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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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Charles M. Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: July 14, 1942
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

served with the 31st Infantry Regiment

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Claude A. Wilson

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: December 29, 1944
Died In: Holland
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 502nd Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division

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David Spencer Wilson

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
Casualty Date: March 26, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart
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David Wayne Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 7, 1946
Hometown: Henry County
Casualty Date: May 17, 1969
Died In: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam

Served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.

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Delbert E. Wilson

Gunnery Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Stafford County
Casualty Date: August 19, 1945
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Frank R. Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
Casualty Date: January 26, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion

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Fred Jackson Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: March 27, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands

buried in US Cemetery Mairdes, Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands

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George Louis Wilson

Specialist 4, Army

Born: December 6, 1946
Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: April 6, 1968
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

Specialist 4 Wilson served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk, Virginia.

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Homer C. Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Northampton County
Casualty Date: August 15, 1951
Died In: North Korea

served with the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Division

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Howard Lowell Wilson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: January 5, 1944
Died In: Germany

served with the 448th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force; buried in Willis Church Cemetery Willis, Floyd Co

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Irwin E. Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Sussex County, VA

killed in World War II

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James E. Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Essex County
Died In: North Korea

served with the 15th Infantry Regiment

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James W. Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Floyd County, VA
Casualty Date: January 9, 1945
Died In: Nothum, Luxembourg

buried in US Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

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John Alexander Wilson

Captain, Army

Hometown: King and Queen County, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1945
Died In: Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

killed by Japanese machine gun fire

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John Lee Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: June 24, 1944

buried in Humphries Cemetery, Covington

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John S. Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Stafford County, VA

killed in World War II

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Jonathan Traxler Wilson

Specialist 4, Army

Born: January 15, 1951
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: January 3, 1971
Died In: Kontum Province, South Vietnam

Served with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade

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Kennel L. Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Highland County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Served with the 26th Infantry Regiment; buried in US Military Cemetery Normandy, France

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Layton Harrison Wilson

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1945
Died In: North Atlantic
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Owen Thomas Wilson

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bland County, VA
Casualty Date: April 22, 1943
Died In: Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands

Tail Gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator; served with the 371st Bombardment Squadron

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