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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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Frank L. Boersig

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Clarke County, VA
Casualty Date: February 5, 1945
Died In: Germany

served with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

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Alan Brent Boffman

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: June 8, 1946
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: March 18, 1971
Died In: Laos

First Lieutenant Boffman served with the 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. On March 18, 1971, South Vietnamese troops were decimated under an attack by the North Vietnamese. The only remaining troops became surrounded and trapped in a nearby bomb crater. As they were desperately radioing for help, First Lieutenant …

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Joseph Dan Bogan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: April 18, 1920
Hometown: Bath County
Casualty Date: September 10, 1944

Buried in Jacob Creek Cemetery, Bath County, Virginia.

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Perry Smith Bogart

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Boyd Boggess

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 11, 1943
Died In: near Emden, Germany

Tail Gunner on B-24 Liberator (41-23232, “Calaban”); served with the 67th Bombardment Squadron

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Elmo Durwood Boggs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: May 7, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

Private First Class Boggs served with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Dewey Memorial Cemetery, Wise County, Virginia.

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Hershel Eugene Boggs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: April 28, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
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Raymond H. Boggs

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Frederick County, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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David Perrin Boggs, Sr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA

killed in World War II

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William Wallace Bogle

Corporal, Army

Born: February 4, 1910
Hometown: Bland County, VA
Casualty Date: September 7, 1944
Died In: near Bourg Neuf, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Corporal Bogle served with the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He attended Ceres High School. He is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France.

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Edward Oscar Bohon

Navy

Born: July 29, 1915
Hometown: Bent Mountain, Roanoke County, VA

Mr. Bohon served in the Navy during World War II. He passed away February 16, 1997 and is buried in Bohon Brothers Cemetery in Bent Mountain, VA.

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George W. Bohon

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County, VA
Casualty Date: July 15, 1944
Died In: France
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Herbert Hoover Bohon

Air Force

Born: November 1, 1928
Hometown: Burnsville, VA

Mr. Bohon served with the AIC Air Force during the Korean War. He passed away September 16, 1990 and is buried in Bohon Brothers Cemetery in Bent Mountain, VA.

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Raymond Louis Bohon

Navy

Born: March 9, 1920
Hometown: Copper Hill, VA

Mr. Bohon served with the AMML while in the Navy during World War II. He passed away November 18, 1984 and is buried in Bohon Brothers Cemetery in Bent Mountain, VA.

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Leroy Preston Bohrer

Major, Air Force

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: March 9, 1967
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam

RC-47P Skytrain (43-49201) shot down by ground fire about 10 miles South of Duc Pho; served with the 361st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

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Lawrence M. Boisseau

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA

killed in World War II

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Samuel Bolden

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: September 8, 1943

served with the 482nd Port Battalion

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Arthur J. Bolding

Officer's Cook, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: September 16, 1943
Died In: near Guadalcanal
Awards: Purple Heart

served aboard the USS Wasp CV-7; torpedoed/sunk by Japanese submarine I-19

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Charles J. Bolen

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: March 18, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 7th Infantry Regiment

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Richard Harrison Boliek

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: March 10, 1945
Died In: Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 163rd Infantry Regiment

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