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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 Leo Blackman

Steward, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Suffolk, VA

killed in World War II

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Albert Carter Blackmon

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: July 26, 1920
Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: April 10, 1946
Died In: Italy

First Lieutenant Blackmon served with the 488th Port Battalion. Prior to entering the service in March 1943, LT Blackmon had been studying electrical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He had also served on the front combat lines after arriving in Italy in November 1944. He is buried in Arlington National …

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John Taylor Blacknall, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Williamsburg, VA

killed in World War II

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Frank Allen Blackstock

Chief Boatswain's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Elwin McDowell Blackstone

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 25, 1945
Died In: Pintsch, Luxembourg
Awards: Silver Star

Lieutenant Blackstone served with the 118th Infantry Regiment and then the 317th Infantry Regiment. He was a 1939 graduate of Drexel Institute of Technology. Before the war, he was employed by the McCandlish Lithograph Corporation in Pennsylvania. He is buried in Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.  

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Benjamin Robert Blackwell

Private, Army

Born: July 30, 1923
Hometown: Smyth County
Casualty Date: July 25, 1950
Died In: Yongdong, Republic of Korea

Private Blackwell served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Knollkreg Memorial Park, Abingdon, Virginia.

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David Edwin Blackwell

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944
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John O. Blackwell

Private, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA

killed in World War II

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Joseph S. Blackwell

Private, Army

Hometown: Amelia County, VA

killed in World War II

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Milton Blackwell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Brunswick County
Casualty Date: June 4, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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William C. Blackwell

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: June 14, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 12th Infantry Regiment

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William H. Blackwell, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: July 26, 1942

served with the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment

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Calvin Thomas Bladen

Sergeant, Army

Born: December 18, 1916
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: September 12, 1944
Died In: Aachen, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Radio Operator and Gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Served with the 493rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Attended Maryland Park HS and Strayer Business College. Is buried in Cedar Hill, Washington DC.

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Robert C. Blaemire

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: April 13, 1927
Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Navy/Marines Presidential Unit Citation, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II with the 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion in the South Pacific Theater, including Okinawa, Guam, and Marshal Islands.

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Charles Edward Blair

Colonel, Air Force

Born: November 2, 1924
Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: November 27, 1973
Died In: Yook Nam Rmay, South Vietnam

Colonel Blair served with the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron, 504th Tactical Air Support Group, 7th Air Force. His name is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Eugene Blair

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1942
Died In: Darwin, Australia
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

served aboard the USS William B Preston AVD-7

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Henry Stuart Blair

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: June 27, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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Kendrick C. Blair

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA

killed in World War II

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Kenneth Blair

Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA

killed in World War II

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Ted L. Blair

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA

killed in World War II

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