Yandell Terhune – Harrodsburg Tanker

Yandell Terhune

1st Sergeant

1917–1942 BIRTH 23 JUL 1917 • Mercer County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 12 JUL 1942 • Japanese POW Camp Cabanatuan #1, Philippines Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines * A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere. PLOT Walls of the Missing MEMORIAL ID, 56763822 Highest Grade Completed; Elementary school, 8th grade. Occupation; New Worker. (He was not married)

Yandell Terhune First Sergeant Yandell Terhune enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard unit some time prior to the activation 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 #1. He died of dysentery on 12 July 1942 at Cabanatuan #1.

“1 Sgt Yandell Terhune BIRTH, 23 Jul 1917, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA DEATH, 12 Jul 1942 (aged 24), Philippines MEMORIAL SITE*, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines, * A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere. PLOT, Walls of the Missing MEMORIAL ID, 56763822 Yandell was the son of Alonzo "Lon/Lonza" C. Terhune and Verna CunninghamTerhune of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Identified siblings were: Robert F., Ruby Pearl, Lucille, Eugene, Forrest Lee, and William Holman (1920, 1930 & 1940 Census). Yandell served with Company D of the 192nd Tank Battalion defending the Philippines against the Imperial Japanese Invasion of 8 Dec 1941. The 192nd covered the retreat to the Bataan Peninsula. They defended the air field, the beaches and supported the Infantry. On 8 Apr 1942, the 193nd received the codeword "Crash", which was the order to destroy their remaining Stuart tanks. On 9 Apr 1942, American and Filipino forces on Bataan were compelled to surrender. Yandell endured and survived the Bataan Death March that followed. However, he later lost his life at Cabanatuan POW Camp. Gravesite Details Entered the service from Kentucky.