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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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Landon Lowry Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: December 12, 1944
Died In: Ensdorf, Germany

Served with the 378th Infantry, 95th Infantry Battalion. He is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery Hurt, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

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Lloyd L. Brown

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: October 14, 1945
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 370th Infantry Regiment

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Lonnie James Brown

Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA

killed in World War II

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Ottoway Brown

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA

killed in World War II

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Paul C. Brown

Seaman, First Class, Army

Hometown: Nelson County, VA
Casualty Date: January 7, 1944

served aboard the USS St Augustine PG-54

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Ralph B. Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County

killed in World War II

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Richard Henry Brown

Captain, Army

Born: August 26, 1922
Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1945
Died In: 2 miles North of St Vith, Belgium
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. He was killed when his plane was shot down by enemy anti aircraft and exploded with it hit the ground 2 miles north St Vith, Belgium. He is buried in US Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

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Richard Morton Brown

Private First Class, Army

Born: December 25, 1913
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Casualty Date: March 10, 1945
Died In: Louvain, Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 397th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. He is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium. Graduate of Lane High School.

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Robert Calvin Brown

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1943
Died In: 3 miles off Oran, Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

served aboard the SS Arthur Middleton; torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U-73

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Robert Lewis Brown

Second Lieutenant, Army

Born: August 2, 1921
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: July 15, 1944
Died In: near Zaj-acer, Yugoslavia
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Served with the 758th Bomb Squadron, 459th Bomb Group. Bombadier on B24G 42-78323, plane made bombing run to Polesti, Romania when it was hit by flax and wing sheared off. Plane immediately went into a spin over Bor, Yugoslvia. Killed when plane struck the ground.

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Robert Mack Brown

Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force

Born: October 1, 1933
Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: February 16, 1977
Died In: near Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross

Lieutenant Colonel Brown served with the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. In 1952, he left the Norfolk extension of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute to enlist in the U. S. Navy and graduate from the U. S. Naval Academy. His name is etched into the stone wall on …

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Robert Ross Brown

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA

killed in World War II

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Robert Walter Brown

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Frederick County, VA
Casualty Date: December 5, 1944
Died In: Leyte, Philippine Islands

killed by Japanese kamikaze aboard transport ship in Leyte; served with the 149th Infantry Regiment

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Ronald Lee Brown

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth
Casualty Date: February 9, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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Royal F. Brown

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA
Casualty Date: January 1, 1945
Died In: England
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Rudolph I. Brown

Private, Army

Hometown: South Norfolk City, VA
Casualty Date: December 15, 1943
Died In: Italy

buried in US Military Cemetery Sicily-Rome, Italy; served with the 157th Infantry Regiment

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Solomon M. Brown

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 19, 1932
Hometown: Lynchburg
Casualty Date: February 14, 1951
Died In: Chaum-Ni, Republic of Korea
Awards: Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge

Private First Class Brown served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Staunton Montgomery Brown

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: June 6, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division

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Thomas Deaver Brown

Private, Army

Born: July 14, 1925
Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: October 4, 1944
Died In: Italy

Private Brown served with Company H, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Division. He is buried in Oxford Presbyterian Cemetery, Collierstown, Virginia.

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Thomas J. Brown

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: March 13, 1982
Hometown: Burke
Casualty Date: September 23, 2008
Died In: Salman Park, Iraq
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge

First Lieutenant Brown served with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. He was killed when his patrol came under enemy small arms fire. He attended George Mason University. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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