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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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Gregory Vaughn Penningont

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Glad Springs
Casualty Date: June 21, 2004
Died In: Baghdad, Iraq

served with the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division – Fort Hood, TX

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Conley Clinton Pennington

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: January 9, 1945
Died In: Luxembourg
Awards: Purple Heart
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George F. Pennington

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
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James C. Pennington

Private, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
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P. E. Pennington

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Warren County
Casualty Date: May 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Robert Arland Pennington

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: October 7, 1944
Died In: Belgium
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William J. Pennington

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Woodrow W. Pennington

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: February 9, 1943
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Gregory V. Pennington

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: January 4, 1968
Hometown: Glade Springs
Casualty Date: June 21, 2004
Died In: Iraq

Staff Sergeant Pennington served with the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. He was killed by an enemy mortar attack. He was a 1986 graduate of Holston High School. He is buried in Azen Baptist Church Cemetery, Konnarock, Virginia.

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Zebulon V. Penny

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Paul M. Pentecost

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County
Casualty Date: May 28, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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Peter Penuel

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
Casualty Date: October 12, 1944
Died In: France
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John Augustus Peoples, Jr.

Steward's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Born: February 26, 1921
Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: October 26, 1944
Died In: Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands

Steward’s Mate Third Class Peoples served aboard the USS Suwannee.  His name is etched on the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.

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Anthony John Pepper

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Chesterfield County
Casualty Date: April 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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David D. Peppin, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: July 10, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Victor Franklin Perciful

Pharmacist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1944
Died In: aboard Arisan Maru in South China Sea
Awards: Purple Heart
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Clifton A. Perdue

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: February 10, 1944
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Fred Columbus Perdue

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: July 23, 1916
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 30, 1944

T/5 Perdue served with the 700 Ordnance Light Maintenance Company. Before the war, he worked for the Virginian Railway Company. He is buried in Epinal American Cemetery in Arches, Vosges, France.

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Harold J. Perdue

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: May 5, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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Jack M. Perdue

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Germany
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