William Harrell Nellis

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United States Army Air Forces officer human military aviator

William Harrell Nellis was a decorated American World War II fighter pilot whose combat service and sacrifice led to a major U.S. Air Force base being named in his honor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
aircraftFlown Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
surface form: P-47 Thunderbolt
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
causeOfDeath air combat in World War II ⓘ
commemoratedIn Nellis Air Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-03-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-12-27 ⓘ
decoratedWith Air Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Nellis Air Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Nellis
givenName William ⓘ
hasMemorial Nellis Air Force Base ⓘ
hasOccupation military officer ⓘ
honoredBy Nellis Air Force Base ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
middleName Harrell ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank first lieutenant ⓘ
namedAfterBy United States Air Force ⓘ
notableFor namesake of Nellis Air Force Base ⓘ
service as a World War II fighter pilot ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
participatedIn air support missions during the Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
placeOfBirth Searchlight, Nevada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Luxembourg ⓘ
reasonForNotability U.S. Air Force base named in his honor due to his combat service and sacrifice ⓘ
residence Las Vegas Valley ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
serviceNumber O-760759 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
unit 406th Fighter Group ⓘ
513th Fighter Squadron ⓘ

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