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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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Elden L. Young

Private, Army

Hometown: Radford, VA
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Gordon Preston Young

Specialist 4, Army

Born: March 15, 1944
Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
Casualty Date: November 17, 1965
Died In: Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Medal w/ Palm Ribbon

Specialist 4 Young was killed in action in Landing Zone Albany on November 17, 1965 in the Ia Drang Valley. He served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte County, Virginia.

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Harold E. Young

Specialist 5, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: July 27, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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James Ray Young

Private, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke County
Casualty Date: May 18, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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John A. Young

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
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John M. Young

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: July 20, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
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Lee Allen Young

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Lester Washington Young

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
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Melvin L. Young

Private, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: December 21, 1944
Died In: Belgium
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Paul A. Young

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Martinsville
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Stewart C. Young

Other

Hometown: Petersburg
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William L. Young

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
Casualty Date: August 24, 1944
Died In: France
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Winfred H. Young

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
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Gary L. Young

Master Sergeant, Army

Born: July 13, 1948
Hometown: King William County
Awards: Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Army Meritorious Unit Citation, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Joint Service Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Medal w/ Bronze Star Ribbon, Unit Commendation, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Service Medal
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Edgar Mantlebert Young

Captain, Army

Born: December 29, 1911
Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA

Captain Young served with the 111th Field Artillery, in the 29th Division. He graduated from Episcopal High School and went on to attended Virginia Military Institute where he graduated with the class of 1933, majoring in Civil Engineering.  He joined the Virginia National Guard as a 2nd Lt. and attended …

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James E. Young, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Danville
Casualty Date: December 1, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Joseph B. Young, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
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Donald A. Younglas

Major, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1944
Died In: over France
Awards: Air Medal
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Wilbur H. Youngman, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: October 17, 1951
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Robert Conrad Yowell

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: June 20, 1945
Died In: Marseille, France
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