1938 graduate of Harrodsburg High School
Kentucky National Guard
Enlisted on 25 November 1940 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Sergeant, U.S. Army, 20523462
Sgt. Jennings Bryan Scanlon, previously reported missing in the Philippines, died 8 June 1942, in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp of malaria and dysentery, according to a telegram from the War Department received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Scanlon.
Joining the Kentucky National Guard Tank Unit when a mere boy, he was a faithful and interested member for several years before the Unit was called into training at Fort Knox, and later was merged into the Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion which sailed for the Philippines in November 1941. He was one of 66 Mercer men taken prisoner of the Japanese at the fall of Bataan in April 1942.
Surviving are his parents: J. B. Scanlon and Alma Crews Scanlon, 1 brother, Donald Scanlon, and 1 sister, Miss Mary Frances Scanlon, all of Harrodsburg." Harrodsburg Herald, Friday, Aug. 3, 1945.
Sgt. Scanlon was the grandson of Mr. Archie Wood Scanlon and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gaines Scanlon.
More information; https://harrodsburghistorical.org/harrodsburg-tankers/jennings-scanion-harrodsburg-tanker/
Sgt Jennings Bryan Scanlon's parents owned a general store. He was a 1938 graduate of Harrodsburg High school and joined the Kentucky National Guard while still in High School. He was inducted in U.S. Army on 25 November 1940 with his training held at Fort Knox, KY then Camp Polk in Louisiana before being sent to the Philippine Islands.
Battle Engagements: Battle of Luzon and Battle of Bataan. He became a Prisoner of War on 9 April 1942 and was a participant in the the Death March.
He was in 2 POW Camps: Camp O'Donnell and Camp Cabanatuan #1.
His date of death was 8 June 1942 from dysentery at approximately 8:00 a.m. According to Jack Reed, Jennings could not eat the rice that made up the main part of POW's diet. At the time of death he weighed 80 pounds. A few days earlier Bland Moore and Earl Pratt found Jennings laying partially in the slit trench that served as the Latrine. They bathed him and brought him back to the barracks. He died a few days later.
Burial in Springhill cemetery was on 28 October 1949.
1938 graduate of Harrodsburg High School
Kentucky National Guard
Enlisted on 25 November 1940 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Sergeant, U.S. Army, 20523462
Sgt. Jennings Bryan Scanlon, previously reported missing in the Philippines, died 8 June 1942, in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp of malaria and dysentery, according to a telegram from the War Department received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Scanlon.
Joining the Kentucky National Guard Tank Unit when a mere boy, he was a faithful and interested member for several years before the Unit was called into training at Fort Knox, and later was merged into the Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion which sailed for the Philippines in November 1941. He was one of 66 Mercer men taken prisoner of the Japanese at the fall of Bataan in April 1942.
Surviving are his parents: J. B. Scanlon and Alma Crews Scanlon, 1 brother, Donald Scanlon, and 1 sister, Miss Mary Frances Scanlon, all of Harrodsburg." Harrodsburg Herald, Friday, Aug. 3, 1945.
Sgt. Scanlon was the grandson of Mr. Archie Wood Scanlon and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gaines Scanlon.
More information; https://harrodsburghistorical.org/harrodsburg-tankers/jennings-scanion-harrodsburg-tanker/
Sgt Jennings Bryan Scanlon's parents owned a general store. He was a 1938 graduate of Harrodsburg High school and joined the Kentucky National Guard while still in High School. He was inducted in U.S. Army on 25 November 1940 with his training held at Fort Knox, KY then Camp Polk in Louisiana before being sent to the Philippine Islands.
Battle Engagements: Battle of Luzon and Battle of Bataan. He became a Prisoner of War on 9 April 1942 and was a participant in the the Death March.
He was in 2 POW Camps: Camp O'Donnell and Camp Cabanatuan #1.
His date of death was 8 June 1942 from dysentery at approximately 8:00 a.m. According to Jack Reed, Jennings could not eat the rice that made up the main part of POW's diet. At the time of death he weighed 80 pounds. A few days earlier Bland Moore and Earl Pratt found Jennings laying partially in the slit trench that served as the Latrine. They bathed him and brought him back to the barracks. He died a few days later.
Burial in Springhill cemetery was on 28 October 1949.
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