Date of birth:

February 27th, 1889 (Maunabo, Puerto Rico)

Date of death:

September 1669 (Brevard County/Florida, United States)

Buried on:

United States Naval Academy Cemetery

Nationality:

American

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit:

U.S.S. Philadelphia, U.S. Navy

"For distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commander of the Armed Guard of the U.S.S. PHILADELPHIA, and in an engagement with an enemy submarine. On 2 August 1917, a periscope was sighted, and then a torpedo passed under the stern of the ship. A shot was fired, which struck close to the submarine, which then disappeared."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Rear Admiral

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

With bronze star/Armed Guard Clasp

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

"A" device

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

3 bronze campaign stars

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - Frederick Riefkohl - Recipient -
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Shipwreck USS Vincennes (CA-44)

Ironbottom Sound - Central

USS Vincennes (CA-44) Memorial

Vincennes - Indiana