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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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Joshua Edward Winslow

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 9, 1908
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: January 25, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Winslow served with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He is buried in Epinal American Cemetery, France.

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Wilbur P. Winslow

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: South Norfolk City, VA

killed in World War II

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Arthur M. Winstead

Army

Hometown: Newport News

killed in World War II

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Otho Tindall Winstead

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Born: April 26, 1915
Hometown: Lynchburg
Died In: near Taepyoung, South Korea
Awards: Army Distinguished Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Silver Star, United Nations Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal

He commanded the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division

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Edward Lewis Winston

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: December 4, 1919
Hometown: Montgomery County, VA
Casualty Date: October 10, 1944
Died In: Burma
Awards: Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross

First Lieutenant Winston served in the Army Air Corps. He is buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri along with three of his crew members. Before the war, he attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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Henry Spiller Winston, III

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: August 5, 1944
Died In: St Lo, France
Awards: Silver Star

Served with the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division; from reports “Suffering from shock and wounds and suffocation he refused to be evacuated for treatment, and insisted on proceeding to his commanding officer with captured documents which contained valuable information. Faithful unto death, he did his duty to the end.”; …

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Beverly Kone Winston, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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Jonathan Daya Winterbottom

Corporal, Army

Born: May 25, 1985
Hometown: Falls Church
Casualty Date: May 23, 2007
Died In: Al Nahrawan, Iraq
Awards: Commendation Medal, Purple Heart

Corporal Winterbottom served with the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade – 3rd Infantry Div, Fort Benning, Georgia. He was killed by an improvised explosive device. He was a 2003 graduate of Falls Church High School. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Falls Church, Virginia.

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Merbell C. Winton

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Hampton, VA

killed in World War II

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Allen I. Wirt

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: December 22, 1944
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion; buried in Sunset Cemetery Christiansburg, Montgomery Co

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Jacob Edward Wirt

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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Larry Francis Wirt

Specialist 4, Army

Born: July 4, 1944
Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: April 23, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Merl D. Wirt

Private, Army

Hometown: Montgomery County
Casualty Date: August 9, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea

served with the 61st Field Artillery Battalion

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Benjamin Harold Wirtz

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA

killed in World War II

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Chesley G. Wise

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Norman H. Wise

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA

killed in World War II

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Ralph Carter Wisecarver

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Winchester, VA
Casualty Date: July 27, 1944
Died In: France

buried in US Military Cemetery Normandy, France

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Robert Earl Wiseman

Private, Army

Born: April 6, 1922
Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: July 27, 1944
Died In: Northern France

Served with the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. Before the war, he worked at the Terminal Ice Company.

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Albert Witcher

Specialist, Fourth Class, Army

Born: April 5, 1941
Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: November 15, 1965
Died In: Pleiku Province, South Vietnam

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action on November 15, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam. He is mentioned in the book, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE… AND YOUNG.

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Samuel Earnest Witcher

Sergeant, Army

Born: September 18, 1945
Hometown: Martinsville
Casualty Date: July 4, 1967
Died In: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Served with A Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division

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