Alexander Parker-Vallejo, CA
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 04.782 W 122° 15.162
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Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient for action at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA on July 25, 1876. He is buried in Mare Island Cemetery, Vallejo, CA in Section D, Row 13, Plot 59.
Waymark Code: WMY0FM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2018
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He was born in August 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died on October 2, 1900 in Vallejo, CA. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: PARKER, ALEXANDER
• Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy
• Accredited to: New Jersey
• G.O. No.: 215, 9 August 1876
Citation: For gallant conduct in attempting to save a shipmate from drowning at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., on 25 July 1876.
Armed Service: Navy
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