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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 H. Owen

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 7, 1922
Hometown: Chester, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal

Served in World War II in Normandy and Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe.

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Larry J. Owen

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: December 7, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Raymond G. Owen

Private, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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Richard Ernest Owen

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Robert Duval Owen

Sergeant First Class, Army

Born: December 21, 1938
Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: November 15, 1973
Died In: Laos

Sergeant First Class Owen served with RT Idaho, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5th Special Forces Group. While on a mission to infiltrate a denied area across the Laotian border along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, he and another member of the 6-man spike team “Idaho” last communicated they could not talk. That …

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William L. Owen

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 8, 1942
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Jeffrey Bruce Owen

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: January 24, 1964
Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: October 23, 1983
Died In: Beirut, Lebanon

Lance Corporal Owen served with the 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion. He was killed when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks, killing 241 U. S. military personnel. He is buried in Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach.

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Daniel Bailey Owen, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: September 21, 1921
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: August 29, 1943
Died In: south of Wewak, New Guinea
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal

Second Lieutenant Owen served with the 400th Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group, Heavy, 5th Air Force as a Bombardier on B-24D Liberator #42-40920 (“Pete the Carrier”). On a mission to Boram Airstrip, 2LT Owen’s plane was hit by Japanese Zeros which shot out one of the motors, burst into flames, …

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Stuart M. Owen, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
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Berlin Owens

Private, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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Cecil Dalton Owens

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: March 8, 1945
Died In: Heberingshof, Germany
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Charles E. Owens

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Frederick County, VA
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Clarence H. Owens

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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Erwin P. Owens

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: August 5, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Estil Owens

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1944
Died In: Germany
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George Robert Owens

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clarke County, VA
Casualty Date: February 10, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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George S. Owens

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
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Horace T. Owens

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
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Larrington Owens

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fluvanna County
Casualty Date: February 7, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ralph Owens

Gunner's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: February 17, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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