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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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Hilton Ekelen Woodcock

Private, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA

Private Woodcock served with Company I, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. Before the war, “Hicky” worked for Wortendyke Manufacturing Company and got married.  He received his infantry training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and was sent to England in May 1944. He was killed in action in France and he is buried …

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William Irvin Wooddell, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: July 31, 1923
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Casualty Date: April 14, 1945
Died In: over Mindoro Island

First Lieutenant Wooddell served in the Army Air Corps. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and worked for People’s Drug Store before the war.

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Warren W. Wooden

Captain, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County

killed in World War II

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Donald Pierce Woodfin

Private First Class, Army

Born: November 22, 1949
Hometown: Buckingham County
Casualty Date: April 6, 1970
Died In: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Served with A Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 6th Battalion, 9th Infantry Division.

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Philip T. Woodfin

Captain, Coast Guard

Hometown: Newport News

killed in World War II

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Lawrence Wilbur Woodfork

Private, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: November 17, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Private Woodfork served with the 371st Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Florence American Cemetery, Italy.

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William Thomas Woodhouse

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: November 20, 1944
Died In: Ulithi Atoll

Served aboard the USS Mississinewa AO-59. His ship was sunk by a Japanese kaiten torpedo.

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Horatio Cornick Woodhouse, Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: May 30, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

LtCol Woodhouse was killed by Japanese sniper fire on Okinawa. He was the Commanding Officer of the 22nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Battalion, 6th Marine Division. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Fitzhugh Wooding

Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA

killed in World War II

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Paul A. Woodle

Seaman, Second Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: September 11, 1943
Died In: Salerno, Italy
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Herbert A. Woodman

Other

Hometown: Princess Anne County

killed in the Korean War

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Edward C. Woodroff

Other

Hometown: Warwick County

killed in the Korean War

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Charles E. Woodruff

Private, Army

Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: September 19, 1943
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Walter West Woodruff

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 3, 1924
Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: November 27, 1943
Died In: off the coast of Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

Killed aboard HMT Rohna when attacked/sunk by a German air launched, radio guided, rocket powered bomb. Attended Washington & Lee High School. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Arthur Jenkins Woods

Private First Class, Army

Born: November 2, 1917
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: February 10, 1945
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Woods served with the 366th Infantry Regiment. He is buried in Florence American Cemetery, Italy. Before the war, he was employed by Sydnor, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Lewis Franklin Woods

Private, Army

Hometown: Buckingham County, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1944
Died In: Palau Island
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 454th Amphibian Truck Company. Memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, US Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands

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Sterling S. Woods

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: May 10, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Thomas Junius Woods

Private, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: August 9, 1944
Died In: Italy

served with the 450th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Bn

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William Brian Woods, Jr.

Sergeant First Class, Army

Born: September 8, 1977
Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: August 16, 2009
Died In: Ghanzi, Afghanistan
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant First Class Woods served with the Maryland Army National Guard, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Glen Arm, Maryland. He was shot by insurgents while on patrol.  

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Howard J. Woodson

Technician, Fifth Class, Army

Born: February 22, 1923
Hometown: Red Hill, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Good Conduct Medal

Served with Company C, 363 Medical Battalion.

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