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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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Alwyn Berry Norvelle

Chief Storekeeper, Navy

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Awards: Purple Heart

Killed in action on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. Stationed aboard the Battleship, U.S.S. California.

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Clarence G. Norwood

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Greensville County, VA
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James Nottingham

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: August 16, 1944
Died In: France
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James Charles Nottingham

Private, Army

Hometown: Hampton, VA
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Claude Daniel Nottingham, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: December 25, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Severn Marcellus Nottingham, Jr.

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Orange County, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: Southeast of Savo Island
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Joan Winsor Nourse

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
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Caryn Reynal Nouv

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: July 27, 2013
Died In: Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan

served with the 359th Transportation Company, 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; died of wounds caused by and improvised explosive device and small arms fire

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Rudy Edward Novak

Sergeant, Army

Born: November 17, 1916
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: July 2, 1945
Died In: Gerabronn, Germany

Sergeant Novak served with Company B, 164th Combat Engineers. Before the war, he was employed by the Richmond Terminal Company. He is buried in Winns Baptist Church Cemetery, Elmont, Virginia.

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Frederick William Nover

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 22, 1944
Died In: Germany
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William G. Novosel

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: November 23, 1926
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Occupation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Served in World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

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John Thomas Nowell, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 8, 1941
Died In: Philippine Islands
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John Robert Nowlin

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Richard A. Noyes

Other

Hometown: Portsmouth
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Jessie F. Nuchols

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County
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W. Donald Nuchols

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: September 10, 1945
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Harvey Edward Nuckles

Fireman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: November 10, 1944
Died In: Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands
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William J. Nuckles, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Houston Nuckoles

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: June 11, 1945
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Lester H. Nuckols

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
Casualty Date: November 16, 1944
Died In: France
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