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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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Luther Marshall Brizendine

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 5, 1919
Hometown: Craig County, VA
Casualty Date: November 19, 1944
Died In: Setterich, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Private First Class Brizendine served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. His brother, Clyde Bertrand Brizendine, was also killed in action and is buried beside him in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, the Netherlands.

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Eugene Houston Broaddus

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Died In: France

Private Broaddus served with the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion, 29th Infantry Division. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Wilson Lee Broadwell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA

killed in World War II

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Charles L. Brock

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Louisa County, VA
Casualty Date: February 3, 1944
Died In: Guadalcanal
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R. T. Brockenbrough

Private, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA

killed in World War II

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John J. Brockwell

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Petersburg, VA

killed in World War II

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Richard Dale Broda

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: November 20, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam

PFC Broda was killed in action on November 20, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, on his last combat mission. He is mentioned in the book, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE… AND YOUNG. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Old Dominion Technical Institute. Before being …

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Herbert Reginald Broderick

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Arlington County

killed in World War II

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Herman C. Broegeler, III

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: August 1, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Nathan Irvin Broocke

Colonel, Army

Born: March 23, 1937
Hometown: Richmond
Awards: Army Seal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritiorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Commendation Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon

Colonel Broocke served in Airborne Service; was Aide-de-Camp to LTG Creighton Abrams, U.S. 5th Corp and Corps of Engineers. He served as Instructor in U.S. Army Infantry School, was an Engineer Command in Vietnam, and served as Army staff at the Pentagon.

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George M. Brooke

Colonel, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA

killed in World War II

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Daniel Ambrose Brooker

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: March 30, 1945
Died In: near Heidelberg, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Sergeant Brooker served with Company A, 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division, 7th Army. Before the war, he was employed by DuPont. He is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France.

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Alvin Edward Brooking

Private, Army

Born: August 14, 1919
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: February 3, 1944

Private Brooking served with the 5th Service Squadron. He had previously joined the Army and served in Panama for two years before being honorably discharged. He reenlisted in December 1940. He is buried in Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Edward H. Brookman

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Smyth County, VA
Casualty Date: April 4, 1945
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 363rd Infantry Regiment

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Emmit Miley Brookman

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fluvanna County, VA
Casualty Date: May 17, 1942
Died In: Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 31st Infantry Regiment; buried in US Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands

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Carl W. Brooks

Private, Army

Hometown: Mathews County
Casualty Date: February 17, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Charles E. Brooks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA

killed in World War II

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David Leonard Brooks

Private, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: July 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart
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Edward Lee Brooks

Private, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA

killed in World War II

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Edwin Alonzo Brooks

Seaman, Navy

Born: February 26, 1921
Hometown: Arlington County, VA

Attended Mars Hill College

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