The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday November 7, 1951 Cpl. George Sissel. Cpl. George W. SISSEL, 24, died Monday night at Asbury Hospital in Salina of injuries received while operating a target launch at Camp Phillips reservation near Smoky Hill Air Force Base. Corporal Sissel was a member of a Forbes Air Force Base detachment on duty at the gunnery range. He enlisted in the Air Force in January 1950 at Des Moines, Iowa. He was a native of Leon, Iowa. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osmer Sissel of Leon, were enroute to Salina at the time of his death.