WWII

Quinn Benjamin Gainous

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
May 2 1925

Date of Death
November 4 2007

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
September 18 1943 - February 13 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

New Caledonia; Southern Philippines
Pacific Theater of Operations, April 20, 1944 - January 17, 1946

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Macon, Georgia. Basic training; Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.
Advanced Training; Fort Ord and Camp Stoneman, California. Discharged; Fort McPherson, Ga
Rifleman and light mortar crewman, Company K, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, 6th Army
Wounded; treatment; 37th Headquarters 117th Station Hospital.
Discharged; Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.

Decorations & Citations

Combat Infantryman Badge; Sharpshooter (rifle)
Purple Heart; (Wounded; Saipan D-Day plus one March 17, 1945)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle Star
Philippine Liberation Medal with one Bronze Star
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal;

Notes

US Army service number 34-828-645. Born; Grady County, Georgia. Home of record; Rt 1, Box 102 Cairo, Georgia. Burial; Union Hill Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.