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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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Gordon Clevington Brooks

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

Captain Brooks served as a pilot with the 27th Troop Carrier Squadron, 443rd Troop Carrier Group in the China-Burma-India. Before the war, Gordon graduated from Jefferson High School and he was employed by American Viscose Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia. Captain Brooks was flying a C47A that crashed 20 miles southwest of …

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Henley E. Brooks

Private, Army

Hometown: Essex County, VA
Casualty Date: January 8, 1945
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 254th Infantry Regiment

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James G. Brooks

Private, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
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James Lewis Brooks

Private First Class, Army

Born: October 7, 1921
Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944

Private First Class Brooks served with Company B, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. Before the war, he joined the Virginia National Guard and stayed with the 116th unit when it was federalized.   He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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James Lloyd Brooks

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County
Casualty Date: November 21, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Jewell Brooks

Army

Born: April 28, 1919
Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: December 25, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal

Sergeant Brooks served with the 77th Engineer Combat Company, 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Cumberland Hill Presbyterian Church, Providence, Kentucky.

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John R. Brooks

Major, Air Force

Born: February 2, 2018
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Died In: N/A
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Leslie Earl Brooks

Sergeant, Army

Born: August 17, 1927
Hometown: Chesterfield, VA
Died In: N/A

Sergeant Brooks served with the 261st Ordinance Battalion.

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Lonnie A. Brooks

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Henry County
Casualty Date: May 3, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Malcolm Guy Brooks

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: February 7, 1945
Died In: German prison camp

Served with the 81st Engineer Combat Battalion, 106th Infantry Division. He is buried in U.S. Military Cemetery Luxembourg.

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Monte D. Brooks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: January 25, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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Oscar Benjamin Brooks

Private, Army

Hometown: King and Queen County, VA
Casualty Date: May 22, 1944
Died In: Italy

served with the 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division; buried in US Military Cemetery Sicily-Rome, Italy

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Richard H. Brooks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Pittsylvania County, VA

killed in World War II

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Russell Blackburn Brooks

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Middlesex County
Casualty Date: January 10, 1945
Died In: Belgium
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

killed by the explosion of a mine

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Sturme Wesley Brooks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: February 7, 1945
Died In: Germany

served with the 311th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division

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Terry Hudgins Brooks

Specialist 4, Army

Born: November 20, 1947
Hometown: Mathews County
Casualty Date: June 25, 1968
Died In: Long An Province, South Vietnam

served with A CO, 2ND BN, 47TH INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV

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Walter Henry Brooks

Private, Army

Born: October 1, 1918
Hometown: Hanover County, VA
Casualty Date: March 21, 1945
Died In: Italy
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Walter Latenue Brooks

Sergeant, Army

Born: February 7, 1904
Hometown: King and Queen County, VA
Casualty Date: March 22, 1945
Died In: Luzon Island, Philippines

Sergeant Brooks served with the 25th Infantry Division. He is buried in Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, King & Queen County, Virginia.

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Willard Elvin Brooks

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Essex County, VA
Casualty Date: February 18, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

buried in US Military Cemetery Sicily-Rome, Italy

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William B. Brooks

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fluvanna County, VA

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division; killed in World War II

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