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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 Ritter

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: January 15, 1945
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Raymond W, Ritter

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Michael Francis Ritz

Captain, Army

Born: February 9, 1955
Hometown: Petersburg
Casualty Date: October 26, 1983
Died In: Greneda

Captain Ritz served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment an an Army Ranger. He is buried in Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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D’Arcy M. Rivers

Other

Hometown: Brunswick County
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Emmett J. Rivers

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: June 17, 1945
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Moses W. Rivers

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: October 16, 1943
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John William Rives, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
Casualty Date: September 22, 1942
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George W. Roach

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: June 25, 1944
Died In: near Cherbourg, France
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Jay R. Roach

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: June 14, 1944
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Larry Jay Roach

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 27, 1920
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: June 7, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Roach served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He was employed as a farmer near Alexandria, Virginia before the war. He is buried in Mount Paran United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ruckersville, Virginia.

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Melvin C. Roach

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 12, 1944
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Robert B. Roach

Aviation Chief Electrician's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: May 11, 1945
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Richard Samuel Roadarmer

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 20, 1906
Hometown: Bath County
Casualty Date: January 12, 1945
Died In: Pacific

Served with the 1896th Engineer Battalion, Aviation.

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Delbert M. Roadcap

Private, Army

Hometown: Accomack County
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Carroll Roane

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County
Casualty Date: June 2, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Clarence Roane

Private, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
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George R. Roark

Private, Army

Hometown: Washington County
Casualty Date: July 28, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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James David Roark

Shipfitter-Metal 2nd Class, Navy

Born: December 9, 1941
Hometown: Washington County
Casualty Date: November 12, 1967
Died In: Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam

Shipfitter (Metal) Second Class Roark served aboard the USS Pratt (DLG-13), Task Force 77, 7th Fleet. His name is etched on the Tablets of the Missing in the National Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Raymond A. Roark

Private, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
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Leonard C. Robbins

Private, Army

Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: November 3, 1952
Died In: North Korea
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