Aldo John Bianchini
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
BIANCHINI, Aldo John
Aldo John Bianchini was born on December 28th 1924 to Giovanni Candido (John) & Olga Catherine [Puccetti] Bianchini in Buhl, Minnesota.
Mr. Bianchini entered the U.S. Army on July 13th 1943. Home at entry: Hibbing, Minnesota.
He served with the Antitank Company of the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division in France and Luxembourg. He left for France in August 1944. He rose to the rank of Private First Class (PFC).
PFC Biachini was wounded in action on September 8th 1944. He returned to his squad and was killed in action in Luxembourg on January 17th 1945; twenty days after his 20th birthday.
PFC Biachini received the Purple Heart posthumously and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Hibbing, Minneaota.
Source(s): Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 38.
Albert J. Amatuzio Research Center | Veterans Memorial Hall (vets-hall.org)
Aldo J Bianchini: PERSON, pictures and information - Fold3 - Fold3
PFC Aldo J Bianchini (1924-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 - Ancestry.com
