Taussig Jr, Joseph Knefler, CAPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Primary Unit
1952-1954, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)

Service Years
1941 - 1954

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Personal Details

Home State

Rhode Island

Year of Birth
1920

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS to remember Taussig Jr, Joseph Knefler, CAPT USN(Ret).

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Contact Info

Last Address Annapolis, MD
Date of Passing Dec 14, 1999

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was wounded in the leg during the attack on the USS Nevada and spent the next 5 years in Naval hospitals until having his leg amputated in 1946.

Other Comments:

His Grandfather Rear Admiral Edward Taussig: Taussig, Edward, RADM

His Father Vice Admiral Joseph Taussig: Taussig Sr., Joseph Knefler, VADM

1941-1943, Naval Hospital (NAVHOSP)/Navy Regional Medical Center (NRMC)/Naval Medical Center (NAVMEDCEN)/Naval

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year - / 1943
Unit Naval Hospital (NAVHOSP)/Navy Regional Medical Center (NRMC)/Naval Medical Center (NAVMEDCEN)/Naval Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Naval Hospital (NAVHOSP)/Navy Regional Medical Center (NRMC)/Naval Medical Center (NAVMEDCEN)/Naval Details

	Type Communications
	Parent Unit Bureau of Medicine (BUMED)	Strength Navy Command
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Last Updated: Nov 25, 2008

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