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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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Andrew Lee Swartz

Sergeant, Army

Born: November 7, 1921
Hometown: Botetourt County, VA
Casualty Date: March 2, 1945
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant Swartz served with the 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group, Heavy. Before the war, Andrew graduated from Buchanan High School, Buchanan, Virginia, in 1940, where he participated in the Glee Club.  He was employed by Botetourt Hardware Company, Botetourt, Virginia.  He enlisted in the service at Fort Meade, Maryland, …

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James Franklin Swartz

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
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Lorenza B. Swartz

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: April 13, 1945
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Paul Rudolph Swartz

Radioman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: January 2, 1943
Died In: South Pacific
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Lorenza Barker Swarz

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Robert J. Swayne, Sr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: August 15, 1944
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Loran E. Sweat, Jr.

Specialist 5, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: April 23, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Alexander F. Sweeney

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Errett L. Sweeney

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County
Casualty Date: September 1, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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James F. Sweeney

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
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Sidney S. Sweeney

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: September 21, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Donn L. Sweet

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: July 25, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Elmer F. Sweet

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: June 23, 1945
Died In: Burma

Served with the Military Police. He is buried at Carter Dean Cemetery Rockswitch & Stevens Rd.

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Charles L. Sweet, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: January 27, 1946
Died In: Pacific
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Elmer F. Swift

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Roxwell Swingler

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: October 18, 1919
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: March 5, 1945

Technician Fifth Grade Swingler served with Company B, 1888th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Before the war, he was employed by Blue Ridge Sanitation in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is buried in New Green Mountain Baptist Church cemetery, Esmont, Virginia.

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William H. Swisher

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond County, VA
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Dean W. Sword

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Roscoe Sybert

Sergeant First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: May 5, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Francis L. Sydnor

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Northumberland County, VA
Casualty Date: June 7, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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