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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 D. Pridgeon

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
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Rufus A. Prigden, Sr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: November 4, 1944
Died In: Luxembourg
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Clarence F. Prillaman

Officer's Cook, Navy

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: June 11, 1944
Died In: off coast of Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Edward Reeves Prillaman

Private, Army

Born: September 6, 1924
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: January 12, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Prillaman served with the 1896th Engineer Battalion, Aviation. He was killed when his convoy was bombed by Japanese aircraft. His name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery. Before the war, he was employed by the Boyle-Swecker Tire Company.

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Leonard Washington Prillaman

Aviation Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 31, 1943
Died In: South Pacific
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Robert W. Prillaman

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: April 13, 1945
Died In: Kotthousen, Germany
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Taylor K. Prillaman

Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
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Edgar H. Pritchard

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Herbert A. Pritchard

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 14, 1944
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Robert Lee Pritchard

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: May 14, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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Ronald D. Pritchett

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: October 21, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Richard Privett

Private, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: July 15, 1944
Died In: France
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Davis Floyd Privette

Private, Army

Born: October 26, 1910
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: December 11, 1944
Died In: Belgium

Private Privette served with Company B, 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division. He is buried in the Privette Family Cemetery, Zebulon, North Carolina.

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Isaac D. Privette

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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George William Privott

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Nansemond County, VA
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W. F. Prochaska

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: February 23, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Roland Oliver Proctor

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Born: October 7, 1923
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: December 27, 1944
Died In: off Cape Gloucester, New Britain
Awards: Purple Heart

Machinist’s Mate Second Class Proctor served aboard the USS Brownson (DD-518) when it was bombed and sunk by a Japanese D3A2 Val aircraft on December 26, 1943. His name is etched on the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.  

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William E. Proctor

Other

Hometown: Charlottesville
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Samuel S. Proffit

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: August 27, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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James Edward Proffitt

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fluvanna County, VA
Casualty Date: April 2, 1945
Died In: Germany
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