Wesley Hungate – Harrodsburg Tanker

Wesley Davis Hungate

Private First-Class

1919–1942 BIRTH 28 FEB 1919 • Mercer County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 8 MAY 1942 OF DYSENTERY • died at Camp, O'Donnell, Tarlac, Philippines; Buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA; PLOT, D, 0, 150 MILITARY, MEMORIAL ID, 814704 Education; Grammar school. Occupation; Farm hands, general farms. (He was not married.)

Wesley Davis Hungate Private First-Class Wesley Davis Hungate enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard unit some time before the unit was activated in November 1940. He was taken prisoner on 9 April 1942 and survived the Death March. He was held at Camp O'Donnell where he died on 16 May 1942 of dysentery. His remains were later returned to Camp Nelson National Cemetery near Nicholasville

Wesley D Hungate BIRTH, 28 Feb 1919 DEATH, 12 May 1942 (aged 23) BURIAL, Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA PLOT, D, 0, 150, MILITARY , MEMORIAL ID, 814704 D Company, 192nd Tank Battalion - Fought on Bataan and died while a Japanese Prisoner of War