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In November 1921, he was a passenger aboard the ''Toloa,'' a [[United Fruit]] ship making its way from New York to [[Havana]]. After leaving the smoking room in good spirits on the night of November 26, 1921, he disappeared. He is presumed to have jumped overboard, committing suicide. Before leaving New York, he prepared a will leaving his property to his mother. He also left a series of letters in his cabin addressed to relatives and friends. He left the famous German letter asking for surrender to George McMurtry who had been his second command during the battle in the Argonne.

In 2001, U.S. television channel [[A&E]] made a television movie called ''[[The Lost Battalion (film)|The Lost Battalion]]'' based on accounts of the battle. In that protrayalportrayal Major Whittlesey was played by [[Rick Schroder]].

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