Clark County OhArchives Obituaries.....Kindleberger, Rear Admiral David March 25, 1921
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Wittenberg Torch, Springfield, OH 7-Apr-1921
Vol LVII, #25, page 1. Rear Admiral David KINDLEBERGER, Medical Corps, U.S.N. 
died on March 25th at his home in New York City. Admiral Kindleberger was the 
oldest living alumnus of Wittenberg college, having graduated from the college 
in the class of 1855. He was 87 years old. Admiral Kindleberger was known as 
one of the few survivors of the union naval campaign in the Gulf of Mexico 
under Admiral Farragut in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Mississippi river 
during the Civil war. At the time of his retirement from active service twenty-
five years ago, he was the oldest officer in the service and had enjoyed the 
longest period of active service. Admiral Kindleberger was an Ohio boy. He 
came with his parents to live in Springfield when he was about 14 years of 
age. He graduated from Wittenberg College in 1855, and then entered Jefferson 
Medical College in Philadelphia, in 1859 he entered the naval service, 
receiving a commission as an assistant surgeon. He saw his first active 
service with the American naval squadron maintained along the coast of Africa 
to prevent and break up traffic in slavery. For a few months in 1861 he was 
detailed to the navy yard at Philadelphia. At the outbreak of the Civil war he 
was assigned for duty with the west gulf blockading squadron and participated 
in a number of the naval engagements off the southern coast, including the 
battle of Mobile Bay. In 1886 Dr. Kindleberger became fleet surgeon of the 
Pacific coast naval station. Two years later he was placed in charge of the 
naval hospital at Washington. He served for a number of years as a member of 
the Medical Examining board of the Navy, in 1888 he was appointed head of the 
naval hospital at Philadelphia which post he held until his retirement. 
Admiral Kindleberger was retired from active service on September 2, 1896, 
having reached the age limit of 62. Since then he has traveled extensively 
throughout the world, and has resided in France, Italy, and Norway. During and 
since the world war, he has been residing in Washington and New York. Admiral 
Kindleberger is survived by his widow, Olivia. The funeral was held at 
Washington where interment took place at Oak Hill Cemetery

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