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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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Bruce Steeley

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: April 14, 1948
Hometown: Mechanicsville
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Served in Vietnam with HQ Battery, 1/13.

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George Stefko

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Prince William County, VA
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John Michael Steinbrecher, Jr.

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: October 26, 1942
Died In: Pacific

Corporal Steinbrecher was a gunner on the USS Hornet.

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Henry Steiner

Chief Aviation Pilot, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Daniel M. Steinruck

Boiler Technician, Navy

Born: May 6, 1946
Hometown: Powhatan, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Navy Seal, Navy "E", Navy/Marines Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Served in the Vietnam War.

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Virginius R. Stell, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Prince George County, VA
Casualty Date: May 27, 1944
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Harold Nelson Stelle

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: January 4, 1919
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: September 9, 1943

Graduated from Washington & Lee High School.

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James W. Stembridge

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: June 14, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Charles Zareh Stepanian

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Harry E. Stephens

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: November 19, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Henry H. Stephens

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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James Austin Stephens

ALAN(CA), Navy

Born: August 23, 1932
Hometown: Chesapeake
Awards: Air Medal, Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, United Nations Medal

Flew 52 combat missions over North Korea. Shot down and evaded capture.

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James Peyton Stephens

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: July 1, 1942
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Whitaker Barte Stephens

Sergeant, Army

Born: December 6, 1924
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 18, 1945
Died In: English Channel
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant Stephens served with the 728th Bombardment Squadron, 452nd Bombardment Group, 45th Bombardment Wing, 3rd Bombardment Division, 8th Air Force. He was a bombardier on B-17G Flying Fortress (#43-388790). His name is etched on the Tablets of the Missing in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Before the war, …

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William E. Stephens

Other

Hometown: Staunton
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Charles Marshall Stephenson

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Sussex County, VA
Casualty Date: August 13, 1944
Died In: Saipan
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George R. Stephenson

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Roy M. Stephenson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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Hubert Bolar Stephenson, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: May 9, 1926
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1945
Died In: Germany

Served with the 7th Army. Attended Middlebrook High School. He is buried in Verona United Methodist Church Cemetery.

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James W. Sterling

Water Tender 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: near Guadalcanal
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