Corporal
12th Combat Cargo Squadron
3rd Combat Cargo Group
US Army Air Forces
WORLD WAR II
KILLED IN ACTION
The body of Corporal Frederick S. Nielsen will arrive in Waupaca at 12:31 Wednesday morning on the last lap of the journey from its overseas burial place in the United States military cemetery in India.
Corporal Nielsen, who enlisted with the Army Air Forces in Nov 1942, was killed in action on 22 Jun 1944, in India.
He was born 3 Dec 1920, in Hancock, WI, and resided in Waupaca since he was an infant. He graduated from Waupaca High School with the class of 1939.
He is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs Servert Nielsen; six brothers, James, West Allis; Everett, Appleton; Sergeant Kenneth, Milwaukee; Private LaVerne, Tokyo, Japan; Private Thomas, Ft Benning, GA; and Eugene, at home; five sisters, Mrs Frank Bucks, Chicago; Mrs Richard Santos, Hayward, CA; Miss Lucille, Milwaukee; and Wanda and Patricia, at home.
Representatives of the Veterans of Foreign War and the American Legion will form a military escort at the depot and accompany the body to the Holly Funeral Home, Waupaca, where services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev A.S. Petersen, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Waupaca.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Waupaca.
Friends may call at the funeral home from Wednesday morning until the time of services.
WAUPACA COUNTY POST
18 OCT 1949
Corporal
12th Combat Cargo Squadron
3rd Combat Cargo Group
US Army Air Forces
WORLD WAR II
KILLED IN ACTION
The body of Corporal Frederick S. Nielsen will arrive in Waupaca at 12:31 Wednesday morning on the last lap of the journey from its overseas burial place in the United States military cemetery in India.
Corporal Nielsen, who enlisted with the Army Air Forces in Nov 1942, was killed in action on 22 Jun 1944, in India.
He was born 3 Dec 1920, in Hancock, WI, and resided in Waupaca since he was an infant. He graduated from Waupaca High School with the class of 1939.
He is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs Servert Nielsen; six brothers, James, West Allis; Everett, Appleton; Sergeant Kenneth, Milwaukee; Private LaVerne, Tokyo, Japan; Private Thomas, Ft Benning, GA; and Eugene, at home; five sisters, Mrs Frank Bucks, Chicago; Mrs Richard Santos, Hayward, CA; Miss Lucille, Milwaukee; and Wanda and Patricia, at home.
Representatives of the Veterans of Foreign War and the American Legion will form a military escort at the depot and accompany the body to the Holly Funeral Home, Waupaca, where services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev A.S. Petersen, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Waupaca.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Waupaca.
Friends may call at the funeral home from Wednesday morning until the time of services.
WAUPACA COUNTY POST
18 OCT 1949
Inscription
Wisconsin
Cpl 3 AAF Combat Cargo Gp
World War II
Gravesite Details
Fred's last name was mispelled on his birth certificate. He elected to leave it that way not have it legally changed to Nielsen.
Family Members
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LTC James J Nielsen
1918–2009
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Everett A "Tea Cup" Nielsen
1922–2012
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Cora Almina Nielsen Santos
1924–2014
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Nora Alvina Nielsen Bucks
1924–2008
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Sgt Kenneth M "Sarge" Neilsen
1925–2005
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Lucille J "Lucy" Nielsen Plunkett
1927–2010
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LaVerne Severt Nielsen
1929–2005
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Wanda Marie Nielsen May
1932–2019
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Richard Merle Nielsen
1934–1943
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