NY J01184

Commemorates the life and service of U.S. Army Private Harland J. Hennessey, whose remains were identified on September 23, 2024, by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Hennessey was born September 1, 1918, served with the 803rd Engineer Battalion in the Philippines, and was captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to Japanese forces

Forced to participate in the 65-mile Bataan Death March and held at Cabanatuan POW Camp No. 1, where he died on November 1, 1942, at age 24 from Beriberi caused by insufficient diet and exertion

Remains were exhumed from a common grave in the Philippines in 2018 and identified through DNA provided by his nephew, John Hennessey of Boonville, New York

Upon return of his remains, Hennessey will be buried with his parents at Boonville Cemetery, with the VFW Post named in his honor planning a celebration for his family