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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 Richard Chesser

Sergeant, First Class, Army

Hometown: Henrico County
Died In: Chesser
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William Morgan Chew

Lieutenant Commander, Navy

Hometown: Augusta County, VA
Casualty Date: September 4, 1943
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Herbert Alfonzer Chewning

Seaman, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Spottsylvania County, VA
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William Murray Chewning

Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City
Casualty Date: November 16, 1943
Died In: Chewning
Awards: Purple Heart
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Cody Steven Childers

Lance Corporal, Marine Corps

Born: March 2, 1991
Hometown: Chesapeake
Casualty Date: August 20, 2010
Died In: Dwyer, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Awards: Purple Heart

Lance Corporal Childers served with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was a  2009 graduate of Grassfield High School.

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Alvin Thomas Childress

Baker, First Class, Navy

Hometown: Amherst County, VA
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Clyde Wilson Childress

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Roanoke, VA
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Henry W. Childress

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Charlotte County, VA
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Herman Rosebro Childress

Private First Class, Army

Born: May 30, 1914
Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: March 3, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Private First Class Childress served with the 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th infantry Division. His remains were returned from Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, and buried in Richmond National Cemetery in 1948. Before the war, he was employed by the Richmond Fire Department.

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Robert L. Childress

Hometown: Nelson County, VA
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Donald H. Childs

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Petersburg City, VA
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Owen Miller Childs

Aviation Machinist's Mate, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Clarke County, VA
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Richard Harold Childs

Private, Army

Hometown: Alleghany County, VA
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Russell McKee Childs

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy

Born: August 23, 1917
Hometown: Buchanan County, VA
Casualty Date: March 11, 1944
Died In: over Hollandia, New Guinea

LTJG Childs served as a pilot of of PBY BUNO 08522 that was shot down over Hollandia, New Guinea. In 1938, he graduated from Eastern Kentucky College and was employed by Mingo Lime & Lumber Company in Grundy, Virginia.

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James R. Chinn

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Henrico County, VA
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Robert Henry Chinn

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fredericksburg City, VA
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Willis Ulysses Chinn

Private, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
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Harold Harley Chipps

Seaman, Second Class, Navy

Hometown: Norfolk County, VA
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Theopalus S. Chisenhall

Corporal, Army

Hometown: Lee County, VA
Casualty Date: October 24, 1944
Died In: Chisenhall
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
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Ronald Henry Chittum

Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Roanoke City
Casualty Date: November 18, 1965
Died In: Chittum

Served in the Vietnam War. Killed in Action on November 18, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam. He is mentioned in the book, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE… AND YOUNG.

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