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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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Frank E. Turner

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1943
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Franklin T. Turner

Private, Army

Hometown: Isle of Wight County, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Harvey J. Turner

Private, Army

Hometown: Powhatan, VA
Casualty Date: July 9, 1944
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Hezekiah Turner

Steward's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Orange County, VA
Casualty Date: December 25, 1944
Died In: North Atlantic
Awards: Purple Heart
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Hobert Hampton Turner

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: February 10, 1945
Died In: Italy
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James E. Turner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Southampton County
Casualty Date: July 4, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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John Turner

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Casualty Date: September 2, 1944
Died In: Mount Torikino, Lembeh Strait, Celebes

shot down by two Japanese fighters

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Junior McTaw Turner

Private, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Kevin James Turner

Specialist, Army

Born: June 23, 1961
Hometown: Colonial Heights, VA
Awards: Commendation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)

Served two tours on from 1982-1986 and a second during the Persian Gulf from 1988-1992.

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Lawrence T. Turner

Cook, 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Fairfax County
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Lawson Ben Turner

Private, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: March 18, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Lenwood Talmadge Turner

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: April 14, 1942
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Leslie Alvin Turner

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Lloyd Kenneth Turner

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: February 17, 1945
Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: November 17, 1968
Died In: Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Staff Sergeant Turner served in the Light Weapons Infantry, D Company, 508th Infantry, 1st Battalion.

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Loren E. Turner

Water Tender 2nd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 14, 1944
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Prince Edward Turner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Goochland County, VA
Casualty Date: February 8, 1945
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 366th Infantry Regiment.

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Robert T. Turner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Roy W. Turner

Private, Army

Hometown: Spottsylvania County, VA
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Thomas Humphrey Turner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: June 8, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Douglas Turner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: March 1, 1945
Died In: Trier, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

killed when the half-track in which he was riding was struck by a German 88mm artillery shell

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