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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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Emmett L. Boyce

Private, Army

Hometown: Suffolk, VA

killed in World War II

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Harlin Hiram Boyd

Private, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: January 22, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 141st Infantry Regiment

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Jack Vernon Boyd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA

served with the 191st Field Artillery Regiment

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James Boyd

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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John Graham Boyd

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 18, 1944
Died In: Pacific

Lieutenant John Graham Boyd was a pilot who served with the US Navy Reserves and was stationed on the USS Petrof Bay (CV-80). He graduated from John Marshall High School, Richmond, Virginia, in 1937 where he was the junior class president.  He attended VPI for three years studying electrical engineering. …

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Joseph T. Boyd

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA

killed in World War II

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Lowey I. Boyd

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: January 13, 1945
Awards: Air Medal

served with the 549th Bombardment Squadron

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Russell Robert Boyd

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

killed in World War II

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Sherman Taft Boyd

Water Tender 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 28, 1942
Awards: Purple Heart

served aboard the USS Jacob Jones DD-130

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Walter Boyd

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: May 15, 1975
Died In: Koh Tang Island, Gulf of Thailand, Cambodia

served with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment; KIA during rescue of SS Mayaguez

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Wilbur Woodson Boyd

Flight Officer, Army

Born: February 5, 1919
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: January 31, 1943

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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William A. Boyd

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: June 7, 1944
Died In: France

served with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment

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William Tolbert Boyd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: France

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division

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Mose Holland Boyd, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 1, 1930
Hometown: Buchanan County
Casualty Date: July 31, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Private First Class Boyd served with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Jackson Cemetery, Davenport, Virginia.

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Sylvester Hassell Boyd, Jr.

Yeoman, Third Class, Navy

Born: July 11, 1915
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: November 14, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

Yeoman Third Class Boyd served aboard the USS Barton DD-599 when it was hit by two enemy torpedoes during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.The ship quickly broke in two and sank with the loss of most of it’s crew, including Y3c Boyd. He was a 1932 graduate of Granby …

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Stewart Stanley Boyden

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: October 4, 1951
Died In: North Korea

served with the 15th Infantry Regiment

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Otis R. Boyer

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
Casualty Date: September 13, 1944
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Sam J. Boyer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA

killed in World War II

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Milton A. Boyers

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: October 10, 1944
Died In: Foret de Paroy, near Cherbourg, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Edward Paul Boykin

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 1, 1933
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 1, 1951
Died In: South Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Private First Class Boykin served with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

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