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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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Harvey Samuel Brown

Private, Army

Hometown: Henry County, VA
Casualty Date: August 6, 1944
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Henry M. Brown

Private, Army

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
Casualty Date: May 21, 1944
Died In: Pacific

served with the 29th Chemical Decontamination Company

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Herman Brown

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 16, 1947
Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: November 8, 1965
Died In: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. He is buried in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery, Tazewell County, VA.

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Herman W. Brown

First Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Elizabeth City County, VA

killed in World War II

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Howard Brown

Steward's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
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Iran Courtland Brown

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: May 29, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Jack Allen Brown

Army

Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Casualty Date: April 25, 1945
Died In: Hospital Ship near Okinawa

Shot by a sniper on Ie-Shima; buried in Arlington National Cemetery

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Jack Shelton Brown

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA
Casualty Date: July 8, 1944
Died In: Saipan

Corporal Brown served with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. His remains could not be retrieved at the time of his death. In 2021, an unidentified set of remains were disinterred and sent to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory and were confirmed to be Corporal …

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James A. Brown

Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA

killed in World War II

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James Buber Brown

Steward's Mate 3rd Class, Navy

Hometown: Arlington County
Casualty Date: February 28, 1946

served aboard the USS Tillman DD-641

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James J. Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: King and Queen County, VA

killed in World War II

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James Meredith Brown

Fireman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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James W. Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Greensville County, VA
Casualty Date: October 11, 1944

served with the 463rd Quartermaster Laundry Company; buried in US Military Cemetery Epinal, France

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Jesse G. Brown

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News

killed in World War II

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Joe L. Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Nelson County
Casualty Date: August 13, 1952

killed in the Korean War

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John Alphonzo Brown

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County
Casualty Date: May 4, 1966
Died In: South Vietnam
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John Winston Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA

killed in World War II

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Joseph Dodson Brown

Navy

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Served in Navy on the USS Franklin.

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Joshua Ernest Brown

Private First Class, Army

Born: April 23, 1930
Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: May 31, 1951
Died In: North Korea

Private First Class Brown served with the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He is buried in Chesterfield County Cemetery, Chesterfield, Virginia.

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Kyle William Brown

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Newport News
Casualty Date: January 7, 2006
Died In: near Fallujah, Iraq

Lance Corporal Brown served with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed by a sniper near Fallujah, Iraq. He was a 2002 graduate of Heritage High School where he was involved in the ROTC program. He is buried in Arlington National …

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