Ensign Frank H Bissell served as an American Navy fighter pilot during World War II and was declared dead after being killed in action over Kikai Island, Japan. His brother, William M Bissell - an engineer and photographer - survived the conflict while serving in the European theater. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1921/08/30 | Katherine M Hutt Bissell, wife of Frank Harper Bissell, gives birth to a son, Frank Harper Bissell, in Norwalk, Connecticut. | Born | |||||
| 1945/01/22 | Pilot Frank Bissell and gunner William Hoppes Moore, flying a TBM Avenger, press their aircraft low in an attack on the Japanese airfield at Kikai. During the assault, the plane goes down in flames and crashing into the sea. There are no survivors. | Died | Ryukyu Islands | Okinawa | |||
| 1966/00/00 | Frank H Bissell is Memorialized on the Sea Tablets of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. | In Memoriam | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific | Honolulu |
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