Richard King Hargrave, World War II CasualtyPorter County Data on World War II Casualties . . . .
Richard King Hargrave
Lieutenant Junior Grade, US Navy Reserve
Date of Birth: September 18, 1916
Date of Death: December 15, 1944
Cause of Death: Missing in Action
Date of Enlistment: February 1943
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Awards:
Hometown: Valparaiso
Newspaper Notices:
Die In Typhoon
Lieut. Richard King Hargrave, U. S. Naval Reserve, is believed to have been a
victim of the capsizing and sinking of the U. S. S. Monaghan during a
typhoon in the South Pacific on Dec. 18, 1944. First reported as missing, later
word received by his wife, Mrs. Marybelle Westbay Hargrave, 862 Kinsey St.,
Valparaiso, from one of six survivors of the sea disaster, indicated there could
be no hope Lieut. Hargrave survived the disaster. Besides the widow he leaves a
daughter, Mary J., age 3, and his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Hargrave, Oxford,
Ind. He was a graduate of Valparaiso university and had been in the naval
service since February, 1943.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March
21, 1945; Volume 18, Page 1, Column 2
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Information abstracted and transcribed by Steven R. Shook