Steele, Aloysius W. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Aloysius W. Steele.

Unit/Placed in, 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, United States Army Air Forces.

Aloysius is born on 15 December 1922 in District of Columbia.

Stepfather, Char W. Sorrell.

Mother, Mary V.(Babbington) Sorrell.

Sister(s), Virginia W. and Elsie F. Steele.

Stepsister, Dorothy A. Sorrell.

Stepbrother, Richard F. Sorrell.

Aloysius enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 0-706554.

Aloysius‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25D were,

1stLt. Richard Hurst Pilot

1^stLt. James A. Henderson Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Aloysius W. Steele Navigator

Pfc. John J. Creighton Radio Operator

Sgt. Henry Miga Gunner

Passengers,

Tec5. Alfred J. Milazzo

Corp. Gene J. Morris

Pfc. Byron W. Durham

Pfc. Scgley H. Russell

Aloysius was KIA/MIA after take-off for a courier mission to Nadzab, the plane didn’t arrive their and was never heard of on 1 July 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal (previously awarded), Purple Heart American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Aloysius was buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

The Crew Remains were recovered.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.

Aloysius and the crew are now buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

After the war the plane was discovered/found in the Finisterre Mountains area, Morobe Province, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Thanks to, https://www.sunsetters38bg.com/

https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/saidor/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano