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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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Vernon Odell Stanley

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 3, 1943
Died In: North Atlantic
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William J. Stanley

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 3, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Calvin Coolidge Staples

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: December 26, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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James N. Stapleton

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Philippine Sea
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Ashton Grant Starke

Carpenter's Mate, Third Class, Navy

Born: January 31, 1916
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: February 9, 1943

Carpenter’s Mate Third Class Starke served aboard the USS Harry Lee. He is memorialized in Rockgate Cemetery, Crozet, Virginia.

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R. B. Starkes, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: May 11, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Lloyd M. Starkey

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Bedford
Casualty Date: June 2, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Bert Starr

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Robert I. Starr

Other

Hometown: Arlington
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Roscoe Merrill Starr

Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1943
Died In: about 2.5 miles East of Savo Island
Awards: Purple Heart
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Gerald H. Staton

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: February 20, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 302nd Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division.

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Gordon Wilbur Staton

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Buckingham County, VA
Casualty Date: May 8, 1945
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Henry C. Staton

Seaman, First Class, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: July 17, 1943
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John Alexander Staton, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: July 1, 1944
Died In: France
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Cuthbert Powell Stearns, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: November 20, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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William A. Stedman

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Aloysius W. Steele

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: July 1, 1944
Died In: Finisterre Range, New Guinea
Awards: Air Medal
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Harry R. Steele, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Clifton Forge, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Hugh M. Steele, Jr.

Captain, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
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James Clinton Steele, Jr.

Chief Electrician's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Hopewell, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1944
Died In: Pacific
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