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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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Lee L. Thompson, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Robert W. Thompson, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: July 10, 1943
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Paul Jones Thomson, Jr.

Captain, Marine Corps

Hometown: Winchester, VA
Casualty Date: June 16, 1944
Died In: Saipan
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John Raymond Thornhill, III

Private First Class, Army

Born: September 21, 1949
Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: May 7, 1968
Died In: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam

Private First Class Thornhill served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division as an Armor Reconnaissance Specialist. He is buried in Williams Memorial Park, Roanoke, Virginia.

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Anthony Thornton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Middlesex County
Casualty Date: March 22, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
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Clarence C. Thornton

Private First Class, Army

Born: February 17, 1946
Hometown: Rice, VA
Died In: N/A
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Edward Douglas Thornton

Mess Attendant, Navy

Hometown: Gloucester County, VA
Casualty Date: May 8, 1943
Died In: Coral Sea
Awards: Purple Heart

ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft (D3A Val dive bombers) during the Battle of the Coral Sea

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Emory G. Thornton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: April 16, 1945
Died In: Italy
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Ivor D. Thornton

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: June 7, 1945
Died In: Europe
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J. H. Thornton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: November 3, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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Jack S. Thornton

Other

Hometown: Danville
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M. W. Thornton

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: January 11, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Rowland G. Thornton, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Calvin Thorpe

Other

Hometown: Southampton County
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Jack White Thrasher

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 3, 1945
Died In: over Brunswick, Germany

shot down by an ME-262

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Thomas Lee Thrasher, Jr.

Aviation Cadet, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 5, 1942
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John P. Thrift

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond County, VA
Casualty Date: October 12, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Joseph T. Thrift, Jr.

Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Middlesex County
Casualty Date: September 23, 1944
Died In: Guam
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Rudolph Earl Throckmorton

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Robert Reade Thruston, III

Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1964
Died In: Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam
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