Frederick Thomas Nissen
Military
Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt Charles P Bagley, Lt Frederick Thomas Nissen, 1Lt Norman Edward Kottke, T/Sgt William B Sutton
Front L-R: T/Sgt James S O'Doherty, S/Sgt Richard E Fletcher, S/Sgt Robert W Craver, S/Sgt John L Zasa
Object Number - UPL 36913 - "Menzel's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 20 July 1944." Rear L-R: 1Lt Arnold Raymond Menzel, 1Lt...
Assigned to 600BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
Clinton, IA | 18 August 1922 | Son of Nicholas Julius Nissen. |
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Died |
Jonesboro, Arkansas | 15 November 2012 | A Graveside Service for Fred Nissen of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be 11:00 am, Sunday, November 25, 2012, at Kirby's Tucker Memorial Mausoleum, with Reverend Marillyn Schultz officiating. Frederick Thomas Nissen, age 90, went to be with Christ on November 15, 2012, after living a life in faith. He was a loving and gentle man to all who knew him. He grew up in the region around Clinton, Iowa, until he graduated from high school as WWII began. After serving his country in WWII as a navigator in the Air Corps, he went to the University of Wisconsin where he met his wife, Mary Ruth, at the Lutheran Student Center. They lived in Iowa for most of their life together where Fred worked as a banker in Goose Lake and Palo, Iowa, and then as a math teacher, primarily at Roosevelt Junior High in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Then moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas, in retirement where he enjoyed serving God through his church, being with his family, doing his woodworking, and Audubon activities; especially bird counts. |
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Buried |
Kirbys Tucker Memorial Cemetery Mountain Home, Baxter County, AR | 25 November 2012 | Kirbys Tucker Memorial Cemetery Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA |
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Sources
398th BG History, Vol I and Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
