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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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Robert W. Peak

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Portsmouth
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Claiborne Peaks

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 26, 1919
Hometown: Buckingham County, VA
Casualty Date: December 27, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 366th Infantry Regiment. He is buried in Scruggs Family Cemetery, Hwy 636, Dillwyn, Buckingham County.

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Randolph M. Peale

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: April 1, 1944
Died In: Pforzheim, Germany

shot down by German anti-aircraft artillery; Co-Pilot of Consolidated B-24D Liberator (“Jackass Male”, 42-72866)

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Claude H. Pearce

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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George F. Pearce

Specialist 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City
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John Barkley Pearcy

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 27, 1916
Hometown: Botetourt County, VA
Casualty Date: June 16, 1944
Died In: near St Lo, France

Served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Thomas M. Pearman

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: May 21, 1943
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William L. Pearsell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
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Charles H. Pearson

Private, Army

Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
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Henry B. Pearson

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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James P. Pearson

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 22, 1945
Died In: Holland
Awards: Purple Heart
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John Y. Pearson

Navy

Born: October 14, 1912
Hometown: Norfolk, VA
Died In: N/A
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Luther Melvin Pearson

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: April 28, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Roger Duvall Pearson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: March 6, 1945
Died In: Verdun, France
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Winfred A. Pearson

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
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Graham Lyell Pearson, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 16, 1919
Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: October 9, 1944
Died In: Verlantenheide, Germany

PFC Pearson graduated from White Stone High School. Before the war, he worked for Glenn L. Martin Company on the construction of airplanes. He is buried in Campbell Memorial Baptist Church cemetery, Weems, Virginia.

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Ralph A. Peay

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: January 15, 1945
Died In: Belgium
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Clarence E. Peck

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Cecil M. Peebles

Other

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
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George Turner Peebles

Chief Storekeeper, Navy

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: October 27, 1945
Died In: off Leyte, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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