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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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Winfred L. Smith

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: June 8, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Donald C. Smith

Master Sergeant, Army

Born: November 22, 1928
Hometown: Onancock

Master Sergeant Smith served our country initially in the National Guard, going into the Army about 1954 and served 3 tours in Germany and two tours in Korea, and several stateside duty stations. He died of a heart attack in Korea in active service. He is buried in his hometown …

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James Alexander Smith, III

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 6, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart

Lieutenant Smith trained at Pensacola Naval Air Station Class with 4C in 1943. He served as a pilot and division leader in a fighter squadron. He provided cover for torpedo bombers during a strike against Japanese cruisers and destroyers in Rabaul, New Britain. His name is located on the Tablets …

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William Henry F. Smith, III

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
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Bernard P. Smith, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
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Charles Porter Smith, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Born: December 12, 1948
Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: May 10, 1969
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Corporal Smith served with 2nd Platoon, A Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. He was a 1968 graduate of Hermitage High School where he ran track. Before the war, he was employed at a local gas station where he worked after school and on the …

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Fred Edgar Smith, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: July 18, 1944
Died In: St Lo, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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George Leonard Smith, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: July 9, 1944

Private Smith was employed by Morse-Parker Motor Supply Company in Portsmouth, Virginia as a mechanic before the war. He was a 1938 graduate of Maury High School. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

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George Mason Smith, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Guy Ribble Smith, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 8, 1944
Died In: Avranches, France

Private Smith served with the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. Before the war, he attended high school and he worked for the Garden City Grocery Company, Roanoke, Virginia. Private Smith is buried in Brittany American Cemetery, Saint-James, France.

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Harry Lee Smith, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: July 1, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Herbert Grooms Smith, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Born: October 26, 1921
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 15, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima

First Lieutenant Smith graduated from Newport News High School, attended Randolph-Macon College and graduated from Washington & Lee University in January 1943. He is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia.

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James Brawner Smith, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
Died In: Brest, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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James T. Smith, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: November 24, 1943
Died In: Italy
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Jesse Raymond Smith, Jr.

Machinist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: August 9, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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John Andrew Smith, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
Casualty Date: July 31, 1943
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John C. Smith, Jr.

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: December 30, 1944
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Joseph H. Smith, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
Casualty Date: February 21, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Lloyd Brown Smith, Jr.

Captain, Army

Born: February 15, 1920
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: July 6, 1943
Died In: off West coast of Sicily

Served with the 316th Fighter Squadron, 324th Fighter Group. His P40 #41-14241 plane engine overheated and caught fire. Captain Smith safely parachuted out and was last seen approximately 1 mile from Marettimo Island, Sicily.

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Marvin B. Smith, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Died In: South Vietnam
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