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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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Western Caroline Islands Operation/Battle of Peleliu
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
October / 1944
Description The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September–November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau. U.S. Marines of the First Marine Division and later soldiers of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager which ran from June–November 1944 in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
Major General William Rupertus, USMC—commander of 1st Marine Division—predicted the island would be secured within four days. However, due to Japan's well-crafted fortifications and stiff resistance, the battle lasted over two months. In the United States, it was a controversial battle because of the island's questionable strategic value and the high casualty rate, which exceeded all other amphibious operations during the Pacific War. The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines".
