Name and Rank, Seaman First Class Alfred Joseph Jablonski.
Unit/Placed in, USS Neosho (AO-23) Fleet Oiler, United States Navy, United States Navy.
Alfred was born approx. on 1923 in New Jersey.
Father, Edward Jablonski.
Mother, Henrietta Jablonski.
Brothers, Edward and Matthew Jablonski.
Alfred entered the service from New Jersey with service number # 2241484.
Alfred J. Jablonski was a Seaman First Class in the Navy .
Alfred was KIA when the USS Neosho was scuttled by the Japanese Planes on May 7, 1942, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alfred is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,
National Capital Region, Philippines.
Alfred is also mentioned at Battle of the Coral Sea Memorial Park,
Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Thanks to http://www.delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/neosho_home.htm
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Neosho_(AO-23)
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
The Serviceman if your fallen in action, when your body is found, if not they take 1 day and 1 year to be called Missed in Action.
That is the reason between the date’s.
