This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parker Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wk4.2ACEB/9659 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. PARKER, ALEXANDER Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1832, Kensington, N.J. 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. Burial: Vallejo, CA in Mare Island Shipyard Cemetery Born: 1832; Kensington, NJ Died: 1965 Additional Information and cemetery monument photo: