World War II Honoree

Louis E. Gain

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Grafton, West Virginia

Honored By

Terry H. Burroughs

Relationship

Friend

INDUCTED U. S. ARMY MAY 10, 1943, FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WHERE EMPLOYED AS AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLER. ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WALLACE, TEXAS. MOTOR SERGEANT'S MAINTENANCE SCHOOL AT CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA. ASSIGNED, NOVEMBER, 1943, AS HALF TRACK MECHANIC IN MAINTENANCE SECTION OF BATTERY A, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION. REASSIGNED, MARCH, 1944, AS PLATOON JEEP DRIVER IN BATTERY A, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE), AFTER THE 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION WAS REORGANIZED AS A MOBILE TYPE BATTALION EQUIPPED WITH M2A1 40MM BOFORS AUTOMATIC ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY WEAPONS. WARTIME SERVICE AS PLATOON JEEP DRIVER WITH BATTERY A, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE), IN REGION OF GERMANY FROM AACHEN, BUIR, AND KONIGSWINTER, TO WEIMAR AND CHEMNITZ AREA, AND THEN TO THE HAGENOW, AND LUDWIGSLUST AREA. WITNESS TO THE REBURIAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY AT HAGENOW, GERMANY, MAY 8, 1945, FOR 144 VICTIMS FROM THE WOEBBELIN CONCENTRATION CAMP. POSTWAR MILITARY GOVERNMENT, AND OCCUPATION DUTY WITH BATTERY A, 580TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (MOBILE), IN BAVARIAN REGION OF GERMANY FROM LAUFEN, TO MUNICH AND DACHAU. REASSIGNED SEPTEMBER, 1945 TO BATTERY D, 467TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION SERVING IN OCCUPATION DUTIES, AND AS TRUCK DRIVER AT MUNICH, AND BAD TOLZ, GERMANY. RANK TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE. HONORABLE DISCHARGE APRIL 18, 1946 FORT BLISS, TEXAS. AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH RHINELAND, AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGN STARS, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY), AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.