange County
Casualty Date: November 23, 1943
Died In: off Celebes Island, Indonesia
Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Cross
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George Alvin Massenburg, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Born: April 15, 1921
Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: January 19, 1946
Died In: near Saipan
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Ensign Massenburg trained at Pensacola Naval Air Station with Class 4D in 1943. He was reported missing in action in 1945 and presumed dead a year later. He was a 1938 graduate of Hampton High School and was employed by the Newport News Shipyard before the war.

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Larry Dale Massengill

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: January 12, 1950
Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: September 19, 1968
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

LCpl Massengill served with A Company, 1st AMTRAC Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.

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Costello Page Massey

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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David N. Massey

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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