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Interim 1871 - 1899 - U.S. Navy

Alexander Haure Turvelin

Details
  • Rank: Seaman
  • Conflict/Era: Interim 1871 - 1899
  • Unit/Command:
    U.S.S. Trenton
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Navy
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: February 1881
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: Toulon, France
Citation
For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Trenton, at Toulon, France, February 1881, and rescuing from drowning Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain.
Additional Details
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Born: 1847, Russia
  • Died:
 

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