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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 R. Biggs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: April 9, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands

served with the 161st Infantry Regiment

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Hiram Walter Billhimer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1945
Died In: Seeben, Germany
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Robert J. Billings

Sergeant, Army

Born: April 22, 1982
Hometown: Clarksville
Casualty Date: October 13, 2012
Died In: Spin Boldak, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, Global war on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal

Sergeant Billings served with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. He was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.  

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Stuart J. Billings

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: September 19, 1943

served with the 1974th Quartermaster Truck, Aviation

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Thomas “Cotton” H. Billingsley

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: January 5, 2023
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
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Tramaine Jamal Billingsley

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 10, 1990
Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: October 14, 2010
Died In: between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan

Private First Class Billingsley served with the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. He was  killed by an improvised explosive device. He was a 2008 graduate of Booker T. Washington High school where he was involved in wrestling, soccer and NJROTC. He is …

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Vernon Edward Billingsley

Private, Army

Hometown: Hopewell, VA

killed in World War II

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Edward Bills

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA

killed in World War II

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James Robert Billups

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Isle of Wight County, VA
Casualty Date: September 24, 1944
Died In: Belgium
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Romeo Edward Bily

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: September 17, 1919
Hometown: Amelia County, VA
Casualty Date: June 9, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with D Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

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Jack Nelson Binch

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA

killed in World War II

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William Hickey Binder

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 12, 1945
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Mark D. Bingaman

Yeoman, First Class, Navy

Born: December 28, 1913
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: off Honshu, Japan

served aboard the USS Benjamin Franklin CV-13. Enlisted in the Navy in 1933 served on USS Saratoga for 4 years. Reenlisted in March 1942.

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John A. Bingham, Jr.

Private, Army

Born: May 19, 1925
Hometown: Appomattox County, VA

Attended Appomattox High School for 3 years. He enlisted in Richmond, VA on August 6, 1943. Served in the 30th Infantry Division, 120th Regiment.

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Thomas Calvin Bingman

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: September 30, 1944
Died In: Germany
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John Henry Binnix, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: September 3, 1923
Hometown: Henrico County , VA
Casualty Date: April 11, 1945
Died In: Witten, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Binnix served with Company E, 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division. He was on guard duty  when German paratroopers killed him in an ambush. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

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Hobart Gunnell Binsted

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: November 18, 1917
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: April 26, 1944
Died In: near Nadzab, New Guinea

Staff Sergeant served with the 500th Bombardment Squadron, 345th Bomber Group in New Guinea. Before the war, Hobart graduated from Accomac High School in 1937, he attended Hargrave Military Academy for a year and then he studied at the University of Richmond for three years. He enlisted in the service …

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Isaac M. Birdsong, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA

Killed in World War II

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Warren G. Birnbaum, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: June 28, 1944
Died In: over Laon, France
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

shot down by antiaircraft artillery

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George J. Bise

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA

killed in World War II

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