Tabler, Rodney Charles, LT

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Last Rank
Lieutenant
Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1944-1945, 131X, VBF-1 Royal Flushers
Service Years
1942 - 1945
Lieutenant Lieutenant

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Home State
California
California
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Fresno, CA		 Last Address
1001 Haines ave
Dallas, Texas
Casualty Date
Jul 24, 1945		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location
Sea of Japan		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 2 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


LT Tabler served with VBF-1 aboard the USS Bennington when his aircraft was shot down over the Sea of Japan on July 25, 1945. His body was not recovered and he was declared dead in on July 25, 1946.
 
   
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Service number: 130623

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  1945-1945, 131X, USS Bennington (CV-20)

Lieutenant

From Month/Year
January / 1945
To Month/Year
July / 1945

Unit
USS Bennington (CV-20) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant
NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Bennington (CV-20) Details

USS Bennington (CV-20) 		Hull number CV-20
  • Essex class (short-hull) Fleet Carrier:
  • Displacement: 27,100 tons
  • Length: 872'
  • Extreme width: 147' 6"
  • Beam: 93'
  • Draft: 28'7"
  • Speed: 33 kts.
  • Armament: 12 - 5"/38, 103 planes
  • Complement: 3448
  • Built at New York Navy Yard and Launched 26 February 1944
  • Commissioned 6 August 1944 as CV-20
  • Out of commission in reserve at Norfolk 8 November 1946.
  • Recommissioned 13 November 1952 as CVA-20
  • One of her catapults exploded 26 May 1954
  • New York Naval Shipyard
    repairs & complete rebuild 12 June 1954 - 19 March 1955
  • Departed Mayport Fla., 8 September 1955 for the Pacific
  • Redesignated as CVS-20 an ASW carrier 30 June 1959
  • Decommissioned 15 January 1970
  • Stricken 20 September 1989
  • Sold for scrap 12 January 1994



Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Essex-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 10, 2022
   
   
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Hamm, Andrew Britte, LCDR, (1939-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Jennings, Robert Harvey, CDR, (1943-1954) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Stetler, Charles Jackson, ENS, (1943-1945) OFF 131X Ensign
Sprague, Clifton Albert F, VADM, (1917-1951) OFF 132X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Connally, John, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 250X Lieutenant Commander
Cosbie, Robert, LTJG, (1943-1945) OFF 630X Lieutenant Junior Grade
MORRIS, WILLIAM, PO1, (1941-1946) EM EM-4615 Petty Officer First Class
Genre, Robert C., CPO, (1938-1978) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Jobson, John, PO2, (1944-1952) CYN CYN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Briggs, Sylvan W., PO2, (1936-1946) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Foreman, Guy William, PO2, (1941-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Hanke, John, PO2, (1944-1946) ART ART-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Clower, Howard, PO3, (1944-1946) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Coffey, Leonard, S2c, (1943-1946) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dye, James Wesley, PO3, (1943-1945) ARM ARM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Pettinger, Walter, PO3, (1944-1946) AMH AM-8345 Petty Officer Third Class
York, Grady Alvah, PO3, (1943-1945) AO AO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Chester L., Maxwell, S1c, (1944-1946) AO 8286 Seaman First Class
Deschenes, Roland Clarence, S1c, (1944-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Handzel, Stanley, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Jahnz, Roy Louis, S1c, (1945-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
MUIRHEAD, ROSS, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
HESSEL, EDWARD, CAPT Lieutenant Commander
Gregory, Hayden, CDR, (1941-1968) Lieutenant
Fox, James, PO1, (1943-1946) ARM Petty Officer First Class
Hanken, Robert, PO1, (1941-1945) Petty Officer First Class
Martin, Howard, PO1, (1941-1947) Petty Officer Second Class

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