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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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H. M. Spengler, III

Captain, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: April 5, 1972
Died In: near Loc Ninh, Binh Long Province, South Vietnam
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David B. Spessard

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: May 23, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
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Booker T. Spicely

Private, Army

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
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Morgan Spielman

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Allen D. Spiers

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Prince George County, VA
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Robert Powell Spillan

Pharmacist's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Born: November 25, 1923
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 16, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima

Robert enlisted in the Navy and was assigned as a medic to the Marine Corps. He was killed by a Japanese sniper on Iwo Jima while helping wounded Marines on the battlefield.

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Marcellus G. Spinks

Brigadier General, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA
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Alfred W. Spinner

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: April 27, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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John M. Spires

Gunnery Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: September 6, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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F. F. S. Spitler

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: February 25, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Cecil Robert Spittler

Private, Army

Hometown: Bath County
Casualty Date: January 29, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.

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Herman C. Spivey

Army

Hometown: South Norfolk
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Herman Clinton Spivey

Technician, Third Grade, Army

Hometown: South Norfolk City, VA
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James Asberry Spivey

Senior Master Sergeant, Air Force

Born: September 7, 2024
Hometown: Chester, VA
Died In: N/A
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Benjamin Franklin Spivey, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 2, 1944

Sergeant Spivey is buried at Glencoe Cemetery Big Stone Gap, Wise Co.

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George W. Spoerke

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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Edward Douglas Spradlin

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: June 15, 1944
Died In: Saipan
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Elmo William Spradlin

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: October 5, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Henry McCabe Spradlin

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Huertgen Forest, Germany
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Robert Messinger Sprague

Chief Machinist's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Loudoun County, VA
Casualty Date: March 1, 1942
Died In: Sunda Strait
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