The Prince George Regional Heritage Center has announced a project that will develop a detailed record of the Prince George County residents that perished while serving their country. The scope of this project includes identifying individuals that have died during conflicts and creating a registry that includes their life before entering military service (if possible), service branch, locations of service and interment location. The monuments at the
Prince George County Regional Heritage Center list 46 individuals from World War I,
World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Not including the Civil War, it is believed that there are other fatalities from these and other conflicts that are not listed on the monuments, bringing the estimated deceased total to at least 74. In addition to the registry, the information developed by this project will be used during annual Memorial Day
Observances at the Center.
A number of surviving relatives have been contacted. There are many more individuals to research and attempt to find their living family members. We need volunteers to team with us on this project: to research military records, cemetery records, and historical publications etc. for each individual; to collect and organize information and photographs in order to create a memorial tribute for each person; to make direct contact with remaining family members and friends of the deceased and obtain family agreement, and, if possible, participation, for including their deceased veterans in the registry.
If you are willing to help with this project or want to see the list of 74 individuals identified so far, please contact the Center. Even if you do not wish to do research but can help put us in contact with relatives of the deceased, this information will be helpful as well.
Carol Marks Bowman
Heritage Center Director
Wade B. Lanning
Project Chair
(804) 863-0212
PGHistory@aol.com
861-5748 wblanning@comcast.net