U.S. Navy
John Davis
Unit/CommandUSS Trenton
BirthplaceKingston
Citation
On board the USS Trenton, Toulon, France, February 1881. Jumping overboard, Davis rescued Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain, from drowning.
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