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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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William Frank Butterworth, Jr.

Fireman, Second Class, Navy

Born: September 5, 1925
Hometown: Hopewell City, VA
Casualty Date: October 26, 1945
Died In: off Samar Island, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands

served aboard the USS Samuel B Roberts DE-413. After graduating from Hopewell High School in 1943, Billy found a job at the Old Dominion Water Corporation. He enlisted in the Navy (with the OK from his father) on August 4, 1943 and was sent to the Naval Station Great Lakes …

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William S. Buttfield

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Charlottesville
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William Saunders Buttfield

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: April 7, 1945
Died In: Nagoya, Japan
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal

served with the 6th Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force

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Arthur Fred Buttner, Jr.

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Born: September 4, 1920
Hometown: Henrico County, VA
Casualty Date: March 12, 1945
Died In: aboard a Hospital Ship off Iwo Jima
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Buttner served with Company K, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. He was wounded on Iwo Jima on March 10, 1945 and succumbed to his wounds two days later. Before the war, he was employed by the Hercules Power Company, Hopewell, Virginia and joined the Richmond Police …

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Elmer Warren Buzzard

Corporal, Army

Born: October 30, 1920
Hometown: Bath County
Casualty Date: June 28, 1943

Corporal Buzzard served with the 1st Bomb Squadron, 1159th School Squadron, 9th Bomb Group. He is buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Virginia.

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Robert Lee Byerly

Corporal, Army


Casualty Date: February 15, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea

served with the 1st Airborne Ranger Regiment

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Norman Ursus Byers

Chief Yeoman, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: September 16, 1943
Died In: near Guadalcanal

served aboard the USS Wasp CV-7

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Robert E. Byers

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
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William H. Byers

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg City, VA

served with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division

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Cornelius Zane Byrd

Lieutenant Colonel, Army

Born: December 4, 1904
Hometown: Accomack County, VA
Casualty Date: February 7, 1945
Died In: Prison Camp Honshu, Japan

Lieutenant Colonel Byrd served with the Quartermaster Corps assigned to Cebu Brigade Visayan Force in the Philippines. Before the war, “Neil” attended VMI for two years, his mother died in 1926 and he entered West Point as a plebe where he graduated in 1929.  He joined the Army after college …

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George Ellis Byrd

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Arlington
Casualty Date: February 26, 1967
Died In: South Vietnam
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Homer L. Byrd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: November 11, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Private First Class Byrd served with the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. He is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France.

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Homer Lee Byrd

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Born: May 18, 1927
Hometown: Scott County
Casualty Date: May 16, 1946

Seaman First Class Byrd served aboard the USS Wasatch AGC-9. He is buried in Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Virginia.

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Horace Allen Byrd

Ensign, Navy

Born: August 8, 1909
Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: July 7, 1945

Graduated from E. C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Joseph Elmer Byrd

Steward's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Born: July 16, 1925
Hometown: Caroline County, VA
Casualty Date: December 18, 1944
Died In: Philippine Sea
Awards: Purple Heart

Served aboard the USS Spence DD-512 which was sunk during Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea. 315 men were lost at sea.

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Junie Byrd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Franklin County, VA
Casualty Date: December 4, 1944
Died In: Morotai Island
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 124th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division

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Oliver Sydney Byrd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Grayson County, VA
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Thomas Herman Byrd

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Bedford, VA
Casualty Date: June 18, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division

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William H, Byrd

Private, Army

Hometown: Tazewell County
Casualty Date: August 10, 1950
Died In: Republic of Korea

served with the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division

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Carl Byrd, Jr.

Private, Army

Hometown: Richmond City & Henrico County
Casualty Date: November 11, 1950
Died In: North Korea

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

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