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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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Daniel K. Wapinski

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: June 29, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Lawrence Linwood Warble

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Rockingham County, VA
Casualty Date: April 4, 1945
Died In: near Waltrop, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Private First Class Warble served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands.

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David James Warczak

Sergeant First Class, Army

Born: November 6, 1932
Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: March 4, 1969
Died In: Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Sergeant First Class Warczak served with Detachment B-50 (Delta Project), Command and Control South, Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 5th Special Forces Group. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Claude M. Ward

Private, Army

Hometown: Nelson County
Casualty Date: July 23, 1944
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Curtis Barnhardt Ward

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: March 21, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Eugene B. Ward

Army

Born: February 7, 1917

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Henry Thomas Ward

Private, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: January 6, 1945
Died In: Italy
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James C. Ward

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: May 9, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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James W. Ward

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Died In: France
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John B. Ward

Other

Hometown: Accomack County

Paratrooper

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Karl Herman Ward

Private, Army

Born: February 20, 1916
Hometown: Newport News, VA
Casualty Date: August 10, 1942
Died In: Philippine Islands

Private Ward served with B Company, 803rd Engineer Battalion (Aviation). He arrived in the Philippines on October 24, 1941. He was taken a prisoner of the Japanese on Bataan and was listed as missing on May 28, 1942. Before the war, he was employed by the Newport News Shipyard and …

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Milton T. Ward

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: New Kent County
Casualty Date: June 8, 1944
Died In: near Saint-Mareouf Island, English Channel

Served aboard the USS Rich DE-695. It was sunk by mines off Utah Beach.

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R. A. Ward

Quartermaster, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: July 6, 1945
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Richard F. Ward

Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA
Casualty Date: July 13, 1943
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Robert Blaine Ward

Army

Born: October 16, 1910

Mr. Ward passed away April 15, 1992.

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Ronald W. Ward

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: May 22, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Rudolph N. Ward

Private First Class, Army


Casualty Date: November 19, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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W. Sam Ward

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: January 28, 1945
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Wilbur R. Ward

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Nansemond County
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Wilfred F. Ward

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
Casualty Date: November 11, 1943
Died In: Pacific
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