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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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Paul Brian Benoit

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: November 29, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Henry Marshall Benson

Electrician's Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: April 16, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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James Marion Benson

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1945
Died In: Western Germany

served with the 61st Armored Infantry Battalion

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James William Benson

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 23, 1922
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: November 17, 1944

Served with the 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division. Prisoner of War. Another POW reported that he was shot while trying to escape.

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John Kirkpatrick Benson

Metalsmith 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth

killed in World War II

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Edward H. Benson, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 22, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Paul Charles Bent, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: April 8, 1945
Died In: over Vipiteno/Vipitano, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

served with the 343rd Bombardment Squadron

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Clayton Warner Bentley

Staff Sergeant, Air Force

Born: December 7, 1932
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Clifford Bentley

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: November 21, 1943

brother of Harold Bentley

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Harold Bentley

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1944

brother of Clifford Bentley

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James R. Bentley

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: March 24, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Louis Bentley

Army

Hometown: Loudon County, VA

killed in World War II

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Clyde Earl Benton

Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Suffolk, VA
Casualty Date: November 2, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-159

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Howard W. Benton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Suffolk, VA

killed in World War II

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Herman Albert Benton, Jr.

Major, Marine Corps

Born: October 12, 1921
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: January 7, 1953
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy/Marines Presidential Unit Citation

Major Benton served in World War II and in the Korean War as a fighter pilot. He trained at Pensacola Naval Air Station and flew with VMF-233 Marine Air Reserve Squadron. He was a graduate of Maury High School and the University of Virginia. He is buried in Forest Lawn …

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William Jarves Bentrod

Chief Aviation Pilot, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Alexander Berdar

Sergeant, Army

Born: April 8, 1919

Awards: Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal
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Leslie Leo Berger

Water Tender 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 1, 1942
Died In: Pacific

served aboard the USS Edsall DD-219

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Witcher Terrell Berger

First Leiutenant, Army

Born: December 14, 1919
Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Awards: Silver Star

First Lieutenant Berger served with the 587th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force at the time of his death but had served with the Corps of Engineers before joining the Air Corps. He was a 1937 graduate of Gretna High School. He is buried in Berger Family Cemetery, …

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Edward B. Berghoff

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA

killed in World War II

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