Denton was the son of Clyde Chilon Hargrove & Eva M. Pascoe. He never married.
Denton was serving in the 45th Infantry Division of the US Army when he was killed in action in Italy during WWII while rescuing a fellow Oklahoman. He was an Army Medic Corporal. He had received the Silver Star for gallantry in action shortly before his death.
His body was returned to the United States in 1948 for burial in the G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami, OK.
Miami Daily News-Record, Monday, 29 November 1943
Miami Soldier, Cpl. D. Hargrove, Is Killed In Italy
While administering first-aid to wounded comrades on the field of battle, Cpl. Denton Hargrove, 26-year old Miamian, was killed in action somewhere in Italy, it has been officially reported.
In a telegram Sunday to the soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 217 G street southeast, the secretary of war stated their son lost his life on Nov. 8.
The Miami hero had been overseas since last May and participated in the Sicilian campaign and the hard-fought invasion of Saleron. Corporal Hargrove was a member of the famed Oklahoma division that made recent military history in Italy.
He enlisted in the medical detachment of the Army on Jan. 8, 1940, and received his basic and advanced training in several Army camps before going overseas.
Miami (OK) Daily News Record, September 20, 1948, p. 1
The body of T-5 Denton C. Hargrove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 827 H street northwest, arrived in Miami early this afternoon for final rites and reburial. Hargrove died on Nov. 8, 1943 while serving with the armed forces in Italy. He then was 26 years old.
Other survivors include brothers, Ray and Lee, both of Miami, and two grandmothers, Mrs, Permelia Hargrove, Miami, and Mrs. Flora Black, Tulsa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Cooper's Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. H. H. Cody, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Military rites will he conducted by V. F. W. members at the grave in G. A. R. cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Joe Booth, John Weston, Key and Delbert Wolfe and Grant and Harold Helton.
Although he was born in Muskogee, Corporal Hargrove had lived in Miami since infancy. He attended the grade schools here and was graduated from the Miami high school with the class of 1935. Prior to his enlistment, he worked with his father, who is a local interior decorating contractor. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Besides his parents, the Miami soldier is survived by two brothers; Lee Hargrove, an aviation cadet with the Army airforce in Colorado, and Ray Hargrove of Miami; one aunt, Gladys Hargrove of Miami; and two grandmothers, Mrs. T.L. Hargrove of Miami and Mrs. Floyd Chambers of Sulphur Springs, Ark.
Denton was serving in the 45th Infantry Division of the US Army when he was killed in action in Italy during WWII while rescuing a fellow Oklahoman. He was an Army Medic Corporal. He had received the Silver Star for gallantry in action shortly before his death.
His body was returned to the United States in 1948 for burial in the G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami, OK.
Miami Daily News-Record, Monday, 29 November 1943
Miami Soldier, Cpl. D. Hargrove, Is Killed In Italy
While administering first-aid to wounded comrades on the field of battle, Cpl. Denton Hargrove, 26-year old Miamian, was killed in action somewhere in Italy, it has been officially reported.
In a telegram Sunday to the soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 217 G street southeast, the secretary of war stated their son lost his life on Nov. 8.
The Miami hero had been overseas since last May and participated in the Sicilian campaign and the hard-fought invasion of Saleron. Corporal Hargrove was a member of the famed Oklahoma division that made recent military history in Italy.
He enlisted in the medical detachment of the Army on Jan. 8, 1940, and received his basic and advanced training in several Army camps before going overseas.
Miami (OK) Daily News Record, September 20, 1948, p. 1
The body of T-5 Denton C. Hargrove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 827 H street northwest, arrived in Miami early this afternoon for final rites and reburial. Hargrove died on Nov. 8, 1943 while serving with the armed forces in Italy. He then was 26 years old.
Other survivors include brothers, Ray and Lee, both of Miami, and two grandmothers, Mrs, Permelia Hargrove, Miami, and Mrs. Flora Black, Tulsa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Cooper's Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. H. H. Cody, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Military rites will he conducted by V. F. W. members at the grave in G. A. R. cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Joe Booth, John Weston, Key and Delbert Wolfe and Grant and Harold Helton.
Although he was born in Muskogee, Corporal Hargrove had lived in Miami since infancy. He attended the grade schools here and was graduated from the Miami high school with the class of 1935. Prior to his enlistment, he worked with his father, who is a local interior decorating contractor. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Besides his parents, the Miami soldier is survived by two brothers; Lee Hargrove, an aviation cadet with the Army airforce in Colorado, and Ray Hargrove of Miami; one aunt, Gladys Hargrove of Miami; and two grandmothers, Mrs. T.L. Hargrove of Miami and Mrs. Floyd Chambers of Sulphur Springs, Ark.
Denton was the son of Clyde Chilon Hargrove & Eva M. Pascoe. He never married.
Denton was serving in the 45th Infantry Division of the US Army when he was killed in action in Italy during WWII while rescuing a fellow Oklahoman. He was an Army Medic Corporal. He had received the Silver Star for gallantry in action shortly before his death.
His body was returned to the United States in 1948 for burial in the G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami, OK.
Miami Daily News-Record, Monday, 29 November 1943
Miami Soldier, Cpl. D. Hargrove, Is Killed In Italy
While administering first-aid to wounded comrades on the field of battle, Cpl. Denton Hargrove, 26-year old Miamian, was killed in action somewhere in Italy, it has been officially reported.
In a telegram Sunday to the soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 217 G street southeast, the secretary of war stated their son lost his life on Nov. 8.
The Miami hero had been overseas since last May and participated in the Sicilian campaign and the hard-fought invasion of Saleron. Corporal Hargrove was a member of the famed Oklahoma division that made recent military history in Italy.
He enlisted in the medical detachment of the Army on Jan. 8, 1940, and received his basic and advanced training in several Army camps before going overseas.
Miami (OK) Daily News Record, September 20, 1948, p. 1
The body of T-5 Denton C. Hargrove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 827 H street northwest, arrived in Miami early this afternoon for final rites and reburial. Hargrove died on Nov. 8, 1943 while serving with the armed forces in Italy. He then was 26 years old.
Other survivors include brothers, Ray and Lee, both of Miami, and two grandmothers, Mrs, Permelia Hargrove, Miami, and Mrs. Flora Black, Tulsa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Cooper's Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. H. H. Cody, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Military rites will he conducted by V. F. W. members at the grave in G. A. R. cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Joe Booth, John Weston, Key and Delbert Wolfe and Grant and Harold Helton.
Although he was born in Muskogee, Corporal Hargrove had lived in Miami since infancy. He attended the grade schools here and was graduated from the Miami high school with the class of 1935. Prior to his enlistment, he worked with his father, who is a local interior decorating contractor. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Besides his parents, the Miami soldier is survived by two brothers; Lee Hargrove, an aviation cadet with the Army airforce in Colorado, and Ray Hargrove of Miami; one aunt, Gladys Hargrove of Miami; and two grandmothers, Mrs. T.L. Hargrove of Miami and Mrs. Floyd Chambers of Sulphur Springs, Ark.
Denton was serving in the 45th Infantry Division of the US Army when he was killed in action in Italy during WWII while rescuing a fellow Oklahoman. He was an Army Medic Corporal. He had received the Silver Star for gallantry in action shortly before his death.
His body was returned to the United States in 1948 for burial in the G.A.R. Cemetery in Miami, OK.
Miami Daily News-Record, Monday, 29 November 1943
Miami Soldier, Cpl. D. Hargrove, Is Killed In Italy
While administering first-aid to wounded comrades on the field of battle, Cpl. Denton Hargrove, 26-year old Miamian, was killed in action somewhere in Italy, it has been officially reported.
In a telegram Sunday to the soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 217 G street southeast, the secretary of war stated their son lost his life on Nov. 8.
The Miami hero had been overseas since last May and participated in the Sicilian campaign and the hard-fought invasion of Saleron. Corporal Hargrove was a member of the famed Oklahoma division that made recent military history in Italy.
He enlisted in the medical detachment of the Army on Jan. 8, 1940, and received his basic and advanced training in several Army camps before going overseas.
Miami (OK) Daily News Record, September 20, 1948, p. 1
The body of T-5 Denton C. Hargrove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hargrove, 827 H street northwest, arrived in Miami early this afternoon for final rites and reburial. Hargrove died on Nov. 8, 1943 while serving with the armed forces in Italy. He then was 26 years old.
Other survivors include brothers, Ray and Lee, both of Miami, and two grandmothers, Mrs, Permelia Hargrove, Miami, and Mrs. Flora Black, Tulsa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Cooper's Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. H. H. Cody, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Military rites will he conducted by V. F. W. members at the grave in G. A. R. cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Joe Booth, John Weston, Key and Delbert Wolfe and Grant and Harold Helton.
Although he was born in Muskogee, Corporal Hargrove had lived in Miami since infancy. He attended the grade schools here and was graduated from the Miami high school with the class of 1935. Prior to his enlistment, he worked with his father, who is a local interior decorating contractor. He was a member of the First Methodist church.
Besides his parents, the Miami soldier is survived by two brothers; Lee Hargrove, an aviation cadet with the Army airforce in Colorado, and Ray Hargrove of Miami; one aunt, Gladys Hargrove of Miami; and two grandmothers, Mrs. T.L. Hargrove of Miami and Mrs. Floyd Chambers of Sulphur Springs, Ark.
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