On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of the U.S. Navy

Donald Herbert Knipstein

Rank/Rate Electrics Technician, Submarine, Third Class

Birth Date March 14, 1937

From Fort Wayne, Indiana

Decorations

Submarine USS Bluegill (SS-242)

Date of Death April 17, 1958

Location At sea between Oahu and Kauai

Circumstances Died of a heart attack aboard his submarine

Remarks

Photo and information courtesy of Mary Mihovich, researcher.

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