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JAMES MABRON HARGROVE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1931 – September 29, 1966
Service recordJames Mabron Hargrove, of Limestone, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1931
- Home of record
- Limestone, Alabama (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 28
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- BENNY EARL WIMBERLYPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- JACK CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.