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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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William C. Rasnake

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Olen W. Rasnic

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: January 20, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Howard Lee Rasnick

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1945
Died In: near Pards, Cebu, Philippine Islands
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Roy J. D. Ratcliff

Coxswain, Navy

Hometown: Bath County
Casualty Date: June 29, 1945
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Frank Owen Ratcliffe

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: November 16, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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James E. Ratcliffe, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
Casualty Date: February 8, 1945
Died In: over Italy
Awards: Air Medal
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Arthur E. Ratliff

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Frenchman Ratliff

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: June 19, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Ishmael Ratliff

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County
Casualty Date: October 20, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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John Franklin Ratliff

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: January 9, 1943
Died In: Pacific
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Henry J. Raulerson

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County
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Robert William Raup

Major, Army

Hometown: Orange County, VA
Casualty Date: August 26, 1944
Died In: Corsica
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Frank L. Rawlings

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: May 13, 1952
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Howard Frederick Rawlings

Army

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: December 11, 1945
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Wilbur Francis Rawlings

Private, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
Casualty Date: May 25, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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Holman C. Rawls

Captain, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: December 31, 1953
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John A. Rawls

Major, Army

Born: October 16, 1934
Hometown: Mechanicsville, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Served as surgeon, 85th Evan Hospital, vietnam; Tet Offensive 1968

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Innes C. Ray

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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James H. Ray

Private, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: October 1, 1944
Died In: Europe
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Kermit A. Ray

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: April 26, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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