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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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Rufus Aaron Worrell

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: December 1, 1921
Hometown: Carroll County, VA
Casualty Date: October 3, 1944
Died In: Appenine Mountains, Italy
Awards: Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart, Silver Star

Second Lieutenant Worrell served with Company L, 337th Infantry Regiment, 5th Army. He was with the first troops entering Rome. He graduated from Lambsburg High School and attended Lynchburg College prior to being inducted in the Army. He is buried in Coal Creek Memorial Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia, next to …

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Thomas W. Worrell

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
Casualty Date: March 18, 1944
Died In: over Theydon Mount, Epping, Essex, England
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 494th Bombardment Squadron, 9th Air Force. He was the co-pilot on B-26B Marauder (42-95981).

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Everett E. Worrell, Jr.

Major, Air Force

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Eur-Afr-MidEastern Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award

Served in World War II as a B-17 pilot and Flight Commander with the 532nd Bomb Squad, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force in England. Flew 35 combat missions against Germany, France and Holland in 1944.

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Henry Arnold Worsham

Staff Sergeant, Army

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

served with the 82nd Airborne Signal Company

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James P. Worsham, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: March 7, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
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Edward J. Worth

Private, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: April 9, 1944
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John H. Worthington

Chief Warrant Officer, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA

killed in World War II

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Ambrose H. Wortman

Private, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: May 3, 1944
Died In: Pacific

served with the 781st Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company

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Sidney Foster Wortman, Jr.

Captain, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: October 8, 1944
Died In: Europe
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Edward Baker Wray

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 16, 1918
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 23, 1943
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Wray served with the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. He is buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. Before the war, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School and was the manager of an A & N Store in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Frank M. Wray

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: July 8, 1944
Died In: near Montgardon, France
Awards: Purple Heart

buried in High Street Cemetery Rocky Mount, Franklin Co

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George Howard Wray

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
Casualty Date: June 20, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

lost/shot down by German Anti-Aircraft Artillery fire during a mission to Mestre, Italy; B-17G Flying Fortress (42-37997)

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Beverly Kennon Wren

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 6th Engineer Special Brigade

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L. Peter Wren

Lieutenant Commander, Army

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II and in the Korean War. LCDR Wren served aboard the USS Coates, USS Bassett, USS Indianapolis and USS Halsey Powell. He retired from the Fleet Reserve after completing over 20 years of service.

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Thomas P Wren

Storekeeper, Third Class, Navy

Born: May 15, 1926
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Occupation Medal, Naval Reserve Meritorious Service
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William E. Wrench

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA

killed in World War II

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Mason Thrower Wrenn, Jr.

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA
Casualty Date: November 9, 1942
Awards: Purple Heart
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Robert L. Wresinski

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Alexander Thomas Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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Atlas Elwood Wright

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 166th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division; buried in family cemetery near Gasburg, Brunswick Co

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