World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William A. Neilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Toms River, New Jersey
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 460TH BOMB GROUP, 763RD BOMB SQUADRON AT SPINAZZOLA, ITALY. CO-PILOT ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER THAT WAS HIT BY FRIENDLY FIRE FROM ANOTHER BOMBER TESTING ITS GUNS AND CRASHED NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE TIBER RIVER ON AUGUST 6, 1944. AWARDED AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.