Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman

    Division:

    U.S.S. Trenton

    Action Date:

    February 1, 1881

    War Department, General Orders No. 326 (October 18, 1884)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Alexander Haure Turvelin, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Trenton, at Toulon, France, February 1881, and rescuing from drowning Augustus Ohlensen, Coxswain.