Lucien Francis Yankey – Harrodsburg Tanker

Lucien Francis Yankey

Private

Pvt. Lucien Francis Yankey (Harrodsburg Tankers Survivor, WW II) 1914–1967 BIRTH 3 JAN 1914 • Boyle County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 28 MAY 1967 • Died in Danville, Buried in Perryville Cemetery Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA; PLOT, USAR WWII MEMORIAL; ID, 22518773 Highest Grade Completed; Elementary school, 6th grade. Occupation; Laborer. (He was married with no children.)

Lucian F. Yankey BIRTH, 3 Jan 1914, Washington County, Kentucky, USA DEATH, 28 May 1967 (aged 53), Boyle County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL, Perryville Cemetery, Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA PLOT USAR WWII MEMORIAL ID, 22518773 He is grandson of Annie Roney (1871-1959) Lucian Yankey fought on Bataan and became a Japanese Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942. He took part in the Bataan Death March and was held as a POW in the Philippines and Manchuria. He was liberated at the end of the war. Inscription: THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

Lucien F. Yankey Private Lucian F. Yankey enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard unit some time before they were activated in November 1940. He was taken prisoner on 9 April 1942 and survived the Death March. He was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan and was on Formosa at Karenko and Shirakawa. He was later sent to Hoten in Manchuria. He was liberated by the Russians in September 1945. He died on May 28, 1967.