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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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L. E. Shaffstall

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Robert F. Shambaugh

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Winchester
Casualty Date: September 22, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Paul B. Shamhart, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
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James C. Shands

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
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Vernon Carylyle Shaner

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944
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Otho M. Shank

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: November 23, 1943
Died In: Italy
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William Winston Shank

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: August 15, 1919
Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1943
Died In: over Bremen, Germany
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

2LT Shank was killed in action over Bremen, Germany after encountering heavy resistance from the German Luftwaffe, on November 13, 1943. He was the pilot of a P-38 Army fighter plane and was last seen coming out of a dive and rising to rejoin the bombers. Before the war, he …

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Roy E. Shanklin, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
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Lewis J. Shanko

Private, Army

Hometown: Sussex County, VA
Died In: Normandy, France
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Gray W. Shanks

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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Nelson S. Shanks

Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: June 22, 1945
Died In: Southwest Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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James Byron Shannon

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1942
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John Robert Shannon

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: November 4, 1945
Died In: off San Bernardino Strait, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Kenneth Arthur Shannon

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: September 22, 1938
Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: March 15, 1964
Died In: Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam

First Lieutenant Shannon served with the 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Delta Aviation Battalion, U. S. Army Support Command, Vietnam as a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander. He was a graduate of E. C. Glass High School. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Therold J.B. Sharitz

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: April 5, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Joseph R. Sharp

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Robert William Sharp

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Alin L. Sharpe

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: November 30, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Eugene B. Sharpe

Private, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
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Hanson R. Sharpe

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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