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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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John Harrison Burke

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Prince Edward County, VA
Casualty Date: August 23, 1943

served aboard the USS Ingraham DD-444

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Manuel Thomas Burke

Technician, Fifth Grade, Army

Born: January 8, 1923
Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: November 27, 1943
Died In: off the coast of Algeria
Awards: Purple Heart

killed aboard HMT Rohna when attacked/sunk by a German air launched, radio guided, rocket powered bomb. He was drafted 3 Feb 1943 by the Norton Draft Board.

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Henry C. Burke, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Augusta County

killed in World War II

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Henry C. P. Burke, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Born: November 29, 1919
Hometown: Petersburg, VA
Casualty Date: December 27, 1944
Died In: Italy

First Lieutenant Burke served with HQ Company, 366th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Leroy D. Burkett

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Hopewell
Casualty Date: November 11, 1944
Died In: Germany

Staff Sergeant Burkett served with F Company, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. He is buried in Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

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William Gregory Burkett

CTO3/E-4, Navy

Born: June 5, 1964
Hometown: Callao, VA
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commendation
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Ralph Burkhalter, Jr.

Specialist 4, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: April 21, 1969
Died In: South Vietnam
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Jerry Clark Burkhead

Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: October 19, 1946
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: February 8, 1968
Died In: Quang Tri, South Vietnam

Served with A Company, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

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Gary Allen Burks

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Covington
Casualty Date: April 29, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Lionel Lodowick Burks

Warrant Officer, Second Class, Other

Born: April 27, 1912
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: July 24, 1942
Died In: Nova Scotia, Canada

Lionel Burks served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Joseph Luther Burner

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Shenandoah County, VA
Casualty Date: June 17, 1944
Died In: Saipan
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Robert E. Burner

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Page County
Casualty Date: December 3, 1950
Died In: North Korea
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Henry Ogle Burnett

Private First Class, Army

Born: July 4, 1914
Hometown: Dinwiddie County, VA
Casualty Date: December 3, 1944
Died In: West Bank of the Rur River Julich, Germany

Private First Class Burnett served Company E, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. Before the war, he worked for the Virginia Department of Highway in Amelia, Virginia and he was married. PFC Burnett was moving with his unit on the West Bank of the Rur River when he was hit by …

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William A. Burnett

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Virginia Beach
Casualty Date: December 29, 1965
Died In: South Vietnam
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Willie O. Burnett

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Danville, VA

killed in World War II

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Clarence O. Burnette

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA

killed in World War II

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Everett Allen Burnette

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: New Kent County
Casualty Date: November 27, 1942
Died In: Djedeida, Tunisia

buried in US Military Cemetery North Africa (Carthage, Tunisia); served with the 1st Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division

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Floyd Allen Burnette

Private First Class, Army

Born: August 16, 1923
Hometown: Bedford County, VA
Casualty Date: April 12, 1945
Died In: Branderoda, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion. He was killed by German artillery fire. He is buried in U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten, the Netherlands.

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Hammett F. J. Burnette

Private, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA

killed in World War II

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Henry Walter Burnette

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg
Casualty Date: December 1, 1950
Died In: North Korea

served with the 503rd Field Artillery Battalion

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