Grover David Whittinghill – Harrodsburg Tanker

Grover David Whittinghill

Private

Pvt. Grover David Whittinghill (Harrodsburg Tankers Survivor, WW II) 1919–1980 BIRTH 28 JUL 1919 • Mercer County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 7 JUN 1980 • Died, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA; PLOT, Section F, MEMORIAL ID, 141981858 Highest Grade Completed; High School, 4th year. Occupation; Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n. e. c. (He was not married.)

Grover David Whittinghill
BIRTH, 28 Jul 1919
DEATH, 7 Jun 1980 (aged 60)
BURIAL, Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA
PLOT Section F
MEMORIAL ID, 141981858Mother: Lillian B. (Hendren) Whittinghill
Father: James Whittinghill
Brothers: James and Robert Whittinghill
Home: Calvary Road, Harrodsburg, KY
Inducted in US Army November 25, 1941
Overseas duty: Ft. Stotsenburg in the Philippines Islands
Engagements: Battle of Luzon - Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War - The Death March, April 9, 1942

Liberated: September 1945
Grover died on June 7, 1980, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky.
(A full detail of his US Army service can be found online, this is not a full account.)

Private Grover David Whittinghill enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard unit sometime before they were activated in November 1941. He was taken prisoner on 9 April 1942. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was later sent to Formosa and eventually Japan’s Sendai Camp #3. He was liberated in September 1945. He died on 7 June 1980.