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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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Thomas H. Shelor

Private, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: June 20, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Eugene Douglas Shelton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: June 16, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Hubert Carl Shelton

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 29, 1919
Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: November 21, 1944

Private First Class Shelton served with Company K, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division. He is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport, Tennessee. Before the war, he attended Cleveland High School.

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Leslie L. Shelton

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fairfax City
Casualty Date: December 28, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Lester A. Shelton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: February 18, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Raymond E. Shelton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: February 25, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Raymond J. Shelton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Raymond S. Shelton

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Warren Wingfield Shelton

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: July 5, 1912
Hometown: Goochland County, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1945
Died In: Rhine River Crossing, Worms, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Technician Fifth Grade Shelton served in North Africa and in Europe with the 128th Motor Supply & Evacuation Regiment, 942nd Ordnance Motor Vehicle Distribution Company. He was Killed in Action by shrapnel from German 88mm artillery fire while crossing the Rhine River with General Patton’s 7th Army. Before the war, …

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Kenneth B Shelton Sr.

Marine Corps

Born: April 5, 1948
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
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C. D. Shelton, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: June 4, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Robert L. Shelton, Jr.

Flight Officer, Other

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: July 28, 1944

Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Robert Lewis Shelton, Jr.

Flight Officer, Other

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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William P. Shelton, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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John H. Sheman

Private, Army

Hometown: Warren County
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Charles William Shenk

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Clarke County, VA
Casualty Date: September 21, 1944
Died In: Siglney, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Franklin B. Shenk

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Page County
Casualty Date: February 10, 1952
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Page Harding Shenk

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Luxembourg
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Ishler V. Shepard

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 6, 1943
Died In: near Lunga Point, Guadalcanal
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Kristopher L. Shephard

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: February 11, 2005
Died In: Iraq

Served with the 767th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion – 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.

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