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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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Milford Ray Thacker

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: June 2, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 1st Marine Division. He is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Wise Co.

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Sanford L. Thames

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 24, 1944
Died In: Southwest Pacific
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Robert Marshall Tharp

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 22, 1924
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Died In: 6 miles from Ansbock, Germany

PFC Tharp had been attached to the 7th and 8th Divisions as a mechanic.

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Ollie F. Tharpe

E-4, Army

Born: June 21, 1947
Hometown: Middletown, VA
Awards: Vietnam Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon

Served in the Vietnam War with the B-532nd Division.

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Samuel C. Tharpe

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Warren County
Casualty Date: May 13, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles Henry Theiss

Sergeant, Army

Born: June 19, 1918
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: April 26, 1945
Died In: Leipheim, Germany

Sergeant Theiss served with Company B, 254th Infantry Regiment. Before the war, he was employed by the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation and the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia.

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Alfred Thomas

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
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Arthur I. Thomas

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Isle of Wight County
Casualty Date: November 1, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Balfour Thomas

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: March 30, 1943
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart
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Billy Sherlock Thomas

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: February 5, 1944
Died In: North Africa
Awards: Purple Heart
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Carl Edwin Thomas

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Buckingham County, VA
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Carrol M. Thomas

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Charles Robert Thomas

Officer's Cook, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: May 2, 1942
Died In: Atlantic Ocean
Awards: Purple Heart

OC3c Thomas was serving aboard the USS Cythera (PY-26) while it was escorting a Russian tanker in the Atlantic Ocean. It sunk by a torpedo off the coast of North Carolina.

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Charles William Thomas

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Botetourt County, VA
Casualty Date: June 1, 1945
Died In: near Alcan, Luzon, Philippine Islands
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Daniel T. Thomas

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: May 15, 1945
Died In: Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star
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Edgar Durphy Thomas

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: March 8, 1935
Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: June 2, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Staff Sergeant Thomas served with Service Battery, 5th Battalion, 42nd Artillery, 23rd Artillery Group, II Field Force.

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Edward C. Thomas

Private, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
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Ellis Wiley Thomas

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: June 18, 1944
Died In: Saipan
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Elmer Worth Thomas

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Germany
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George Thomas

Private, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: November 27, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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