Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Honored By
Nancy Nickels
Relationship
Sister
ENSIGN JIM NICKELS SERVED AS A FIGHTER PILOT IN THE U.S. NAVAL AIR CORPS, ASSIGNED TO THE NORTHEAST COAST OF THE U.S. HE WAS KILLED ON MAY 13, 1945, IN A MID-AIR COLLISION OVER MARION, MASSACHUSETTS.