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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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Wilbur Stuart Bryant

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Hometown: Henrico County

killed in World War II

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James Ernest Bryant

Command Sergeant Major, Army

Born: December 24, 1924
Hometown: Southampton
Awards: Silver Star

Command Sergeant Major Bryant served with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division that went in on D-Day +1. The wings of the glider were shaved off by the trees when it landed near St. Mere Eglise to prevent the Germans from reinforcing Utah Beach. He was awarded the …

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Jack Bryant, Jr.

Sergeant, Army

Born: May 13, 1981
Hometown: Dale City
Casualty Date: November 20, 2004
Died In: Muqdadiyah, Iraq

Sergeant Bryant served with the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilsek, Germany. He was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Joseph Frank Bryant, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: South Norfolk City, VA

killed in World War II

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George Bryington

Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Wise County, VA

killed in World War II

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George Washington Bryson

Private, Army

Hometown: Culpeper County, VA
Casualty Date: October 3, 1945
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Daniel Scott Resner Bubb

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: October 18, 1985
Hometown: Grottoes
Casualty Date: October 17, 2005
Died In: Al Rutbah, Iraq

Lance Corporal Bubb served with the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. He was killed by enemy small arms fire. He is buried in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Rockingham County, Virginia.

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Amos R. Buchanan

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: December 3, 1944
Died In: Jeulich, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division; buried in US Military Cemetery Margraten, the Netherlands

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Charles C. Buchanan

Corporal, Marine Corps

Hometown: Bristol
Casualty Date: August 28, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Charles D. Buchanan

Specialist 5, Army

Hometown: Wise
Casualty Date: May 19, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Jack Dempsey Buchanan

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: March 29, 1943
Died In: North Africa

brother of Mack Buchanan

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Joseph William Buchanan

Major, Air Force

Hometown: Smyth County
Casualty Date: November 13, 1968
Died In: near Katum, South Vietnam

F-4C Phantom (64-0800) shot down by automatic weapons fire; served with the 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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Mack Buchanan

Coxswain, Navy

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: October 12, 1942
Died In: near Cape Esperance off north tip of Guadalcanal

served aboard the USS Farenholt DD-491; Killed by shrapnel from an exploding shell; brother of Jack Dempsey Buchanan

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Robert David Buchanan

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: July 17, 1946
Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: October 14, 1967
Died In: Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal

Pfc Buchanan was attached to G Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Amphibious Force. He died nn Quang Tri Province from rifle fire and artillery attack. He is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Tennessee.

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Thomas Jennings Buchanan, Jr.

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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John August Bucher

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: December 7, 1944
Died In: China

1LT Bucher was a navigator on a B-29 during the China-Burma-India campaign. He was killed returning from his 10th bombing mission over an aircraft factory in Manchuria. He was a 1937 graduate of Benedictine High School in Richmond, VA. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in April 1942 and …

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Clovis C. Buck

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: November 3, 1943
Died In: Italy
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Clyde Leonard Buck

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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David Q. Buck

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Orange County, VA

killed in World War II

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Paul Buck

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County

killed in World War II

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