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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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Wayne C Porter

Air Force


Died In: N/A
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritiorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Presidential Unit Citation
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Edward D. Porter, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Born: December 20, 1931
Hometown: VA Beach, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, National Defense Service Medal
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Joseph S. Porter, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: August 7, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Newton Lee Porter, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Arthur Roland Porterfield

Captain, Army

Born: June 26, 1917
Hometown: Bland County, VA
Casualty Date: December 23, 1942
Died In: Liberia

Served with B Company, 41st Engineers. He was killed while carrying wounded men to the hospital. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Otis Ryland Portewig

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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William Lee Posey

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: July 18, 1925
Hometown: Essex County, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1944
Died In: Peleliu, Palau Islands

Private First Class Posey served with Company C, 6th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 3rd AC. He was wounded during a beach front attack and taken to the ship hospital where he died. He was buried at sea.

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Charles Albert Post

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Orange County, VA
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Perkins G. Post

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Hometown: Arlington, VA
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Howard E. Poston

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Smyth County
Casualty Date: September 17, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Charles Bigler Potter

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: February 23, 1945
Died In: Rurich, Germany
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William Peyton Potter

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: June 9, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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William S. Potter

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County
Casualty Date: February 27, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Benjamin Thurman Potts

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
Casualty Date: December 12, 1946
Died In: Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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David William Potts

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Born: November 4, 1920
Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944

S2C Potts worked for the Planters Manufacturing Company before the war.

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Arthur Edward Potvin

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 14, 1923
Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: November 11, 1943
Died In: 1/4 mile north of Borgo, Italy

Staff Sergeant Potvin served with the 344th Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Heavy as a Tail Gunner on B-24D #42-40105 “Yankee Doddle Dandy.” On November 11, 1943 on a bombing mission over a ball bearing factory in Annecy, France, the B-24 crashed 1/4 mile north of Borgo, Italy. Three crew …

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Benjamin Leroy Powell

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: April 27, 1945
Died In: 25 miles Southeast of Toi Misaki, Kyushu, Japan
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

shot down on mission to Kushira Airfield, Kyushu, Japan

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Charles Kenneth Powell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1944
Died In: Les Voges, France
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Charles W. Powell

Private, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
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Claude G. Powell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County
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