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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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Silas Macon Wright

Private, Army

Born: October 18, 1925
Hometown: Brunswick County, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Eastern France

Private Wright served with Company K, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division. He is buried in Rehoboth United Methodist Church Cemetery, LaCrosse, Virginia.

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Sterling Wright

Lieutenant General, Army

Born: October 29, 2001
Hometown: Irvington
Died In: N/A
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Stewart Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Died In: Philippine Islands
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Thomas W. Wright

Private, Army

Hometown: Newport News

killed in World War II

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Thurman Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Casualty Date: September 4, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 121st Infantry Regiment

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W. H. Sterling Wright

Lieutenant General, Army

Born: October 29, 1907

Died In: N/A
Awards: Legion of Merit, Army Distinguished Service Medal

US Equestrian team 1948 Olympics; Remembers Omaha Beach, D-Day, Early days of war in Korea. Duty as Military Aide to Sec of War, Hon. Henry L. Stimson.

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Wayne R. Wright

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: March 8, 1945
Died In: Biak Island, West Papua, New Guinea
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 563rd Engineer Boat Maintenance Battalion

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William Joseph Wright

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 12, 1917
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: July 4, 1944
Died In: near Meautis, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Wright served with the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Before the war, he worked  for High Rock Ginger Ale Co, Norfolk, Virginia. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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William M. Wright

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Prince William County, VA

killed in World War II

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James Andrew Wright

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 12, 1915
Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Staff Sergeant Wright served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. Before the war, he worked for Craddock Shoe Factory, Lynchburg, Virginia and joined the Virginia National Guard. He was killed in action in World War II and he is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.

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James Luther Wright

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: June 28, 1920
Hometown: Roanoke County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Wright served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. Before the war, he attended high school for one year and then took a job.  He joined the Virginia National Guard in 1941 and stayed with the unit until it was federalized. He was killed in action in Normandy, …

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Russell L. Wright, III

Hospitalman, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: September 3, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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George Andrew Wright, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: April 19, 1945
Died In: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart
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Grover C. Wright, Jr.

Specialist 5, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: April 18, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Robert Johnston Wright, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Bland County
Casualty Date: November 29, 1950
Died In: Pyoktong, North Korea

captured near Kunu-ri, North Korea 11/29/1950

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Andrew Graham Wright, Sr.

Army

Born: September 19, 1918

Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Mr. Wright served in Guadalcanal, the Philippines, and Japan. He attended Wake Forest College (now University) in North Carolina. He is buried in Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Virginia.

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David H. Wroten

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA

killed in World War II

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Alfred E. Wyatt

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: January 30, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

served in the 35th Infantry Regiment

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Billy D. Wyatt

Private, Army

Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: October 7, 1951
Died In: North Korea
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Charles Edward Wyatt

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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