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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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James H. Bush

Private, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1944
Died In: Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 7th Infantry Regiment

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Rufus H. Bush

Lieutenant, Navy

Hometown: Henrico County
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Albert Murray Bushell

Ensign, Navy

Hometown: Mecklenburg County
Casualty Date: November 22, 1943
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Charles D. Busic

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: April 29, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

served with the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

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Clyde B. Butcher

Private, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
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Archie Jay Butler

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: July 23, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 358th Infantry Regiment

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Charles King Butler

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Born: March 30, 1945
Hometown: Charlottesville
Casualty Date: December 28, 1969
Died In: Hai-Van Pass, Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross

1stLt Butler was a Pilot with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group Sixteen, First Marine Aircraft Wing.

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David Henry Butler

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: October 13, 1944
Died In: Germany
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Forrest O’Brien Butler

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 27, 1924
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: July 17, 1944
Died In: Northern Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

PFC Butler served with the 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division. He was killed by a German machine gunner and is buried in Presbyterian Church Cemetery Scottsville, Albemarle County.

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Robert R. Butler

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Winchester City, VA
Casualty Date: October 19, 1944
Died In: Palatinate Forest, Germany

Served with the 844th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group, 8th Army Air Corps. Flight Engineer on B-24 “Pregnant Peggy.”

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Sandy Allen Butler

Private First Class, Army

Born: November 30, 1914
Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: June 11, 1944
Died In: St. Lo, France

Private First Class Butler served with the 271st Port Company, 502nd Port Battalion. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.

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Wallace V. Butler

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County
Casualty Date: October 8, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea

Served with the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Division

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Wyndham Randolph Butler

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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George Ashton Butler, Jr.

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
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John Crosby Butler, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Marine Corps

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: November 13, 1944
Died In: Mariana Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

served with the Marine Attack Squadron 225, VMF-225; fighter pilot Vought F4U Corsair; shot down by Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire

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William S. Butler, Jr.

Fireman 3rd Class, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: August 10, 1943
Died In: Pacific
Awards: Purple Heart
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Richard Leigh Butt

Captain, Air Force

Hometown: Norfolk
Casualty Date: June 2, 1976
Died In: near Ba Binh, North Vietnam

served with the 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Captain Butt’s plane was shot down 4 miles north of the DMZ.

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Roger Neal Butt

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: October 8, 1908
Hometown: Washington County, VA
Casualty Date: December 27, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Employed by the Russell County School Board before he enlisted in the Army.

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Herbert Hambly Butt, Jr.

Major, Army

Born: September 11, 1936
Hometown: Williamsburg
Casualty Date: January 29, 1968
Died In: Vinh Binh
Awards: Silver Star
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Robert Carey Butterworth

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Overseas Service Ribbon, Occupation Medal, WWII Victory Medal

Served in World War II.

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