Photo of Galen Wayne Nixon

Galen Wayne Nixon

Airman First Class Air Force Cold War

Air Force
Air Force
Branch of Service
Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class
Unit
664th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron
Conflict / Era
Cold War
Years of Service
1953 – 1957
Date of Birth
07/19/1934
Hometown
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, OH
Awards & Decorations
Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal
Burial Location
Union Cemetery
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Township (current / at death)
Paris
Church
UNKNOWN
School
Ohio State University
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Good Conduct Medal
Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal

Biography

Church: UNKNOWN. School: Ohio State University. Was an aircraft control & warning operator at the Bellefontaine Air Force Station, Bellefontaine, Ohio; service #17375303; enlisted 02/17/1953 at Kansas City, Missouri; Honorable Discharge on 02/16/1957 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton,Ohio

Source: Veteran data form, photograph, and DD-214 provided by Connie Nixon, widow; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 12/24/2007