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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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Woodrow W. Snyder

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: May 27, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Hally E. Snyder, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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John W. Snyder, Jr.

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: November 25, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Nories Soaper

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: December 16, 1944
Died In: Belgium
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William McKinley Solberg

Chief Aviation Pilot, Navy

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
Casualty Date: April 6, 1944
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Alvin Conwell Soles

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 19, 1922
Hometown: Mathews County
Casualty Date: June 22, 1944
Died In: Hill 192, Normandy, France

Private First Class Soles served with the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by the Mathews Ice Company. He is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, France.

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Walter D. Solomon

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Suffolk, VA
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Wesley R. Solomon

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Gregory S. Somers

Private, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: February 4, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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Fred Brown Sonner, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: October 13, 1944
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James Edward Sorrell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: King George County, VA
Casualty Date: April 17, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Frank Wetzel Sorrells

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: July 26, 1944
Died In: North Atlantic between Iceland and Newfoundland
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Alva Loy Souers

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 27, 1930
Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: September 2, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart

Served in the Korean War. Was Killed in Action on September 2, 1950 at Naktong River, Korea.

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Charles Soules

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warren County, VA
Casualty Date: January 24, 1945
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John William Sours

Major, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Billy South

Private, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
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William D. Southall

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
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Robert Edward Southall, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Charles L. Southard

Private First Class, Army


Awards: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal

Private First Class Southard served with the 9201st TSU TC Medical Detachment.

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James Allen Souther

Fireman, Navy

Hometown: Henry County
Casualty Date: June 15, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam

joined the Navy in June 1970 and deployed to Vietnam in November

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