On the south lawn of the Loudoun County Courthouse, there are three stone cenotaphs. These monuments commemorate the Loudoun County service members who died during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2015, a statue commemorating the Loudoun County residents who fought in the American Revolution was installed on the north side of the courthouse.

The biographical information was compiled by members of the Loudoun County Foreign War Memorial Trust Fund Advisory Committee. The information is incomplete and research continues. If you have information you would like to contribute, please contact the committee at info@loudounfwmtf.org. 

• World War I Memorial
• World War II and Korean War Memorial
  • World War II Casualties
  • Korean War Casualties
• Vietnam War Veterans Memorial
• Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Revolutionary War Memorial

World War I Memorial

The center cenotaph is the World War I memorial. It was erected in 1922 by the People of Loudoun County.  The monument features a bronze plaque, with a border of laurel leaves, entitled “Our Glorious Dead”.  In the center of the plaque is a sword under the words “Their bodies are buried in peace but their name liveth for evermore,” a verse from the 44th chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes (King James Version) and the dates 1917-1918. On either side of the sword, the names of the 30 Loudoun County soldiers, Marines, and sailors who died during the First World War are listed. Thirteen of them died of influenza or complications of the disease.

On the original plaque, three names – Private Ernest Gilbert, Private Valentine Johnson, and Private Samuel Thornton – were listed below the other names. These are Loudoun County’s Black World War I casualties. On November 11, 2021, the Loudoun County Foreign War Memorial Trust Fund Advisory Committee replaced the original plaque with one that lists all the servicemen in alphabetical order.

Corporal Russell T. Beatty, from Bluemont, was wounded while taking part in an attack at Verdun with the 80th Infantry Division.  The attack was planned by then Colonel George C. Marshall who later became Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and a resident of Leesburg.  Corporal Beatty died of his wounds on October 3^rd, 1918, when he was 24 years old and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Private Charles A. Bell died from influenza on January 17^th, 1919, at the age of 28. He is buried in Hillsboro Cemetery.

Private Charles E. Clyburn, from Lenah, died on October 25t^h, 1918, of wounds sustained while taking part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive as a member of the 42^nd Infantry Division.  He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Sergeant Thubert H. Conklin was from Purcellville.  He died on October 3^rd, 1918, of wounds received during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Private Nealy M. Cooper, from Lovettsville, died of accidental drowning on June 1^st, 1919, while on Occupation Duty.

Private Mathew Curtin, from Mountville, died on August 9^th, 1918, after taking part in the Second Battle of the Marne.  He is buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France.

Waggoner Leonard William Darnes contracted pneumonia at Camp Lee, Virginia, while assigned to the 80^th Infantry Division, and died at home in Ashburn on January 8^th, 1918.  He is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg.

Private Franklin L. Dawson lived in Philomont. Assigned to the 80^th Infantry Division, he was wounded on October 7^th and died on October 11^th, 1918, in Souilly, France.  He is buried in Sharon Cemetery in Middleburg.

Private John H. Fleming was assigned to the 3^rd Infantry Division.  He died on October 13^th, 1918, from wounds he received in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.  He is buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Neersville.

Captain Edward C. Fuller, United States Marine Corps, was born in Hamilton and graduated from the United States Naval Academy. He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for “fearlessly exposing himself to enemy fire” while directing his men in the defense of their position during the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918. His father was General Ben H. Fuller, who served as Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1930 to 1934. Captain Fuller is buried next to his father at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery. 

Private Ernest Gilbert lived in Leesburg and worked at the lime kiln there.  He died on October 21^st, 1918, from complications of influenza.

Private Gilbert H. Gough was born in Delaplane and lived in Leesburg.  His date of death and burial place has not been determined.

Corporal Grover Cleveland Gray listed both Lincoln and Round Hill as his place of residence.  He was assigned to the 3^rd Infantry Division and was killed in action on June 19^th, 1918.  He is buried in the Aisne-Marne Cemetery at Belleau Wood, France.

Sergeant Leonard Gray Hardy was from Leesburg.  He died of pneumonia aboard a troopship in the Newark, New Jersey harbor.

Major Bolling Walker Haxall was born in Middleburg.  He died from blood poisoning, after the Armistice, while he was on occupation duty in Koblenz, Germany.  He is buried in Sharon Cemetery in Middleburg.

Lieutenant Commander Frank Pennbacher White Hough, United States Navy, was born in Hillsboro and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1907.  Dr. Hough died of pneumonia on October 27^th, 1918, while aboard the U.S.S. Huron, the former German liner Fredrich der Grosse.

Private Alexander Pope Humphrey died on December 21^st, 1917, in training camp, before his unit left for Europe.

Private Valentine B. Johnson was born in Bluemont and lived at Oatlands.  He died of tuberculosis before his unit deployed overseas.

Private Robert A. Martz died as a result of suicide, while in training on September 6^th, 1917.

Private Harry D. Milstead was a motorman on the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad.  He died from disease at Camp Lee while in training.

Private Judge McGolerick lived in Lucketts and Furnace Mountain. He was killed in action on September 15^th, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.  He is buried in Taylorstown.

Private John Oliver McGuinn lived in Unison.  He died of disease while still in training, on December 29^th, 1917.

Private Edward Lester Nalle was a farmer from near Leesburg.  He was in training at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, under the command of Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, when he died of influenza October 7^th, 1918. He is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.

Private Ernest Hayes Nichols died of disease on October 16^th, 1918.  He was from Middleburg and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery.

Private Linwood Payne, from Lovettsville, died of pneumonia that he contracted while serving in the trenches in France.  He was 21 years old and had a wife and child.  He is buried in Hamilton.

Captain Charles Carter Riticor was born at Oatlands, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Riticor, and attended Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He was severely wounded by shrapnel and gas while serving with the 4^th Infantry Division on the last day of the Second Battle of the Marne.  He died of his wounds two months later, on September 29^th, 1918, and is buried at the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France.

Private Ashton R. Shumaker was born near Waterford and worked on a farm in Paeonian Springs.  He died of disease at Camp Lee on January 11^th, 1918.

Private Henry Grafton Smallwood, from Bluemont, died of disease at Camp Lee on December 31^st, 1917.  He is buried in Bluemont.

Corporal John Edward Smith was from Ashburn.  He served with the 80^th Infantry Division and died on October  14^th, 1918, of wounds he received during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Private Samuel C. Thornton lived in Watson, near Aldie.  He died in an accident in France, on June 6^th, 1919, seven months after the Armistice.  He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

World War II and Korean War Memorial

The western cenotaph was added to the courthouse lawn in 1956, in memory of the 67 Loudoun County service members who died during World War II and the four who died in the Korean War. George C. Marshall, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and Leesburg resident, spoke at the dedication ceremony. The south face of the memorial features an Art Deco style relief of an angel escorting a fallen soldier to heaven while a fellow soldier and a kneeling woman grieve, along with the words, “In memory of the heroic dead of Loudoun County who gave their lives for their country in the Second World War and in Korea.” The 71 names are engraved on the north face of the memorial.

World War II Casualties:

Spitier H. Abell lived in Aldie.  He was killed in action in the Pacific Theater of Operations on July 25^th, 1943.

Stanley C. Alder was reported missing in action in Italy on May 28^th, 1944.

Private First Class Lewis S. Bettis, United States Marine Corps, of Ashburn, was killed in action on Peleliu Island in the Pacific on September 19^th, 1944.

Technical Sergeant Daniel J. Bolt, from Sterling, died on May 23^rd, 1945 as a result of wounds he received in action.  He was attached to the 1st Army.

James W. Brent was from Mountville.  He was killed in the Pacific in the summer of 1944.

Private First Class Thomas W. Bridges, United State Marine Corps, was from Pleasant Valley. Wounded on March 20^th, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, he died in a hospital in the Mariana Islands on April 10^th, 1945.

Corporal William K. Brown was wounded-in-action in Sicily on July 16^th, 1943.  He recovered from those wounds and went back into action in France. Four days after D-Day, he was killed in action on June 10^th, 1944. He served with a tank unit attached to the 4th Infantry Division.  He was awarded a Silver Star for “gallantry in action.”  The citation reads:

In an attack on enemy pill boxes, Corporal Brown’s lead tank was struck twice by enemy anti-tank shells and Corporal Brown was seriously wounded.  Although he bled profusely, he refused to leave his tank and continued to pour devastating fire into enemy positions, destroying two enemy anti-tank guns.  He continued to fight until his tank was struck again, mortally wounding him.

Calvin V. Carter was killed in action on March 7^th, 1945 in Germany.

Sergeant Raymond Cooper was from Paeonian Springs.  He died in a hospital in North Africa on April 23^rd, 1944.

Private Carl M. Darby, from Hamilton, was killed in action in the Pacific on March 12^th, 1945.

James H. Eldridge was killed in action on Guam.

Staff Sergeant Harry M. Ellison, from Aldie, was killed in action in France on July 18^th, 1944.

Lieutenant Morton C. Eustis was from Oatlands.

Private First Class Robert L. Fewell was from Round Hill.

Captain Festus F. Foster, United State Navy , was killed in an aircraft accident in France on March 3^rd, 1945.  He is buried in the American Military Cemetery in France.

Private Edward (Eddy) Frye served with the 29^th Infantry Division in France.  He was killed in action on July 17^th, 1944.

Sergeant Philip R. Frye was from Lovettsville.  He died in Germany in November 1944.

Private Alfred W. Glascock lived in Philomont and graduated from Lincoln High School.  He served as a paratrooper in North Africa where he was wounded in July 1943 and died the following month.

Private First Class Harry F. Gray was reported missing in action on December 23^rd, 1944 in Belgium.

Private First Class Joseph T. Griffith, from Philomont, was killed in action in France on September 15^th, 1944.  He was 37 years old.

Herbert B. Grimes, of Leesburg, was killed in action on July 23^rd, 1944.

Private Clinton R. Harris, Jr. lived in Leesburg.  He saw action in North Africa before taking part in the invasion of Normandy.  He was wounded in France on July 28^th, 1944 and died in a hospital in France three days later.

Major Charles F. Harrison, Jr. graduated from Leesburg High School and the United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1933.  He arrived in the Philippines on June 5^th, 1941, just months before the Japanese invasion.  He was taken prisoner when Bataan fell, went through the “Bataan Death March” and died while a prisoner of war.  He is listed as killed in action on May 31^st, 1944, at the age of 34.  His father served as Mayor of Leesburg from 1913 to 1917 and again from 1923 to 1934 before being elected the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney.

Sergeant Robert S. Hawes was from Philomont. He was killed in action on September 15^th, 1944, while a member of the 29^th Infantry Division. He was 25 years old. In May 2019, a historian from Wylre, Holland, reported that Sgt. Hawes was buried by residents of the town after he took part in hand-to-hand fighting in the town.  Six enemy soldiers were found, deceased, near him. Sgt. Hawes’ remains were moved, in 1949, from the cemetery in Wylre to the American Military Cemetery in Margraten, Holland.

Electrician’s Mate (2nd Class) Billie F. Hottle, United States Navy, graduated from Leesburg High School in 1941.  He was killed in action while serving with the Pacific Fleet.

Major Robert Janney was killed when his airplane was shot down over Italy in January 1944.

Sandy V. Johnson was killed in action on October 23^rd, 1943.

Lieutenant Junior Grade John F. Kinkaid, M.D., graduated from Leesburg High School in 1934, Hampden-Sydney College in 1938, and Duke University Medical School in 1942.  On D-Day, June 6^th, 1944, Dr. Kincaid took part in the landings on the Normandy beaches.  He and his medical team evacuated casualties from the beach, using a Landing Craft Tank, while the battle for the beachhead was still in progress.  There were 10,000 casualties, including over 4,000 dead, on the 50-mile length of the Normandy beaches.  Dr. Kincaid returned home on leave and was married.  He was reassigned to serve on a U.S. Navy destroyer in the South Pacific where he was killed in action on March 12^th, 1945.

Morris B. (Ben) Laycock was from Arcola.

Technical Sergeant William T. Lemmon was a member of the 29^th Infantry Division and was killed in action in France on June 17^th, 1944.

Norman J. Lloyd was from Leesburg.  He died of wounds on October 1^st, 1944.

Private First Class Thomas E. McArtor was a member of Company D, 116^th Infantry Regiment, 29^th Infantry Division and was killed in action on D-Day, June 6^th, 1944.

First Lieutenant Robert J. McCray, Jr. was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute.  He took part in the invasion of Normandy on June 6^th, 1944, and was killed in action on December 21^st, 1944. He was 23 years old.

Lieutenant Robert W. Nix, III, graduated from Waterford High School in 1935.  He served in North Africa, then landed at Anzio, Italy, with the 3^rd Infantry Division.  He was killed in action on June 1^st, 1944.

Harry Palmer was from Waterford.  He was reported missing in action on October 8^th, 1944 in Northern France.  His status was changed to killed in action in November 1944.

Private First Class George F. Payne was from Purcellville and graduated from Lincoln High School.  The 22-year-old was killed in action on April 25^th, 1945 in Germany.  

Staff Sergeant Elijah M. Phillips graduated from Leesburg High School.  He was given leave after his father died of complications from a wound he received in World War One.  After the funeral, Sergeant Phillips returned to duty on April 8^th, 1944 and took part in the invasion of Normandy and the capture of Cherbourg.  On July 11^th, 1944, four months to the day after his father died, Sergeant Phillips was killed in action in France.

Private Raymond R. Pierce died July 31^st, 1943 in the Pacific.

Sergeant Thomas E. Riley was from Lovettsville.  He was killed in action on August 25^th, 1944 in France.

Private First Class Paul R. Rouer, from Aldie, took part in the invasion of Normandy. He was killed in action on August 8^th, 1944 in France.

Major John A. Tebbs, United States Marine Corps, was from Hamilton and graduated from Virginia Tech. He served from 1917 to 1935 and had retired but returned to active duty in December 1941.  He died in a traffic accident while driving home on leave.

Sergeant Earl L. Teele lived in Middleburg.  He was wounded in action during the invasion of Normandy on June 6^th, 1944. He returned to duty and was killed in action in August 1944 in France.

In addition to these 42 men, the following 25 men from Loudoun County served and died during World War II, but we have no information other than their names: 

• Samuel E. Badger, Jr.
• Louis Bentley
• James R. Chinn
• William U. Chinn
• Lyle T. Clarke
• Norman F. C. Fletcher
• Raymond Fry
• Harold C. Furr
• Oscar L. Furr
• Paul R. Gibson
• George E. Grant
• David L. Groff
• Frederick F. Grossi
• Vernon T. Hackley
• Donald O. Harding
• Claude J. Hill
• James H. Kemp
• William P. Keven, Jr.
• Millard J. Klein
• James L. McIntosh, Jr.
• George R. Reid
• Berton L. Smith
• Robert M. Sprague
• Charles R. Titus
• Charles N. Walker

Korean War Casualties:

Private First Class Milton Vernon Crouch, 19 years old, was from Middleburg.  He served with B Company, 15^th Infantry Regiment, 3^rd Infantry Division.  He was mortally wounded, on February 4^th, 1952, by enemy artillery shell fragments while attacking enemy positions along the Imjin River.

Second Lieutenant Alfred Owens Hutchison graduated from Leesburg High School and the University of Tennessee.  He was the only child of Loudoun County Deputy Commissioner of the Revenue Thomas Hutchison and his wife.  He was serving with the 24^th Infantry Division in South Korea and on September 5^th, 1950, on his fifth day in Korea, Lt. Hutchison was killed in action in Kyongju.  He is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg.

Wilson B. Ongers and William Lemar are also listed on the monument, but we have no further information.

Vietnam War Veterans Memorial

The eastern cenotaph was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1988 to honor the twelve Loudoun County service members who died during the Vietnam War. A time capsule was buried near the monument, to be opened on Veterans Day 2088. The names of the Vietnam War casualties are engraved on the south face of the memorial.

Private First Class Welby H. Grayson, III, United States Marine Corps, was serving with the 1^st Marine Division 31 miles north of Danang, Vietnam, when he was killed in action by small arms fire on August 28^th, 1969. He was 19 years old.

Airman First Class Richard B. Grigsby, United States Air Force, lived in Howardsville.  He died on August 25^th, 1970, at the age of 20, and is buried in Rock Hill Cemetery near Purcellville.

Private First Class Jack Harris, Jr., United States Marine Corps, was from Sterling Park.  He was serving with the 3^rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3^rd Marine Division when he was killed.

Specialist 1 David F. Helms was from Sterling.  He was serving with the 25^th Infantry Division based at Tay Ninh, Vietnam, when he was killed by small arms fire on June 8^th, 1970.  He was 21 years old.

Specialist 4 Leonard W. Kidd, from Ashburn, was serving with D Company, 39^th Engineer Battalion in Quang Tin Province, Vietnam, as a heavy equipment operator when he was killed in an accident on July 27^th, 1970.  He was 19 years old.

Master Sergeant Francis E. Manual was a 38-year-old from Bluemont, when he was killed in action by small arms fire on June 15^th, 1968.  He was serving with the 5th Special Forces Group in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam.

Private First Class Weyland F. McCauley, Jr. was serving with the 198^th Light Infantry Brigade when he was killed in action by an explosive device.

Sergeant First Class Ralph W. Milbourne, from Purcellville, was assigned to the 9^th Infantry division and died in a helicopter crash on August 19^th, 1968 near Dinh Tuong, Vietnam.  He was 29 years old.

Colonel Richard S. Pohl was assigned to the 101^st Airborne Division when he died in a helicopter crash on June 24^th, 1968.  He was 42 years old.

Lance Corporal Gregory M. Howard, United States Marine Corps, was assigned to the 1^st Marine Division when he was killed in action by small arms fire on August 10^th, 1966.

Specialist 4 David A. Russell was killed by hostile fire on March 17^th, 1969.

Private First Class Charles E. Peters was assigned to the 1^st Infantry Division.  He died on November 6^th, 1966, from an accidental gunshot wound.  He was 18 years old.

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Beginning in 2007, bronze plaques were added to the north face of the eastern memorial to honor the “Loudoun citizens who served in the fighting forces of our great nation in the cause of peace.” Individual plaques list the names of the four Loudoun service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Specialist Douglas J. Green graduated from Potomac Falls High School.  Assigned to the 25^th Infantry Division and on his second tour in Afghanistan, his unit was attacked by insurgents on August 28^th, 2011. The 23-year-old was killed in action.  He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for valor. 

Sergeant Scott Lange Kirkpatrick was assigned to the 3^rd Infantry Division when he was killed in action in an ambush on August 11^th, 2007 in Jabour, Iraq.  He was 26 years old.

Specialist 4 Stephan Mace from Purcellville, was killed in action during the battle of Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan, Afghanistan, on October 3^rd, 2009.  They were serving with a 40-man platoon of the 4^th Infantry Division, when they were attacked by more than 300 Taliban fighters.  Eight soldiers, including Specialist Mace, were killed and two dozen were wounded. Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha and Staff Sergeant Ty Carter were both awarded the Medal of Honor and Staff Sergeant Justin Gallegos was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions in the battle. Eight other soldiers received Silver Stars. Romesha later wrote about the battle in his book, Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor. 

Captain Michael M. Quin, United States Marine Corps, lived in Purcellville and graduated from Loudoun Valley High School.  He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2006.  He was undergoing training prior to deployment to Afghanistan on February 22^nd, 2012, when his helicopter was involved in a midair collision and he was killed. 

Revolutionary War Memorial

On the north side of the courthouse, “The Spirit of Loudoun” statue commemorates the Loudoun County residents who fought in the American Revolution. Dedicated on Veterans Day in 2015, sculptor Jay Hall Carpenter’s statue is comprised of three figures. The central figure is a patriot farmer, with his wife and young son on either side of him, as he departs home to fight for the young nation’s liberty.  Two thousand Loudoun County men fought in the Revolutionary War, more than any other county in Virginia. Surrounding the statue is a ring of engraved bricks, purchased by Loudoun County residents to commemorate ancestors, family members, and others who served in the military.