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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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Douglas Taylor

Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Edison C. Taylor

Private, Army

Hometown: Lancaster County, VA
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Edwin Eugene Taylor

Aviation Ordnanceman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: May 11, 1945
Died In: Pacific
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Fred Taylor

Sergeant First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County
Casualty Date: July 14, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Garland Burnley Taylor

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: November 29, 1944
Died In: Huertgen Forest, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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George Adams Taylor

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: January 21, 1945
Died In: off Formosa

killed during a Japanese kamikaze attack aboard the USS Ticonderoga CV-14

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George Linwood Taylor

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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George Matthew Taylor

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: June 12, 1944
Died In: 15 miles South of Rome, Italy
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Herman H. Taylor

Private, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
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Howard Franklin Taylor

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County
Casualty Date: August 22, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Howard Franklin Taylor

Specialist 4th Class, Army


Died In: N/A
Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge

Served in the Vietnam War.

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James E. Taylor

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: September 13, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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James Edwin Taylor

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
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James F. Taylor

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: May 23, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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James L. Taylor

Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
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James L. Taylor

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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James P. Taylor

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: February 23, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
Awards: Purple Heart
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James Spotswood Taylor

Private, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: August 2, 1943
Died In: Sicily
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James U. Taylor

Coxswain, Navy

Hometown: Nansemond County
Casualty Date: March 1, 1942
Died In: South of Java
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James W. Taylor

Private, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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