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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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Richard Moir Palmer

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: July 12, 1943
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Thomas Rotton Palmer

Chief Water Tender, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: August 23, 1943
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William Ralph Palmer

Yeoman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: September 17, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Paul Cullen Palmer, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: February 24, 1943
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Curtis Allen Palmore

Private, Army

Born: January 2, 1926
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: February 20, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Palmore served with the 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Before the war, he graduated from Henry Clay High School and attended Randolph-Macon College. He is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg.

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Patrick N. Palumbo

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: May 8, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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Robert Walter Pamperin

Shipfitter, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Eugene Preston Pandlis

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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William M. Pangle

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Harrisonburg
Casualty Date: April 23, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ian C. Pannell

Specialist, Army

Born: March 13, 1971
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Commendation Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)

Served in Persian Gulf/Desert Storm. Remembers sand storms in Saudi Arabia.

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Nicolas D. Parada – Rodriguez

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Stafford
Casualty Date: May 16, 2010
Died In: Afghanistan

Corporal Parada-Rodriguez served with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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George Fisher Paramore, III

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Northampton County, VA
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Herbert Chappell Paratin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
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Scott Kenton Pardee

Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: March 23, 1970
Died In: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam

served with the 101st Airborne Division

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Scott K. Parden

Other

Hometown: Fairfax County
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Frank Eugene Pardue

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: March 27, 1945
Died In: over France
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal

2LT Pardue served with the 316th Fighter Squadron, 324th Fighter Group.

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Joseph Mongo Parham

Private, Army

Hometown: Prince George County, VA
Casualty Date: December 4, 1944
Died In: Italy

Served with the 366th Infantry Regiment.

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Charles Carroll Parish

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Born: February 7, 1943
Hometown: Lexington, VA
Casualty Date: April 6, 1973
Died In: Vinh, North Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

LCDR Parish served in Strike Fighter Squadron 102 “Diamondbacks,” Carrier Air Wing 6, USS America, Task Force 77, 7th Fleet. On July 25, 1968, an F-4J aircraft piloted by Lt. Parish and Lt. Fant was hit while on a bombing mission near Vinh, North Vietnam. Lt. Fant ejected, was captured, …

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Benjamin Jaewon Park

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 21, 1984
Hometown: Fairfax Station
Casualty Date: June 18, 2010
Died In: Kandahar, Zhari District, Afghanistan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Global war on Terrorism Service Medal

Private First Class Park served with the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was killed by an improvised explosive device. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Eldridge Munroe Park

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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