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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Davis

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871–1899

MOH-RC-003285Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: early Navy star design and striped ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1881

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Medal of Honor

February 1, 1881

Toulon, France

Rank at action
Ordinary Seaman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871–1899
Unit or command
USS Trenton

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S.S. Trenton, Toulon, France, February 1881. Jumping overboard, Davis rescued Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain, from drowning.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Davis — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003300
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
326
Archive transcription SHA-256
fa35c19d2438b789fcf75a513703a5ae5e21176ddebe570186d18bf5846d35a6

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

Controlled nonprimary-candidate resolution: USS Trenton and Toulon distinguish this recipient from the USS Marblehead John Davis. The current structured field supplies February 1, 1881 while the preserved citation states February 1881.

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