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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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Jesse Willard Southworth

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: November 11, 1919
Hometown: Caroline County, VA
Casualty Date: May 17, 1943
Died In: Europe

Served with the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group. He was a Radio Operator on B-26 # 41-18099 “Lorraine” that went down in the sea after being hit by enemy fighters. Attended Caroline County High School.

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M. R. Southworth

Other

Hometown: Charlottesville
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V. C. Southworth

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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John Gray Sowder

Machinist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 11, 1943
Died In: near Salerno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Machinist’s Mate First Class Sowder served on the destroyer USS Rowan (DD-405). Before the war, he graduated from Andrew Lewis High School, enlisted in the Navy in 1935 and he got married in 1939. The USS Rowan participated in the invasion of Salerno and she was headed back to North …

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Randy B. Sowell

Specialist, Army

Born: August 31, 1959
Hometown: Powhatan, VA
Died In: N/A
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Curtis N. Sowers

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
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Elbert Jackson Sowers

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: August 17, 1945
Died In: Mediterranean Sea
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal
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Manuel Sowers

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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Wallace Lee Sowers

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Northampton County, VA
Died In: about 250 miles South of Iceland
Awards: Purple Heart

ship torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-552 while escorting Convoy HX-156

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Joseph Edward Spain

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Russell M. Spain

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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James H. Spangler

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: January 10, 1945
Died In: Tillit, Belgium
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Robert Earle Spangler

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 9, 1942
Died In: Solomon Islands
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Peter W. Spangler, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: November 8, 1944
Died In: Burma
Awards: Purple Heart
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Juan Weaver Spann

LTC, Army

Born: March 7, 1936
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Awards: Army Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Vietnam Service Medal

LTC Spann served with the 101st Airborne Division.

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Robert Spannuth

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: July 16, 1944
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Louis James Spare

Chief Pay Clerk, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Ronald D. Sparks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Giles County
Casualty Date: April 6, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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William F. Sparks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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James Robert Spatig, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
Casualty Date: October 2, 1944
Died In: La Martina, Italy
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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