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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 B. Newsom

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Madison County
Casualty Date: July 26, 1966
Died In: North Vietnam
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Carmen H. Newsom

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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Albert Kenneth Newsome

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: April 6, 1945
Died In: Makassar, Celebes Island, Indonesia Prison Camp
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Leon McKinley Newsome

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: near Iwo Jima
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Linwood T. Newsome

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Robert E. Newsome

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: September 22, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Robert S. Newsome

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: November 25, 1944
Died In: Europe
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Alva Lee Newton

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
Casualty Date: September 2, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Calvin E. Newton

Private, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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Clifton Leroy Newton

Private, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
Casualty Date: April 25, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Irby L. Newton

Private, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: November 27, 1943
Died In: off the coast of Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

killed aboard HMT Rohna when attacked/sunk by a German air launched, radio guided, rocket powered bomb

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Walter F. Newton

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County

Served with the 366th Infantry Regiment.

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William Harding Newton

Yeoman 3rd Class, Navy

Born: June 1, 1921
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: October 31, 1941
Died In: about 250 miles South of Iceland
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Yeoman Third Class Newton served aboard the USS Reuben James DD-245 when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-552 while escorting Convoy HX-156. Sadly, 116 sailors perished and only 44 survived. He is buried in Daleville Cemetery, Botetourt County, Virginia.

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Hammett Newton, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart
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Raymond H. Newton, Jr.

Chief Torpedoman's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 17, 1944
Died In: Yellow Sea
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Frank C. Nicely

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: September 3, 1944
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James J. Nicely

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: June 12, 1944
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Johnie Franklin Nicely

Boatswain's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: April 16, 1945
Died In: near Okinawa
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Nelson T. Nicely

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clifton Forge
Casualty Date: July 23, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Eugene Ross Nicholas

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1944
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