Rank/Rate: Lieutenant

Service Number: O-085729

Birth Date: January 5, 1919

From: Kingsport, Tennessee

Decorations: Silver Star, Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Barbel (SS-316)

Loss Date: February 4, 1945

Location: Approximately 7° 49.5′ N, 116° 47.5′ E

Circumstances: Sunk by air attack

Remarks: Photo and information courtesy of Jim Converse. Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Barbel (SS-316)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Barbel (SS-316)

Find a Grave Memorial: Lt Edmund Bixby Kneisel (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)