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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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Arthur Bernard Yeates, Jr.

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Born: March 20, 1915
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: August 10, 1945
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart

Lieutenant Commander Yeates served aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) when the ship was sunk by multiple torpedoes in the Battle of Kula Gulf on July 6, 1943. He was a officially declared dead on August 10, 1945. He was a graduate of Maury High School and the U. S. Naval …

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Claude Allen Yeatts

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
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Damon Hundley Yeatts

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: WWII State at Large, VA
Casualty Date: March 16, 1945
Died In: near Mertzwiller, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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Fred Lavillon Yeatts

Captain, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1943
Died In: North Africa
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Holsie M. Yeatts

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA
Casualty Date: February 25, 1943
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Kelly Junior Yeatts

Storekeeper, Third Class, Navy

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: October 12, 1942
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Roy Yeatts

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: WWII State at Large
Casualty Date: October 1, 1943
Died In: near Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal
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John R. Yoho

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Eugene Jackson Yonce

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: September 19, 1944
Died In: Nijmegen-Arnhem, Holland
Awards: Purple Heart
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Grant Collins Yopp

Sergeant, Army

Born: May 27, 1923
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

Served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

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James Robert York

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: May 27, 1943
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William Thomas York

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: July 26, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

brother of James Robert York

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Harry J. Yost

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Frederick County
Casualty Date: June 30, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Thomas B. Youell, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: September 27, 1944
Died In: Holland
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Alexander Young

Private, Army

Hometown: Surry County, VA
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Beltram Warren Young

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Brooks C. Young

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Petersburg, VA
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Carl L. Young

Major, Army

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: December 24, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Daniel Wilson Young

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
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Earl R. Young

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA
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