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JAMES WELDON HARGROVE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 8, 1929 – October 18, 1966
Service recordJames Weldon Hargrove, of Rotan, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 121 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1929
- Home of record
- Rotan, Texas (Fisher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 87
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HALPINCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GALE JACKSON HAYSPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1966
- ROBERT LAVERNE HILLChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- FREDERICK HARRY LEWISSergeant First Class · October 18, 1966
From Rotan
- ROY JAMES BLAKELEYMajor · July 22, 1965
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.