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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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Henry Lester Brightwell

First Sergeant, Army

Born: June 17, 1913
Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 23, 1944

First Sergeant Brightman served with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia.  

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Verne W. Brill

T-4, Army


Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal
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John Larue Brim

Staff Sergeant, Air Force

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: March 29, 1967
Died In: near Hoi An, South Vietnam

served with the 4th Air Commando Squadron; AC-47D (44-76534) shot down by automatic weapons fire

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Warren George Brim

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Patrick County, VA
Casualty Date: February 11, 1945
Died In: South Manila, Philippine Islands

served with the 148th Infantry Regiment

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Ira Franklin Brinker

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: March 24, 1944
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Fred Franklin Brinkley

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 7, 1920
Hometown: Bath County
Casualty Date: October 4, 1942
Died In: China-Burma-India Theater
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.

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George W. Brinkley

Private, Army

Hometown: South Norfolk
Casualty Date: July 27, 1944
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George Willie Brinkley

Private, Army

Hometown: South Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: July 27, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France

served with the 2nd Infantry Regiment

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James E. Brinkley

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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James L. Brinkley

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Wallace Raymond Brinkley

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Suffolk City, VA
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Oscar W. Britt

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Hometown: Newport News

killed in World War II

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Wade Hampton Britt, Jr.

Major, Marine Corps

Born: March 28, 1915
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: April 13, 1943

Served with the VMF-213 Marine Aviation Group, 21st Marine Aircraft Wing. 1936 graduate of the Citadel. Buried in Forsyth Memorial Park, Winston Salem, NC.

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Otis Bilisoly Brittingham

Chief Radioman, Army

Born: May 22, 1899
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: February 12, 1944

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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John Brittingham

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA

killed in World War II

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Otis Bilisoly Brittingham

Chief Radioman, Army

Born: May 22, 1899
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: February 12, 1944

Chief Radioman Brittingham served on the USS Porter DDG-78 in November 1941.  He was stationed in Washington, D.C. and Pearl Harbor. Before the war, he became an amateur radio operator by age 16 and graduated from high school. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Edward M. Brittingham, Sr.

Captain, Navy

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Navy Seal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Achievement Medal
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Frank Henry Britton

Aviation Cadet, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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Clyde Bertrand Brizendine

Private, Army

Born: November 17, 1923
Hometown: Craig County, VA
Casualty Date: January 11, 1945
Died In: Doncels, Luxembourg
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Private Brizendine served with the 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. His brother, Luther Marshall Brizendine, was also killed in action and he is buried beside him in the Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands.

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David Steve Brizendine

Coxswain, Navy

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA
Casualty Date: November 23, 1945
Died In: 300 miles South of Java, Netherlands East Indies
Awards: Purple Heart

served aboard the USS Asheville PG-21

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