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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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Rexford E. Wilson

Specialist 4, Army

Born: October 2, 1948
Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: July 2, 1970
Died In: Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam

Served with C Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, 35th Engineer Group, 18th Engineer Brigade

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Richard Engle Wilson

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: June 10, 1942

Served with the 41st Reconnaissance Squadron

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Roger Eugene Wilson

Major, Marine Corps

Born: June 30, 1947
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: June 11, 1972
Died In: near Nam Dinh, North Vietnam

Major Wilson served aboard the USS Coral Sea CV-43 with the All-Weather Fighter Squadron 224, VMA (AW)-224, 7th Fleet. He is buried in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, Virginia.

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Roger M. Wilson

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Martinsville

killed in World War II

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Roy O. Wilson

Sergeant, Army

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

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division

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Russell F. Wilson

Commander, Navy

Born: April 8, 1925

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal
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Steven Wayne Wilson

Specialist 4, Army

Born: February 25, 1947
Hometown: Henrico County
Casualty Date: September 6, 1969
Died In: Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

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Theodore Eugene Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Born: September 14, 1932
Hometown: Danville, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Served with the 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. On December 15, 1953, during a training exercise near Kongmal, North Korea, a friendly artillery round fell short of its target killing him.

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Thomas P. Wilson

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Staunton
Casualty Date: September 1, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea

Served with the 23rd Infantry Regiment

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Thomas Randolph Wilson

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 18, 1986
Hometown: Mauertown
Casualty Date: August 27, 2007
Died In: Paktika, Afghanistan
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Wilson served with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment – 173rd Brigade, Vincenza, Italy. He died of wounds suffered in an ambush He was a 2004 graduate of Central High School and finished two years at West Virginia University. He is buried in the Hepner Family Cemetery, …

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William C. Wilson

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: August 30, 1953

served with the 1st Shore Party Battalion

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William J. Wilson

Major, Army

Hometown: Arlington County

killed in World War II

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Willie Wilson

Seaman, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Charlie Harvey Wilson

Private, Army

Born: July 28, 1912
Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Private Wilson served with Company E, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. He is buried in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Chase City, Virginia.

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Joseph Griswold Wilson, III

First Lieutenant, Air Force

Born: February 11, 1943
Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: January 14, 1969
Died In: Thailand

Served with the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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George W. Wilson, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA

killed in World War II

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James Harvey Wilson, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Died In: Italy

Private Wilson was killed in action in Italy, January 1944. He was a 1934 graduate of Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia and was employed by Shilman and Company.  

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Robert Lee Wilson, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: June 13, 1946
Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: February 6, 1968
Died In: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
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Robert Paul Mason Wiltshire

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: April 13, 1918
Hometown: Orange County, VA
Casualty Date: December 27, 1942

TSG Wiltshire served with the 489th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group. Before the war, he was employed by the Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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O’Dell Wimbish

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Arlington County

Killed in World War II

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