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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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Casper William Wright

Cook, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Page County, VA

killed in World War II

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Charlie Maurice Wright

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: September 1, 1944
Died In: Brittany, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 175th Infantry, 29th Division

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Clarence Allen Wright

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: May 24, 1942

killed in World War II

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Clayton Davis Wright

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: July 14, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Elmer Price Wright

Staff Sergeant, Army

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

Served with A Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Normandy, France.

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Erwin Heckman Wright

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 21, 1914
Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Private First Class Wright served with Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Before the war, he was employed by the Virginia Highway Department. He is buried in the Jones-Wright Family Cemetery, Brunswick County, Virginia.

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Garland Wright

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: December 15, 1919
Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: September 9, 1944
Died In: Mainz/Diedenberger, Germany

Technical Sergeant Wright served with the 578th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group as a Radio Operator on B-24 Liberator (42-52548, “Jaw-Ja Boy”) which was shot down on a mission to Mainz, Germany. The plane was hit by flax and burst into flames. Nine of the eleven crew members were killed. …

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Garland Flendolph Wright

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: July 22, 1966
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

Corporal Wright served with H & S Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He is buried in Antioch Baptist Church cemetery, Skippers, Virginia.

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Gary Wayne Wright

Specialist 4, Army

Born: November 5, 1950
Hometown: Gloucester County
Casualty Date: May 3, 1969
Died In: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Specialist 4 Wright served with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade. He is buried in New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

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Grover Rodeheaver Wright

Gunner's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1942
Died In: near Guadalcanal
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Herman Page Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Horace Edgar Wright

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: June 21, 1923
Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: July 26, 1944
Died In: Guam

killed in World War II

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James Ambler Wright

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Manassas
Casualty Date: October 25, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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John A. Wright

Private, Army

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

served with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

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Johnny Wayne Wright

Specialist 4, Army

Born: November 11, 1945
Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

SP4 Wright was the son of Charles Haskell Wright and Ruth Miller Sheffield Wright of Abingdon, VA. He was attached to C Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He died due to small arms fire during hostile action on Long An Province. He is buried at Zion Methodist …

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Lawrence E. Wright

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: December 26, 1942
Died In: Pacific
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Massie L. Wright

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: October 19, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He is buried in U.S. Military Cemetery Epinal, France.

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Ollie M. Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County

killed in World War II

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Samuel L. Wright

Private, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg

killed in World War II

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Sankey M. Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 10, 1944
Died In: Germany

brother of Crockett Wright and Richard Wright (who were killed in WWI)

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