Search the Database

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.

  • Reset

Archer Leslie Pettis, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Read More

Albert E. Pettit

Private, Army

Hometown: Nelson County
Casualty Date: February 2, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
Read More

Thomas Marvin Pettit

Corporal, Army

Born: April 5, 1919
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: April 15, 1945
Died In: Ehrenhain, Germany

Served with the 744th Field Artillery Battalion. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Read More

Ralph J. Pettitt

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
Read More

Christopher Paul Petty

Captain, Army

Hometown: Vienna
Casualty Date: January 5, 2006
Died In: An Najaf, Iraq

Captain Petty served with the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. He was killed when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle during convoy operations. He was a graduate of James Madison High School. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Read More

Thomas M. Petty

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
Read More

Thomas W. Petty

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Read More

Joseph Peyton

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Read More

Robert Carter Peyton

Steward's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: July 30, 1945
Died In: Philippine Sea
Read More

Welford B. Peyton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: November 2, 1951
Died In: North Korea
Read More

Fred Otto Strobel Pfaehler, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Born: June 23, 1923
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 22, 1944
Died In: Italy

Sergeant Pfaehler served with the 829th Bomb Squadron, 485th Bomb Group. He was a 1941 graduate of Maury High School and was employed by the Navy Supply Depot. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

Read More

James William Pflueger

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 9, 1942
Died In: North Africa
Read More

Frank E. Phelps

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Read More

Robert James Phelps

Chief Fire Controlman, Navy

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: December 12, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Read More

Arnold L. Phillips

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Grayson County
Casualty Date: September 22, 1944
Read More

Aubrey P. Phillips

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Read More

Aubrey T. Phillips

Master Sergeant, Army

Born: January 23, 1959
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Meritiorious Service Medal, Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Unit Award, Southwest Asia Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Read More

Christopher C. Phillips

Steward's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: April 23, 1945
Read More

Claude A. Phillips

Private, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Read More

Clyde W. Phillips

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 22, 1945
Died In: Verdun, France
Read More