caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date placeofburial nickname rank image article_title name
general john k. waters 1931 -- 1966 united states 4th , pacific armored division v corps fifth army u.s. army washington , d.c. , united states 9 january 1989 baltimore , md , united states united states of america distinguished heart service medal silver star -lrb- 2 -rrb- purple world war ii korean war december 20 , 1906 sparks , maryland '' johnnie '' 30px general john k. waters.jpg john k. waters
 john k. waters
john k. waters

john knight waters -lrb- december 20 , 1906 -- january 9 , 1989 -rrb- was a united states army four-star general who served as commander , u.s. army , pacific from 1964 to 1966 .
he was also the son-in-law of general george s. patton .
during world war ii , he was taken prisoner while fighting in tunisia in 1943 , leading patton to set up the controversial task force baum to break him out .
