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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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William Howard Shepheard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: June 15, 1944
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Odell Shepherd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
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Robert Lee Shepherd

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: June 8, 1945
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Taggard R. Shepherd

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Thomas A. Shepherd

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Gloucester
Casualty Date: September 17, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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William H. Shepherd

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA
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Kristopher Linwood Shepherd

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: May 26, 1978
Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: February 11, 2005
Died In: Iraq

Staff Sergeant Shepherd served with the 767th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. He was killed while clearing an improvised explosive device. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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John Eldon Shepherd, III

Commander, Navy

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1945
Died In: Nansei Shoto, Ryukyu Islands
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Alfred Akers Sheppard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: January 21, 1944
Died In: Cassino, Italy
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Dabney T. Sheppard

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Lowell G. Sheppard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: March 24, 1953
Died In: North Korea
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Marion W. Sheppard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
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Wililam B. Sheppard

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Robert Louis Shepperson

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: December 28, 1944
Died In: Northern Italy

PVT Shepperson served with the 366th Infantry Division.

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Harry J. Sherbondy

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: February 3, 1943
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Michael Sherer

Captain, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: February 28, 1945
Died In: near Haguenau, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Dean Sherman

Master Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA
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Edwin B. Sherman

Army

Hometown: Richmond City
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Frank E. Sherman

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: July 4, 1945
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Nathan Gilbert Sherman

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: February 11, 1945
Died In: Western Germany
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