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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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Yuland Ray

Private, Army

Born: May 8, 1925
Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 17, 1945

Private Ray served with Company C, 395th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. He is buried in Russell Memorial Cemetery, Lebanon, Virginia.

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Guy E. Ray, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: March 13, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Daniel R. Raymond

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
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Charles H. Raynor

Sergeant, Army

Born: March 1, 1931
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal

Served in Korea. Remembers Inchon Invasion, September 1950.

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Edmund Bernard Rea

Private, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: July 12, 1943
Died In: near Gela, Sicily
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Virgil L. Rea

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: November 14, 1945
Died In: off Leyte, Philippine Islands
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William Stafford Rea

Private, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: March 11, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Cecil Edward Read, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
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David Lee Reagan

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: March 28, 1961
Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: September 30, 1982
Died In: Beirut, Lebanon

Corporal Reagan served with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 218th Battalion Landing Team. Serving as a combat engineer, Cpl Reagan was clearing the airport of land mines and other explosive devices when one 155-mm shell exploded, killing him and wounding three others. He was a 1979 graduate of Oscar …

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Luther S. Reams

Captain, Army

Born: March 20, 1918
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, American Defense Medal

Served in World War II as a Navigator. Navigated planes from base to target and back, over both land and sea. Wounded in Action in Verona, Italy in February 1945.

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Carl E. Reasor

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: October 25, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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Creed E. Reasor

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: June 25, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Kyle Reasor

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: November 28, 1950
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Edward Bruce Reavis

Aviation Radioman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: September 29, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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Bengie Moore Rector

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: February 26, 1945
Died In: Western Germany
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Earl Howard Rector

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: October 26, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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James H. Rector

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: May 26, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Clifford B. Rector, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: April 29, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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George Hampton Rector, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: December 14, 1944
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William T. Rector, Jr.

Private 1st Class, Army

Hometown: Warren County
Casualty Date: March 3, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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