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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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Bertram Lee Ragland

Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 14, 1942
Died In: near Guadalcanal
Awards: Purple Heart
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Julian C. Ragland

Private, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: July 15, 1944
Died In: France
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Robert Louis Ragland, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
Casualty Date: November 9, 1944
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Conde L. Raguet

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 4, 1945
Died In: South China Sea
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Ernest J. Raiford

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Nansemond County
Casualty Date: July 3, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Harold E. Raiford

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
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Alfred Martin Raines

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Mathews County
Casualty Date: March 19, 1945
Died In: Seifen, Germany
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George G. Raines

Army

Hometown: Spotsylvania, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Purple Heart

Served as Rifleman 745 with the 95th Infantry Division “Victory Division,” I Company, 3rd Battalion, 377th Regiment.

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Horace F. Raines

Signalman 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 27, 1942
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James E. Raines

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
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Joseph Phillip Raines

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 28, 1945
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Irvin Benjamin Rainey

Private, Army

Born: August 26, 1917
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 10, 1943

Private Rainey served with the 369th Ordnance Maintenance Company AA. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

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Kelton G. Rainey

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: August 16, 1944
Died In: England
Awards: Purple Heart
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Buren Davis Rakes

Private, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: November 15, 1944
Died In: Lorraine, France
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Elmer F. Rakes

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
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Geanie C. Rakes

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: July 8, 1944
Died In: France
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Joseph Brent Raleigh

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 27, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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Harold P. Ralph

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: January 2, 1944
Died In: Gilbert Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Warren Clark Ralston

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Highland County, VA

Sergeant Ralston served with the 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. He is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France.

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Pleasant David Ralston, Jr.

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: April 10, 1915
Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: December 27, 1944

Served with the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

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