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Peacetime and interim
Alexander Parker
Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
25 July 1876 · Place not recorded
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New Jersey
- Action
- Alexander Parker, 25 July 1876
The citation
Official citation
For gallant conduct in attempting to save a shipmate from drowning at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., on 25 July 1876.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.