WWII

John Oscar Gainous

Rate / Rank
Corporal

Birthdate
December 28 1923

Date of Death
February 25 1984

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
June 15 1941 - June 22 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific Theater of Operations, November 20, 1941 - October 10, 1945

Significant Duty Stations

Enlisted; Atlanta, Georgia. 91st Quartermaster Battalion (Light Maintenance)
Discharged; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Decorations & Citations

POW Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star; American Defense Medal with one bronze star; Philippine Liberation Medal with one bronze star;
World War II Victory Medal; Sharpshooter (rifle)

Notes

Army serial number 34-083-704. SSN 260-03-6497. Born; Climax, Georgia. Home of record; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Brother of PFC Perry Lee Gainous, US Army. Taken POW Philippine Islands. First reported 1942-05-07. POW Camp #3, Philippines. Transported to Fukuoka Camp #5 Kyushu Island, Japan. Transported from Manila, Philippines to Fukuoka Japan aboard "Hell Ship" Canadian Inventor named by the POWs the Mati Mati Maru which translates to the Wait Wait Ship. Departed Manila July 4, 1944 returned to Manila had boiler problems and returned to Manila for repairs, departed again July 7, 1944 arrived Mojo, Japan September 1, 1944. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.