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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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Kester Ulrey

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: February 4, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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D. R. Umholtz

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Falls Church
Casualty Date: February 29, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Willie T. Umphlett

Private, Army

Hometown: Nansemond County
Casualty Date: February 4, 1944
Died In: Anzio, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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R. S. Underdown

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Edward F. Underhill

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: September 21, 1944
Died In: France
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Calvin C. Underwood

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: March 30, 1945
Died In: Heidelberg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

killed by German machine gun fire

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Harry E. Underwood

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County
Casualty Date: November 7, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Ross Henry Underwood

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
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Guy L. Underwood, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County
Casualty Date: September 1, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Robert Daniel Unrue

Specialist 4, Army

Born: October 15, 1945
Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: May 18, 1970
Died In: Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, American Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge

SP4 Unrue served with D Company, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade. He is also listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall – Panel 10W Row 62.

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Walter R. Unrue

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: February 2, 1944
Died In: near Rome, Italy
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Charlie B. Upchurch

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: September 23, 1944
Died In: near Brest, France
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William Peterkin Upshur

Major General, Marine Corps

Born: October 28, 1881
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 21, 1943
Awards: Medal of Honor, Purple Heart

He had been previously awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Haiti as a Captain in 1915. A 1902 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He is buried at the United States Naval Academy.

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William Peterkin Upshur

Major General, Marine Corps

Born: October 28, 1881
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 21, 1943
Awards: Medal of Honor, Purple Heart

He had been previously awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Haiti as a Captain in 1915. A 1902 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He is buried at the United States Naval Academy.

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Robert Carleton Upton

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 25, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Edward Urban

Private, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
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Roger S. Urbani

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Manassas
Casualty Date: November 17, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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John W. Urick

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: May 3, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Leonard C. Urquhart

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Fairfax County
Casualty Date: January 16, 1944
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William Albert Usher

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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