. . . And Here At Home
Herbert Nelson, seaman 2/c, was on board the flagship Liscome Bay which sunk off the Gilberts near Tarawa.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, December 12, 1943, p. 10
Reported Missing
An Associated Press dispatch received here Friday morning said that Herbert S. Nelson, seaman, of Council Bluffs, has been listed as missing by the navy.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, February 04, 1944, p. 7
Herbert Sidney Nelson was born May 28, 1925 to John Herbert and Eva Cleo Gilliland Nelson. He died Nov. 24, 1943 and has a cenotaph in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA.
Petty Officer Nelson served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
