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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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Ernest Norman Oakes, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Oakes served with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Sicily-Rome, Italy.

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Ospha T. Oakes, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: January 4, 1944
Died In: Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

“When a patrol in which Private First Class Oakes was an assistant squad leader was fired upon from concealed enemy positions, he voluntarily rushed into an open clearing to attempt a rescue of his squad leader, who had been struck by the initial bursts of Japanese fire. Later, after reorganizing …

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David Ramsey Oakey

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: November 18, 1943
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Larnie Oakley

Private, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
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Norman L. Oas

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
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Fred Alvin Obenchain

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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James Garrett Obenshain

Major, Marine Corps

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 22, 1943
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James H. Obenshain

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Raymond E. Obenshain

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Francis S. Oberson

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Salem
Casualty Date: March 9, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Clarence Willis Obie, III

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: June 15, 1947
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: December 22, 1967
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

LCpl Obie served in the Philippines before going to Vietnam where he was assigned to the 3rd Platoon, C Company, 1st tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, III Marine Amphibious Force. He was a tank crewman during Operation Fortress Ridge in the Quang Tri Province when his tank was struck by …

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Chauncey Newton Odell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: February 12, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
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Irvin S. Odell

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 24, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Alfred F. Odom

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: April 2, 1944
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Edward N. Odom

Staff Sergeant, Air Force

Born: November 16, 1922
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Air Force Seal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal

Served in World War II. In 1944 was member of the crew which sank the Japanese held Conte Verde and member of the crew which sank a Japanese cruiser.

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James E. Odom

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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Walter H. Oertel

Private, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
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Richard Ralph Oertly

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
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Harry Joseph Ofsa

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: January 31, 1945
Died In: off Southern coast of Formosa
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Howard Ogden

Private, Army

Hometown: Buena Vista, VA
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