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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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Paul C. Thompson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 11, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Posey C. Thompson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
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R. M. Thompson

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Amherst County
Casualty Date: August 25, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ralph MacIntire Thompson

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 4, 1925
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: March 9, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Thompson served in the Infantry. He is buried in Culpeper National Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia.

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Ralph R. Thompson

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: December 6, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Rance Alvin Thompson

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 31, 1943
Died In: North Atlantic
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Raymond Thompson

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Hampton, VA
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Richard Grover Thompson

Sergeant, Army

Born: April 15, 1933
Hometown: Bergton, VA
Awards: Korean Service Medal, Occupation Medal, United Nations Service Medal

SGT Thompson served with the 82nd Airborne, Company B, 981st ECB. He passed away on April 20, 2018.

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Robert E. Thompson

Seaman, Second Class, Coast Guard

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: May 3, 1944
Died In: off the coast of Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

Served aboard the USS Menges DE-320 when it was torpedoed by German submarine U-371

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Robert J. Thompson

Private, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
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Sayre Nottingham Thompson

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: September 20, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Sidney K. Thompson

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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T. M. Thompson

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: July 2, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Walter Andrew Thompson

Chief Gunner's Mate, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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Walter F. Thompson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
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Warner W. Thompson

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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William R. Thompson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Northampton County
Casualty Date: February 13, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Alphus Thompson, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Harry Hugh Thompson, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: February 19, 1945
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Henry Taylor Thompson, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Halifax County, VA
Casualty Date: April 25, 1945
Died In: near Kiasheim, Germany
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