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Medal of Honor Recipient

Alexander Parker

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-002588Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1876

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Medal of Honor

July 25, 1876

Mare Island Navy Yard, California, USA

Rank at action
Boatswain's Mate
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S.S. Portsmouth

The Citation

Sources ↓
For gallant conduct in attempting to save a shipmate from drowning at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., on 25 July 1876.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Alexander Parker — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-31

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002600
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-31
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
215
Accredited to
New Jersey
Archive transcription SHA-256
3856d61ece0187ae5c8b9d894e82c89d01fe02eab3ffc1274ac56773f87dcb5f

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current reference profile confirms identity, USS Portsmouth, and the July 25, 1876 Mare Island Navy Yard lifesaving attempt. Recovery provenance: the prior live-verification result is reconstructed because the described P10-C060–P10-C062 restart files were not physically available; the verified P10-C059 authority, retained web-reference metadata, legacy record, and prior session evidence are all preserved.

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