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VENTURA, Sept. 19—Sgt. Gillis B. Naylor, 27, a resident of Fullerton, was killed [September 18, 1951] when the motorcycle he was riding en route to Camp Cooke crashed into the concrete siding of a railroad overpass here. Injured was a passenger on the motorcycle, Seaman Homer Crabtree, 22, stationed aboard the USS Curtis in San […]

Mrs. Doris M. Henry, R. 1, Fortville, received a telegram from the Navy Department stating that her nephew, Pfc. Eugene Willis Nickel, was killed in action May 21, 1945, on Okinawa. Pfc. Nickel was a former resident of the Fortville community and a member of the Fortville graduating class of 1943. He entered the Marine […]

These reports are based on prior notification to next of kin. In case of divergence between this list and the last War or Navy Department information sent to the next of kin, notification sent to the next of kin always is final authority. Navy Dead [April 19, 1945]: Marine Pfc. Robert W. Nyman. Parents, Mr. […]

Washington, D.C., Oct. 23—The Navy today made public a list of 409 casualties, 32 from Illinois. The list brought to 69,376 the total since Pearl Harbor, including 27,615 dead, 27,769 wounded, 9,512 missing, and 4,480 prisoners. Those from Chicagoland follow: Downstate Illinois: William Nelson, private 1st class, U.S.M.C.R., dead [September 15, 1944]—Wife, Mrs. William Nelson, […]

Pfc. Robert E. Nowakowski, U.S.M.C., killed in action on Guam, Mariana Islands, July 27, 1944, son of Frank and Josephine, grandchild of Catherine Nowakowski. Funeral Saturday, April 24, from chapel, 4800 S. Hermitage Avenue, at 9 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph’s Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Military honors by Our Boys Post, No. 4684, V.F.W.

Corp. Niels P. Nielsen, killed in action at Guam, July 21, 1944, beloved son of Niels and Elfie, fond brother of Marie, Donna and Lynne, grandson of Hilda Olsen. Remains at funeral home, 5308 Belmont Avenue, until 11 a.m., Thursday, May 26. Lying in state at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Bernice and Lamon Avenue, […]

EDGERTON –Pfc. Carmen Nelson, 19, formerly a resident of Edgerton and a member of a Marine Corps Raider battalion, has been killed in action [December 30, 1943] in the Southwest Pacific, friends in Edgerton learned from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Nelson, Sr., who are now living in Casmalia, Calif. Born in Edgerton, Pfc. […]

Killed in action [July 20, 1943] in the South Pacific, Lieutenant William Kent Neill, 24, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Neill, 301 G Street, is one of the Bakersfield heroes who joined the Marine Raider fighting unit at his own urgent request. His death was announced to his parents here in a […]

MARSHALLTOWN, IA. – Pvt. Franklin M. Nodland, 19, a Marshalltown youth who enlisted in the Marine Corps last December, has been killed in action [August 17, 1942], according to official word received here. Nodland, a high school graduate, was the son of Frank Nodland of Marshalltown and Mrs. Willard See of Colo, Ia. A brother […]

Somewhere on the high seas floats a destroyer escort bearing the name “U.S.S. Thomas F. Nickel.” The mortal remains of the man this fighting ship was named after will arrive here Tuesday in the wan light of a winter dawn. The man was Pvt. Thomas F. Nickel, wearer of the Silver Star, posthumously. Private Nickel […]