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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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Edward Roy Shortt

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Germany

PVT Shortt served with the 126th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery Pound Rt 671.

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Ira Bruce Shortt

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: November 25, 1943
Died In: Sicily
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Lawrence Ray Shortt

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: February 5, 1945
Died In: Burma
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Swanson Troy Shortt

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: February 13, 1921
Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: June 20, 1944
Died In: Foggia, Italy
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart

First Lieutenant Shortt served with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. He enlisted in 1939 and became an Aviation Cadet and earned a commission as a First Lieutenant. He is buried in Gladeville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Galax, Virginia.

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Ward Maston Shortt

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: September 18, 1944
Died In: Stolberg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

Private First Class Shortt served with Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. Before the war, Ward worked for the Virginia Department of Highways in Floyd County, Virginia. He is buried in County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Floyd, Virginia.

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Winfred E. Shortt

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Claude A. Shough

Private, Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
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John Dudley Shough

Private, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: April 18, 1945
Died In: Schwaebisch Hall, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Raleigh Albert Shoupe

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: March 25, 1945
Died In: Kraheck, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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James A. Shouse

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
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Gabriel Hugh Showalter

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: January 12, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Archel P. Shrader

Ship's Cook 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Claude Shrader

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
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Lloyd George Shrader

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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Wendell E. Shreve

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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P. W. Shrewsbury

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 11, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ralph Shriver

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944
Died In: St Lo, France
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Keith F. Shroyer

Chief Ship's Service Man B, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Edward Luther Shue

Army

Born: October 26, 1915
Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: March 28, 1945
Died In: over Germany
Awards: Air Medal

Attended Lane High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Served with the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. He was an engineer on a B-17G # 42-31092 “Butch II.” His plane was hit by 20 mm anti-aircraft artillery. Shue was able to bail out but he was shot in the back by …

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Glen Ray Shuler

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: March 11, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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