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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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Howard Welby Payne

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1943
Died In: over Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

shot down during a raid on Kiel, Germany

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James Robert Payne

Machinist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Fluvanna County, VA
Casualty Date: November 30, 1942
Died In: Solomon Islands
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Kenneth Field Payne

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: June 25, 1944
Died In: Couvains, France
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Marshall Broaddus Payne

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: June 12, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Ransom Payne

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: February 14, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.

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Richard Alden Payne

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 16, 1922
Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: November 18, 1943
Died In: North Pacific

Served with the 404th Bombardment Squadron, 28th Bomb Group. Attended Washington & Lee High School and George Washington University.

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Thomas A. Payne

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Spottsylvania County
Casualty Date: November 10, 1944
Died In: France
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Thomas Aubrey Payne

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Spottsylvania County, VA
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Vasco Snow Payne

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1942
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West A. Payne

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: January 3, 1944
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William E. Payne

Captain, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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William Gordon Payne

Aviation Ordnanceman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: King George County, VA
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William Hand Payne

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1942
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George H. Payne, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: April 26, 1945
Died In: Germany
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H. Dudley Payne, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Marshall, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Marine Corps Seal, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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Robert Vaden Payne, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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Ellis Payton

Private, Army

Hometown: Greene County, VA
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John Edgar Peabody

Ensign, Navy

Born: December 5, 1918
Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: February 23, 1944
Died In: at sea

Ensign Peabody trained at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 1943.

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Alonzo F. Peace

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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Ernest Edward Peacher

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Orange County, VA
Casualty Date: September 20, 1944
Died In: Italy
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