Alexander Haure Turvelin [SEP] date of birth
Alexander Haure Turvelin
Alexander Haure Turvelin (born 1847, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born in 1847 in Russia, Turvelin immigrated to the United States and by February 1881 was serving as a seaman on the . Sometime during that month, while "Trenton" was at Toulon, France, Coxswain Augustus Ohlensen fell overboard and, because he could not swim, began to sink. Turvelin and another sailor
swim, began to sink. Davis and another sailor, Seaman Alexander Haure Turvelin, jumped into the water and rescued Ohlensen from drowning. For this action, both he and Turvelin were awarded the Medal of Honor three and a half years later, on October 18, 1884.
Davis' official Medal of Honor citation reads:
On board the U.S.S. "Trenton", Toulon, France, February 1881. Jumping overboard, Davis rescued Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain, from drowning.
Davis left the Navy while still an