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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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Paxton Wood Orndorff

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Frederick County, VA
Casualty Date: April 6, 1945
Died In: off Manus/Mandrin Island, Admiralty Islands
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Roy Franklin Orndorff

Private, Army

Hometown: Winchester City, VA
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Carlo J. Ortenzi

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: December 2, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Al Ortiz

Master Sergeant, Army

Born: September 26, 2028
Hometown: Vienna, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Occupation Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Served in Korea. In numerous hand to hand battles on Hill 155 (Old Baldy), and on Hill 266 (later known as Pork Chop).

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John M. Osborn

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
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Beverly Osborne

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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Clarence F. Osborne

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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John George Osborne

Private, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: November 27, 1944
Died In: France
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John H. Osborne

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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John H. Osborne

Private, Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
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John Kermit Osborne

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: March 10, 1944
Died In: about 100 miles Northeast of Iceland

ship torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-586

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Neely J. Osborne

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Theodore Osborne

Pharmacist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Walter Henry Osborne

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: August 20, 1945
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William H. Osborne

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Casualty Date: August 7, 1943
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Worley Z. Osborne

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: October 18, 1944
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Jess Alex Osborne, Jr.

Airman Second Class, Air Force

Born: September 27, 1931
Hometown: Russell County
Casualty Date: October 23, 1951

Airman Second Class Osborne served with the 371st Bomb Squadron, 19th Bombardment Wing. His name is listed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Cecil T. Oscar

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County
Casualty Date: June 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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T. L. Osteen, Jr.

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Colonial Heights
Casualty Date: November 19, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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James M. Osterbind

Specialist, Army

Born: October 2, 1945
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Served in the Vietnam War.

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