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DALE VERNON HARGROVE
Private · U.S. Army
April 14, 1952 – October 26, 1970
Service recordDale Vernon Hargrove, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 23
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1952
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL GAFFIGANLance Corporal · October 26, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOEBELSergeant · October 26, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE HENDRIXSpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
- GEORGE AUREL MILIKASpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BORRUSO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 22
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.