About
World War II (1939-1945)
John A. Alois was born in Schenectady, New York, on May 24, 1921. He was a graduate of Mont Pleasant High School.
On October 15, 1940, John enlisted in the Untied States Army. He received his basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. John was a sergeant serving with Company H, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. After Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, he was sent to Hawaii. After that, John was assigned to serve in the Gilbert Islands invasion. He went missing in action on July 7, 1944, during the Battle of Saipan, his final military assignment. He is remembered at the Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing, Hawaii.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry