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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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Edwin G. Nelson

Other

Hometown: Fredericksburg
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Edwin Robson Nelson

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1944
Died In: vicinity of Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Forest S. Nelson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
Casualty Date: January 6, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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George L. Nelson

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Herbert C. Nelson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Galax
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Julius D. Nelson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Essex County
Casualty Date: September 7, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Louise B. Nelson

Captain, Army

Born: March 7, 1909
Hometown: Reedville, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Legion of Merit, Women's Army CORPS Service Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal
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Robert L. Nelson

Private, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: January 31, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Carrington Nelson

Private, Army

Hometown: Fluvanna County, VA
Casualty Date: March 6, 1945
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Bennie Nelson, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
Casualty Date: September 8, 1944
Died In: France
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Wilson Skipper Nelson, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: August 7, 1922
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: November 11, 1943
Died In: Pacific

T/5 Nelson served with the 855th Engineer Battalion (Aviation). He was on board a troop ship, SS Cape San Juan, traveling from San Francisco to Townsville, Australia, when it was sunk by a torpedo near the Fuji Islands.

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Nicholas Vincent Nespoli

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: July 28, 1944
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Dale Edward Nester

Aviation Cadet, Navy

Born: February 26, 1922
Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: May 19, 1944

Before the war, Aviation Cadet Nester was a student at Bluefield College. He is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd, Virginia.

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Orby McKinley Nester

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: December 2, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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William E. Nestor

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1942
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William Marion Nettles

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
Casualty Date: November 6, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Henry John Neukam

Aviatiaon Chief Ordnanceman, Navy

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: off Honshu, Japan
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Fulton E. New

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Halifax County
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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William A. New

Captain, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: November 4, 1945
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Dewey M. New, Sr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: August 29, 1944
Died In: Germany
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