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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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James Wesley Wynn

Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: April 12, 1945
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Robert R. Wynn

Private, Army

Hometown: King William County, VA
Casualty Date: April 1, 1945
Died In: Germany
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Roy F. Wynn

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: October 27, 1951
Died In: North Korea

served with the 31st Infantry Reigment

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Raymond Francis Yackee

Carpenter's Mate 2nd Class, Navy

Born: July 13, 1914
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 18, 1942
Died In: Lawn Point, Newfoundland

Carpenter’s Mate Second Class Yackee served aboard the USS Pollux AKS-2 . He is buried in the Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York.  

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Jonathan Tyler Yale

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: January 22, 1987
Hometown: Burkeville
Casualty Date: April 22, 2008
Died In: Balad, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Cross

Corporal Yale served with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment – 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed when a suicide vehicle, carrying 2,000 pounds of explosives, detonated near his post. He was a 2006 graduate of Prince Edward County High School. He is buried in the …

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Leonard B. Yarber

Private, Army

Hometown: Washington County, VA
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Raymond L. Yarbrough

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City, VA
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David E. Yates

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Chesapeake
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Floyd Yates

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
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Harding Yates

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dickenson County, VA
Casualty Date: March 4, 1945
Died In: Western Germany
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Jack Walter Yates

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Tazewell County, VA
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John Henry Yates

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: June 13, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.

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Richard W. Yates

Hospitalman, Navy

Hometown: Prince William County
Casualty Date: October 22, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Robert Murray Yates

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Robert J. Yates, Jr.

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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George Holly Yeager, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: July 16, 1944
Died In: over Neuried, Munich, Germany
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
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Robert J. Yeaman

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
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Hubert Yeary

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: April 8, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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Marvin O. Yeary

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
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Mahlon R. Yeates

Private First Class, Army

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