Jesse W. Covington

1889 – 1966

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Jesse W. Covington served the U.S. Navy. Jesse was 77 years old.

Service Record

U.S. Navy

Medal of Honor

17 April 1918 · At sea aboard the U.S.S. Stewart · Ship's Cook Third Class, U.S. Navy.

For extraordinary heroism following internal explosion of the Florence H. The sea in the vicinity of wreckage was covered by a mass of boxes of smokeless powder, which were repeatedly exploding. Jesse W. Covington, of the U.S.S. Stewart, plunged overboard to rescue a survivor who was surrounded by powder boxes and too exhausted to help himself, fully realizing that similar powder boxes in the vicinity were continually exploding and that he was thereby risking his life in saving the life of this man.

403, 1918.

Awards & Decorations 1

For valor

Medal of Honor - Navy April 17, 1918 · At sea aboard the U.S.S. Stewart · Ship's Cook Third Class, U.S. Navy. 403, 1918.

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