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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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Charlie Melvin Snead, Jr.

Private, Army

Born: September 29, 1907
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1944

Served with the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion. Died in sinking of LST-422 of Anzio, Italy.

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Leonard Harrison Snead, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 12, 1945
Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: January 11, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

PFC Snead served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He died from wounds received while on a combat operation on Tay Ninh Province when he was hit by fragments from a hostile mine. He is buried at Knollkreg Memorial Park in Abingdon.

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Robert Snead, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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William Archer Snead, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: May 21, 1942
Died In: Philippine Islands
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Charlie Melvin Sneed, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Archie R. Snell

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
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Robert William Snell

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: June 11, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Herman Lee Snellings

Marine Corps

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Casualty Date: June 11, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Ossie F. Snellings

Private, Army

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Died In: Europe
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Darius Augustus Snellings, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: March 17, 1923
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: December 8, 1944
Died In: France

Technician Fifth Grade Snellings served with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 324th Infantry Regiment. He was a graduate of John Marshall High School and was employed by Wyatt Cornick, Inc before the war. He is buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Charles W. Snider

Apprentice Seaman, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria
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Theron L. Snider

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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James Lewis Snoddy, Jr.

Water Tender, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Buckingham County, VA
Casualty Date: September 14, 1944
Died In: North of the Bahama Islands
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William F. Snoots

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
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Stuart F. Snow

Private, Army

Hometown: Greene County, VA
Casualty Date: March 31, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Kelly Snow

Chief Water Tender, Navy

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1943
Died In: Pacific
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William Nelson Snow

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 25, 1924
Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: November 8, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Snow served with the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium. Before the war, he was employed by Abernathy Plumbing Company.

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Charles J. Snyder

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 28, 1944
Died In: near Nijmegen, Holland
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Hansford Hall Snyder

Private, Army

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1943
Died In: Gela, Sicily
Awards: Purple Heart
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Ray L. Snyder

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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