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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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Chichester Tapscott Pierce

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
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Herman Urise Pierce

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Surry County, VA
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James F. Pierce

Army

Hometown: Augusta County
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John T. Pierce

Private, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Louis Lee Pierce

Fire Controlman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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Raymond Pierce

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Caroline County, VA
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Raymond Russell Pierce

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 20, 1920
Hometown: Loudoun County, VA
Casualty Date: July 31, 1943
Died In: Guadalcanal, South Pacific

Served with B Company, 145th Infantry Regiment. Raymond was wounded and died on Guadalcanal Island in the South-West Pacific. He was first interred in Europe; it was possibly 5 years later, Raymond’s mother had his body returned home and finally rested with military honors.

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Terry P. Pierce

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Hopewell
Casualty Date: November 29, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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William E. Pierce

Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria
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Henry Victor Pierce, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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John Roland Pierce, Jr.

Aviation Cadet, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1943
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Morris Woodward Pierce, Jr.

Specialist 5, Army

Hometown: Suffolk
Casualty Date: March 6, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Thomas C. Pierce, Jr.

Other

Hometown: Fauquier County
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George Hobart Pierpont

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: August 31, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Jack J. Pigg

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Amelia County, VA
Casualty Date: July 19, 1944
Died In: France
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Hayward R. Pike

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: February 24, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Joseph V. Piland

Other

Hometown: Portsmouth
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Gilbert Gordon Pilchard

Private, Army

Born: November 26, 1922
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: August 15, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. He is buried in Brittany American Cemetery, France.

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Curtis Arlin Pillars

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 7, 1925
Hometown: Radford, VA
Casualty Date: September 9, 1944
Died In: France

Private First Class Pillars served with Company G, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He is buried in West View Cemetery, Radford, Virginia. Before the war, he was employed by Burlington Mills.

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Harold L. Pillow

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: January 14, 1945
Died In: Mageret, Belgium
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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