Bataan War Memorial

To honor the men of Mercer County, Kentucky, who were members of the Provisional Tank Group, United States Army Forces in the Far East. The first American force to engage an enemy in tank warfare in Words War II. The men whose names appear on this monument sailed from Sa Francisco 27 October 1941 under sealed orders with 192nd GHQ Tank Battalion and arrived at Manila 20 November 1941. They fought to defend Bataan and Corregidor, “one of the decisive battles of the world”, in a long protracted struggle to save the Pacific and Australia from enemy hands while the United Nations gathered strength to resist. These honored men gave their lives for their country Harry Riker Lafon, Jr. Arch Ball Rue Everett Rogers Preston George Alger Van Arsdale Elzie Elsworth Anness Birchell Keeling Johnnie Bottoms Fred Leonard Vernon Harold Bussell Hugh Jackson Leonard Robert Vernon Cloyd Joe Baxter Million Angel Edgar Crick Heze Franklin Sallee John Lewis Cummins James William Sallee Oscar Dean Jennings Bryan Scanlon Wallace Denny Herbert Steele Ben Devine Yandell Terhune Wallard Emmal Foster Edward Vivion Trisler Edward Theadore French Edgar George Wills Roy Edward Goodpaster Willard Rue Yeast Wesley Davis Hungate These brave men survived the “Bataan Death March” and more than three years as prisoners of war before returning to their homes in Mercer County, Kentucky. William Gentry Edwin Wilson Rue William Clinton Alford Charles Edmond Reed Joe Riley Anness Field McLeod Reed, Jr. William Elwood Blacketer Garratt Gilbert Royalty Grover Clevelnad Brummett Campbell King Sadler Geroge Everett Chumley John Elmore Sadler Morris Stalard Collier Ernest Logan Sampson, Jr. James William Durr Reid Shewmaker Earl Fowler Cecil J. Sims Morgan French Judson David Simpson Lonnie Lee Gray William David Sparrow Lyle Collins Harlow Ralph Stine Kenneth Manson Hourigan Marvin Dexter Taylor Stanley Hardin Kyler Cecil Raymond Van Diver Marcus Arnold Lawson Grover David Whittinghill Lawrence Ira Martin Maurice Edward Wilson Albert Bland Moore Lucien F. Yankey Willian Peavler Claude Len Yeast Charlie Robert Quinn Bataan Memorial Committee Military Roster certified by Edwin Wilson Rue The Adjutant General John Elmore Sadler United States Army Maurice Edward Wilson