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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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Rufus C. Parris

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: July 20, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Andrew Parrish

Private First Class, Army

Born: November 21, 1918

Awards: Good Conduct Medal

Member of Post 72 Legion.

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Arkie B. Parrish

Private First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 13, 1950
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Edward Barney Parrish

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: April 6, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Forrest Raymond Parrish

Private, Army

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: November 27, 1943
Died In: off the coast of Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

Killed aboard HMT Rohna when attacked/sunk by a German air launched, radio guided, rocket powered bomb. Served with the 853rd Engineer Battalion.

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James Milton Parrish

Private, Army

Born: February 4, 1926
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
Died In: Saarland, Germany

Private Parrish served with the 302nd Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division. He was a 1944 graduate of Church High School and was a active member in his local Boy Scout Troop. He received basic training  at Camp Wheeler near Macon, Georgia, and was deployed to Europe in January 1945. He …

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Russell Clinton Parrish

Gunner's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Born: February 23, 1916
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: March 17, 1944
Died In: Atlantic Ocean
Awards: Purple Heart

Gunner’s Mate Third Class Parrish served as a member of an armed guard crew aboard USS James Oglethorpe that was sunk by a torpedo in the mid-Atlantic. Before the war, he was employed by the Sanitary Grocery Company and as a timekeeper at the Richmond Foundry.

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Samuel J. Parrish

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: February 10, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Walker L. Parrish

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Henry A. Parrun

Other

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Linwood McDowell Parsley

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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James P. Parson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Delbert L. Parsons

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: May 24, 1945
Died In: Negros Island, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Eugene F. Parsons

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
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George D. Parsons

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Grant Glenn Parsons

Navy

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Parsons

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Grayson County
Casualty Date: December 4, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Marvin C. Parsons

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: December 19, 1945
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Harry A. Parsons, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: April 17, 1944
Died In: over Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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James R. Parsons, Jr.

Other

Hometown: Norfolk City
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