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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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Clair Taylor Williams

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: July 28, 1945
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy Cross

Served with the Bombing Squadron Sixteen (VB-16) attached to the USS Randolph CV-15.

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Clarence Harold Williams

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: October 16, 1944
Died In: Italy
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Creed Williams

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA

killed in World War II

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Curlester Williams

Corporal, Army

Born: April 16, 1929
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: August 11, 1950
Died In: Pusan Perimeter, Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart

Corporal Williams served with Company C, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

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Curtiss Alwood Williams

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: September 20, 1944
Died In: Waal River, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Awards: Purple Heart

CPL Williams was killed by a German sniper on the south bank of the Waal River, Nijmegen, Netherlands. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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David Michael Williams

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: October 15, 1946
Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: January 11, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam

First Lieutenant Williams served with Scout Platoon, HHC, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Delmer Ballard Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: February 10, 1944
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Donald H. Williams

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Rappahannock County, VA

killed in World War II

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Edward Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Middlesex County
Casualty Date: October 21, 1944
Died In: France
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Edward I. Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington County

killed in World War II

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Edward J. Williams

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: January 11, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Forrest B. Williams

Motor Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: April 24, 1945
Died In: North Atlantic
Awards: Purple Heart

torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-546

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Francis Bedford Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: June 3, 1943
Died In: Palacestine, Italy
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Frederick G. Williams

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: January 6, 1945
Died In: Stattmatten, France
Awards: Purple Heart

buried in US Military Cemetery Epinal, France

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Garnet Shields Williams

Major, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: February 6, 1945
Died In: 18 miles Northwest of (New) Lashio, Burma
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart

buried in US Military Cemetery Myitkyina, Burma

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George Bruce Williams

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
Died In: Germany

served with the 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force; second combat mission targeted an oil refinery in Bohlen but his group was attacked by enemy aircraft of over 60 German fighters; attended Hampden-Sydney College

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George G. Williams

Other

Hometown: Prince Edward County

killed in World War II

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George H. Williams

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA

killed in World War II

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George J. Williams

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA

killed in World War II

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George Washington Williams

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1941
Died In: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Awards: Purple Heart, Armed Forces Seal

Killed in action on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Was stationed aboard battleship, U.S.S. Arizona.

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