S/Sgt. Louis James Aiani Jr.
Born: 22 March 1923 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Louis J. Aiani Sr., & Susan Vacca-Aiani
Siblings: 4 brothers, 1 sister
Home: 2153 North73rd Court – Elmwood Park, Illinois
Education:
– John Mills School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1941
Occupation:
– Employed by Schwinn Bicycle Company – Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration – 26 June 1942
Contact Person: Louis Aiani – father
Inducted:
– 28 October 1942
– U. S. Army Air Corps
Serial Number: 16145097
Training:
– Camp Grant, Illinois
– Tyndale Field, Florida
– Lowery Field, Texas – 4 March 1942 to April 1943
– assistant radio operator/waist gunner
Units:
– 529th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
Plane:
– “Paper Doll” – B24 Liberator
– nose gunner
Overseas Duty:
– Manbulloo Airfield, Australia – 28 April 1943 to 6 November 1943
– Long Airfield, Australia – 7 November 1943
Engagements:
– 19 bombing missions over Borneo
Killed in Action:
– 19 January 1944
– Plane shot down by Japanese fighters 120 miles south of Ambon, Ceram, Moluccas
– Lost at Sea
Memorial:
– Tablets of the Missing
– American Military Cemetery – Manila, Philippine Islands
