1st Sgt. Yandell Terhune


Born: 23 July 1919 - Mercer County, Kentucky

Parents: Vera & Lon Terhune

Siblings: 2 brothers, 2 sisters

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Training: Fort Knox, Kentucky; Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    Northern Luzon

    Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

     9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Camp O'Donnell

        Cabanatuan #1

Died: 12 July 1942

    Cause: dysentery

Memorial: Tablets of the Missing - American Military Cemetery - Manila


 

 

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