Ross M. Nissen
| Entered Service: | August 27, 1943 |
| Branch of Service: | Navy |
| Trained: | Farragut, Idaho |
| San Diego, California | |
| Treasure Island, California | |
| Served on troop transport-SS Afoundria | |
| Embarkation: | March 18, 1944 |
| Theatre of Operation: | Asiatic-Pacific |
| Engagements: | Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Luzon |
| Returned to U.S. | December 19, 1945 |
| Discharged: | Shoemaker, California (April 21, 1946) |
| Rating: | Seaman First Class |
| Served: | 32 months |
| Father: | I. A. Nissen, Kamrar, Iowa |
| Wife: | Jean Nissen |
Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 25
