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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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Robert C. Calais

Private, Army

Hometown: Norfolk County
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Cecil Burnett Caldwell

Private, Army

Hometown: Giles County, VA
Casualty Date: July 14, 1944
Died In: Normandy, France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division

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Ernest Earl Caldwell

Technical Sergeant, Army

Born: September 10, 2011
Hometown: Craig County, VA
Casualty Date: May 17, 1945
Died In: off Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Technical Sergeant Caldwell served with the 68th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 5th Air Force. Before the war, he was employed by the Ruble Reynolds Lumber Company. His name is etched in the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.

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Oscar Jennings Caldwell

Private, Army

Born: April 30, 1920
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: May 8, 1944
Died In: Philippine Islands

Private Caldwell served with the 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group. He was reported missing in action on May 8, 1942. The date of his death has been officially recognized as May 8, 1944. He is buried in U.S. Military Cemetery Manila, Philippine Islands.

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Waynard E. Caldwell

Master Sergeant, Army

Born: April 16, 1935
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Army Seal, Bronze Star Medal, Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Medical regulating in Vientam and Hamburger Hill Operation

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Ralph Leon Cale

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Covington
Casualty Date: December 2, 1950
Died In: North Korea

served with the 32rd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division

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Richard Augustus Calfee

Major, Army

Born: February 20, 1916
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Commendation Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal

Served in World War II in Europe, Guadalcanal and in the Korean War.

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Thomas McCabe Calfee

Petty Officer Second Class, Navy

Born: November 26, 1944
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Died In: N/A
Awards: Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal

Served in the Vietnam War with the Construction Battalion SEABEES.

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Keith Staples Callahan

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 5, 1943
Died In: Sicily
Awards: Air Medal, Silver Star

served with the 81st Bombardment Squadron, 12th Bombardment Group, 12th Air Force

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Samuel William Callahan

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Campbell County, VA
Casualty Date: July 12, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

Served in the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

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Sean Timothy Callahan

Sergeant, Marine Corps

Born: June 14, 1987
Hometown: Warrenton
Casualty Date: April 23, 2011
Died In: Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Sergeant Callahan served with the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.  He was killed after the vehicle he was in rolled over a makeshift bomb. He was a 2005 graduate of Brentsville District High School. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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John Joseph Callahan, Jr.

Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Southampton County, VA
Casualty Date: November 23, 1943
Died In: Pacific

served aboard the USS Capelin

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Flanders B. Callaway, Jr.

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City, VA
Casualty Date: August 14, 1943
Died In: near Iwo Jima

served as a Radio Operator/Gunner on a B-24 Liberator Bomber

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George Calloway

Private, Army

Hometown: Lunenburg County, VA
Casualty Date: August 15, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 12th Infantry Regiment

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Leslie Calvert

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: January 18, 1944
Awards: Purple Heart

Served with the 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division.

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Orndorff Hampton Cameron

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Warren County
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Orndorff Hampton Cameron

Private First Class, Army

Born: June 26, 1919
Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: November 16, 1944
Died In: Stolberg, Germany

Served with the 104th Infantry Division.

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Woodrow E. Camp

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
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Alex Evans Campbell

Private, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Archie B. Campbell

Private, Army

Hometown: Fauquier County, VA
Casualty Date: September 12, 1944
Died In: Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
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