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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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Robert L. Smith, Jr.

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: March 4, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Samuel Dwight Smith, Jr.

Steward, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
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William Gregory Smith, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 27, 1943
Died In: off the coast of Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

killed aboard HMT Rohna when attacked/sunk by a German air launched, radio guided, rocket powered bomb

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William H. Smith, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 22, 1922
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 23, 1944

Served with the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division.

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William P. Smith, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: November 20, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Harrison Milton Smith, Jr.

Marine Corps

Born: September 29, 1935

Harrison Smith served in both the Marine Corps and the Air Force for over 20 years. While in the Air Force, he served honorably in Vietnam.

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Burr J. Smith, Sr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
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John Hardin Smither

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Wallace Wade Smithson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: January 10, 1945
Died In: Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Isaac Smmith

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: State at Large and Addenda, VA
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Melvin Jefferson Smoot

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Winterspelt, Germany
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Rufus Carl Smoot, Jr.

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Blythe Robert Smyth

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 3, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Lyman M. Smythers

Private, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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Roland P. Smythers

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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Joseph Houston Snapp

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
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Elbert Beauregard Snarr, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: November 16, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Douglas Lee Snead

Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: December 28, 1969
Died In: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Legion of Merit

Lieutenant Colonel Snead was the commanding officer of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 13, Marine Air Group 13, First Marine Air Wing. He attended Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June 1953. He is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia.

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Edward Hamilton Snead

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Harold Wade Snead

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA

Killed in action in World War II

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