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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 E. Sligh

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: May 8, 1943
Died In: Coral Sea
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William Lawrence Sligh

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: April 21, 1945
Died In: Stalag XI A, Altergrabou, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Hambleton Slingluff

Quartermaster, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Millard Sloan

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: July 15, 1944
Died In: France
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John David Slusher

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: January 11, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Clovis Walter Slusher, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 28, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
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William R. Sluss

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: November 30, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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George Stanley Slusser

Private, Army

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: September 26, 1944
Died In: Northern Italy
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Fred Franklin Small

Private, Army

Hometown: Nelson County
Casualty Date: February 6, 1945
Died In: near Nichols Field, Leyte, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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William A. Smallstey

Other

Hometown: Petersburg
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Charles M. Smallwood

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Frederick County, VA
Casualty Date: April 19, 1945
Died In: Negros Island, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

killed by Japanese machine gun fire

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Elbert S. Smallwood

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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James B. Smallwood

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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John Edward Smallwood

Painter First Class, Navy

Born: May 7, 1916
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 26, 1942
Died In: South Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

Painter First Class Smallwood served aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8). His name is etched on the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.

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Roy Samuel Smallwood

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: September 28, 1924
Hometown: Staunton, VA

S1C Smallwood is buried Pleasant Valley Church cemetery, Weyers Cave, Virginia.

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Robert Carey Smick

Private, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: July 19, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Smick served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, France.  

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Albert Franklin Smith

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buena Vista, VA
Casualty Date: November 9, 1942
Died In: Western Europe
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Albert Nottingham Smith

Private, Army

Born: April 23, 1925
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: April 11, 1945
Died In: Ufingen, Germany
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Alfonza Smith

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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Alton Smith

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: April 9, 1942
Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: March 18, 1967
Died In: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam

Sergeant Smith served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division as a rifleman. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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