John Davis-Hampton, VA
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Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Trenton in Toulon, France in February 1881. He is buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA in the Phoebus Section C, Lot 8534.
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Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2018
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He was born in 1854 in Kingston, Jamaica and died on August 19, 1903. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: DAVIS, JOHN
• Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy
• G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Trenton, Toulon, France, February 1881. Jumping overboard, Davis rescued Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain, from drowning.
Armed Service: Navy
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