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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32413" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kauffman </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Draper Laurence </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N.R. UDT-5 (C.O.) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Commander </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-117673/110</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy Cross (2nd) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Saipan, Marianas 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Washington, D.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 4.8.1911 San Diego, California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of RAdm James Laurence and Elizabeth Kelsey Draper Kauffman</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated USNA, Annapolis 1933</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S. Lines Steamship Company 1933</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>American Volunteer Ambulance Corps 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.N.V.R. (SubLt) September 1940 (bomb and mine disposal officer)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant November 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>T/Lieutenant Commander 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N.R. 7.11.1941 (Lieutenant)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Naval Air Base, Pearl Harbor (Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Navy Cross for Pearl Harbor</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Naval Amphibious Base, Ft Pierce (O.C. Bomb Disposal School) 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>UDT-5 (C.O.) 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff, ComUDTsPac 6.8.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Maui UDT Base (Training and Experimental Officer) November 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>regular U.S.N. 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander, USNF, Philippines 1968-70 (RAdm)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Navy D.S.M.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commandant 9th Naval District/Commander Naval Base, Great Lakes 1970-73 (RAdm)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award 2nd N.D.S.M.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired as Rear Admiral 1.6.1973</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Margaret Cary Tuckerman 1.5.1943 (3 children) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 18.8.1979 Budapest, Hungary</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-kauffman.38026/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38026-c17d895decccbaa2a90a525a65c6562d.jpg?1674503679" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> </em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-kauffman.4523/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4523-8eece8cc6be6728220558d43d6b83cac.jpg?1591384060" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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