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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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Willard M. Ward

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: March 5, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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William Carson Ward

Army

Born: September 20, 1914

Mr. Ward passed away May 5, 1995.

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John J. Ward, III

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Northampton County
Casualty Date: March 6, 1945
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Edwin Maurice Ward, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: September 14, 1920
Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: April 8, 1944
Died In: near Brunswick, Germany
Awards: Air Medal

Shot down by German Anti-Aircraft Artillery Fire and Fighters. Served with the 68th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group.

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Herbert B. Ward, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: September 29, 1944
Died In: Southern France
Awards: Purple Heart
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John J. Ward, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Nottoway County, VA
Casualty Date: July 24, 1944
Died In: Tinian Island
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Willie E. Ward, Jr.

Private, Army

Born: July 10, 1932
Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: February 11, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

Private Ward served with the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Cecil O. Ware

Captain, Air Force

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: February 7, 1951
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Ralph D. Ware

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
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Robert Barnes Ware

Captain, Army

Born: December 30, 1914
Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Captain Ware served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He was a 1939 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and obtained his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He was employed by Lynchburg General Hospital when he volunteered for service in the Virginia National Guard. …

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Robert D. Ware

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: February 3, 1967
Died In: Quang Nam, South Vietnam
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Robert Edward Ware

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warwick County, VA
Casualty Date: March 21, 1945
Died In: near Landau, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Robert Goodwin Ware

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
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Charles H. Ware, Jr.

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Arthur H. Warf

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Joe C. Warner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: June 3, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Richard T. Warner

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Carroll County
Casualty Date: April 6, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Thomas Dickens Warner

Captain, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk County
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William Vernon Warner

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: February 17, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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David Linwood Warren

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Petersburg City, VA
Casualty Date: October 26, 1945
Died In: off Samar, Philippine Islands
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