MIA/POW's
This is my MIA...hopefully one day, we will learn of his whereabouts. My heart goes out to his family.
HARGROVE, OLIN JR.
Name: Olin Hargrove Jr.
Rank/Branch: E3/US Army
Unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Birth: 21 January 1949
Home City of Record: Birmingham AL
Date of Loss: 17 October 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 112220N 1063239E (XT685575)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel In Incident: Paul L. Fitzgerald (missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or
more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: On October 17, 1967, SP4 Fitzgerald and PFC Hargrove were
riflemen on a search and destroy mission in South Vietnam. Their unit
became engaged in close, heavy contact and suffered heavy losses.
Contact was broken and their unit withdrew to set up a hasty defense in
order to secure their dead and wounded. At this time, SP4 Fitzgerald and
PFC Hargrove were located on the south side of the perimeter, between
the main body and the enemy.
It is believed that Fitzgerald and Hargrove became disoriented and moved
in the wrong direction, as they were not seen to board the helicopters.
One witness stated that PFC Hargrove had already been wounded in the
back. On October 18 and 19, a company-sized unit searched the entire
area, however, no trace of the two was ever found.
Paul Fitzgerald and Olin Hargrove were classified missing in action.
They are among nearly 2500 Americans who disappeared in Southeast Asia.
Since the war ended, thousands of reports have been received which
indicate that hundreds of these missing men are actually still alive,
captives of a long-ago enemy. If Fitzgerald and Hargrove are among them,
what must they think of us?
Paul L. Fitzgerald, Jr. and Olin Hargrove, Jr. were both promoted to the
rank of Staff Sergeant during the period they were maintained Missing in
Action.
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