From Find a Grave:
S/Sgt. Louis K. Gardner was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. When the pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship's holds, they realized the ship was carrying POWs and called off the attack. After the POWs were off the ship, the attack resumed and the ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which sailed on December 27th and reached Takao, Formosa, by the New Year. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru which sailed on January 13th and reached Japan on January 29, 1945. In Japan, he was held at Fukuoka #4. He died in the camp. ∼ Staff Sergeant Louis Kendall Gardner, Jr. was born 23 JAN 1920 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, son of Louis Kendall Gardner and Alice Shaughnessy. He enlisted in the U. S. Army on 01 NOV 1939 at Pope Field, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. His Serial Number was 6281514. He was captured by the Japanese during WWII in the Southwest Pacific Theature, Philippine Islands, and held prisoner, along with 80 others. He was held at Camp Moji Hospital Fukuoka 4, Kyushua Island. The first report of his status as a Prisoner of War, Missing in Action was on May 7, 1942; the last report of his Missing in Action, Prisoner of War was on March 1, 1945. He died unknown. All of the information detailed here on Staff Sergeant Louis K. Gardner, Jr. was obtained from U. S. Government records. According to historical military records, 34% of U. S. Prisoners held by the Japanese were severely tortured, compared to 4% of those U. S. Prisoners held by Germany.