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                    bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Dead > Roster Hub > Roster N, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 10 May 2025
​                     Part 25/38 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 16 "N" records
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† Napier, LaVerne Floyd, SN 37-262-712, US Army, Pott. Co. & Pennington Co., SD
  • b. 19 Aug 1921 Rapid City, Pennington Co., SD; s/o Thomas Napier & Bernice N. Davidson, both b. Rapid City; family lived in Rapid City before WWII.
  • lived in Co. Bluffs in 1942.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Pennington Co., SD; buried Mountain View Cem., Rapid City, SD.
  • Troop B, 8th Engineering Sqdn., 1st Cavalry Div.; KIA 6 Feb 1945 Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
  • Battle of Manila - Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

​† Napier, Roy Hugh, SN 0-769-905, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.
  • b. 20 Sep 1923 New York, NY; s/o Roy H. Foley Sr. & Lucille Miller (b. Pennsylvania); parents divorced; mother married Joe N. Napier of Garner Twp., Pott. Co. Nov 1931 in Omaha; family lived in Garner Twp. in 1940, moving to Co. Bluffs in the 1940s.
  • entered service 1 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Verviers, SE of Liege, Belgium.
  • 485th Fighter Sqdn., 370th Fighter Gp., Ninth Air Force, based at Florennes-Juzaine, Belgium, about 70 miles south of Brussels; Lockheed P-38J Lightning #42-67822 pilot; KIA 3 Jan 1945; aircraft crash.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force.

​† Narvis, Charles William, SN 0-698-999, US Army Air Force, Muscatine Co.
  • b. 9 Feb 1922 Muscatine, Muscatine Co.; s/o Charles W. Narvis (b. Muscatine Co.) & Mae L. Mater (b. Texas; d. 1933); father moved to Co. Bluffs after WWII.
  • entered service 25 Jan 1943 from Muscatine, Muscatine Co.; service credited to Muscatine Co.; buried Ardennes American Cem., Neupre, SW of Liege, Belgium.
  • 375th Fighter Sqdn., 361th Fighter Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England; North American P-51 Mustang #44-14226 Babe pilot; KIA 2 Nov 1944 10 miles east of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

​† Nelson, Chester Raymond, SN 17-040-689, US Army, Burt & Washington Cos., NE
  • b. 5 Apr 1912 Norwalk T., rural Underwood, Pott. Co.; s/o Frank Nelson (b. Weston, Pott. Co.) & Mary Christensen (b. Co. Bluffs); family moved from Pott. Co. to Tripp Co., SD  in the late 1910s, to Burt Co., NE in the late 1920s, and finally to Clarke Co. in the late 1940s.
  • farmer living with his parents in rural Tekamah, Arizona Twp., Burt Co., NE in 1940; enlisted 1942 at Fort Crook, NE from Washington Co., NE; service credited to Washington Co., NE; buried Brittany American Cem., St.-James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 759th Tank Bn. (light), 4th Cavalry Gp., VII Corps ; DNB 20 Aug 1944 Orne, Normandy; vehicle accident during battalion's 48-mile eastward night march.
  • The ETO > Liberation > Northern France & Belgium.
  • Local history note: grandson of Swen Nelson, who lived in Boomer Twp. east of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the early 20th century.
  • Note: Previously had been attached to the 2nd Inf. Div., which was then sent to Brittany while the 759th Tank Bn. joined the 4th Cavalry Gp.
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​† Nelson, Herbert Sidney, SN 821-82-95, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • b. 28 May 1925 Co. Bluffs; s/o John H. Nelson (b. Co. Bluffs) & Eva C. Gilliland (b. Audubon Co.).
  • entered service 7 Feb 1943 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Herbert Nelson, 914 25th Ave., Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI; cenotaph Walnut Hill or Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
  • Escort Carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), Task Force 52; KIA 24 Nov 1943 near Makin Atoll, Gilbert Is.; Japanese submarine I-175 sank Liscome Bay during the US Tarawa/Makin invasion; 702 died, 272 survived.
  • Naval War with Japan > Third & Fifth Fleets.

† Nelson, Leonard Mortensen, SN 17-043-992, US Army, Audubon Co.
  • b. 24 Jun 1910 Kimballton, Audubon Co.; s/o Jorgen M. "Mike" Nelson & Marie M. "Greta" Mortensen, both b. Kimballton; family lived in Viola & Sharon Twps. of Audubon Co. before moving to Audubon town in the 1930s.
  • married Ansena C. Larsen 1933, one child, divorced; living with in parents' household in Audubon in 1940; married Gladys E. Miller of Audubon Dec 1943 in Audubon.
  • entered service 11 Mar 1942 from Audubon, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Luxembourg American Cem., Hamm, Luxembourg.
  • first overseas tour Jun-Dec 1943; departed US for second tour Nov 1944; 304th Inf. Regt., 76th Inf. Div., XII Corps, Third Army; WIA Feb 1944 near Irrel, north of Trier, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany; DOW 28 Feb 1945.
  • Siegfried Line, 1945 > XII Corps to Bitburg.

† ​Nelson, Leonard Peter, SN 34-208-331, US Army, Audubon & Dade Co., FL Cos.
  • b. 27 Sep 1912 Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o John F. Nelson (b. Audubon Co.) & Elvera M. Johansen (b. Denmark; d. 1920).
  • living in Hialeah, Dade Co., FL in 1940.
  • enlisted 1942 at Camp Blanding, FL from Dade Co., FL; service credited to Dade Co., FL; buried Lorraine American Cem., St. Avold, Lorraine, France.
  • 158th Field Artillery Bn., 45th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 30 Apr 1945 near Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
  • Central Europe > Southern Germany.

​† Nelson, Merrill Marvin, SN 620-69-02, US Navy, Audubon Co.
  • b. 2 Sep 1915 Benton Twp., Cass Co.; s/o Lars B. Nelson (b. Denmark) & Eunice M. Cooley (b. Audubon Co.); family moved to Audubon Twp. in SE Audubon Co. in 1920s.
  • married Rose L. Pine of Exira Aug 1941 in Nodaway Co., MO, one child.
  • entered service 27 Jun 1942 from Rt. 3, Exira. Audubon Co.; next of kin wife, Mrs. Rose Nelson, Rt. 4, Exira, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • Destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct 1943 off Capri, Naples Bay, Italy; Buck torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-616; 168 died, 94 survived.
  • Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War.

​​† Nelson, Robert Johns, SN O-14768, US Marine Corps Aviation, Montgomery Co.
  • b. 24 Aug 1916 Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI; s/o Lawrence A. Nelson  (b. rural Walnut, Monroe Twp., Shelby Co.) & Gladys Johns (b. Chicago, IL); family moved to southwest Iowa in 1920s.
  • entered service 12 Mar 1942 from Rt. 2, Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
  • OT Sqdn. 8, US Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Pt., Havelock, Craven Co., NC; instructor; d. 1 Nov 1943 at Cherry Point; one of six killed when aircraft exploded while preparing for takeoff. 

† Newman, Shelby Fearn, SN 0-351-381, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • b. 20 Aug 1915 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; s/o Robert E. Newman (b Alabama; d. 1921) & Emma L. Meier (b. Davenport, Scott Co.); after father's death, mother returned to parental home in Avoca, Pott. Co. where she was a school teacher.
  • married Doris Irene Dahlberg of Mapleton, Monona Co. Jun 1940 in Ute, Monona Co.
  • entered service 29 Jul 1939 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co., reason unknown; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • Assigned to 11th Inf. Regt., Philippines Commonwealth Army; POW Philippines; KIA 15 Dec 1944, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines; escape attempt from grounded Japanese Hell Ship Oryoku Maru.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

​† Nielsen, Carl Edvan, SN 39-705-841, US Army, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • b. 13 May 1913 Lyngby, Denmark; s/o Hans P. Nielsen & Anne M. Nielsen (d. before 1940), both b. Denmark; parents married in the US and lived in King Co., WA.
  • married Sylvia J. Munchrath of Co. Bluffs 1941 in Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • enlisted 1943 in Los Angeles, CA from Los Angeles Co., CA; service credited to Los Angeles Co.; buried Netherlands American Cem., Margraten, SE of Maastricht, Netherlands.
  • Co. C, 743rd Tank Bn., attached to 30th Inf. Div., Ninth Army; KIA 22 Nov 1944 Fronhoven, NE of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; M4A3 Sherman tank asst. driver; tank lost to German anti-tank gun.
  • Operation Queen - The ETO > War of Attrition > Queen/Hürtgen.

​† Nielsen, Nis, SN 37-197-752, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 7 Oct 1906 Rødding, Haderslev, Denmark; s/o Jens C. Nielsen & Anne H. L. Petersen, both b. and d. Denamrk.
  • immigrated Mar 1929 on the SS Frederik VIII ; heavy equipment operator in 1940.
  • unknown service entry data; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Lorraine, France.
  • Co. A, 111th Engineer Combat Bn., 36th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 14 Dec 1944 from artillery shrapnel during German counterattack south of Riquewihr, near Selestat, Alsace, France.
  • The ETO > War of Attrition > Alsace/Seventh Army.
  • Notes: posthumous Silver Star recipient.

​† Noehren, Edward Henry, SN 37-074-575, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • b. 4 Dec 1916 Valley Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Henry E. Noehren (b. Avoca, Pott. Co.; d. 1928) & Helen M. Hipner (b. Iowa).
  • married Mary E. Moylan of Coon Rapids, Carroll Co. Jul 1942 at Fort Sill, Comanche Co., OK, one child.
  • entered service 2 Oct 1941 from Coon Rapids, Guthrie Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Harlan Cem., Shelby Co.
  • Co. H, 90th Inf. Regt. (a non-divisional training regiment), Camp Carson, El Paso Co., CO; d. 26 Sep 1944 in Camp Carson hospital, injured in explosion of dud bazooka round.
  • Notes: younger brother, Donald Dean Noehren, died in the Korean War.

† Nord, Carl Arthur, SN 0-694-473, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.
  • b. 30 Nov 1920 Corning, Adams Co.; s/o Oscar F. Nord (b. Omaha) & Lola M. John (b. Creston, Union Co.); family moved to Atlantic, Cass Co. in late 1920s.
  • entered service 9 Feb 1943 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Brittany American Cem., St. James, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
  • 852nd Bomb. Sqdn., 493rd Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force; based at Debach, NE of Ipswich, Suffolk, England ; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #44-40471 No Love, No Nothing bombardier with pilot Jack G.  W. Cooper; d. 6 Jun 1944 over the English Channel; group was returning from an aborted mission to Lisieux, France; Cooper's aircraft collided with Consolidated/Ford B-24H Liberator #42-94789 Moby Dick; no survivors from combined crews of 20.
  • The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.
  • Notes: This D-Day mission, the first mission of the 493rd Bomb. Gp., was aborted due to bad weather over the target. Bombers were returning to their base without jettisoning their bombs.

​† Nugent, Donald Thomas, SN 17-018-650, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE 
  • b. 18 Feb 1922 Omaha; s/o Fred A. Nugent & Theodosia Clatterbuck, both b. Co. Bluffs; parents divorced; lived in Omaha & Co. Bluffs.
  • entered service 15 Feb 1940 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
  • 75th Ordnance Co. (Depot), Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; KIA 7 Sep 1944, Sulu Sea, off Sindangen Bay, NW Mindanao, Philippines, torpedoing of Japanese Hell Ship Shinyo Maru by USS Paddle (SS 263), around 668 US POWs died, around 82 survived.
  • Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost.

​† Nuzum, Roy Edward, SN 6-939-625, US Army, Harrison Co.
  • b. 4 May 1913 Magnolia, Harrison Co.; s/o Walter F. Nuzum (b. Monona Co.) & Dora E. McGee (b. Page Co.); family lived in various Harrison County locations, moving to Pisgah area in late 1920s.
  • married Viola H. Oviatt of Harrison Co. Mar 1938 in Monona Co., one child, divorced.
  • entered service 10 Jan 1940  from rural Pisgah, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Spring Valley Cem., Moorhead, Monona Co.
  • HQ Troop, 6th Cavalry Regt., Fort Jackson, Richland Co., SC; d. 19 Aug 1943, vehicle accident.
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