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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph H. Davis

U.S. Navy · Interim 1871 - 1899

MOH-RC-002827Source-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: 1886

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Medal of Honor

1886-01-22

Norfolk (off the wharf), Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Landsman
Service
U.S. Navy
Conflict
Interim 1871 - 1899
Unit or command
U.S. Receiving Ship Dale

The Citation

Sources ↓
On board the U.S. Receiving Ship Dale off the Wharf at Norfolk, Va., 22 January 1886. Jumping overboard from the ferryboat, Davis rescued from drowning John Norman, ordinary seaman.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Joseph H. 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-002841
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
b5478b5c79cc7f00db492635e40800ab5bb3e6bc57d78351fb1bbad46b2a3a32

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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