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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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Charles W. Brown, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Hampton
Casualty Date: May 29, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
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David Tucker Brown, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: May 14, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Served with the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.

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George S. Brown, Jr.

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Princess Anne County, VA

killed in World War II

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Howard Brown, Jr.

Private, Army

Born: April 13, 1919
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: June 14, 1944

Private Brown is buried in Glendale National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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Ralph G. Brown, Jr.

Captain, Army

Hometown: Roanoke County
Casualty Date: January 3, 1953

served with the 116th Engineer Battalion

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Samuel Brown, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Grayson County
Casualty Date: August 23, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea

served with the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

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William O. Brown, Jr.

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
Casualty Date: July 14, 1945
Died In: Pacific

served with the 812th Amphibious Truck Company; buried in US Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands

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William Roscoe Brown, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Goochland County, VA
Casualty Date: December 17, 1944
Died In: Chancenay, France
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Ray Burmaster Browne

Sergeant, Army

Born: February 17, 1943
Hometown: Alexandria
Casualty Date: January 16, 1964
Died In: Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Sergeant Browne served with Detachment A-416 (My Dien II), D Company, 5th Special Forces Group, US Army Special Forces Vietnam, Military Assistance Advisory Group. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Edwin Browner, Jr.

Other

Hometown: Montgomery County

killed in World War II

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John W. Browning

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA

killed in World War II

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Perry Nathan Browning

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: July 29, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Frank Priest Browning, Jr.

Aviation Machinist's Mate, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Casualty Date: January 16, 1946
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart
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Alfred Hatcher Brownley

Technical Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Westmoreland County, VA
Casualty Date: July 2, 1945
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

served with the 415th Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 47th Bombardment Wing, 15th Air Force; buried in US Military Cemetery Florence, Italy

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Harry Ayres Brownley, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 14, 1915
Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1944
Died In: St. Lo, France

Private First Class Brownley was a 1931 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and was employed by the Commercial Exchange Bank before the war. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Nelson Howard Broy

Private, Army

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: July 11, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion; buried in US Military Cemetery Normandy, France

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Laurance Floyd Brubacker

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Page County, VA
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Norman Curtis Brubaker

Staff Sergeant, Army

Born: December 8, 1945
Hometown: Page County, VA
Casualty Date: May 15, 1968
Died In: South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Staff Sergeant Brubaker served with D Battery, 71st Artillery, 6th Battalion. He was killed by gunshot or small arms fire.

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Fred L. Brubeck

Torpedoman's Mate 1st Class, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County
Casualty Date: October 12, 1943
Died In: Atlantic

served aboard the USS Dorado SS-248

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Sam Robert Bruce

Sergeant First Class, Army

Born: April 14, 1931
Hometown: Albemarle County
Casualty Date: September 23, 1952
Died In: North Korea

Sergeant First Class Bruce served with the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Albemarle County, Virginia.

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