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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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Charles W. Rolfe

Water Tender 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 10, 1944
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Gaines B. Roller

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Harry D. Rollings

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Matthew Rollston

Sergeant, Army

Born: May 15, 1971
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge

Sergeant Rollston served with the 101st Airborne Division (ASSLT) – C Company, 1/327 Infantry.

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N. A. Romano

Chief Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: July 1, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Simon Romano

Officers Cook, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Awards: Armed Forces Seal

Killed in action on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Was stationed aboard battleship, U.S.S. Arizona.

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Earnest I. Romans

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County
Casualty Date: November 22, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Frank J. Rome

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
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George Elmer Romick

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: October 5, 1944
Died In: near Overloon, Holland
Awards: Purple Heart
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Ross Elbert Romjue

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince William, VA
Casualty Date: December 24, 1943
Died In: North Atlantic

torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-275

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Edward D. Romm

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: December 3, 1944
Died In: Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

torpedoed/sunk by Japanese Navy Destroyer Take

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William LeRoy Ronemus

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Staunton City, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1945
Died In: Germany

Served with the 24th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Army. He is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery.

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Wyatte L. Rones

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Awards: Purple Heart
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Robert Lee Roope, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Died In: Germany
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Robert B. Roosevelt

Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 24, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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David P. Rorer, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Alley David Rorex

Colonel, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria
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Leonard Calvin Rorrer

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: July 2, 1944
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Paul William Rorrer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Loudoun County, VA
Casualty Date: August 8, 1944
Died In: France
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Gratto M. Rosazza

Private, Army

Born: June 6, 1918
Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1944

PVT Rosazza was working at the Hummel-Ross Corporation as a crane operator when he was drafted in 1944. He was assigned to the 3rd Army, 328th Infantry, 26th Division, . He began basic training in May 1944 at Camp Blanding, FL. Two of his cousins were killed in the D-Day …

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