Search the Database

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.

  • Reset

Hale A. Williams

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA

Killed in World War II

Read More

Harold Allen Williams

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County
Casualty Date: June 9, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
Read More

Harry Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

buried in US Military Cemetery Epinal, France

Read More

Harvey C. Williams

Other

Hometown: Warren County

Killed in the Korean War

Read More

Henry B. Williams

Major, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg

killed in World War II

Read More

Herbert H. Williams

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County
Casualty Date: November 29, 1950
Died In: North Korea
Read More

Hugh Franklin Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: June 10, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Read More

Isaiah S. Williams

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA

killed in World War II

Read More

Jack E. Williams

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA

killed in World War II

Read More

James Williams

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: May 6, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
Read More

James Benjamin Williams

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Philippine Sea
Awards: Bronze Star Medal
Read More

James Lionel Williams

Private, Army

Born: February 28, 1913
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: April 14, 1945

Private Williams served with the 141st Anti Aircraft Battalion. Before the war, he was employed at the Supply Depot at the Norfolk Naval Operating Base. He was buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, before being reinterred in Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Read More

Joel Gardner Williams

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: January 25, 1946
Died In: Tauta, Mandang Province, New Guinea
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
Read More

John Richard Williams

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: December 23, 1923
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal

Corporal Williams fought on Okinawa with the Mortar Platoon 29th Regiment.

Read More

Jonathan Matthew Williams

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: February 25, 1991
Died In: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Corporal Williams was killed with 27 other service members when their barracks where hit by an Iraqi Scud missile. He graduated from Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1986. He is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, Virginia.

Read More

Julian Goldwin Williams

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: March 5, 1945
Died In: Germany
Read More

Junius Williams

Steward's Mate First Class, Navy

Born: January 2, 1926
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: October 28, 1945
Died In: Pacific

Steward’s Mate First Class Williams served aboard the LCI (L) 1004. Before the war, he was employed but the Navy Supply N.O.B. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines.

Read More

Kenneth Lee Williams

Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Coast Guard

Hometown: Gloucester County, VA

killed in World War II

Read More

Leonard Elwood Williams

Coxswain, Navy

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1945

buried in John Preston Williams Cemetery on Trot Valley Road

Read More

Leonard T. Williams

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: July 25, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
Read More