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This page is dedicated to all those men and women who lost their lives fighting so that we could be free here in the United States. Please read about my adopted MIA and take a moment to write your Congressmen and Congresswomen for a full accounting of our men who are listed as POW's/MIA's.
Name: Olin Hargrove, Jr. Rank/Branch of the Service: E3/US Army, Unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Date of Birth: 21 January 1949. Home City: Birmingham, Alabama. Date of Loss: 17th of October 1967. Country of Loss: South Vietnam. Loss Coordinates: 11222on11063239E (xt685573) Status (in 1973): Missing in Action. Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground.
Other Personnel in Incident: Paul L. Fitzgerald (missing).
source complied by Homecoming II Project. 15th October 1990 from on 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-size 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 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 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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