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NAME Dunice Hargrave |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 276980 |
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UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston |
HOME OF RECORD Abbeville, LA |
NEXT OF KIN Mr. Molear Hargrave (father) Mrs. Anna Menard (Mother) |
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DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1921 at Abbeville, LA |
ENTERED SERVICE November 8, 1939 at New Orleans, LA |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942 alt. February 28, 1942 |
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REGION Java Sea |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Sunda Strait |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead December 15, 1945 |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS PFC Dunice Hargrave was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.Hargrave’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945. |
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INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Donald Frederick Boulevard, Abbeville, LA Manila American Cemetery |
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