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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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Gordon Blankenship

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Buchanan County
Casualty Date: March 26, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Henry W. Blankenship

Private, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA

killed in World War II

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James W. Blankenship

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

killed in World War II

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Joseph M. Blankenship

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment

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Kermit B. Blankenship

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA

killed in World War II

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Lewis C. Blankenship

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: February 17, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 157th Infantry Regiment

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Linwood E. Blankenship

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

killed in World War II

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Paul Gregg Blankenship

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: October 7, 1944
Died In: Holland
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion

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Randy Moore Blankenship

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 20, 1934
Hometown: Wythe County
Casualty Date: July 29, 1952
Died In: North Korea

Private First Class Blankenship served with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He is buried in West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia.

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Richard Bowman Blankenship

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Died In: Okinawa

killed in World War II

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William Leslie Blankenship

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
Casualty Date: January 14, 1945
Died In: Europe
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

served with the 568th Bombardment Squadron

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Harry Albrone Blankenship, Jr.

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: January 20, 1945
Died In: near Guam

Seaman Second Class Blankenship served aboard the USS Kasaan Bay (CVE 69). He was a graduate of William Byrd High School. His name is listed on the Courts of the Missing on the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Roland Hester Blankingship

Private, Army

Born: November 21, 1907
Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1944
Died In: France

Private Blankingship served with Company F, 325th Infantry Regiment. Before the war, he was employed by the Watkins Cottrell Company. He is buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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John B. Blanks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA

killed in World War II

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Tony Page Blanks

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: February 19, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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James Anderson Blanks, Jr.

Private, Army

Born: July 16, 1924
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: November 15, 1944
Died In: France

Private Blanks served with the 377th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division. He was a 1942 graduate of Chatham High School and was employed by the Norfolk Naval Yard Shop 81 before the war. He is buried in Danville National Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

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John Thornton Blanks, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: August 14, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Raymond Carlyle Blanton

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: April 21, 1925
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: October 15, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Blanton served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division when he was first listed as Missing in Action while fighting German forces in the Huertgen Forest.  and was listed as Missing in Action on October 14, 1944 and was declared Killed in Action on …

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Stanley G. Blanton

Major, Army

Hometown: State at Large, VA

killed in World War II

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Claude E. Blanton, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: December 19, 1944
Died In: Germany
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