World War II Honoree

Hilmer C. Nelson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Owasso, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

SERVED AS AN ARMY AIR CORPS PILOT BEFORE THE WAR WITH THE 1ST PURSUIT SQUADRON AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. HIS DUTIES INCLUDED AERIAL COMBAT TRAINING AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. SERVED AS AN ARMY AIR FORCES PILOT IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR AND DEPLOYED OVERSEAS TO THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AND THEN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR BEING WOUNDED IN ACTION, AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN MILITARY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.