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Alexander Peters
Alexander Peters (November 16, 1869 – June 11, 1951) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for attempting to rescue a shipmate from drowning during a storm.
==Biography==
A native of Russia, Peters joined the Navy from Pennsylvania and served as a boatswain's mate first class on the .〔
On the night of September 14, 1904, the ''Missouri'' was finishing up three weeks of target practice off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, when a storm struck. In the early morning hours of September 15, with the storm still raging, the ship's anchor began to drag. A detachment of thirty sailors went to the forecastle to haul it in so that the ''Missouri'' could move to a safer location. As they were doing this, a large wave crashed over the deck, scattering the men and washing one youthful sailor, Ordinary Seaman Cecil C. Young, overboard. Peters and another man, Boatswain's Mate First Class Luovi Halling, jumped into the stormy water and swam towards Young. Wearing oilskins and heavy boots, Young sank beneath the waves and drowned before Peters and Halling could reach him. Due to the adverse weather, it was only with "utmost difficulty" that the two boatswain's mates were brought back onto the ''Missouri''. For their attempt, both Peters and Halling were awarded the Medal of Honor weeks later, on October 4.〔
Peters reached the rank of chief gunner's mate before leaving the military. He died at age 81 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia.〔
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