WWI

Jessie James Gainey

Rate / Rank
2nd LT

Birthdate
June 16 1892

Date of Death
December 28 1988

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
December 15 1917 - September 4 1919

Conflicts & Campaigns

American Expeditionary Forces
May 22, 1918 - August 10, 1919
Battles; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Mesue-Argonne

Significant Duty Stations

Camp Shelby Mississippi
Camp Greene, North Carolina
France

Decorations & Citations

World War I Victory Medal with two gold chevrons.

Notes

Born; Cairo, Georgia. Enlisted; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Home of record; Cairo, Georgia. Before induction was employed as a public school teacher. Burial; Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia.