{"id":873,"date":"2020-05-07T19:50:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T00:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/design\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2024-06-23T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T02:29:21","slug":"65-edmund-bixby-kneisel-kingsport-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/65-edmund-bixby-kneisel-kingsport-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"65 Edmund Bixby Kneisel, Kingsport, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Edmund Bixby Kneisel<\/h2>\r\n
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Edmund Bixby Kneisel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

Rank\/Rate:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lieutenant<\/p>\r\n

Service Number:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O-085729<\/p>\r\n

Birth Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January 5, 1919<\/p>\r\n

From:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kingsport, Tennessee<\/p>\r\n

Decorations:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Silver Star, Purple Heart<\/p>\r\n

Submarine:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USS Barbel (SS-316)<\/p>\r\n

Loss Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 February 4, 1945<\/p>\r\n

Location:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Approximately 7\u00b0 49.5′ N, 116\u00b0 47.5′ E<\/p>\r\n

Circumstances:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunk by air attack<\/p>\r\n

Remarks:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photo and information courtesy of Jim Converse.\u00a0 Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.<\/p>\r\n

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS BARBEL (SS-316)<\/a><\/p>\r\n

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Barbel (SS-316)<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Find a Grave Memorial: Lt Edmund Bixby Kneisel<\/a> (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)<\/p>\r\n

Return to Lost Tennessean Roster<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association<\/h3>\r\n

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn\u2019t come home<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)<\/p>\r\n

The TSMA is a nonprofit memorial association registered as a 501(c) tax exempt organization and is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to receive charitable donations. Please make the TSMA one of the charities that you support.\u00a0 You can make a donation here or send a check made to: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association, c\/o 309 Church Street, #107, Nashville, TN 37201.<\/p>\r\n

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Here’s our nonprofit (501(c)3) designation letter [link<\/a>] Here’s our State of Tennessee registration to solicit charitable donations [link<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/form><\/div>\r\n

Thank you for your help commemorating the Tennesseans who gave their lives as American Submariners in the service of the United States Navy.<\/h3>\r\n

Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

c\/o 309 Church Street, #107 Nashville, TN 37201<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8583,"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/873\/revisions\/8583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}