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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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James B. Perdue

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
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Paul J. Perdue

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: May 13, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Richard Wayne Perdue

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: June 16, 1949
Hometown: Franklin County
Casualty Date: April 5, 1969
Died In: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam

Private First Class Perdue served with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division as a rifleman. He was a 1967 graduate of Franklin County High School. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in August 1968. Before the war, he was employed by J. P. Stevens Textile Plant. He …

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Robert D. Perdue

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: February 24, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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William B. Perdue

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: April 9, 1945
Died In: Germany
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William Gray Perdue

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Franklin Dabney Peregory

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: June 14, 1944
Died In: Grandcamp (near Couvains), France
Awards: Medal of Honor, Purple Heart

Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for action on June 8, 1944 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, capturing a number of German soldiers and destroying several machine guns singlehandedly. Killed in action 6 days later at Couvains, France.

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Philip E. Pergande

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Algie Perkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County
Casualty Date: December 23, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Blaine Hampton Perkins

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: November 17, 1944
Died In: Visges, France
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Clarence Warren Perkins

Storekeeper, First Class, Navy

Born: May 28, 1912
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: WWII Victory Medal, Purple Heart, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal

Served in WWII aboard the USS Beatty (DD 640) during the Allied invasion of North Africa, and in the Naval Amphibious Forces in Anzio, Italy. He was severely injured by a mine explosion at Anzio Beach. He passed away in Feb. 2004 at 92 yrs old.

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George Perkins

Private, Army

Hometown: Sussex County, VA
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Herbert N. Perkins

Aviation Cadet, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Melford E Perkins

Spc 5, Army

Hometown: Fluvanna, VA
Died In: N/A

Served in Baumholder, Germany/Engineer Battalion.

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Sanford Thomas Perkins

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: January 25, 1945
Died In: France
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William Earl Perkins

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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Cecil C. Perkins, Jr.

Captain, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: December 14, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Samuel D. Perkins, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Howard N. Perkinson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
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William T. Perkinson

Army

Born: July 7, 1919

Died In: N/A
Awards: Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal

POW during WWII

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