State archives and history officials are attempting to come up with details about the veterans whose 11,427 names are 
carved in the West Virginia Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia.
For the last five years, the West Virginia Division of Culture and History has been gathering information for use in online biographies of all 11,427 veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War whose names are carved on the memorial. Thus far, they have only have completed 47 biographies, with three more on the way. That doesn’t sound like much, does it? I think they need our help!
It’s said that the work has been delayed because of an project to restore the memorial, as it was damaged in an automobile accident. Repairs include the re-carving of faded and missing veterans’ names.
For more information, see the AP article in WHSV.com.
See the Database, and search for your West Virginia 20th-Century Veterans..
If you have additional information about the veterans listed on the Memorial or if you know of any West Virginia veterans killed or missing in action whose names do not appear on the wall, please contact Terry Lowry, Archives and History, (304) 558-0230.
