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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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Dorsett Randolph Shipman

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: May 14, 1924
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 14, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Shipman served with the 571st Army Air Force Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomber Group, Heavy. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Howard Calvin Shipp

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: November 30, 1944
Died In: Germany
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John P. Shipp

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: March 21, 1942
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Leonard W. Shipp

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Orange County
Casualty Date: October 5, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Russell Morton Shipp

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: March 3, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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John Lewis Shipp, Jr.

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
Casualty Date: April 28, 1944
Died In: off coast of England
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Owen E. Shirkey

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Casualty Date: June 23, 1944
Died In: near St Lo, France
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Nicholas Marion Shively, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 1, 1924
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 25, 1944
Died In: Holland

Private First Class Shively served with the 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division. He is buried in Evergreen Burial Park Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Jefferson High School and attended Roanoke College for a year and a half before enlisting in the Army in April 1943.

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Aubrey Kenneth Shockley

Private, Army

Born: September 27, 1924
Hometown: Hampton, VA
Casualty Date: May 18, 1945
Died In: Germany
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John T. Shockley

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: July 3, 1946
Died In: Germany
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Robert O. Shoemaker

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
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Ervin S. Sholes

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: July 27, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Herbert Bronson Shonk

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Clarke County
Died In: Southwest Pacific
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Charlie Woodrow Shores

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: September 25, 1943
Died In: North Africa
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Joseph Felax Shornak

Private, Army

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
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Alton F. Short

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: September 25, 1944
Died In: Holland

Served with the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

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Harold Carson Short

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 17, 1918
Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Short served with the 116th Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Memories from the family: He was the son of Jason Alexander Short and (birth mother) Ada Melvinia Bolling Short and (second mother by marriage) Ada Rae Jones Short. He received his basic training Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland …

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Marvin E. Short

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
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William E. Shorter

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
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Alonzo D. Shortridge

Private, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: June 19, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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