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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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Cleo Parson Whited

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Philippine Sea
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M. A. Whitehead

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: February 24, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Frederick Cowper Whitehead, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: April 20, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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Jordan Walter Whitehead, Jr.

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
Casualty Date: September 11, 1943
Died In: Salerno, Italy
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Alan E. Whitehurst

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
Casualty Date: March 7, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart
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C. S. Whitehurst, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
Casualty Date: April 8, 1944
Died In: Brunswick, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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James S. Whitehurst, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA

killed during World War II

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Levy Whitehurst, Sr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Northampton County, VA
Casualty Date: April 24, 1945
Died In: Italy

buried in US Military Cemetery Sicily-Rome, Italy

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Casper S. Whitenack

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: August 25, 1942
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Myron E. Whitener

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Martinsville

killed in World War II

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Denham Altfather Whitesell, Jr.

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: September 13, 1938
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: December 2, 1968
Died In: Khe Sahn, South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Lance Corporal Whitesell was a rifleman in D Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Amphibious Force. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1955, worked for General Electric in Waynesboro, and attended Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave. He enlisted for a …

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Aldolphus P. Whitfield

Other

Hometown: Danville

killed in World War II

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Elliott K. Whitfield

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
Casualty Date: September 4, 1945
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Samuel E. Whitfield

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Southampton County
Casualty Date: January 29, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Stewart Lee Whitley

Corporal, Army

Born: February 26, 1922
Hometown: Scott County, VA
Casualty Date: May 30, 1944
Died In: near Rome, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Corporal Whitley served with Company I, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He is buried in Oak Glen Cemetery, Scott County, Virginia. Before the war, he was employed by Tennessee Eastman Chemical Company.

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Chester A. Whitlock

Private, Army

Hometown: Pulaski County, VA

killed in World War II

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Ashby A. Whitlock, Jr.

Machinist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 12, 1944
Died In: Mediterranean Sea

killed during torpedo attack by German E-boats enroute from Salerno, Italy to Oran, Algeria

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Harry Owens Whitlock, Jr.

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: January 31, 1945
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: October 23, 1967
Died In: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam

Lance Corporal Whitlock served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as a rifleman. He is buried in Signal Hill Memorial Burial Park, Hanover, Virginia.

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William Madison Whitlock, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Born: November 20, 1914
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: May 1, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Purple Heart

Sergeant Whitlock served with Company F, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. He had previously participated in the battles of Guam, Leyte, and Ie. He left behind his wife, Constance Whitlock. Before the war, he worked as an automobile serviceman for Dohrman’s Esso on Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia.

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Belvie G. Whitlow

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: May 31, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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