Private First Class Wesley Davis Hungate, 23, of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, died of dysentery on 16 May 1942 while a prisoner of war at Camp O'Donnell in the Philippines. He was serving on federal active duty with Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion.

Hungate was born 28 February 1919 to Stafford Charles Hungate and Maud E. Pearson Hungate. His mother died when he was just over a year old, on 5 March 1920. His father is believed to have remarried, and Hungate was reportedly raised by his uncle, David Hungate. His father, of Salvisa, Mercer County, died on 13 March 1942, about sixty days before his son. His parents are buried together at the Berea Christian Church Cemetery in Harrodsburg.

Hungate enlisted in the Harrodsburg National Guard unit on 30 September 1939 and listed his civilian occupation as farmer. He was inducted onto federal active duty with his unit on 24 November 1940.

Moving under secret orders, Company D arrived in the Philippines by Thanksgiving Day 1941. War came to them when the Japanese attacked Clark Field just hours after Pearl Harbor. The Harrodsburg tankers and the allied forces fought valiantly, without reinforcements or resupply, until ordered to surrender in April 1942. They had stretched the Japanese Army's timetable from 50 days to four months, giving the Allies vital time to protect Australia and recover from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Hungate was taken prisoner on 9 April 1942 and survived the Death March. He died of dysentery at Camp O'Donnell on 16 May 1942 and was initially buried in the Camp O'Donnell Cemetery. After the war his remains were returned home, and he was laid to rest on 1 November 1949 in Camp Nelson National Cemetery near Nicholasville, Section D, Site 150.

See also the Bataan Commemorative Research Project biography: https://bataanproject.com/provisional-tank-group/hungate-pfc-wesley-d/