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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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Lawton Everette Winfield

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: August 17, 1900
Hometown: Petersburg, VA

Staff Sergeant Winfield served with 3516th Quartermaster Truck Company.

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Melvin Thomas Winfield

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 7, 1924
Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: March 16, 1945
Died In: Bullay, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

brother of Gene Tunney Winfield; killed during the crossing of the Moselle River. Served with the 353rd Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division.

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Charles R. Wingate

Other

Hometown: Grayson County

killed in the Korean War

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Albert Denton Wingate

Private, Army

Born: September 18, 1917
Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Private Wingate served with the Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division.

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John D. Wingfield

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: May 9, 1943
Died In: Coral Sea
Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Cross
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Kenneth Ray Wingfield

Private, Army

Born: May 7, 1926
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: March 30, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Wingfield served with the 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

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Lewis Chastine Wingfield

Private, Army

Born: July 5, 1918
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: January 25, 1945
Died In: Germany

Private Wingfield served with HQ Battery, 963rd Field Artillery Battalion.

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Paul Lindsey Wingfield

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: November 20, 1922
Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: September 22, 1944
Died In: Buren, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Staff Sergeant Wingfield served with the 7th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group as a Waist Gunner on B-17G Flying Fortress (43-38399). He is buried in Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium. Before the war, he was employed in his family’s business as a painter and wall paper hanger.

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Ralph G. Wingfield

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Lynchburg

volunteered after graduation from Notre Dame University; killed in World War II

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Walter Harwood Wingfield

Ensign, Navy

Born: May 4, 1922
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: July 16, 1944
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Wings

Ensign Wingfield served in a fighter squadron as pilot of an F6F “Hellcat.” He was killed in action in a plane crash in the Pacific on July 17, 1944. He was a 1939 graduate of Meriwether Lewis School and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute. In the fall of 1942, he volunteer …

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Peronneau Brown Wingo

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1944
Died In: Philippine Islands
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Navy Cross

transported/died aboard Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru at Takoa, Formosa

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Raymond E. Wingo

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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Ernest J. Wininger

Private, Army

Born: May 26, 1918
Hometown: Gate City, VA
Died In: Camp Chaffee
Awards: WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II. Died in Camp Chaffee on July 4, 1944.

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John A. Winkler

Seaman Apprentice, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: November 22, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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Hugh A. Winkler, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: October 6, 1944
Died In: Niederbusch (Staatsforst), Holland
Awards: Purple Heart

buried in US Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

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Townsend Winmill

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: October 10, 1944
Died In: near Shingbwiyang, Northern Burma

Captain Allen Townsend Winmill served with the 1327th Army Air Force Base, Air Transport Command that was stationed out of Kwanghan, China. “Towney” graduated from Harvard University and Yale Law School where he played on their polo teams.  He was employed by Hawkins, Dellafield and Longfellow law firm in New …

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Horace J. Winn

Major, Army

Hometown: Arlington County

killed in World War II

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James Herman Winn

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: November 2, 1943
Died In: Atlantic Ocean

ship sank due to damage received when ramming German submarine U-405 North of the Azores

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Raymond Luther Winn

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: April 15, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Haskel D. Winningham

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA

killed in World War II

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