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Casualty Info
Home Town Newark, NJ
Last Address 5398 12th St Newark, NJ
Casualty Date May 07, 1942
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
As the American and Japanese fleets sought each other out in the opening maneuvers of the climactic Battle of the Coral Sea on 6 May 1942, USS Neosho (AO-23) refueled the carrier Yorktown and the heavy cruiser Astoria, then retired from the carrier force with a lone escort, the destroyer Sims.
The next day at 1000, Japanese search planes spotted the two ships and misidentified them as a carrier and her escort. 78 aircraft from ShÅ?kaku and Zuikaku soon arrived and began searching in vain for the "carrier" force. Eventually, they gave up and returned to sink Sims and leave Neoshoâ??victim of seven direct hits and a suicide dive by one of the bombersâ??ablaze aft and in danger of breaking in two. She had shot down at least three of the attackers.
Sound seamanship and skilled damage control work kept Neosho afloat for the next four days. The stricken ship was first located by a RAAF aircraft, then an American PBY Catalina flying boat. At 13:00 on 11 May, the destroyer Henley arrived, rescued the 123 survivors and sank by gunfire the ship they had kept afloat.
S1c Jablonski was among the men listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
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Service number: 2241484
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