The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

TURVELIN, ALEXANDER HAURE

Rank and Organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1847, Russia. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884.

Citation:

For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Trenton, at Toulon, France, February 1881, and rescuing from drowning Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain.

 

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