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

Richard D. Plummer

Sergeant, Army

Born: July 29, 1917

Read More

Robert R. Plummer

Private, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Read More

Terry Lawrence Plunk

Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 23, 1966
Hometown: Lexington
Casualty Date: February 26, 1991
Died In: Al-Salman Airfield, Iraq

LT Plunk served with the 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps. He was killed while clearing mines. He graduated from William Byrd High School in Vinton, Virginia, as well as Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

Read More

Moss A. Plunkett, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Read More

Benjamin M. Plybon

Private, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: July 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
Read More

Benjamin M. Plybon

Army

Hometown: Henry County
Read More

Robert Plymale

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: November 29, 1942
Died In: Philippine Islands
Read More

Albert Harvey Poff

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 10, 1919
Hometown: Bent Mountain
Awards: American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal

PFC Poff served in the Army Infantry during World War II and enlisted in Quantico, VA. He entered into the service in Roanoke, VA on 9/17/1941. Enlistment for Panama Canal Dept. Battles and Campaigns: New Guinea. He was involved in three campaigns in the Pacific Theater. PFC Poff passed away …

Read More

Charles William Poff

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: April 10, 1945
Died In: Germany
Read More

Henry W. Poff

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Botetourt County, VA
Casualty Date: March 17, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
Read More

Norman G. Pohler

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Born: January 28, 1925
Hometown: Colonial Heights, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Legion of Merit, Overseas Service Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Commendation Medal, Occupation Medal, United Nations Medal

Served in World War II and Vietnam. Was in combat in Italy, a paratrooper in the airborne invasion of Southern France, and in the Battle of the Bulge.

Read More

M. L. Poindexter

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: May 22, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
Read More

Lester L. Pointer

Aviation Chief Ordnanceman 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Read More

George Washington Pollard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: July 9, 1944
Died In: Saipan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with the 105th Infantry Regiment. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Honolulu, Hawaii.

Read More

Herman J. Pollard

Seaman 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: October 9, 1945
Died In: Pacific
Read More

William B. Pollard

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Caroline County
Casualty Date: March 1, 1951
Read More

William Beverley Pollard

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
Read More

Ernest Leroy Pollard, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Born: November 17, 1917
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 24, 1943
Died In: St. Omer, Longuenesse, France

LT Pollard served with the 454th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group. He is buried in Richmond National Cemetery. Before entering the service, he had graduated from McGuire’s University School and was employed by the American Tobacco Company.

Read More

James Wiley Pool

Private, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: October 7, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Florence, Italy.

Read More

Charles W. Pool, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: May 2, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
Read More