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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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Floyd Brantley Williams, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 29, 1930
Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: April 11, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

Private First Class Williams served with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Cavalry Division. He enlisted in the Army in September 1949 and was sent to Japan before deploying the Korea in July 1950. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

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George Williams, Jr.

Captain, Army

Born: March 23, 1919
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 5, 1944
Died In: over China
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Captain Williams served with the 491st Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium, 69th Composite Wing, 14th Air Force. He was a 1942 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. His name is etched on the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.

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George Hardy Williams, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: April 23, 1971
Died In: South Vietnam
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James Perrow Williams, Jr.

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: August 15, 1944
Died In: off the coast of Southern France
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart
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Robert L. Williams, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: August 4, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Samuel Conrad Williams, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: November 7, 1925
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: February 23, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima

Private First Class Williams served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division. He is buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Walter Williams, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: September 25, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Walter Joseph Williams, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 9, 1947
Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: May 9, 1968
Died In: Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam

Served with D Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

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William Christopher Williams, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: April 29, 1945
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William Jackson Williams, Jr.

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA

killed in World War II

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Willie Williams, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: August 12, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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D. T. Williamson

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: October 22, 1970
Died In: South Vietnam
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Guy Maurice Williamson

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 11, 1923
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: October 23, 1944
Died In: Italy

Private First Class Williamson served with Company B, 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. He was a 1941 graduate of John Marshall High School. Before the war, he was employed by The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company as a stenographer.

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James Franklin Williamson

Sonarman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince George County, VA

killed in World War II

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Richard Wesley Williamson

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: August 25, 1946
Hometown: Goochland County
Casualty Date: August 10, 1966
Died In: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam

Lance Corporal Williamson served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. His battalion was involved in Operation Colorado where he was shot in the head by small arms fire. He entered the Marine Corps in January 1965, and was deployed to Vietnam in March 1966. He is …

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Robert B. Williamson

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

served in the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division; buried in US Military Cemetery Normandy, France

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John Williamson, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA

killed in World War II

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Clifford Andrew Willis

Private First Class, Army

Born: January 13, 1923
Hometown: Bland County, VA
Casualty Date: April 18, 1945
Died In: Italy

Served with K Company, 168th Infantry Regiment.

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Dewey Whitly Willis

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 15, 1945
Died In: Belgium

buried in US Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

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Herbert Arthur Willis

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: July 13, 1915
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 1, 1944

Second Lieutenant Willis served with Company B, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1937. Before the war, he was employed by the General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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