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Augustus Aho, the son of Augustus and Martha (Liihonen) Aho, was born on July 7, 1910, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. By 1929, he had moved to Schenectady and was working for the Modern Sign Service.

On May 8, 1942, Augustus enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He held the rank of Sergeant and served with the 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy. On December 20, 1943, Augustus went missing in action over the North Sea. He is remembered at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Netherlands.

Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry