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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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Additional Information
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.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 130623
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Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Battle of Tarawa
From Month/Year
November / 1943
To Month/Year
November / 1943
Description The Battle of Tarawa (US code name Operation Galvanic) was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. It took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, located in what is now the nation of Kiribati. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio.
The Battle of Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance. but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-supplied and well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. The U.S. had suffered similar casualties in other campaigns, for example over the six months of the Guadalcanal Campaign, but in this case the losses were incurred within the space of 76 hours.
