| Birth: | Sep. 16, 1889 | | Death: | Nov. 21, 1966 | 
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Covington served as a Ship's Cook Third Class, United States Navy. He was awarded his medal for service At sea aboard the U.S.S. Stewart, on April 17, 1918. His citation reads-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. (bio by: K)
Search Amazon for Jesse Whitfield Covington | | | Burial:
Oak Grove Cemetery
Portsmouth
Portsmouth City
Virginia, USA |
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Record added: Sep 11, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7862829 |
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